The MMO shooter Enlisted has been playable for free on the PC, PlayStation and Xbox for three years now. On March 28th, the game was also released on Steam, but as Enlisted: Reinforced, which can only be accessed by purchasing an “Early Access Pack” with a Price of 20 dollars can be played.
Enlisted must stop Steam sales
It took less than 24 hours for publisher Gaijin Games (known for War Thunder) to take the game off the market again. That happened:
Players criticize the sudden price
The Steam version is identical in content to the one that has been and still can be played on the PC via a separate launcher. In the Steam reviews, some fans complain that they should now pay for the shooter.
In addition to game access, the DLC also contains some additional content such as some in-game currency and seven days of premium account status. Nevertheless, they are 43 percent of reviews are negative and chalk up the sudden costs to the actual Free2Play game.
11:45
Enlisted – What does the new WW2 shooter do differently than Battlefield and Co.?
Technical problems when linking accounts
The second point of criticism comes from players who already know the Free2Play version. The accounts are linked currently incorrectpreventing veterans from using all of their progress on Steam.
According to one Developers’ Steam post This problem occurs when a player Your Steam account is already linked to another Gaijin game and used a different email address than for Enlisted.
Developers apologize
In the Steam article just mentioned, the developers also apologize for the problems and announce that sales have already been stopped. Anyone who has already bought Enlisted on Steam should be able to continue playing it, from one extraordinary right of return However, nothing can be read.
According to the developers, the Steam version was not intended to be “available to a large number of players.” Perhaps Enlisted: Reinforced was intended to attract new players rather than bring regular players to Steam, but this is not discussed in more detail.
Gaijin Games has not yet revealed what will happen next with the Steam release of Enlisted: Reinforced. It just means that they would explore the possibilities on Valve’s platform and look for a solution to the technical problem.
What do you think is behind the sudden price tag on the Free2Play game? Feel free to write us your opinion in the comments.
Table of Contents