[georgespencer]

Edit: no longer a problem!

Original comment: I've seen reports that the Steam refund window of a few hours of 'gameplay' is used up by the mammoth download time. Steam only downloads the installer, and the installer then downloads the game data. Steam considers the installer to be the game itself and starts the clock ticking.

[mrcarrot]

Valve have said they will (somehow) not count the time taken to download the game content against the 2 hour refund clock [1].

[1]: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-20-valve-assu...

[tpmx]

I will still take more than two hours to figure out if this game is playable or not, especially since everything is so random/buggy. And the framerate when loading scenery (looking in a new direction) currrently seems to depend on the the time of the day, because the geometry servers are overloaded or somthing.

After 6 hours of game play (sort of - half of that been spent looking at loading screens and trying out different settings) I'm still not sure. It's oh so promising but also so insanely buggy and random.

[mrcarrot]

You could just sign up for a month of Game Pass and get the game for 1 £/€/$.

[rkangel]

Valve have explicitly stated that that won't be a problem:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amp/valve-says-the-time-it-takes-...