• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Doom, Build Engine games, Marathon. I can still play those games, but even if Bungie faux-Marathon ever comes out, I wouldn’t be able to play it after a few years. One of the biggest turnoffs to these As-A-Service games is time limited events. I don’t want to feel nostalgic for something and not be able to replay it. Between the discussions on Hell Divers II events and the Sony fuckary, I’m glad I passed. Fuck, I remember my hype for Hawken dying when I saw it was going to be f2p.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      I strongly dislike the end-around that these “live service” games are trying to do around copyright law. I’m a strong proponent of the idea that intellectual property law is a compromise. You get some time to make your money on your idea, then it becomes the heritage of all mankind. Treating games as a service is an attempt to weasel out of their end of the bargain.

      So I don’t fucking buy them.

    • Toga65@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I miss Hawken so god damned much…

      Perfect example of a game that could easily have been community hosted