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Dec. 12th, 2021
A conundrum
Dec. 12th, 2021 12:30 pmIf I leave "Early Access Products" selected in my settings for the Steam discovery queue, then most of the games that show up in my discovery queue are Early Access games (I refuse to refer to "Early Access games" as "EA games" for what should be obvious reasons), which sucks because I've long ago stopped buying Early Access games. At most, I might Wishlist an Early Access game if it looks interesting, but only when/if it actually releases "properly"[1] will I consider buying it, because about half the time when I've bought Early Access shit in the past, it ended up just being utterly abandoned[2] without ever becoming anything resembling a full, complete game. (EDIT 2) I turned the "Early Access Products" option back on and ran through another queue, just for the hell of it, and literally every game in the queue was an Early Access game. (/EDIT 2)
On the other hand, if I deselect "Early Access Products" in the settings for the discovery queue, then the overall average quality of the games that show up in my discovery queue takes a noticeable nosedive. That said, I know there are games out there that have been completed and aren't total shit, because I see them when I'm just browsing regular-ass Steam. It's just that so very few of them are showing up in my discovery queue, in favor of asset flip shit and "meme games" and porn/hentai shit and the like.
Oh, and also, I'm still getting porn/hentai games in my queue, even though I have "Adult Only Sexual Content" deselected in my overall Steam Store settings (as there's no option for it specifically in the discovery queue settings). I think that has more to do with some such games not being properly put into the AO category, though, despite being porn/hentai. Not sure if that's a "publisher/developer being scuzzy" issue or a "Steam being negligent" issue or both of those issues combined. (EDIT) I think the biggest culprits are the porn/hentai games that have been "cleaned up" for Steam release so that they're technically not porn/hentai games, despite obviously being porn/hentai games, but which then have easily accessible "restoration" patches (usually available in posts by the developers themselves right there in the Steam forum for the game) that allow them to circumvent being labeled as an AO game by Steam, and, thus, show up in my discovery queue, despite my having turned that option the fuck off. (/EDIT)
[1] - Not that the arbitrary "released" distinction actually means anything, anymore, because far too many "released" games are still being actively developed (too often to the detriment of the game in question), even after leaving "Early Access."
[2] - Conversely, even if a "properly released" game stops being actively developed (after it has reached a state that I, personally, would consider to be a complete, fully functional game), far too many morons on the Steam forums or in Steam reviews for the game will stupidly bleat about how the game was "abandoned," so in this case, I guess it's a matter of damned if you do, damned if you don't.
On the other hand, if I deselect "Early Access Products" in the settings for the discovery queue, then the overall average quality of the games that show up in my discovery queue takes a noticeable nosedive. That said, I know there are games out there that have been completed and aren't total shit, because I see them when I'm just browsing regular-ass Steam. It's just that so very few of them are showing up in my discovery queue, in favor of asset flip shit and "meme games" and porn/hentai shit and the like.
Oh, and also, I'm still getting porn/hentai games in my queue, even though I have "Adult Only Sexual Content" deselected in my overall Steam Store settings (as there's no option for it specifically in the discovery queue settings). I think that has more to do with some such games not being properly put into the AO category, though, despite being porn/hentai. Not sure if that's a "publisher/developer being scuzzy" issue or a "Steam being negligent" issue or both of those issues combined. (EDIT) I think the biggest culprits are the porn/hentai games that have been "cleaned up" for Steam release so that they're technically not porn/hentai games, despite obviously being porn/hentai games, but which then have easily accessible "restoration" patches (usually available in posts by the developers themselves right there in the Steam forum for the game) that allow them to circumvent being labeled as an AO game by Steam, and, thus, show up in my discovery queue, despite my having turned that option the fuck off. (/EDIT)
[1] - Not that the arbitrary "released" distinction actually means anything, anymore, because far too many "released" games are still being actively developed (too often to the detriment of the game in question), even after leaving "Early Access."
[2] - Conversely, even if a "properly released" game stops being actively developed (after it has reached a state that I, personally, would consider to be a complete, fully functional game), far too many morons on the Steam forums or in Steam reviews for the game will stupidly bleat about how the game was "abandoned," so in this case, I guess it's a matter of damned if you do, damned if you don't.
