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I wonder why people pirate games? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@Dirt_Owl because they searched for Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic wrong?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like WaRSR but the amount of micro compared to cities is insane

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No kidding. What is described as a "gameplay loop" in most games is like a trip around the solar system in WRSR. It has totally ruined C:S for me though lol (wait, is this sewer pipe is draining uphill? Literally unplayable!).

[+] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's also bad for gameplay, because the mechanics added on the dlc have to be confined to that dlc so they don't interact with each other, much less build on each other, so you end with a seemingly complex but shallow game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Got Stellaris recently and it was awful for this reason. Everything felt totally bare and like there was some other mechanic somewhere that made everything work. Also got back to EUIV after playing it a lot at release and hated a lot of the systems and wouldnt you know it everything worked great after I got the DLC pass thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It's annoying how many Paradox (and other) games are stuck behind the effective DRM that is Steam workshop. No mods without paying insane prices. You can still mish-mash pirated DLC and a bought base game, but it's a real pain.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Cream.api and you can mishmash all you want

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Sky mods.

Edit: sky mods hosts mods for many games not just city skylines, and you can ask them to upload mods for steam, and they do it in about a day. I did this for a homeworld remastered mod once.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Confirmed, I pirated cities with all DLC and was able to use most mods fine, though more tedious to install than with the steam workshop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think they have a dlc pass subscription for some of their games to try and on-ramp new players. Still fucking sucks, though.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

i'm sorry paradox can't scam $1 more out of me, i'm pirating their shit on principle

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Some of us never left SimCity 4

Editors note: Pleakley's computer can't handle Cities Skylines, not even a little. These comments are not made out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

same same, maybe it was my insistence on running the realistic traffic mods but skylines would always just be so sluggish on my comp.

But i did lose like a year of my life to simcity 4 when i was younger lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought SimCity 4 had a weird glitch when you attempt to run it on Win10 - 11?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Certain editions are no good, I don't know the complete technical details but where you purchase it from is a factor. I bought the game on Steam and have had zero problems on my Windows 10 PC 🙂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I bought the game on Steam and have had zero problems on my Windows 10 PC

Good to know the Steam version is fixed

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

laughs in train simulator

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Flight sims, too, lmao

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I am still upset skylines has no way for a TV enjoyer to read their tooltips. So glad i found this out thru piracy instead of paying for a game my setup isn't made for