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[VGEsoterica]

Maybe I am just in a spicy mood but I was one of the people who revealed just how crap Limited Run Games was with the collectors edition of D for 3DO by shipping consumer grade CD-R's vs replicated discs and then stating it was for "compatibility" because replicated discs couldn't be done...which is absolutely not true as 3DO games are just CDs with a different sector size which ANY replication house can press.

Only when pressed in the news did LRG actually acknowledge the "issue" (cheaping out for profit) and state they would issue refunds or disc replacements with replicated discs.

Then....silence. No contact, no updates, no timelines...I even emailed 10 days ago (from my non-channel name) and have not received a response.

So I decided to check with the last replication house I used for my film work....four discs, 1000 each, 2 weeks max from receipt of files to delivery of manufactured discs. So wtf has LRG done the last two months? A whole lot of nothing apparently.

Just straight up scammy activity...seems more like they are hoping to run the clock out than actually make right what should have been right in the first place.

Just felt like shaming today lol



anyone get the refund? I haven't heard from anyone yet that asked for $ back vs replacements

 

[Dacvak]

LRG is a shady, shit company. I’ve had to deal with them on a professional level, and without going into detail, they’re pretty terrible all around imo.

 

[GrayChild]

Anyone surprised? LRG have always been terrible.

 

[Dr. Claus]

LRG is a shit company.

LRG sold censored games in the west to "Emulate the 80s/90s!", except the censorship present was never the kind of censorship of the era. They banned anyone criticizing this from their discord.

LRG listened to a well known and infamous pedophile who dug through their soon to be leaving community manager's tweets to find that she followed people they didn't like. They fired her and tried to ruin her career. They silenced any discsusion of this and shut down their reddit for months (and again, bans anyone who mentions this on Discord).

LRG is so shit with their customser service and quality control that they released games filled with DRM and demanded that you send in the cartridge, broken, with photos, to get a proper replacement. Many did this and many still did not get a proper fix and are now out of a game they purchased.

Fuck LRG. Do not buy from them.

 

[bender]

This is a good video on LRG:

 

[ReBurn]

They fire people to appease triggered pedophilia supporting wackos. I hope they go under.

 

[Drew1440]

Sucks for anyone who wants to keep physical media alive.

 

[Tams]

tl;dr: fuck LRG.

 

[kingwingin]

I hate how nightdive uses them for releases. Wish they would release physical discs on their own

 

[Killer8]

Other companies do what they do far better. I just pre-ordered the Japanese version of the upcoming Clock Tower: Rewind for around $47 from SUPERDELUXE and it looks beautiful compared to what LRG put out:

LRG did just the game for $35 (with uglier box art), or an obscenely priced $125 edition with cheap junk you do not need. They never seem to be able to offer a middle ground.

 

[Silver Wattle]

Awful company, I wouldn't support them with someone else's money let alone my own.

 

[AmuroChan]

Not surprised at all. They are both shitty on a business level and shitty on a personal level.

 

[Gojiira]

Maybe I am just in a spicy mood but I was one of the people who revealed just how crap Limited Run Games was with the collectors edition of D for 3DO by shipping consumer grade CD-R's vs replicated discs and then stating it was for "compatibility" because replicated discs couldn't be done...which is absolutely not true as 3DO games are just CDs with a different sector size which ANY replication house can press.

Only when pressed in the news did LRG actually acknowledge the "issue" (cheaping out for profit) and state they would issue refunds or disc replacements with replicated discs.

Then....silence. No contact, no updates, no timelines...I even emailed 10 days ago (from my non-channel name) and have not received a response.

So I decided to check with the last replication house I used for my film work....four discs, 1000 each, 2 weeks max from receipt of files to delivery of manufactured discs. So wtf has LRG done the last two months? A whole lot of nothing apparently.

Just straight up scammy activity...seems more like they are hoping to run the clock out than actually make right what should have been right in the first place.

Just felt like shaming today lol



anyone get the refund? I haven't heard from anyone yet that asked for $ back vs replacements

LRG being cheap crap, failing to deliver, failing at basic support, in other news water is wet lol.
Seriously though why ever give LRG your money? They’re hilariously infamous and have been for literally years for their godawful products. Which is a shame because its such a great idea what they set out to do.

 

[Porcile]

I stopped supporting them after the Doom Classics mess. Had no idea my carts would basically become useless because of the Bethesda account integration and couldn't get a replacement because I missed their replacement window which they only announced in a blog post.

 

[rkofan87]

LRG is a shit company.

LRG sold censored games in the west to "Emulate the 80s/90s!", except the censorship present was never the kind of censorship of the era. They banned anyone criticizing this from their discord.

LRG listened to a well known and infamous pedophile who dug through their soon to be leaving community manager's tweets to find that she followed people they didn't like. They fired her and tried to ruin her career. They silenced any discsusion of this and shut down their reddit for months (and again, bans anyone who mentions this on Discord).

LRG is so shit with their customser service and quality control that they released games filled with DRM and demanded that you send in the cartridge, broken, with photos, to get a proper replacement. Many did this and many still did not get a proper fix and are now out of a game they purchased.

Fuck LRG. Do not buy from them.

what games??

 

[rkofan87]

the only good thing about lrg is the games are digital as well.

 

[lmimmfn]

I'm not standing up for LRG but everyone is just posting anecdotal comments without commenting on OPs actual issue???

 

[baphomet]

I'm not standing up for LRG but everyone is just posting anecdotal comments without commenting on OPs actual issue???

A known shitty company does a shitty thing.

Going off the normal LRG timeline, they'll probably ship replacements in a year.

 

[Dr. Claus]

what games??

Censorship? Gotta Protectors and Amazon's Run
DRM? DOOM Collection

 

[simpatico]

I have very little evidence that the people running this company are smart. They have a bit of a golden goose with their connections and they seem to be doing their best to squander it.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

LRG is a shady, shit company. I’ve had to deal with them on a professional level, and without going into detail, they’re pretty terrible all around imo.

You too, huh? They really are awful to work with.

 

[IAmRei]

Sucks for anyone who wants to keep physical media alive.

How come? It is an option for many.

you can say suck to LRG, its awful anyway.
but if you say suck to all who likes physical based media, its not respecting other preferences : /

 

[bender]

Censorship? Gotta Protectors and Amazon's Run
DRM? DOOM Collection

Sam and Max was censored too.

 

[VGEsoterica]

LRG being cheap crap, failing to deliver, failing at basic support, in other news water is wet lol.
Seriously though why ever give LRG your money? They’re hilariously infamous and have been for literally years for their godawful products. Which is a shame because its such a great idea what they set out to do.

For me I wanted to signal that both 3DO and the work of WARP / Kenji Eno deserved more support. And I got some CD-R's for it

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Unfortunately, as much as I don't want to deal with them for a varied number of reasons, they're securing deals for physical releases of games that are dear to me. So I just can't pass on some of them. If I'm given a 2nd option, I'll of course go with the second one.

 

[ManaByte]

If I won the lottery I'd ship a Uhaul full of Harry Potter stuff to their offices.

 

[adamsapple]

What a damn fucking shame that they keep getting contracts from so many publishers.

 

[Fake]

Never support LRG.

 

[BlackTron]

It seems they can afford to keep up this standard of conduct. There's a sucker born every minute.

 

[Gojiira]

For me I wanted to signal that both 3DO and the work of WARP / Kenji Eno deserved more support. And I got some CD-R's for it

I feel ya, shame LRG had to spoil the opportunity for themselves

 

[Games of Today]

It took them 2 years to send me fucking Night Trap in a PS5 box. Fuck them.

 

[VGEsoterica]

I feel ya, shame LRG had to spoil the opportunity for themselves

all they can do lately is spoil things for people

 

[fart town usa]

Shelf collectors can't resist. Not directed at you OP, you're doing the Lord's work with your YT channel.

 

[Ge Os]

I "recently" got a game from Pix'n Love. A group of friends and I had the chance to work a little bit on a re-translation and I wanted to get a physical copy cause it's a game I love and means a lot to me.

When the producer told me LRG is responsible for the North America release, I made it very clear that they're just not good enough. He told me:

"Limited Run Games is a big entity I usually describe as the Mc Donald s of games produced in limited series
But the quality of their games is bad
But for some reason they sell like crazy"

So... I guess he had no choice.
I will still try to convince him to not go with them for any new projects, cause they will be more, I'm sure.
Those games and the people who love them deserve better.

 

[Power Pro]

What a damn fucking shame that they keep getting contracts from so many publishers.

That's the frustrating part. I don't want to support them, but so many damn games only get physical releases through them. Persona 4 Golden was something I just needed for my collection, and I hated that I had to get it from them. Plus we got Beyond Good & Evil only through them now -_-

Game publishers are such a joke these days. They exist to sell and distribute video games, but they can't even afford to spend their own resources to sell physical product anymore. Something is wrong with this picture. Especially when you see things like Doom Eternal or Pentiment only getting physical Switch releases through LRG. Oh yeah, right, the multi-billion and biggest corporation in the world, Microsoft can't afford to do physical releases on their own. Yeah sure.

 

[Alan Wake]

It took them 2 years to send me fucking Night Trap in a PS5 box. Fuck them.

Why do they do this though. We pay upfront, sure, but what do they gain to not ship the game until a year or two later?

 

[Soodanim]

I may have said it before, but it seems the controversy of firing that woman had the added effect of bringing their general poor business decisions to the forefront. It felt like the shittiness was flying under the radar until that happened.

 

[GymWolf]

Fuck why does this shit company has to be the one responsible for the tomba remasters?

 

[IDKFA]

LRG is a shit company.

LRG sold censored games in the west to "Emulate the 80s/90s!", except the censorship present was never the kind of censorship of the era. They banned anyone criticizing this from their discord.

LRG listened to a well known and infamous pedophile who dug through their soon to be leaving community manager's tweets to find that she followed people they didn't like. They fired her and tried to ruin her career. They silenced any discsusion of this and shut down their reddit for months (and again, bans anyone who mentions this on Discord).

LRG is so shit with their customser service and quality control that they released games filled with DRM and demanded that you send in the cartridge, broken, with photos, to get a proper replacement. Many did this and many still did not get a proper fix and are now out of a game they purchased.

Fuck LRG. Do not buy from them.

Thanks for saving me money.

I was going to buy their Jurassic Park Classic Collection on the Switch.

Now, no way. They sound far too shady for me to spend a penny on them.

 

[Team Andromeda]

LRG are a bunch of crooks

 

[Hudo]

The only real experience I have with LRG is with the physical release of Command & Conquer Remastered Collection. And I found that to be pretty good. Maybe having EA behind their backs watching was enough for LRG to actually put some effort in? Who knows.

 

[Jack Package]

LRG is a shady, shit company. I’ve had to deal with them on a professional level, and without going into detail, they’re pretty terrible all around imo.

Go into detail as much as you are able! People should know what their money is going towards!

(Only if it doesn't get you in any trouble, obviously!)

 

[StereoVsn]

LRG is a shit company to be sure. Unfortunately they are getting exclusive physical contracts for a lot of games so sometimes there is no other choice if you want a physical copy.

I do keep an eye out for Asia specific or sometimes Japanese versions of games and get those through Play Asia or another vendor. These are normally not through LRG.

Another thing to keep an eye on is sometimes Amazon and Video Games Plus carry LRG games without having to order them direct.

 

[Walter Matthau]

That's the frustrating part. I don't want to support them, but so many damn games only get physical releases through them. Persona 4 Golden was something I just needed for my collection, and I hated that I had to get it from them. Plus we got Beyond Good & Evil only through them now -_-

Game publishers are such a joke these days. They exist to sell and distribute video games, but they can't even afford to spend their own resources to sell physical product anymore. Something is wrong with this picture. Especially when you see things like Doom Eternal or Pentiment only getting physical Switch releases through LRG. Oh yeah, right, the multi-billion and biggest corporation in the world, Microsoft can't afford to do physical releases on their own. Yeah sure.

In a world without LRG, there is no doubt in my mind that games like Persona 4 would get full retail distribution. It’s the type of release that’d launch at $40 and quickly drop to $20 and easily be available for 3+ years.

It’s ironic that a company that was initially built upon putting out physical releases that would otherwise never exist is now a deterrent for consumers to get their hands on physical releases.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Everything LRG I buy used. It's super expensive to import directly from them anyway so fuck em.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Never dealt with LRG, and now I know that was a good decision.

 

[rabbity-thing]

Meh. I've purchased a ton from them. The biggest complaint I have is the wait times that are, at this point, expected.

Granted, my experiences are not universal, but I've never had a problem with a product of theirs that they didn't, via customer support, make good on.

A lot of people sling mud at LRG, but the reason they are successful is that, at the end of the day, they have great IP's and are, more often than not, very dependable. A few high profile mistakes and snafus are not reflective of the whole.

I dunno. For me, this isn't a hill worth dying on. As a fan of physical media, their releases and their influence on the market have been a huge net positive.

 

[Spukc]

another limited fun games release stop fucking buying their sheit.
collectors should just think about them as illegal copies.

 

[Puscifer]

LRG is a shit company.

LRG sold censored games in the west to "Emulate the 80s/90s!", except the censorship present was never the kind of censorship of the era. They banned anyone criticizing this from their discord.

LRG listened to a well known and infamous pedophile who dug through their soon to be leaving community manager's tweets to find that she followed people they didn't like. They fired her and tried to ruin her career. They silenced any discsusion of this and shut down their reddit for months (and again, bans anyone who mentions this on Discord).

LRG is so shit with their customser service and quality control that they released games filled with DRM and demanded that you send in the cartridge, broken, with photos, to get a proper replacement. Many did this and many still did not get a proper fix and are now out of a game they purchased.

Fuck LRG. Do not buy from them.

WOAH what game was this? I don't buy from them simply because you end up with the games at Best Buy usually with better cover art and cheaper.

 

[Bar81]

Other companies do what they do far better. I just pre-ordered the Japanese version of the upcoming Clock Tower: Rewind for around $47 from SUPERDELUXE and it looks beautiful compared to what LRG put out:

LRG did just the game for $35 (with uglier box art), or an obscenely priced $125 edition with cheap junk you do not need. They never seem to be able to offer a middle ground.\

lol, they're the same company. Japanese consumers just aren't as big of suckers as western ones so they have to offer actual value and a better product in Japan.