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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Edit: lol, I haven't realised I'm not in a video game subforum. But my point stands and I agree that old software should be pirated or downloaded for free if the proprietor is a jackass that no longer provide support but still try to milk every cent from a dead horse.

Devil's advocate: old games don't have great quality of life improvements that we take for granted today and having remakes could fix the issues.

I played Civilizations 3 again and even though the graphics still hold up quite well by today's standards, the UI doesn't hold a candle to the later releases. Suffice to say, I won't be playing Civ 3 again despite having grown up with the game. Old games like Civ 3 requires you to have like OCD and be extremely patient, which is something you can't really have as an adult with less time to play videogames. There are old games that would require retouching-- without the baggage of parasitic modern trends of course like DLshit and microtransactions.

[–] Couldbealeotard 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is true, but there's merit in preserving the original form of the product for historic purposes.

Doing a remaster is creating a new product, which would not classify as abandonware to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I agree, I'm not saying companies should legally prevent consumers from playing old games. These games are twenty years old and companies should not try to squeeze every cent from the IP they have practically abandoned.