War Thunder (still). Hexcells Infinite. Every now and then a brief race with Distance.

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Hm. Not displayed? Though it is "Make Public" and the image is on the PC info page displayed properly.

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Wow. Just wow. Well, yes after Valley and Heaven it was definitely time for an new benchmark.

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Quoting: buenaventuraMy talk about moral issues was mostly in response to your comments about people feeling "entitled" etc., which is (to me) repugnant. They are entitled to culture (UDHR), and if they cannot get it 100% legitimately, that is not an entirely personal problem of the buyer, but a problem for example of the structure of pricing systems, state support for artists etc. It is (somewhat, a little) like blaming abuse victims because they are annoying the person abusing them.

You're hoot. Would like to elaborate on the cultural value of the oh so expensive AAA titles? In what way is COD umpteenth something "cultural you are entitled to"?

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Quoting: buenaventuraNo, and why should I? I have referred to the universal declaration of human rights, which I suspect many subscribe to (in principle at least). You are clearly trying to steer this into something it is not.

WTF? We are talking about "paying for computer games" and you bring in the "declaration of human rights". You are either completely dense or one badass troll.

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Quoting: buenaventura

Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: emphy

Quoteyou’re not entitled to anything.

Sorry, but this is extremely offensive. Blocking off people from cultural activities because of their financial situation or location is simply wrong.

Why? It costs 60-80 USD - often more - to go to the most popular concerts today. By far no all can afford that. Is that offensive too? Or the movies. Or theatres. They all cost, and for many it's too much. Is that wrong? Do they have the moral rights to break into these arenas if they can't afford the admission fee?

I could go on. TV channels, streaming services, DVDs, you're not entitled to any of these offerings. But with video games it's different? Get out of here. Real life doesn't work that way.

Why yes, I would say it is quite offensive that we have to pay private entities lots of money for what could/should be seen as common goods, such as culture, especially when there is no scarcity (you can make infinite digital copies of a game). It is strange, that people consider it "just so" that people should be discriminated based on income, yet balk at discriminating them based on skin color or gender.

I guess you have nothing against DRM and such, so why not make technology recognize your income and take a fair share as a price for games/video/whatev. That would be cool.

You're putting quite some effort to justify your illegal copies. I've heard these same arguments for decades (I suppose some time in the 80ies of the last century I might have used them for myself), but for the last 25 years I've bought all my games - and yes, I wasn't "filthy rich" then, as I am not now.
You can surely point out why "not being able to afford computer games" is the pinnacle of discrimination, and why "not being able to afford a spacious apartment" or "only high quality organic food" or "a decent family car" or "a second car since they neighbor has one, too" are not.

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Good write up. Thanks for putting it all together.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: EhvisIt's difficult what to make of the reviews. This game has a pretty low rating, but most of the reviews on the front page are positive. Which contrasts quite a lot with "Valley", which has a very high rating but quite a few bad reviews on the front page.

Word of advice: Ignore amateur "reviews", read real reviews to make up your mind. You'll find them on the metascore sites, for example here:

http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/643672-homefront-the-revolution/articles.html

Weeeell... "No Man's Sky" got pretty good to average reviews by the pros, but "overwhelmingly negative" ones by amateurs. What am I supposed to make of that?

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Quoting: MohandevirWas it a day one support?

Yes.

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Quoting: EhvisThe original Toki Tori is also very hard.

I remember the actual original Toki Tori. Which wasn't called Toki Tori at the time. :P Probably around 1990. Ugh, that's a loooong time ago.

I suppose this was just "Toki":

Wikipedia

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