Yeah me too since I don’t really play multiplayer games developed by valve anymore.
I will say though, to me it is a lot more than just loot boxes. These “in game” items have real world value which add to the risk reward factor that made them so addictive to me growing up
Valve hasn’t really done much to stop this issue
I think people just ignore and don’t pay attention to them. Also valve is great at hiding them.
It’s no secret that a lot of their ventures are funded by child gambling addictions that valve has enabled
I don’t use the Amazon launcher, but I’m pretty sure the Amazon games are DRM free as well. Not sure if it’s all of them but I know a lot are
If you’re talking about Elder Scrolls Online, then I had the same experience. It’s too repetitive and not satisfying enough
Reminds of me of when I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey and was confused because I had heard great things about the soundtrack, but it was just a bunch of songs I had heard before.
About halfway through the movie I realized that it was an original soundtrack and it was so influential that it became a cliche. 2001: A Space Odyssey was a cliche, not because it followed a saturated trend, but because it itself was copied by everyone else.
AC1’s concept and maybe even story has held up, but you’re right that the later entries feel miles better.
I know this thread is already a little old, but here is the list of my favorite apps from F-Droid/Izzy. I use a lot of these almost daily and just thought I would share these in case someone might find a new app they find useful
Bitwarden and firefox
I don’t use it but blender is another one
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