from the other siiiiiide

“It wasn’t supposed to be this way! It was supposed to be a thing of beauty, not this abomination!”

Before the internet, the concept of game ownership was much easier. Whatever the seller chose to call it, as long as I had complete control over when and where I could play the game, I owned it. I would consider any game where the ability to play it cannot be willfully taken from me by digital means to be owned by me. Nowadays, that mostly applies to cracked games or systems only. No game that requires an online connection to play would apply.

Best graphics in 1994 on a technical level would probably be something like Virtua Fighter 2. But almost all early polygon games have aged like ass, unlike sprite-based ones.

But without a way to enforce it, it was (and still is) functionally identical to owning them outright. What it’s legally called is irrelevant.

Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla scratched an itch that few other open world action RPGs have been able to for me (of course, they were copying Witcher III, which did it far better). Despite everyone saying all their games are the same, I haven’t enjoyed any of their other ones like I did those three (oh, except for Watch Dogs 2). If Shadows is the same thing again but in Japan, I’ll be satisfied.

Where is the crash? I have it playing via the official N64 app on my modded Switch, but haven’t gotten very far. Wondering if the issue still exists there.

The same as with all cancers unless it’s killed in time.

Knowing how to find and implement good information you need to solve problems is even more important than having an education.

Not soon enough.

It’s copyright infringement, which I don’t give a crap about.

None of the ones I can think of hold up all that well since I grew up in the 80s. It wasn’t until the 90s (with The Simpsons at the vanguard) that ones I would consider to be good for all ages started appearing. The Smurfs was my favorite as a kid.

As of Jan. 20th, they will fully be one and the same.

Diablo IV, the same game as in 2023. I bought the original with Christmas money in 2023 and then bought Vessel of Hatred on the last day of 2024.