John of GAMElitist.com - "I’m very OK with having to activate my games in order to prove my ownership for them. Heck, I used to love sending in my registration card after I bought the latest PlayStation RPG.
What I’m not OK with however, is the idea that I don’t own my game (or music, movie, whatever). Instead, I’m merely licensing my use of it."
Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!
Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.
Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.
The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.
Half-Life 2 art director and Dishonored designer Viktor Antonov has died aged just 52.
One of my biggest art heroes. His work and vision were truly one of a kind, and he’s been a huge inspiration to my own work. Such a heartbreaking loss.
Remember seeing Dishonored for the first time when it released, fell in love with the art style straight away, so striking! And because of it, still holds up and will for years to come, RIP Viktor
Yep I remember seeing some of the earliest concept art for Dishonored and hearing that the art director of Half-Life 2 was working on it and being excited.
And you are absolutely right, each of those games (HL2 and Dishonored) has a distinct art style that stands the test of time.
So sad to hear this. I absolutely love the Dishonored series and love the world and art style. It looks great and unique. I'm still hoping for a Dishonored 3
Battlefield 3's former Lead Designer has revealed that there were two cut missions from the main campaign
Get rid of campaigns, move the game to mobile, and try to compete with warzone. They would save time and money.
Nice article and I agree, its a shame. I understand the idea behind it but I don't agree with the abuse of it as you refer to in the article. The idea that I can't upgrade my computer without it seeing it as a system change is pure insanity.
But, we'll continue to see this and it will only get worse the longer gamers continue to purchase games that do this. EA will put more games on Origin because gamers "had" to play BF3 on their pc's and EA banked on that idea. That was the perfect opportunity to tell EA where they could properly place their Origin service and keep BF3 on Steam.
We gamers are our own worse enemy.
The worst part is, this DRM only hurts the legitimate users. you don't get any of this BS with the pirate version.
Ubisoft is the worst at this.
The best DRM is the ones in Serious Sam 3 and ArmA II, does not effect the legitimate users but p!sses off the pirates :)
I own a pirate edition of all my bought games with drm as my internet went down for a week once while i was in the middle off hl2( only found out about its drm at that moment)so if i ever loss my ability to play them I have a copy with no DRM!
As long as publishers stick with drm ill be going the pirate route to back up my collection.
like an hour ago i tried to install need for speed undercover after i had done some hardware upgrades... when i typed in the serial it was blacklisted... i had to get the crack so i could play the game I BOUGHT!
the same happened with GTAIV..i even bought the game 2 times!!(physical and digital)..and it said my system was not compatable with the game...(windows7, GTX460, 4Gb of ram ETC..)
DRM definitely ruined my purchase of Crysis Warhead. It caused problems every time I reinstalled it. My personal worst experience with DRM. I'll never install it again.