I need to spill my guts out!

[Chosker]

without having bought the pack, I have to say I didn’t know the background of the lava scene was meshes. the name “infinite affordable landscapes” does have a subtle implication to big playable areas IMO

@jwatte;567275

The landscapes also weren’t really set up to work well for any particular game – very few areas were truly level, and there weren’t really any areas that were set up with playable canyons, overlooks, etc. Gameplay typically requires landscapes sculptured much more deterministically than a standard topographic map from the earth.

this is precisely why I think landscape packs in a game dev ecosystem are a waste, and I can’t stress this enough. but hey it works for some

@Maximum-Dev;567689

The difference is this,
When you return a game to Steam or EA with reason being “Unhappy”, they take it out from your library. You have literally no access to it once you get a refund. Same with physical goods. If you do get a refund and don’t return the physical goods then that’s fraud and doesn’t mean the marketplace should follow the same scheme.It’s wrong to assume same should be expected from a market that’s like one lane road. You’d state you’re “unhappy”, you get your money back but also get to keep the content and do virtually anything you want with it. That’s why you have to prove something is wrong with the content and simply being unhappy isn’t enough reason.

getting a refund from a Marketplace asset and then continuing to use it is no different than downloading it illegally from some shady website. in the end the person using the asset has no license to do so, so the license abuse is just as much.
preventing refunds with this argument will only drive your unlawful ‘customers’ into other illegal ways to acquire your assets. on the other hand it will drive your lawful customers into double-thinking a purchase, or could even make some consider an illegal download of the assets to evaluate and try before an actual legal purchase.
the way I see it, it does more harm than good.

no amount of images, videos and technical descriptions can convey enough whether or not an item is technically satisfactory and/or suitable for a specific project. as there being no way to actually inspect and try marketplace assets before purchasing, I actually think “because I didn’t like it” is a valid reason for a refund.