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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux on September 10⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless the developers voluntarily give out refunds (see Rust), don’t expect Valve to step in unless a given individual meets the general refund policy requirements.

  There have historically been numerous cases of developers selectively dropping support for certain platforms (officially and now much more unofficially by just blocking Proton rather having a native release to begin with). Some developers willingly gave refunds to users that played the once-supported games on said platforms. Other times, they have not, and I do not know of a single case in which Valve stepped in when developers/publishers refused/ignored.

  If there is some consumer-protection law in your jurisdiction that would apply to licensed access to media, then you may have recourse that way. Otherwise, anyone seeking a refund is unlikely to get one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 4's latest update aims to deliver more performance fixes, ends up causing more stuttering for some⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently dug through a sampled list of UE5 games released on Steam. It is shocking how many have such poor reviews (often for reasons not beholden to the engine). Sifting through stuff, I did find a handful of games that didn’t seem to have major performance, graphical flaws based on reviews and forum posts, though to note some of them also didn’t seem to leverage much of UE5 technologies to begin with (Lumen, Nanite, etc.). Some games did seem to leverage UE5 tech still and have minimal to no complaints.

  Sadly, a large portion of the released games I pulled from this list had referenced performance issues or otherwise major issues that tanked the Steam review score. I unfortunately didn’t note down my findings for the handful that didn’t, but if you want to look for yourself the list I searched from is linked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 4's latest update aims to deliver more performance fixes, ends up causing more stuttering for some⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t played it myself, but based on watching gameplay and seeing community sentiment on the Steam forums and reviews, as well as from friends, it doesn’t seem that the performance is quite perfect. Definitely better than most UE5 games currently released, but still has some problems. From the footage I have watched of the game, it definitely still looks like there is some moderate TAA ghosting as well. Does this hold true from gameplay?