When looking at reviews negative has relevance.

That sounds like an awful idea. I want to be able to make educated decisions when it comes to purchasing games. Removing negative reviews pretty much denies that.

Originally posted by Zarineth:

That sounds like an awful idea. I want to be able to make educated decisions when it comes to purchasing games. Removing negative reviews pretty much denies that. :TiredAisha:

The best way to know if a game is right for you is to literally try it. With the extended refund window you can relax and truly test for yourself instead of always relying on others to taste for you.

No review matters once you’ve literally tried the game yourself.

Ah yes, publishers will surely be enthused about people getting an extra massive amount of time to play their game for free.

Refunds should not be treated as a “try before you buy” system, if devs want that, they can provide demos.

Originally posted by Slav Mcgopnik:

Ah yes, publishers will surely be enthused about people getting an extra massive amount of time to play their game for free.

Refunds should not be treated as a “try before you buy” system, if devs want that, they can provide demos.

The only games given extra time are those that have more negative reviews. They are the games that sink fast anyway. This way at least publishers can get a few sales. Just think about it.

Everyone wins.

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by Zarineth:

That sounds like an awful idea. I want to be able to make educated decisions when it comes to purchasing games. Removing negative reviews pretty much denies that.

The best way to know if a game is right for you is to literally try it. With the extended refund window you can relax and truly test for yourself instead of always relying on others to taste for you.

No review matters once you’ve literally tried the game yourself.

People have limited time in their free time. Why the heck am I supposed to download and play every single game, just to refund it?

This seems more like "let me play games for free", than anything else.

Originally posted by shak59:

The only games given extra time are those that have more negative reviews. They are the games that sink fast anyway. This way at least publishers can get a few sales. Just think about it.

Everyone wins.

In what world letting people play games longer and then refund them helps developers? And in what world not being able to make an informed decision is a win for customer?

Originally posted by shak59:

How about hiding negative game reviews,

Already doable. You can filter in only positive reviews if you so choose.

Originally posted by shak59:

but extending the refund window by 1 minute for each negative the game recieves.

This way people can make up their own minds, and some will like the game.

Yeah no M8. Just no. in fact ideally the refund window should be lowered for each negative.
Since the more nmnegatives there are the less excuse you have.

"100,000 gamers band together to make every game free forever with one weird trick"

Originally posted by Doctor Zalgo:

"100,000 gamers band together to make every game free forever with one weird trick"

It totally gives a new meaning to the term "review bomb"

Originally posted by shak59:

The best way to know if a game is right for you is to literally try it.

Via a demo, a free weekend or a timed trial as developers now have that option.

Originally posted by shak59:

With the extended refund window you can relax and truly test for yourself instead of always relying on others to taste for you.

You can relax and read the refund limits you agree to every single time you click confirm at checkout. WITHIN 2 weeks of purchase AND with LESS than 2 hours playtime.

Originally posted by shak59:

No review matters once you’ve literally tried the game yourself.

According to you reviews do matter or did you forget you wrote.

Originally posted by shak59:

but extending the refund window by 1 minute for each negative the game recieves.

Negative being a negative review.

Originally posted by Doctor Zalgo:

"100,000 gamers band together to make every game free forever with one weird trick"

Exactly what would happen.

Negative reviews have just as much importance as positive reviews do.

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

When looking at reviews negative has relevance.

This. Though I 100% agree the refund window should be lengthened for some genres (Primarily MMOs & Live Service Games in general-most of the time you are going to learn next to nothing about whether or not you’ll like a game like that in 2 hours), and for any game that offers free trial weekends-playtime during said free trial should NOT count towards the refund time limit, IMHO.

But yeah, I’ve learned by now to ALWAYS look at negative reviews before I buy a game these days, as they can have MASSIVE red flags (game-breaking glitches near end-game, game marked verified/playable on Steam Deck while actually running terribly/not running at all on Steam Deck according to several reviews, an unfinished game that’s hit 1.0 but still feels like an early access title and has been abandoned by the dev(s) for over a year, deceptive/money-grubbing business practices, devs censoring valid criticism of their games on official platforms (no, not spam, A.K.A. “This game is woke because [insert ridiculous flavor of the month outrage here]!!!”), certain achievements have been broken for ages-or since launch-and left unfixed, etc).

I don’t want that kind of stuff conveniently “hidden” by shady devs in exchange for a longer refund window, thanks.

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

When looking at reviews negative has relevance.

This. Though I 100% agree the refund window should be lengthened for some genres (Primarily MMOs & Live Service Games in general-most of the time you are going to learn next to nothing about whether or not you’ll like a game like that in 2 hours), and for any game that offers free trial weekends-playtime during said free trial should NOT count towards the refund time limit, IMHO.

But yeah, I’ve learned by now to ALWAYS look at negative reviews before I buy a game these days, as they can have MASSIVE red flags (game-breaking glitches near end-game, game marked verified/playable on Steam Deck while actually running terribly/not running at all on Steam Deck according to several reviews, an unfinished game that’s hit 1.0 but still feels like an early access title and has been abandoned by the dev(s) for over a year, deceptive/money-grubbing business practices, devs censoring valid criticism of their games on official platforms (no, not spam, A.K.A. “This game is woke because [insert ridiculous flavor of the month outrage here]!!!”), certain achievements have been broken for ages-or since launch-and left unfixed, etc).

I don’t want that kind of stuff conveniently “hidden” by shady devs in exchange for a longer refund window, thanks.

Good thing the refund window isn’t meant to demo games then.

Originally posted by shak59:

How about hiding negative game reviews, but extending the refund window by 1 minute for each negative the game recieves.

This way people can make up their own minds, and some will like the game.

Very unlikely 1 extra minute will help someone determine if a game is not running on their system.