Buy it. Larian is a small studio that put a lot of effort and love into that game. If you like what they do, support them. You can get it DRM free on GOG, so you get to actually own it.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I intend to buy it, but I wanted to see how it runs on steamdeck first.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ProtonDB says it's decent, the game is Steamdeck verified plus you can return it with under two hours playtime, so I'd just buy it.
Any upgrade path with a pirated version should be completely irrelevant.

[–] ccdfa@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah no reason not to just buy this one. DRM free and a well-made game. If piracy is a service issue, the service isn't a problem on this one imo

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

First of all, I can evaluate whether I like the game or not, see if it runs well enough for me. I know Steam has a 2 hour window for a refund, but that it less convenient than testing the. Game in other ways.

[–] projectilecomet@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Steam has a 2 week refund policy, as long as you've played for less than 2 hours of game time. Buy it and try it, if unhappy refund it

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

That’s less convenient and doesn’t give much time to evaluate the game tbh.

[–] Lemmyvisitor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I get that they're a good studio to support, but telling someone on a piracy instance to just buy the game isn't very helpful

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I thought it was weird to get that message on this thread.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not about being helpful in the sense of just answering the question at hand. If OP just wanted the question answered they can just Google it. Instead I wanted to offer an alternative, low risk solution.
While Ubisoft, EA and consorts can easily stomach some piracy and still crank out "AAA" titles in a 6-months interval, it hurts small studios relatively more. Buying and returning, on the other hand, offers a way to give feedback to the studio via the return reason and costs just as little as piracy.