Was the account linking mentionned anywhere on steam?
It’s really feels like a new condition sneaked in…
Edit: apparently it was clearly stated on steam and on the first launch of the game. I really have bad skipping habits…
The “it’s to protect players against hakerzzzzz” doesn’t feel very legit.
This is absolutely a Sony push to get more data the game was released without the need of having a ps account
But they own Arrowhead. They already have 100% of the data and telemetry.
If you read the announcement, it’s obviously a very carefully worded prepared statement from Sony that they’ve been given and ordered to pass out. The hackers reasoning is made up and just the best excuse they could come up with, Sony wants more data in their environment and they’re being forced to comply.
Crummy move to do after release.
I’m keen to buy this.
Does it mean I need to create a PlayStation account to play the game ?
Honestly you’re a bit late to the party. The player quality has dropped notably over the last weeks, and the gameplay is very fun but also not very varied.
A bit like playing d2 back in the day, you cleave through hordes of enemies to get more power and cleave more effectively through hordes of enemies.
If this PSN bullshit isnt putting you off feel free to of course, bit the big hype window has already passed and you can feel the decline.
Very disappointing
I’ve left a negative review on the page. And I’ve requested a refund from steam.
I doubt steam will grant the refund, I’m at 275 hours. But I’m trying…
[update] refund denied. “We will not be granting a refund at this time.”
Kind of weird seeing as they stated this requirement before release and you also agreed to it. Doesn’t seem like your refund has ground to stand on.
That said, I didn’t realize it either, but I’m not blaming my mistake on the storefront or devs.
It may have been in the fine print. I’ll grant you that. But the de facto experience did not require a account with PlayStation.
I have on occasion accidentally bought an EA game, only to launch it to see that it requires an EA account, and then to refund it.
I don’t have an issue with somebody creating a game that requires a PlayStation account, that’s their business more power to them. Changing the requirements after the refund window has finished is what I have issue with. And I agree with you I don’t expect them to give me a refund, but I’m going to god damn well ask.
But let’s put it this way, I played a game, but I did not create a Sony account. Now the game is being taken away from me unless I agree to Sony’s terms and conditions. If I don’t agree if those conditions the game doesn’t work. That’s refundable
Not to mention a good middle ground would be you can’t do steam to Sony cross play unless you have a Sony account. Fair enough
Big thanks for sharing this, this is my chance to ask for a refund.
I like the game’s flavor and I think it’s a good game but I just didn’t get into it.
