Owners of this game should ask for a refund since the game is no longer playable.

[numnut]

Normally Steam will reject refund requests for games with more than 2 hours of play time or that has been owned for a substantial period of time.

But there are exceptions, for example when a game is not longer playable at all which is the case for CardLife.

Until the developer releases a patch to allow for offline play, I would recommend everyone request a refund from Steam highlighting the unplayable state the game has been left in.

Like many people, I expected more from the developers and seeing the complete disregard for their customers is disgusting and they do not deserve the money they have received so far for a non-functioning game.

[Boboscus]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/920690/eventcomments/1633040337748924041?snr=2_9_100003_ This is the dumbest way to do offline ever, this literally means you can no longer play. Bought it before removal but asked for a refund now, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[PhoenixAscended]

Originally posted by numnut:

Normally Steam will reject refund requests for games with more than 2 hours of play time or that has been owned for a substantial period of time.

But there are exceptions, for example when a game is not longer playable at all which is the case for CardLife.

Until the developer releases a patch to allow for offline play, I would recommend everyone request a refund from Steam highlighting the unplayable state the game has been left in.

Like many people, I expected more from the developers and seeing the complete disregard for their customers is disgusting and they do not deserve the money they have received so far for a non-functioning game.

9 year old game, studio closed down likely due to lack of funding. move on with your day. request refund and whatever, sure. no need to cause a fuss.. it's not worth your time, and the studio shouldn't be forced to highhorse either.

[numnut]

Originally posted by PhoenixAscended:

9 year old game, studio closed down likely due to lack of funding. move on with your day. request refund and whatever, sure. no need to cause a fuss.. it's not worth your time, and the studio shouldn't be forced to highhorse either.

They left their game in an unplayable state, I left a comment telling people they have the option to refund.

If the dev's care they could release a offline version, otherwise people can ask for a refund.

Simple

[PhoenixAscended]

Originally posted by numnut:

Originally posted by PhoenixAscended:

9 year old game, studio closed down likely due to lack of funding. move on with your day. request refund and whatever, sure. no need to cause a fuss.. it's not worth your time, and the studio shouldn't be forced to highhorse either.

They left their game in an unplayable state, I left a comment telling people they have the option to refund.

If the dev's care they could release a offline version, otherwise people can ask for a refund.

Simple

I never posted that here though? I don't even see the message?

[numnut]

Originally posted by PhoenixAscended:

I never posted that here though? I don't even see the message?

Maybe Steam is bugged like Cardlife. :)

[BrieGee]

It was early access. You should know the deal, the game may never finish. That's just how it is. I haven 't played it in a long time, but the last time I did, it was playable. I bought and unfinished game, knowing it may never be finished, that is the risk you take. If you don't like that, don't buy early access. It's not rocket science.

[numnut]

Originally posted by BrieGee:

It was early access. You should know the deal, the game may never finish. That's just how it is. I haven 't played it in a long time, but the last time I did, it was playable. I bought and unfinished game, knowing it may never be finished, that is the risk you take. If you don't like that, don't buy early access. It's not rocket science.

It's not about it "never being finished", it's about not being able to play it at all.

Try loading Cardlife today, it won't load because it's trying to connect to a server that doesn't exist anymore.

The devs could fix this by removing the server check, if they won't people have a right to ask for a refund. If you personally don't care, that's fine.

I'm just informing people.

[PhoenixAscended]

Originally posted by numnut:

Originally posted by BrieGee:

It was early access. You should know the deal, the game may never finish. That's just how it is. I haven 't played it in a long time, but the last time I did, it was playable. I bought and unfinished game, knowing it may never be finished, that is the risk you take. If you don't like that, don't buy early access. It's not rocket science.

It's not about it "never being finished", it's about not being able to play it at all.

Try loading Cardlife today, it won't load because it's trying to connect to a server that doesn't exist anymore.

The devs could fix this by removing the server check, if they won't people have a right to ask for a refund. If you personally don't care, that's fine.

I'm just informing people.

it's not as simple as removing a "server check"
it would likely just as every other game based around connecting to a server, require a mass rewriting of the games systems. and they cannot do this because the studio shut down.

Also, people can't refund this, it's wayy beyond refund policy.

[PhoenixAscended]

Shows how childish you really are, I made a point about how a system works and you gave a clown award lol. get some air.

[NGniusness]

I find it entertaining that there's even a discussion about how hard it is to remove the server checks when there's already a pinned thread explaining how to do that

[numnut]

The pinned there is here https://steamcommunity.com/app/920690/discussions/0/507318617823522363/

[Mav]

Steam won't issue a refund for this, you bought this in Early Access and they'll just say you knew the risk when purchasing.

Also, removing the authentication does not require a mass rewrite of all the systems. The authentication check in parts of the game is simply a call to a script that does the actual communication with the server to make sure you own the game, and returns a yes or a no, if a yes, the game simply continues, if a no, it kicks you off. All they would have to do is delete the authentication part of the script and always return a yes. It would literally take them 5 minutes to do. The lengthiest part would be the recompile and upload to Steam as an update.

[sourceofpain]

Originally posted by PhoenixAscended:

Originally posted by numnut:

Normally Steam will reject refund requests for games with more than 2 hours of play time or that has been owned for a substantial period of time.

But there are exceptions, for example when a game is not longer playable at all which is the case for CardLife.

Until the developer releases a patch to allow for offline play, I would recommend everyone request a refund from Steam highlighting the unplayable state the game has been left in.

Like many people, I expected more from the developers and seeing the complete disregard for their customers is disgusting and they do not deserve the money they have received so far for a non-functioning game.

9 year old game, studio closed down likely due to lack of funding. move on with your day. request refund and whatever, sure. no need to cause a fuss.. it's not worth your time, and the studio shouldn't be forced to highhorse either.

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