I only read it somewhere since I only played the game on PC way back.

Supposedly, the PS2 version suffers from slowdown/FPS dips.

The PS2 version of Grandia 2 is the worst one, if I remeber correctly. Better emulate Dreamcast for that one.

That’s a very distant phenomenon and more a result of the economic misery the east Germans have been experiencing for the last 35 years than a yearning for socialism.

Also, the east was targeted for neonazi agitation by westerners after the wall fell.

They were scammed. The exchange rate of the Ostmark to the DMark was great for consumption, but made etern businesses unsustainable. They were then bought up by sleazy investors for a pittance.

You can say about political liberties in the GDR what you want, but domestic production was actually really good over there.

When you grow up in west Germany, you kinda never realize that the GDR was basically annexed by west Germany.

The majority of people in the GDR actually didn’t want to turn capitalist, but they rather wanted another, more liberal form of socialism. Also, the Treuhand basically destroyed the east German industry which was then bought up by the West.

So, actually the “finally reunited” narrative is the one that’s overly romantic, not (only) nostalgia for the GDR.

… so you’re saying that learning russian, instead of english makes you dumb? O.o

And don’t get me started on economic education. If I’d judge the intellect of a person based on their understanding of economy, then I’d never stop to wonder how so many people were able to put their pants on in the morning.

“Bad education”? WTF are you talking about? The east experienced a full-on brain-drain after the borders were dissolved and the people who stayed got screwed by the Treuhand.

That’s what I meant with “prior art”. Nintendo’s second patent basically explains how any old JRPG worked.

Copyright is already cooked, no matter where it’s located. But the way japan acts as if Pokemon invented JRPG battles is simply ridiculous.

the fact that patents on game mechanics are even allowed is just awful for the industry as a whole

Yes, definetly.

“moving characters to a virtual field when an event is triggered” (entering a battle)

How is that a legit patent, when there are so many obvious instances of prior art?

But what about tactical nukes which wouldn’t trigger MAD?

Can someone explain to me why it’s ridiculous to take them seriously? Genuine question.

Ahem… Anthem, Redfall, etc.

Shgcking, I know! I also don’t want it to be developed in an environment of abuse! 😱

*They’ve published some great games.

But they were also the prototype of the cash grabbing asshole publisher.

I want less content.

I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I’m not kidding.

And what do you mean, you used to “adore” EA? O.o

That’s not her butt. It’s her rack!

Those were whole (partly: very popular) platforms. Not really comparable to Steep, or similar games.

How many games like this will receive such a server emulator. Piracy won’t stop games from being killed. Policy will.