Games that respect the player's skill?

[bonkmaykr]

Maybe if every other game wasn't $300....

the entire ray trilogy is only 60 dollars on steam and every major console. radiant silvergun, ikaruga, iridon, eschatos, etc are even cheaper. a lot of arcade releases got home console ports shortly after release. and every game is on the high seas somewhere if you're desperate.

Free pain in the ass.

is it though? how so?

 

[namename11]

the entire ray trilogy is only 60 dollars on steam and every major console. radiant silvergun, ikaruga, iridon, eschatos, etc are even cheaper. a lot of arcade releases got home console ports shortly after release. and every game is on the high seas somewhere if you're desperate.

I only buy physical games. The other day someone recommended a Switch shmup to me, I looked it up on eBay and it was like $250. Would've been $300+ after taxes, shipping, etc.

is it though? how so?

I try to use any general purpose computers for non-web tasks as little as possible. They're getting more frustrating to use by the day.

 

[bonkmaykr]

I only buy physical games

...why?

They're getting more frustrating to use by the day.

Is it because the software is getting worse?
You can just use something else

 

[namename11]

...why?

I like physical media, that's all. I grew up with them so digital games don't do it for me.

Is it because the software is getting worse?
You can just use something else

I've tried it all. Stuff that used to work perfectly on old operating systems is now broken.

For example, just the other day I wanted to watch a DVD that my PS5 doesn't support for some reason. Modern macOS refused to work. My Windows 10 and 11 installs did not work. Neither did Ubuntu, Fedora, or Debian. Installed all the drivers and updated everything. Went back to macOS Sierra on the same device and it worked.

Maybe I was doing something wrong, using the wrong app, didn't Google enough, whatever but I don't want to waste time on that, there are better things I could be doing.