Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20181018202014

You know, it speaks volumes about contemporary society when we have to wear masks just to get some basic acceptance among people. Makes such little sanctuaries even more valuable...

A game can do everything right, then ruin it due to the demands of the more vocal groups among the fandom. And ocne ti starts to suck everybody is soooo surprised. Oh no, how did that ever happen?

Oh I know. I still can't believe hookers and intercourse didn't make it into Daggerfall. Imagine the situation that could get you into :P

Well yeah, developers usually try to make all the big changes before rlease, then just make smaller alterations via patches. In the era before patches, you'd just release a whole new version of the game that people would install as a separate thing. That's how Keen worked, which could be a little inconvenient, if you happen to have only that one older version that has some annoying bug. Back in the day, you'd probably have to send back your disks, in order to get the updated ones in return? Patching is so much more convenient, and I am glad they used this method for Doom and onward.

Progress has its proce. In Quake's case, the cost was the accusations of being a tech demo. Id tried to pioneer lots of new trends, though not all of them catched on - example: the removal of the use key. Seemed like the way of the future and this is how Quake 2 was done as well, but then it was quickly brought back by other FPS titles. Then Doom 3 had those cool interactive screens but this didn't last either... probably due to console compatibility concerns. It's really annoying how modern games, even the PC versions, are always optimized with consoles in mind, making it look like the PC version is not fulfilling its full potential, but rather trying to conform to the inferior system. At any rate, when one studies the second half of the 1990's, Duke and Quake complement each other, showing the two flows - the struggle for greater interactivity and superior technology, which sadly could not be achieved at the same time due to the limitations of the era.

There are a few more introguing movies among the Marvel bunch, the ones that don't rely entirely on special effects and cheesy lines, but they are few. Then we also have the Deadpool movie, which is like a deconstruction (or even a parody) of the comic book movie genre.