Kerokeronim on Nostr: >bought GTA4 on Steam since it's on sale >haven't played the game in years and I used ...
>bought GTA4 on Steam since it's on sale
>haven't played the game in years and I used to play the pirated version so I'm fired up
>installed and launched the game
>"Rockstar client is installing"
>uh oh
>somehow I need a damn Rockstar account to play this fucking single player game
>refund the game after 2 minutes
Why is the game industry like this?
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