Quoting: ToddLAll this license talk makes me miss the days of playing games without worrying about losing access to them. I know GOG exist but I'm thinking more in terms of the physical media days in the PS2 era and before that didn't require network access to authenticate a license to play.

You have the ability to install your games to flash drives. It's the same thing. It will be compatible with whatever created it.

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Yeah, it's not new. We have accepted the way this is I suppose.

I want to add that there are many DRM-free games on Steam which you can back up similarly to GOG games. The difference is GOG lets you store the installer. With Steam games, you crudely compress one or two game folders (depending on whether it's using Proton). You would not want to rely on Steam's built-in backup tool.

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I thought the Halo 4 campaign was really good, so I don't think 343 immediately broke the series.

You know what? I can't even remember if I played 5 or not. If I did, it would have been a long Saturday at a friend's house, because I never owned it, and have not had an Xbox in years*.

*I purchased a used XbOne and Halo Infinite and extra controller a few years ago to later learn that you can't play split-screen. I was intending to play through the campaign with my cousin and then sell it all. I bought the system just for that game. I was appalled that they removed split-screen co-op campaign, a staple feature the entire series! Fortunately, I was able to resell and return everything I had purchased, and I only lost $20.

MCC was really great to replay on PC with higher resolution and keyboard and mouse... until it stopped working. I was in the middle of a campaign with a friend, and we simply couldn't continue.

It was those two points which wrote the series off for me. Long ago, I had completed the original Halo 1 campaign on Legendary solo as well as on Legendary with a friend. Just good memories at this point I suppose.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusSeems a bit optimistic to call it The Last Plague. :tongue:

Or, very dark and pessimistic.

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One of the benefits of being just a bit behind is seeing all the new stuff get stable before moving over to it.

Moving to Plasma 6 and Wayland at the same time fixed issues I was experiencing beforehand.

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I'll try the demo. I'm happy Valve is encouraging game demos again. But yeah, if it's too much the same as Advanced Wars, it makes me a little worried.

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Quoting: MalWhat? 20 years? How is it possible? When did that time pass by?

When I think about a couple of the people I played the game with back then, it's easy to think it was that long ago. I'm not even the same person I was back then. But I did play over 5 hours of Space Marine 2 yesterday. :whistle:

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I haven't upgraded since the chat monitoring features.

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I wish it worked on Linux now since it was on sale for $1!

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Looks beautiful.

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