Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: CRAP Poll #Orange-Is-The-New-Black Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:53:32 -0500 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:53:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e2043b56facd9d97626675d4af1388d1"; logging-data="2369699"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/P5ffed0jIx7ugKTMALpXQMRVfUlEw1Bk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:KJtqMFSJVhwqg7pzZ0WLbf1w8cw= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:47:29 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >Question: Do you ever return games you've bought for a refund? > [snip] > b) Only if there is something really wrong with it (the > disc is broken or it's missing something important from > the box) > > c) Sure, if the game is too buggy to run on my computer > > d) If the game works but there's something about it I > disagree with (say, discovering it has Denuvo) that wasn't > disclosed before purchase, I don't see why I shouldn't > > e) If I try it and don't like it, back it goes! > [snip] >But that's just me. Where do you draw the line? Do you return games >for refunds? > > B thru E. I will return a game if it is physically broken, has DRM I wasn't notified of, has poor performance, crashes, or just plain sucks. I might then rebuy it if I've found out that some or all of those things are fixed. When I was 14, I returned an adventure game that I finished overnight. Too easy. https://www.mobygames.com/game/12339/rendezvous-with-rama/ I've since grown up. I don't think I'd do that nowadays. Finally, I bought a game on the Switch called Star Trek: Legends, on a deal with all DLC. Turns out it was a port of a phone game. If I could have returned that, I would have. I felt ripped off. So for sure I would return a game up through E. -- Zag What's the point of growing up if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC