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• Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I downloaded every EA game ever made and I don’t even want to play any of them. I have the files imprisoned on my computer, forever. Bwahahaha!

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• MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah but we can also make a FOSS version of PlantsvsZombies & Sims

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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  $1500‽ What the fuck‽

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  • itztalal@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If people are willing to pay it…

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  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Due to Steam’s Autumn Sale putting the DLC anywhere from 30-50% off, you can currently get the complete game for the low price of only… $993.79.
    I wish I was kidding.
    Screenshot of the Steam store page, showing the “Add All DLC to Cart” button with a total of $993.79. Most of the DLC is priced down anywhere from 30 to 50%.

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    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And It won’t run.

      So many of these DLCs are outright broken. For instance, the For Rent pack very well will corrupt your save file. I’ve had a glitch happen that was a for rent glitch, and I don’t even have the pack. Dine out doesnt function, my wedding stories doesn’t function. The game is still bland with $1000 of DLC.

      It’s so bad, they added a toggle to turn off “unused packs” that break your game. You can now just uninstall them through the UI. Stuff you paid for, you can turn it off now, so your game runs more smoothly. Except, when It rolled out, it broke people’s games when they tried to use it, said they didn’t own the pack anymore, so you couldn’t turn a pack back on. Absurd.

      Fuck The Sims 4, Fuck EA.

      Rust, is an old game, they released a new version to upgrade to new systems. Free to people who already owned the first gen game. They did this well imo. EA could never.

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      • NoodlePoint@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Why you might as well sail and get a fixed pack for basically free.

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  • Retreaux@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hell yeah, interrobang!

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      underrated unicode character

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The franchise basically created the microtransaction.

    As much flak as Oblivion got for horse armor, the Sims did it first.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can’t wait to never play either of those games. Thank Ahura Mazda for indie games.

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, they milked that shit as much as they could. Really ruined the franchise with their bullshit.

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  • Konraddo@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t forget how many years it went live and the absurd number of expansion packs.

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    • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      … And?
      A shit ton of those couldve been free updates lol

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      • Konraddo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well, their artists did make additional assets though, even if they may be recoloured versions.

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  • Leather@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I dunno man. Consider it aspiration! Pirate 1500 minimum in EA games.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t even take that shit for free.

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