Neowiz - Bless Online

[DISSENSION]

Hello, following my conversation with the steam support, i would like to make a suggestion to remove Neowiz products from steam or shut down their cash shop on steam platform, following a lawsuit, they released an scam product (Bless Online).

Bless Online was released as buy to play with money grabbing features and p2w cash shop, following months the game got one of the worst reviews in steam history and they changed to free to play with a lot of promises to improve gameplay and stuff, but the game got worse and got even more p2w, they were trying to grab the most cash before the game closes, now they announced the game will close in September and all the players that payed to play the game will not be compensated in any form, they just say it was our choice to buy the game.

Probably this is pointless but if no one shine some light on these scamming companies it will just make steam a paradise for them.

[Candesco]

Steam is already a paradise for scammers. There are companies out there who come up with an early access and it stays then early access. Bugs and glitches ain't fixed then and people come up with the early access excuse. Valve doesn't give a damn how companies work, as long as they have their share on it. Hence why you also see many incomplete games over here, like the first 2 dungeon siege games. Dungeon siege is sold as a bundle, but it lacks legends of aranna and yesterhaven (as well as return to arhok) for the first DS and broken world for dungeon siege 2. Yet it is still being sold, together with dungeon siege III. You can buy games on steam, but be sure that they are complete. As for mmo's, overall steam and mmo's don't get along. Except ESO and conan exiles, though i play ESO through the disc version. conan exiles is only available on steam, but that one works. But mmo's like black desert, aion and such i use the client version.

[Primal Feed]

And here we go again! Here comes Bless Unleashed and this sets well with Steam.

[SSG_Usagi_Yama]

Hahaha, sorry, I hear about scams all the time and have to laugh. Why you ask, every game that you do not by out right, and is active on a server must make money, that is what they do with cash shops, expansions, add-ons, etc. Nothing is truly free in life. And once more only the easy to scam gets scammed.

That aside, How does one stop from being scammed in this crazy game market where the biggest money earners are mobile clone games. Simple, DON"T pay for it without seeing how it looks on launch, DON'T buy or gain founder packs till you have ready the refund policy and understand it,(on Steam every game has this), IF you feel the game has troubles, DON"T use the cash shop. Scammers only gain money if you spend, and no game company will show up at your house and force you spend money on them by force, if you choose to spend before you have all the facts, then you chose this path.

As far as MMO's on Steam, it has BDO, FF14, ESO, and a hand full of others, all have ways of gaining your money rather it's paid add-ons, expansions, cash shops, paid subscriptions, can't go to new area with out more money being spent, etc.

Most true scams have one thing in common, they vanish with your money and don't come back till they have a new idea they can fool the weak minded with. They don't repackage an old known scams. I played Bless Online, My children, my friends, and my self, all got refunds. Including founder Pack refunds. Scams never return money or allow you to regain your money, i.e. the problem with some Crowd Funded games lately.

Neowiz made a bad attempt at the MMO market and tried to clone others way of thinking and run it on a mobile logic, they rushed to market unready and had no clue what was up or down, that is not a scam it was stupidity. They took a loss and got crushed, just a fact.

Steam is also a business, their business is hosting and launching games in a community environment. They host and let you choose what you like and want to spend your money on, by doing so they to can profit and keep their lights and servers on. You in the end are the only one that choose how to spend your money and on what. So, do it wisely and don't blame others for your choices. Again, thanks

[Xanni]

this game was fine! i liked it very much and i miss this game, i have nothing else to play today...

[En.Ki]

worst game of the decade just after Cyberpunk77

[DJ Deckard Cain]

Steam supports INDIE gaming. How do you screen all companies? You can't. There are games that have been on steam for years with literally ONE person working on them and they never release... to scams. Welcome to indie gaming.

[SSG_Usagi_Yama]

Originally posted by DJ Deckard Cain:

Steam supports INDIE gaming. How do you screen all companies? You can't. There are games that have been on steam for years with literally ONE person working on them and they never release... to scams. Welcome to indie gaming.

I fully agree, a scams are only a scam if you fall for it and spend money. Most scams rely on people being naive and impulsive when spending money. I never buy anything until I see where game is going and how rapidly it advances after being announced.

Thanks

[Candesco]

Originally posted by En.Ki:

worst game of the decade just after Cyberpunk77

Cyberpunk got fixed. This game however was never fixed. Instead, they brought it to the console, renamed their development studio (round8 is just neowiz) and called it unleashed and then came back to the pc again. And as a bonus neowiz added all kind of datamining stuff to it, which resulted that it's not playable for those in the netherlands and belgium by normal means.