Dragās refund request for Planescape Torment was denied by Steam. The game has sat in dragās inventory for several months, but drag has only played for 8 minutes and in that time decided not to play it.
Drag would like advice on gaming the Steam refund system, because drag doesnāt agree with their reason for denying the refund. Are there any gamebreaking bugs or problems like that which Steam might accept?
Drag will post the reason for wanting a refund in a comment, and asks that you confine discussion of dragās reason or why drag should just enjoy the game to underneath that comment, so that the rest of the thread can be about the actual question.
Iāve given a way to maybe get that refund, but I also want to say: You should just play it. Yeah, your party is pretty much set in stone in it, but itās arguably one of the best CRPG D&D games to exist. Itās not like youāre really gonna make a statement to the now defunct developer that made the game. Black Isle doesnāt exist. Interplay doesnāt exist.
But if youāre dead set on needing the full custom character experience, may I suggest Temple of Elemental Evil? The story dramatically changes depending on if you are good or evil alignment and itās got one helluva an opening scene if youāre evil.
CRPGs fundamentally ask the player to self insert into the player character, and drag will take psychic damage if drag self inserts into a man. Drag is perfectly happy to self insert into tragic stories like KOTOR and feel bad as part of a gameās story. Thatās the same as watching a sad or scary movie, thatās fine. And drag would even be willing to enjoy Tormentās dysphoria if it were an intended part of the experience, and youāre actually able to play the Nameless One as a dysphoric trans person. But gender dysphoria that isnāt accounted for in the gameās design doesnāt lead to catharsis. Thatās just feeling bad with no purpose to it.
Drag isnāt mad at the developer for this. As you say, the developer is dead, so thereās no point being angry. Drag is angry at Steam for selling this game without a content warning. Drag is angry about false advertising. This should be a part of the storeās interface, the same as age ratings, or the recent decision to force games to disclose kernel level anticheat.
Drag is angry about false advertising.
It would only be false advertising if Steam said you could choose your gender when you canāt, which they donāt.
They said you can pick your path. Itās not true. It shouldnāt be in the features section.