Would Buying This Bundle Make Me a Hypocrite?

Yea but who cares, it's your money, your steam account, do what you want.

People are allowed a change of heart. If you miss playing the game, go for it.

That's over a year ago.
Buy it, redeem it and edit your review.
You now paid what you think Tekken + Wu Long DLC is worth.
7 games from HB for ~ 10€ plus whatever the DLC costs on Steam.
Edit: If they hadn't tried to nickle&dime you back then you would have paid full price and not refunded.

You just learned that there are situations you did not anticipated, ergo-learned something new about yourself and have had a chance to refine your approach. We're supposed to change. You can edit the review.
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If you want my 2AUD cents, if you think the bundle price is fair and you have a genuine interest in most of the games then I don't see a problem with you buying it. The arguments and reason stipulated in your review don't exclude you from acquiring the game in this circumstance, indeed IMO it lends credence to your argument. The (cut-down) base game and it's extortionate debatable DLC policy made the game unreasonable at the price point the makers wanted you to pay on Steam initially; now you have access to a price which seems commensurate with your estimation of the base game value and leaves you feeling coming out ahead, or at least at a fair exchange.
As suggested above, edit your review to highlight this changed circumstance, making it clear that their rapacious DLC policy has cost them a little more of the pie than they would have got otherwise. Like you I've long become tired of the endless exploitation of gamers through these kinds of DLC policies (starting IIRC with my refusal to buy Mafia 2 retail once I learnt that content had been deliberately withheld in order to sell as DLC content).
Do as your conscience dictates, it is your money after all. Money not only has a value set by international markets but also by what you feel is appropriate. That said I did pick option 4 in the poll...I mean there's really no other choice there is there 😁.

The bundle is worth it, Tekken 7 is worth giving away on SG. Thinking about getting it just for Tales and God Eater.

You may aswell get the Definitive Edition https://isthereanydeal.com/game/tekkenviidefinitiveedition/info/ and have all the DLC.

Almost every fighting game now is cancer town DLC mania supreme.

I mean, you do you mate. It's your money after all (hopefully :P) and only you can decide how to spend it. Though since you are keen on a few of the bundled games, I would suggest buying it if only because of how cheap it is.

Buy the bundle regardless of decision, it’s a good deal. Meanwhile I’m in SEA and can’t even see it available lol.

Despite what the Internet may think, changing your stance to suit new circumstances is okay. I'd pay a buck for DLC that I railed against when it cost 20. Different circumstances.

I dont think you should care about such things in the first place

This is why they say that never say never :P
Just buy it, activate it, enjoy it. Likely nobody will notice it, or care.
You don't even need to explain it to anyone.
Anyways, leaving the anger behind because you want your favourite character more sounds like a healthy progress for me ^^

You can adjust the donation slider so that Bandai doesn't get anything and give it to the charity instead.

Humans are naturally hypocritical.
Don't let it bother you too much, and enjoy the confusion. That is much of what it means to be human.

Also, your review spoke much louder than the refund, as people are still reading it.

You owe nothing to last years' you, he can't tell you what to do!
I agree with both of you, on one hand I would never pay full price for half a game, on the other maybe after some time has passed and if I'm interested enough in the game itself I might eventually consider getting it when the price goes down to something I think the game is actually worth.

Well it's a nice bundle. You don't have it to active Tekken or even give it away. Just leave it to rot. That might me a waste, but do as you wish and think is best.

Would you be a hypocrite? Yes. Should that stop you? Absolutely not. I did read that during sales (and one should be coming up very shortly) you can get tekken 7 complete for around $10. So, if you want to get the complete Tekken experience, maybe wait for that. On the other hand, i would recommend getting the bundle, it's got great value, great games and it's not that expensive.
In the end it's entirely up to you and what you want to do.

People and values change over time. If you feel like it's worth it now, I don't see why not. If we all went purely by what we stated years ago inflexibly, we wouldn't be the same as we are today.
TL:DR : GO FOR IT!

Buy the bundle and pay Bandai their fair share. You do want their other games after all and the price is more than justified.

Yes, activating the game would make you a hypocrite considering what you expressed in your review. Paying for the DLC even more so.
But guess what? Almost all such theatric reviews are written by hypocrites.

Buy

I mean, i understand the struggle. I'm trying my best not to be a hypocrite and stand my ground in regard to principles.

But i lose sometimes. We probably all do.

Like in case of Diablo 2 Resurrected. I promised myself never to support Blizzard with any more purchases a few years ago, but then they put it on sale for 15$ together with some more goodies :(

Regarding your question - just think ahead. If it will keep bothering you after you redeem the game - just give it away and keep a clear consciousness. If not - just play the game, nobody really cares.

I don't think it would make you a hypocrite. You're basically getting the game as a bonus for getting other games. Besides, my personal rule for getting games that do dirty practices, such as fighting games with their infinite dlcs, or come from bad companies, is getting them in steep sales, which is also what getting this bundle means.

Do what you want, it's your money/game/time/steam account.
Sure, it might make you a hypocrite but at the same time you're allowed to change your mind.

Saw someone else say it's a better purchase to buy the tekken 7 definitive edition on sale over just tekken 7 with seperate dlc, though.

It's your money. You can do whatever you want. I would say it's a very good offer, so go for it.

I'm not a fan of nickel and dime DLC either, but you don't have to lock in to the one stance you took in your review for all time. It's a bit of an extreme one in my opinion.

Buying only at a steep discount sounds like a good compromise between buying full price game+dlc and not buying at all. I say go for it and enjoy.