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Re: Watch Out, Ubisoft - Witcher Studio CD Projekt Is After Your Crown

shaneoh

@sandman89
DRM = Digital Rights Management
Basically anti-piracy measures. I think a suitable example would be NES/SNES online requiring the console to be connected to the internet every 7 days to maintain access to the games.

Because GOG sells games without these measures, you could buy a game, download it and that file would be guaranteed to work as long as there is a PC to install it on. The company could go bust or be bought out and it wouldn't impact your ability to play it.

Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Might Contain In-Game Purchases

shaneoh

@Silly_G
They milked it, and milked it, and milked it. If it were a person a forensic examiner could be forgiven for thinking they had been attacked by a vampire. I'm a bit surprised that there doesn't seem to be any similar life simluators out there, I know they're a lot of work to make, but still there's a lot of money to be made.

Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Might Contain In-Game Purchases

shaneoh

@Silly_G
I was about a quarter of the way through the expansions for the Sims 3 when I realised how stupid things had gotten. Good thing too. I pirated everything a few years back, all the extra content from the store slows it down an excrement load, later expansions break things from earlier expansions and remains unpatched to this day, it's all just poorly optimised and bloated.

I've still 3 installed, but every time I play it I see how much of a mess it is and just give up.

Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Might Contain In-Game Purchases

shaneoh

@Silly_G
"Sounds funny, doesn't it? Ridiculously enough, idiots will defend the excision of content that was available as stock-standard in past games which is then sold as DLC after the fact."

I can already predict 3 expansion packs for The Sims 5:
Pets
University
Vacations

The first couple of times were somewhat understandable, but from the third game onwards these things should have been standard. One of the reasons I don't bother with the series anymore.

Re: Australia's National Film And Sound Archive To Preserve Locally Made Games

shaneoh

@BarefootBowser
You can get a print of it. Just because it isn't the real thing doesn't mean you can't have a copy for your home. The same principal applies here. As I said, what's the point if it's going to sit in a vault forever?

"It is essential that games be collected alongside other audiovisual media, to ensure their continued preservation and access."

Re: Review: Heave Ho - Hauls Itself Up With The Best Couch Co-op Games On Switch

shaneoh

"The problem though, is that although you can choose between single player and multiplayer in the main menu, the actual stages themselves are exactly the same regardless of whether you’re on your own or with a group of friends. It almost begs the question if you can clear the stages on your own, is there really much of an incentive to go through it all again with friends (and vice versa)?"

It has never been an issue with the Mario games.