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Played rocket league for years, really miffed here. At some future point all the steam workshop and custom content wont work for players, so anything there is n

by hobs 8y ago

Played rocket league for years, really miffed here. At some future point all the steam workshop and custom content wont work for players, so anything there is now DOA. Splitting the install base effectively across another platform just spits in the eye of people who've bought RL and want to make it easy to see/join their friends. They've had years of problems getting a unified platform going, and its still not nearly as simple and straightforward as using steam friends. Probably going to ask for a refund on Steam when this game is no longer for sale.

VectorLock 8y ago
Rocket League pretty much pushed cross-platform play to consoles. How would this split the community when they're pushing in precisely the opposite direction? Why wouldn't they do the same now that they're under Epic Games?
- runevault 8y ago
  Epic has been buying games away from Steam for a while now, this time they are simply buying the developer outright. There is 0 chance the game remains on steam beyond for anyone who already paid for it, but 0 guarantees of new content after this.
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sorenjan 8y ago
Why would you ask for a refund when you've played it for years? Does that time not count? Was it not enjoyable?
- Reedx 8y ago
  It's not uncommon to see gamers entitled to a comical degree. $20 for years of play time and server resource consumption. Thumbs down! 2,000 hours played? Thumbs down! (see Steam reviews for many examples of this) Ridiculous.
  - hobs 8y ago
    Well thanks for that knee-jerk reaction instead of having any idea of how much time and money I have put into the game. I'd probably be considered a whale by Psy.
    - Retra 8y ago
      The irony being highlighted there is that you've provided a knee-jerk reaction instead of trying to understand how much time and effort people put into making an enjoyable game for you. Nobody would just assume you're propping the whole company up...
  - bisby 8y ago
    I'm a linux user and EGS has no linux option. If they do pull the game from Steam, I can no longer play. Does it matter how much I paid or how many hours I have played? If I pay for a game, I'm sorry if I feel "entitled" to play it.
    - DelTaco 8y ago
      Existing users will not be affected
  - bbradley406 8y ago
    I stopped playing it when they removed one of the best game game modes - unranked Rumble. For those who don't play it was a silly mode where you got a powerup every ten seconds that had wacky effects on the ball / other players. I had gotten bored of the regular modes and this one was the only one I still enjoyed. They made it ranked which had a lot of downsides that made it unplayable for me. Is this "gamer entitlement"? I paid full purchase price and supported the devs by buying cosmetics - and they take away my favorite game mode, rendering the game useless to me? Fuck that. There are so many other great games to play, and life is too short to waste on video games anyway.
deminature 8y ago
>spits in the eye I really wish the gaming community in general would cool it with the aggressive hyperbole. In no way is a developer being acquired equivalent to someone spitting in your eye.
- canadaj 8y ago
  I don't think the issue is Psyonix being acquired, it's Epic's intentions to remove the game from Steam and potentially stop supporting new features on Steam that people are worried about. Psyonix has done a fantastic job and created an amazing game and I think most people are happy for them and hope this works out, but it's hard to see the bright side of this as an avid Rocket League fan.
zapnuk 8y ago
1. Cross platorm parties are already available. Why would it not work for two different clients (steam and epic games)? 2. If you played the game for years you cannot get a refund from Stream
ChrisSD 8y ago
They say > In the meantime, it will continue to be available for purchase on Steam; thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers. So it sounds like nothing will suddenly stop working?
- NoodleIncident 8y ago
  What is this quote from? Maybe the article link changed, I don't see it in the current post.
  - ChrisSD 8y ago
    Ah sorry, it was from the Ars Technica article[0]. The source is cited as "Epic". [0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/epic-acquires-rocket-league-studio-bringing-game-to-epics-store-this-year/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/epic-acquires-rocket-...

by hobs 8y ago

VectorLock 8y ago

Rocket League pretty much pushed cross-platform play to consoles. How would this split the community when they're pushing in precisely the opposite direction? Why wouldn't they do the same now that they're under Epic Games?

runevault 8y ago
Epic has been buying games away from Steam for a while now, this time they are simply buying the developer outright. There is 0 chance the game remains on steam beyond for anyone who already paid for it, but 0 guarantees of new content after this.
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sorenjan 8y ago

Why would you ask for a refund when you've played it for years? Does that time not count? Was it not enjoyable?

Reedx 8y ago
It's not uncommon to see gamers entitled to a comical degree. $20 for years of play time and server resource consumption. Thumbs down! 2,000 hours played? Thumbs down! (see Steam reviews for many examples of this) Ridiculous.
- hobs 8y ago
  Well thanks for that knee-jerk reaction instead of having any idea of how much time and money I have put into the game. I'd probably be considered a whale by Psy.
  - Retra 8y ago
    The irony being highlighted there is that you've provided a knee-jerk reaction instead of trying to understand how much time and effort people put into making an enjoyable game for you. Nobody would just assume you're propping the whole company up...
- bisby 8y ago
  I'm a linux user and EGS has no linux option. If they do pull the game from Steam, I can no longer play. Does it matter how much I paid or how many hours I have played? If I pay for a game, I'm sorry if I feel "entitled" to play it.
  - DelTaco 8y ago
    Existing users will not be affected
- bbradley406 8y ago
  I stopped playing it when they removed one of the best game game modes - unranked Rumble. For those who don't play it was a silly mode where you got a powerup every ten seconds that had wacky effects on the ball / other players. I had gotten bored of the regular modes and this one was the only one I still enjoyed. They made it ranked which had a lot of downsides that made it unplayable for me. Is this "gamer entitlement"? I paid full purchase price and supported the devs by buying cosmetics - and they take away my favorite game mode, rendering the game useless to me? Fuck that. There are so many other great games to play, and life is too short to waste on video games anyway.

deminature 8y ago

>spits in the eye I really wish the gaming community in general would cool it with the aggressive hyperbole. In no way is a developer being acquired equivalent to someone spitting in your eye.

canadaj 8y ago
I don't think the issue is Psyonix being acquired, it's Epic's intentions to remove the game from Steam and potentially stop supporting new features on Steam that people are worried about. Psyonix has done a fantastic job and created an amazing game and I think most people are happy for them and hope this works out, but it's hard to see the bright side of this as an avid Rocket League fan.

zapnuk 8y ago

1. Cross platorm parties are already available. Why would it not work for two different clients (steam and epic games)? 2. If you played the game for years you cannot get a refund from Stream

ChrisSD 8y ago

They say > In the meantime, it will continue to be available for purchase on Steam; thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers. So it sounds like nothing will suddenly stop working?

NoodleIncident 8y ago
What is this quote from? Maybe the article link changed, I don't see it in the current post.
- ChrisSD 8y ago
  Ah sorry, it was from the Ars Technica article[0]. The source is cited as "Epic". [0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/epic-acquires-rocket-league-studio-bringing-game-to-epics-store-this-year/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/epic-acquires-rocket-...