Anyone tired of games on steam that dont work?

[* FrostWolf]

Ok this is becoming annoying. I buy games on steam expecting them to work. You spend money on something you expect it to work right? Why doesnt steam require developers test their games to ensure they work before they hit the store? Command and Conquer is listed as having online mode. Have you guys not noticed EA doesnt have any C&C servers? I buy War Hammer total war with ALL DLCS and i cant get the free ones because i have to run the game from steam to go to total war server to try and get the FREE DLC and it wouldnt acknowledge i already had steam open and cant so i refunded. Then Just Cause 3 was so slow. I have a ASUS ROG with 40gb ram, a 6gb rtx 2060, ryzen 7 48000 and it wouldnt play correctly. Next Resident evil operation racoon city wont work and wont load. After so many people ask to refund the games and you see so many negative reviews why dont you go and check to see why so many are refunding. Is it a bad game? How many minutes did it say i had on operation racoon city? 1 minute. I couldnt write a review to warn anyone because it wouldnt even load and you have to play a game for five minutes. Anyone else getting tired of spending money on games that dont work because steam lacks quality control?

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

I'm tierd of people complaining about this type of thing without doing any research or ask questions before making a purchase and assume that things will work correctly.

Just like all the negative and stupid reviews currently on Torch Light 3 and people complaing about no single-player which was addressed in the EAG banner (but ofc people can't read and assume they can play it that way and they have to play multi-player until the game comes out.)

[* FrostWolf]

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I'm tierd of people complaining about this type of thing without doing any research or ask questions before making a purchase and assume that things will work correctly.

Just like all the negative and stupid reviews currently on Torch Light 3 and people complaing about no single-player which was addressed in the EAG banner (but ofc people can't read and assume they can play it that way and they have to play multi-player until the game comes out.)

Um what research should i do on Resident Evil Operation Racoon city thats been out for years? It wont work and you have to play for five minutes to write a review. Since i couldnt load it i couldnt log my five minutes to warn others. Im sure others felt the same way. And who doesnt expect their games to work when they buy them? Next i can tell you didnt even read it all by your immediate response which rambles on about a completely different topic. And Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 and C&C 3 hae been out for years also and steam has them listed as online..... maybe you didnt learn reading comprehension in elementry school but would you like to try again this time with something about the issues not your personal feelings

[FPSdoug]

You can refund games on steam that don't work if you haven't played over a set amount of hours.

I agree it is frustrating but on the plus side, you can basically demo any game for free by refunding them if you don't like them, no questions asked.

[pantihose ™]

is this a game forum or Community market ?!

[* FrostWolf]

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

is this a game forum or Community market ?!

honestly both. the community needs to start presuring steam into verifying the games they sell actually work. If they say online and the developer has no servers isnt that false advertising? Also if you cant even load a game to play for five minutes to warn others shouldnt steam verify why so many players have issues? Hit the resident evil operation racoon city forums. people have been struggling with getting it to work for years and steam knows this by the high volume of returns and does nothing.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by FrostWolf 2021:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I'm tierd of people complaining about this type of thing without doing any research or ask questions before making a purchase and assume that things will work correctly.

Just like all the negative and stupid reviews currently on Torch Light 3 and people complaing about no single-player which was addressed in the EAG banner (but ofc people can't read and assume they can play it that way and they have to play multi-player until the game comes out.)

Um what research should i do on Resident Evil Operation Racoon city thats been out for years? It wont work and you have to play for five minutes to write a review. Since i couldnt load it i couldnt log my five minutes to warn others. Im sure others felt the same way. And who doesnt expect their games to work when they buy them? Next i can tell you didnt even read it all by your immediate response which rambles on about a completely different topic. And Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 and C&C 3 hae been out for years also and steam has them listed as online..... maybe you didnt learn reading comprehension in elementry school but would you like to try again this time with something about the issues not your personal feelings

Just because a game doesn't work for you doesn't mean it doesn't work at all.

The fact you automatically assume old game = work no matter what and that what Blueberry said is unrelated show that you still have a lot to learn about PC gaming.

This isn't like consoles where every system is identical so there are hard guarantees sometimes a game is simply incompatible with one part of your systems hardware or is broken by something else running or installed on it. That is what you should have researched especially because of the simple reality that sometimes newer systems struggle with old games because they can't easily limit themselves enough to avoid breaking it.

[Nx Machina]

Steam is not responsible for details published on the store page that is the province of the developers and publishers.

Steam have no responsibility for ensuring games work as they are a store, again developers.and publishers are responsible.

If games do not work correctly on your system you need to spend time troubleshooting why they do not.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by FrostWolf 2021:

After so many people ask to refund the games and you see so many negative reviews why dont you go and check to see why so many are refunding.

Errm, no. Just because people refund the game or give it a negative review, doesn't mean that something is actually up.

People can have all kinds of complaints that are "invalid", so to speak.

Originally posted by FrostWolf 2021:

the community needs to start presuring steam into verifying the games they sell actually work. If they say online and the developer has no servers isnt that false advertising? Also if you cant even load a game to play for five minutes to warn others shouldnt steam verify why so many players have issues?

I disagree. There isn't a thing like "the community". People have different opinions and views on things. Some people don't like to need to tweak a game to have it run perfectly, others do.

If stuff doesn't work properly, use the report functionality. It's what it's there for. However, don't expect console like plug and play, that's NEVER been part of gaming on a PC.

[Kargor]

Anyone tired of games on steam that dont work?

Not really. Games get "EOL"-ed all the time; while it is annoying in general it's not something that's specific to Steam.

Just be careful when buying stuff that's quite old; maybe check forums first to see if there's talk about known problems. In general, though, I don't really need games that are THAT old, and a lot of the old-but-not-too-old stuff works, at least on my Win7 box (I'm not on Win10... yet?).

[nullable]

My favorite topics are the ones where users are convinced it's everyone else's fault. That all these games are broken (for everyone) and have all sorts of demands and solutions for a problem they don't understand.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by FrostWolf 2021:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I'm tierd of people complaining about this type of thing without doing any research or ask questions before making a purchase and assume that things will work correctly.

Just like all the negative and stupid reviews currently on Torch Light 3 and people complaing about no single-player which was addressed in the EAG banner (but ofc people can't read and assume they can play it that way and they have to play multi-player until the game comes out.)

Um what research should i do on Resident Evil Operation Racoon city thats been out for years? It wont work and you have to play for five minutes to write a review. Since i couldnt load it i couldnt log my five minutes to warn others. Im sure others felt the same way. And who doesnt expect their games to work when they buy them? Next i can tell you didnt even read it all by your immediate response which rambles on about a completely different topic. And Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 and C&C 3 hae been out for years also and steam has them listed as online..... maybe you didnt learn reading comprehension in elementry school but would you like to try again this time with something about the issues not your personal feelings

I don't know maybe the research that games for windows live doesn't exist anymore and that's 99% of the reason people have issues launching the game? Maybe researching that RA 3 and CnC3 official servers shutdown forever ago? Literally a 3 second search.

[vexviron]

To the OP, I've been playing PC games for 20+ years and sometimes PC games don't work. There are many reasons why this happens. Most PC gamers have different system builds, even custom builds that make it difficult for a game developer to test their game on. Developers generalize by taking the most popular systems to test on, sometimes they even ask the public for help; such as Open Beta tests. My recommendation, If a game doesn't work go to the internet and look for solutions. I can guarantee if you ask the right questions 9 times out of 10 you will find your answers. A very good, easy place to start searching is the game specific Steam forums. Some topics to look up, your graphic card compatibility, recent driver update, recent game update, SSD/HD space, RAM requirements, OS system errors, there are numerous other possibilities. I doubt your problem is with Steam, they merely provide a platform for distribution. Valve is not in the business of game performance policing, they are not going to pick and choose games that work on some computers, but not others; that's what the small print at the bottom of the store page is all about. The reason your game doesn't work is because of the company that put it on Steam. Their failure is why your game doesn't work, not Steam. If your mad get a refund, because Steam allows you to do that.

[pantihose ™]

This is Community market, not a game forum

[hazecloud ( ☞♥◞ ♥)]

old games might require old pc to run properly you know. then there's the refund option. Steam should have better custom search to find games, many game but hard to dig around.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by FrostWolf 2021:

Originally posted by pantihose ™:

is this a game forum or Community market ?!

honestly both. the community needs to start presuring steam into verifying the games they sell actually work.

User peaks today:

Command and Conquer Remastered: 10,337 players
Warhammer Total War: 1,782 Players
Just Cause 3: 1,265 Players
Resident Evil: Racoon City: 35 Players.
C&C 3: 625 Players
C&C Red alert 3: 367 Players

Games definetly 'work', according to the fact people are playing them.

There's a HUGE leap between 'It doesn't work for me' and 'it doesn't work'.
When a game really doesn't work and has issues it is removed from sale and there's been instances of it happening in the past:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/batman-arkham-knight-for-pc-pulled-from-steam-and-retailers-due-to-bugs/