a smart concern. Human capital is important. I live in a small village -30 to 40 inhabitants- and many memories, things of the past, water mills, art on huge blocks of rock -hillocks-, etc etc, from our ancestors, stone walls to separate the fields from every owner -small fields, my region is about smallholders-, lots of artistic representations on stone and stuff like that, even houses that are now abandoned, are thing that parents and creators at the time never thought could be abandoned by their children, or grandchildren, etc. But that's ot.
Sounds abit how i live (swedish countryside), most homes are build in the mid-late 1800's here.
Another thing with physical discs nowadays is that when you get home with your disc in hand you find out there is no actual game on it, or that you have to download a 50GB to 100GB file, the actual game....
I do understand John's reasonings, as to why he's so hard on physical copies, its a hobby to him partly too. On the other hand, i cant really say myself that i miss those days of physical (large) pc game boxes either. Yes its nice to look back and i wouldnt mind going back in time (golden age of gaming), i wouldnt want physical boxes for games
today. Its unconvenient, and its not the same thing anymore if it would be like that these days anyway.
I still have Quake, Quake 2, 3, UT99, Daikatana (yes even that one) and many, many more, large PC game boxes with a disc and manuals in them. Later this would become DVD jewel cases, and for the PS2/Xbox/GC a memory card holder aswell. It was fun back then, today, i dont know, its not the same thing anymore with these online, patchable consoles. You never get the complete package with physical media, you always have to update or verify something. And in some cases, even on consoles, you need an internet connection. The physical box aint more then a part of the whole package, the digital side you need anyway.
For example i have SSX3 on xbox (2001 xbox), i just put in the disc and the game will play on any random xbox. Hows that with Forbidden West in 10, 20 years? That physical disc, would it run without any updating and other hassle on any PS5?
A video from a techie guy who performs a lot of teardowns and stuff. That's the most exciting thing about physical discs. When I purchased a PC magazine back in the day, I had access to demos of games I had never seen, Doom maps and mods, and one that made Quake even more perfect for me, including an early build of the Reaper bot, so I could play multiplayer and I had no connection, the AI was somewhat decent.
That and the sweet smell of a new manual when you opened the box
is the best thing about physical media imo
Oh yea but sure, i had those too, PC gamer magazines and its demo discs (usually two). Loved the demo scene/tech demos from GPU manufacturers aswell, super impressive at the time. As i said before in my post, those where the days, physical media had more value back then then it would have today.
Whats up with this one, it has bad reviews everywhere i look, also a low metacritic. Anyone played it here? On PC its called Crossfire 2, if im not misstaken. Edit: its called Crossfire HD on pc.
