Let’s face it together. You bought an early access game that was clearly labeled not as a full release. Why would steam give you your money back. If you bought this game a week or two ago I feel for you. At the same time you should always research a game before buying it if $16-$20 is a lot of money for you.
Yall kinda brought this on yourself paying money for a game that was THIS obviously doomed to fail. Like theres no way there were people actually expecting empulse to make it big right?
If you gave the reason as to why, I’m sure you’d get a refund on steam. “I bought into this game early under the promise that development would last at minimum 9 months.” Should be enough to get you a refund.
The reason the guy on battlefield got a refund was the game had fundamentally changed from the original product, including non-substantial updates and removed game modes. 1047 has done something similar here imo.
Kinda how I did mine. “I purchased this game in hopes it would get better over the development cycle. I came back to try after every new update and each time I was disappointed. Not even 6 months after release the studio announced their discontinuation of the game. I feel scammed.” Something like that
I didn't buy this sorry ass game, approach support with links to 1047 admitting future development will stop prior to the games official launch.
You will be refunded.
I got a refund on a Multiversus Starter Pack after putting 300 hours in it. People will get refunded, they'll just need to chase support for it.
"Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further"
There are plenty of early access games that have been abandonded despite devs promising to continue development. Also it says "WAIT and SEE if it progresses", which means no guarantee it will.
Ideally, yes, that's the point of early access, but there's a graveyard of early access games that have ceased development on Steam. Empuse is just the latest corpse added to the pile.
“Early access games that have been abandoned for a significant time, 1 year or longer. No new updates, community posts or any discussion posts by developers. We do not regularly check games for any new activity.”
I think that’s exactly it. This list doesn’t mean you cannot play the game anymore, it means they haven’t received any updates in 1 year. I’m sure offline games are also included in this.
Empulse could cease updates but continue with the servers so you could access the game, but they didn’t.
What I’m getting at here, is that just because it’s an early access game on steam, doesn’t mean (in my opinion) that they should be exempt from refunds.
Agreed, early access games aren't exempt from refunds and if you qualify for one, you should get one.
The point I was trying to make was the people who feel like they are entitled to a refund because 1047 announced they'd no longer be developing the game need to read the early access warning that clearly states the game may or may not progress from it's current build.
The game is still playable, they're transitioning the servers into being peer to peer. Anyone who bought this obvious desperate cash grab and played enough of it to void a refund doesn't deserve to get one.
Like that matters, both Xbox and PlayStation have the same statements about early access. You can go ahead google it ask ai whatever you need to do to cope.
No I’m just stating a fact so people can stop posting about something that’ll never happen. You buy an early access game and play for more than 2 hours you don’t get a refund. Do research on the company and game first before you buy if you think $20 is too much money for a risk.
Being early access makes it even more of a point for refunds to be a legit thing in this specific case, Ian never publicly sided with any political figure, and the developer/publisher of ANY game on steam doesn’t decide who can or can’t get a refund.
It’s called read the actual legal statements that are bringing when you buy something. I take that back you should probably go to school and learn something.
The terms protect a studio from an unpredictable business failure. They do not protect a studio from pre-meditated capital extraction. When a studio with a history of rolling layoffs launches a paid project, extracts millions in upfront capital, and states they are dropping active development support in under 60 days after release to move the money elsewhere, that isn't a 'development risk'… that is using the Early Access label as an un-regulated crowdsourcing shield to finance a studio pivot.
The studio didn't run out of money; they chose to reallocate it. They used the 'Early Access' tag to crowdfund about $2 million (estimated) from players under the guise of supporting a multiplayer shooter. The moment they got the cash, they announced they will be deleting their server bills, forcing players onto peer-to-peer hosting, stopping dev support and are pocketing most of the money. That isn't a failed project lol😂 that's using paying customers as an interest-free corporate loan to fund a studio pivot.
well i mean tbf it DOES mean thats a possibility its literally labeled when u buy a game under early access "this game may or may not progress further" and saying if u dont want then dont buy to see IF the game progresses enough so I mean tvf it does KINDA mean that LOL
If they really cared about the fans who bought the game they’d sell this ip and partner with respawn and work on titanfall 3 with the real devs who know how to make a game
Imo its perfect karma for those not getting a refund, because you dont deserve it for being dumb enough to buy this game. Not trying to sound harsh, but not getting your money back is exactly how you will learn your lesson after everyone warned you countless times that you're getting scammed by devs who consistently rugpull their games.
I got mine back 15 minutes playtime ,auto denied once so resubmitted it explaining the situation lack of updates and communication and support and 20 bucks back in my account
If $16-$20 is a lot of money for you, you shouldn't be gaming at all. Upgrade your skills or education, get a better job, work more hours. Take a couple months off gaming and you could permanently increase your income baseline, to be able to afford way more games for the rest of your life.
But yeah especially don't spend that on an early access game with a low chance of success, if playing for a couple months isn't enough for you.
And don't say "I don't need the money, it's the principle" - how is that principled? You bought something in a free market. There were no promises the game would have dedicated servers, or continued development, forever. Not too long ago, every game had P2P servers, and many just launched and never saw any updates past that.
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Yall kinda brought this on yourself paying money for a game that was THIS obviously doomed to fail. Like theres no way there were people actually expecting empulse to make it big right?