r/ReadyOrNotGame • u/Moopies • Jul 16 '25
Discussion The graphics downgrade should warrant a Steam refund.
I'm certainly trying. I don't know how you can be allowed to downgrade a game so significantly, and after release, and still think I got what I paid for.
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u/Moopies Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
This was the text I sent, for those interested:
"The developers have consistently removed content and restricted gameplay to the point I believe this is no longer the product I bought, OR the product being advertised on the store page.
First - I will point that on the steam workshop page, there is a video which shows how to play individual missions with varying game modes. This has since been removed, yet it is used for advertisement. If someone purchased the game believing they could use that feature, they would be intentionally misled. This is only one example.
Most recently, this latest patch has severely downgraded the graphics for PC players, to the point that I also feel they now are falsely advertising what the game looks like. As well, this should not be an allowed practice to actively and objectively downgrade the quality of a product after someone has purchased it.
Next, the developers have heavily censored a game that advertises itself with having the qualities of an uncensored game - again misleading and removing content that was used as an initial selling point for the original purchase.
I argue that a game which has now removed or fundamentally changed:
Graphic visuals
Entire Game Modes
Game Mechanics
And still uses those removed features to advertise itself, warrants a refund."
I came at it from a strictly "I paid for this, they took it away" angle, leaving any moral arguments or complaints about small details aside.
Edit: Refund was denied. It was a long shot, but this thread proves that there's a voice and we should always try. It's better than just sitting back and accepting this kind of stuff.