I know I’m missing out, big time. Everything I hear about it is good, and supposedly attention to detail is incredible. But launchers annoy me to an almost unbelievable extent.
GTA:V is also pretty great and I was really into it. When they added a launcher I opened the game, saw the new launcher/login requirement, pressed X, and never opened GTA:V again. To this day I’ve still not completed it, and I never will unless I find out the launcher has been removed.
Maybe I have some weird mental quirk, but for whatever reason, when I see stuff like launchers, I completely disengage. It becomes impossible for me to enjoy the content.
I’m the same with ads. On TV, I refuse to watch anything unless it’s on a BBC channel (no ads in the UK). If I’m at the cinema, I will literally stand outside the screening room for 30 minutes staring at the ceiling or counting stains on the carpet until they’re done. My partner even messages me when the film is about to begin, then I head inside lol.
I’d genuinely be more likely to buy a PlayStation, buy RDR2, then sell them both for a loss when I’m done than go through their PC launcher.
I realise it’s not normal and I sound like a right weirdo. There’s clearly something… odd with me in that regard, but I can’t really shake it off. It’s compulsive.
Besides, I already have so many other games that I need to play, so it’s not like I’m stuck without anything to do.
Honestly, it’s not crazy to me. I am not as rigid about those things but I avoid them pretty hard in my own way. I don’t buy stuff with a launcher either. Likewise haven’t played rdr2. I block every ad I can. I don’t pay for streaming unless it is completely ad free and don’t habe any regular tv services. If ads are at a theater (i usually only go to ones that just don’t play ads) I won’t wait outside (gotta get my good seat), but I will ignore them and dick around on my phone till they stop.
You gotta be true to yourself but a couple extra minutes, if even, to boot the game because of a launcher that’s integrated into steam isn’t that much of a biggie.
Shit after you launch if the first time I’m pretty sure you can skip the launcher popping up, may have to use a command line argument in steam not sure but it makes it so the launcher is basically non-existent at that point.
Anyways I don’t need to convince you, fine stranger, but I really would be remiss to not at least push another person to play one of my favorite games of all time.
I know I’m missing out, big time. Everything I hear about it is good, and supposedly attention to detail is incredible. But launchers annoy me to an almost unbelievable extent.
GTA:V is also pretty great and I was really into it. When they added a launcher I opened the game, saw the new launcher/login requirement, pressed X, and never opened GTA:V again. To this day I’ve still not completed it, and I never will unless I find out the launcher has been removed.
Maybe I have some weird mental quirk, but for whatever reason, when I see stuff like launchers, I completely disengage. It becomes impossible for me to enjoy the content.
I’m the same with ads. On TV, I refuse to watch anything unless it’s on a BBC channel (no ads in the UK). If I’m at the cinema, I will literally stand outside the screening room for 30 minutes staring at the ceiling or counting stains on the carpet until they’re done. My partner even messages me when the film is about to begin, then I head inside lol.
I’d genuinely be more likely to buy a PlayStation, buy RDR2, then sell them both for a loss when I’m done than go through their PC launcher.
I realise it’s not normal and I sound like a right weirdo. There’s clearly something… odd with me in that regard, but I can’t really shake it off. It’s compulsive.
Besides, I already have so many other games that I need to play, so it’s not like I’m stuck without anything to do.
Honestly, it’s not crazy to me. I am not as rigid about those things but I avoid them pretty hard in my own way. I don’t buy stuff with a launcher either. Likewise haven’t played rdr2. I block every ad I can. I don’t pay for streaming unless it is completely ad free and don’t habe any regular tv services. If ads are at a theater (i usually only go to ones that just don’t play ads) I won’t wait outside (gotta get my good seat), but I will ignore them and dick around on my phone till they stop.
You gotta be true to yourself but a couple extra minutes, if even, to boot the game because of a launcher that’s integrated into steam isn’t that much of a biggie.
Shit after you launch if the first time I’m pretty sure you can skip the launcher popping up, may have to use a command line argument in steam not sure but it makes it so the launcher is basically non-existent at that point.
Anyways I don’t need to convince you, fine stranger, but I really would be remiss to not at least push another person to play one of my favorite games of all time.