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I think the two key points are that 1) you are at Steam's mercy to do that, regardless of whether they are a good actor now and 2) unless the dev actively set u
by rincebrain 2y ago
I think the two key points are that
1) you are at Steam's mercy to do that, regardless of whether they are a good actor now
and
2) unless the dev actively set up branches for you to use, I don't think Steam lets you easily play older versions, so it's nontrivial to play the game as it was "at release", if that's your goal.
- themaninthedark 2y agoNo, you can't easily play a game "as released" with today's model. However, on the other hand, how many old games can you only play "as released" as the developer and/or publisher has gone out of business and the patches are no longer hosted? Of the two, which is a greater impact? I know of many games with bugs, some even showstopping ones and can't think of any game that I want to play "as released" because the patch makes things worse.
- rincebrain 2y agoIt depends on your goals. Speedrunners, for instance, often prefer very specific releases of games, because they rely on glitches that have since been fixed. Sometimes the latest rev a dev shipped before falling off the planet has game-changing behaviors, like stripping all the licensed music because you lost the license.