So you aren't reviewing the game. You're reviewing the price.
As Steam is a STORE, I and everyone else in there is reviewing the price to quality ratio. So yes, I'm reviewing the price, but also the game. These two are directly attached on whether or not a game is worth.
For example, look at the store for the new-ish release Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - you'll see the general public opinion is that it's a good game but not worth the absurd price given the lack of innovation from the first installment, hence negative reviews. On the other hand, for example, there is Castle Crashers, a fairly good albeit short beat-em-up. It's by no means an amazing or innovating game, but it's an interesting play with some friends and it comes at a very cheap and user-friendly price.
It's hard to compare DBX2 to CC ignoring prices - DBX2 has more characters, is more complex, has a more balanced battle system, is a lot longer and has better graphics. Does this mean DBX2 is an instant Reccomend and CC is an instand downvote? Should we ignore the fact DBX2 is eleven times more costly when considering if the game is worth it?
There is nothing forcing you to buy everything at once, out of a sale. That would be incredibly foolhardy, especially if you are arguing the price point. (...) There is nothing stopping you from buying the base game on sale, then build on top of that over time. I did it until I caught up, my friends did it, and others have too. Do YOU always buy a new game and all it's DLC in one go?
Turns out that's
exactly what we were doing and planning on continuing doing, but this close from a steam summer sale, where we'd get good prices for a change, the price hike arrived bringing in an increase that makes the current sale cost equal to the old off-sale cost.
So my reasoning for the game being worth it isn't valid but yours is because...?
Please, let's not go personal - I didn't say
your reason, I said that
time spent is not valid.
Thing is, personal taste is a big and extremely subjective thing. Pretty much
every game has this one guy at the thousands of hours, no matter the game and/or it's cost. A quicl google can have you find people who would have well over 500+ hours of simple/hardly replayable quick RPGs such as Skyborn or Undertale, for example. Definetely worth for them, but these are not the general public. The Steam ratings base off the general public, not the rare exceptions of players on the thousands of hours - such is true for both those games, and is also true for EU4. Those who are rating the game can also be people who played for 100 hours and found themselves completely disappointed, for example.
Have to say I feel sorry for that person. Imagine spending 4 months of your life engaged in a totally optional leisure activity, but not feeling that you could recommend it to others who are presumably also interested in that same leisure activity.
