#also sidenote i completely forgot i own empire of sin. like that game has not been in my mind since i watched a youtube video

[andromedasummer]

Good morning, today im going to pirate 5-7 videogames made by small indie game devs who are heavily dependent on sales 😚✌️

in WHAT world is the sims 4 or fucking crusader kings 3 an INDIE GAME

#either you are bitching at me for pirating paradox's mainline games which have around $800-1000 dollars worth of dlc #or think pirating indie games is a good thing to do #i already BOUGHT AND OWN all of stellaris and over half its dlc and all paradoxes published indie games (surviving the apocalypse/empire of #sin when it came out etc) when humblebundle/epic games/another service i cant remember the name of right now #had them on sale/they were free on epic #paradox interactive published games yes #but they have 9 development studios under their belt (including paradox development) #which make their core games (europa/crusader kings/hearts of iron/victoria) which are fully fledged triple a games that sell for like $80 #on release and $40-$50 off #they have hundreds of dollars of dlc which makes experiencing the full game literally impossible for anyone who isnt #a youtuber or incredibly wealthy. like its not happening. #anyway literally my ethos is pirate from ea and pirate from paradox dev studio but dont pirate indie games #i didnt realize surviving the apocalypse was an indie dev i thought it was coreline and when i did i got it #on sale through the site i mentioned. its not a game launcher i cant remember it but i got jalopy from it a few years back #also sidenote i completely forgot i own empire of sin. like that game has not been in my mind since i watched a youtube video #of it back in 2020 when it dropped and thought it was cool and bought it #i also own cities and stellaris and an egregious amount of dlc for it please dont look at my steam account i spent money very wildly #as a teenager when they came out #i havent played skyline in a while and none of the stellaris dlc has been worth buying for a few years now unfortunately #i do plan on buying pillars of eternity when i can and the new vampire masquerade game when it comes out cos i fucking love isometric games #and vtm both video game and rpg #anyway this is now me rambling about video games my core ethos stands #buy from indie devs but pirate from EA and Paradox Dev #because they practise some of the most disgusting marketing practises in the video game industry and i despise #that its becoming the norm. a game should be able to be fully experienced for less than $100. to paywall it so severely with dlc #is money hungry bullfuckery