Badlucktroll
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i had to turn the ps1 upside down sometimes to get discs to load lol
- Remember when PC games used to have mods?
do you genuinely think anyone will just sit down and take being forced into a streaming future like that?Most of these problems are due to the Internet giving control to developers/publishers that allows them to access our local files. That's the "digital future" for you. They have more control over our stuff than ever before. And you haven't seen the worst of it yet. Wait until streaming replaces local files and they have 100% of control. They will stop giving you any files/assets and you will have to access them online, through their servers, as long as they let you or they are available (which is completely out of your control). And people will accept this because "convenience".
Then you will add more things in your list like:
- Remember when we could also own our games instead of just renting them?
- Remember when we could play a game we bought, many years after it's release, without worrying if a third party will still give us access to it?
- Remember when PC games used to have mods?
So enjoy whatever you have left now because it's going to be very bad and it's going to be sooner than you think.
I remember installing computer games from 10+ floppy disks and searching for patches or hacks on obscure websites because sometimes games didn't work at all in shipped state, so digital isn't so painful.
There is no need but also who doesn't have internet? Get over it.
Used to have?
do you genuinely think anyone will just sit down and take being forced into a streaming future like that?
the roaring success of stadia, Xcloud and Amazon Luna disagrees with you.\Yes. And they will like it because it will be more convenient. And because "who doesn't have internet now, get over it".
Yes, issues like this are why gog exists, but most don't care enough to use it, both publishers and users.Again, online is a better delivery system. But it doesn't have anything to do with online DRM not letting you play games offline. That's a bullshit addition. You can still download games and update games online but play them offline. There's no need to also be online to play them other than the publisher having control.
I do. I remember like it was yesterday.- Remember when PC games used to have mods?
the roaring success of stadia, Xcloud and Amazon Luna disagrees with you.
I do. I remember like it was yesterday.
Wait. It was yesterday.
PC games have mods now but when you won't have access to the game's local files or you have to play them through a walled streaming service, how will you be able to mod them?
And if the game had a bug you were fucked unless you had it on a computer. Then you had a chance by being able to hex edit a save file, using cheat code to bypass buggy section or you had to have modem and be able to dial BBS to download a patch, if the devs bothered to make one.When I could put my game in and play it right away (no need for long day 1 patches and downloads)
When a simple cheat code got me extras instead of nickle and Dime dlc.
When a game release finished and not broken waiting months for patches to fix them
When games felt unique and not formulated like most big name publishers push the safe route
When I dd not worry about my game being connected to the internet to work
When I didn't have to worry about a game developer shutting down servers making the game useless
What does any of that have to do with being able to play a single player game?
Download the game? Sure. Update the game? Sure. But after that i should be able to stop paying for internet and i should be able to play my single player game i bought, offline.
It's a better delivery system for a product, yes. But it doesn't need to also be a dependency for that product to work at all. It's more convenient to buy a fridge online but imagine having that thing to be online in order it to work. There's no need for this.
I’m 47 years old. Had a SNES on launch day bundled with two controllers and SMW. Wonder is better. AbsolutelyEasy way to trigger a NeoGAF user: Say new games are better than old ones!
EG: Mario Wonder is better than Mario World
Of course, you need the internet to authenticate a digital library otherwise piracy would be rampant.
I could sign in on another PlayStation and just keep downloading games nonstop.
That's like saying, you think you shouldn't need electricity to play games. Let me just buy batteries.
Everyone has internet these days, just as everyone has electricity and running water. At least if they're in a place where they expect to play video games. The complaining about needing internet is just disingenuous.
but you can't ignore the benefits and only look at the drawbacks.
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'Member Gameshark? Completely elevated my buddies and I Perfect Dark/Goldeneye/WcW vs. NWO:Revenge games so much...
FIFY.Pressing pause in an old school game:
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Pressing pause in a modern game:
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I remember when you didn't need to buy a game because you could RENT it, complete it and return it in the same day/weekend.
Yeah. They don't want you to play them, but you totally can.Its not like all those games are gone, you can play them today.
Yes, you read that right, you can play old games.
Streaming services and subscription game services made these businesses non-viable for the regular consumer.Yeah. I miss video game rentals. Why in the hell did that die out?
You only say that because they made Wonder so piss-easy it's the only game you can handle these days, with your foggy eyes, arthritic hands, and old man reaction speed.I’m 47 years old. Had a SNES on launch day bundled with two controllers and SMW. Wonder is better. Absolutely
Confession in a font you won't be able to read
If Phil has his way…do you genuinely think anyone will just sit down and take being forced into a streaming future like that?
Booo, I'm even older, so I wouldn't know about techincal stuff like that. I only know that Super Mario World shits on Wonder from a great height.
Wait till Microsoft buys Nintendo and Ubisoft! That will be career defining moment. Sacrebleu!![]()
phil ain't doing shit
You have to look at it from historical perspective. IMO, impact of Super Mario World was much larger and overall vs Wonder.Oh please. Mario Wonder blows Super Mario World out of the water. It is like a night and day difference.
It is more like day on one side of the earth vs day on the other. Both have their strengths and weaknesses and i love both for what they are. And i'm probably in the best position to compare since I jumped into Wonder right after having beat Mario World.Oh please. Mario Wonder blows Super Mario World out of the water. It is like a night and day difference.
I agree. 3D World is also better than Super Mario World.It is more like day on one side of the earth vs day on the other. Both have their strengths and weaknesses and i love both for what they are. And i'm probably in the best position to compare since I jumped into Wonder right after having beat Mario World.
What I said was just bait to prove my point that GAF users get irrationally triggered when you prefer new games over old. And it clearly worked.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is better than both, though.