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Gaming Then vs Gaming Now (feddit.de)
submitted 2 years ago by bleistift2@feddit.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Meme transcription: A table comparing the steps to start a game ‘then’ vs. ‘now’.

Content of the “Then” column:

  • Double-click GAME.exe
  • Play game

Content of the “Now” column:

  • Launch Steam

  • Steam updates

  • Steam opens

  • Close Steam’s ad window
  • Select Game

  • Game launcher starts

  • Game launcher launches Game launcher updater

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Ok

  • Would you like to sign up for our newsletter?

  • No

  • Our EULAs have changed. Please review them before continuing

  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes, sell my soul
  • Start game
  • Skip vendor intro
  • Skip vendor intro #2
  • Skip vendor intro #3
  • Sit through nVidia The way it’s meant to be played
  • Skip opening cutscene

  • Main menu opens

  • Would you like to connect your Steam account to account?

  • No
  • Press play.
  • Play game.
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[–] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I dunno about all this, I just play games from Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Playstation, etc. Maybe I'm simple but I'm also having fun :P

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I went console when I realised I wanted to spend time actually playing the game.

Sure I'm missing out on the absolute highest settings, mods, etc.

However, I spend 55 minutes out of an hour actually playing the game.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Hate this bullshit so much.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

missed the bit about windows forcing an update and reboot, then crashing to an irreparable state, forcing a reinstall of the whole os and games that were installed.

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

I remember having to hunt high and low for the dune 2 manual to find out how heavy an Atreides airfield is because that’s what anti-piracy measures were back then.

Also it was much more of a crapshoot whether or not a game would work at all. Some games just completely refused to be played outside of specific hardware, especially when it came to video cards. Stupid messages like “sorry, you must have a GeForce 2300 or newer to play” that literally checked if your video card name started with some specific string…

Similar kind of thing with sound cards. Most games had a couple options for sound: if you have a sound card that contains the magic words “sound blaster” you got to enjoy nice sounds! Otherwise hope you like some kinda shitty half-attempt at MIDI sound.

And every game ever came with an EULA, if it wasn’t in the game it was in the manual or in some readme. It’s just as meaningless now as it was back then.

Then when CDs came out, sometimes they’d get scuffed and become impossible to install, so you’d have to end up buying a game twice because your cousin got a hold of it.

Things haven’t changed that much. There’s still a lot of shitty games, with a few that are great. It’s more like micro transaction or “free-to-play” games instead of shovelware now for the most part it seems though.

Everyone remembers the classics and forgets the duds!

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Half of that never happens to me tbh and the vendor intros were mostly a thing in 2010ish games (for me).

But something that is not on the list and I hate is if steam just starts another game launcher where you have to click something (like Witcher 3 or cities skylines).

[–] Turious@leaf.dance 3 points 2 years ago

Some of my favorite games from back in the day had a half dozen vendor intros. There were a few years where they were completely out of hand. It's not all so bad these days.

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I hate that this is so accurate

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

From very recent memory, unfortunately.

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

you can disable steam ad windows

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

well at least I don't have to keep the CD in the CD Drive to actually play the game now

[–] BeezKnuts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Made by someone who wasn't around back then. Getting games to run was just as if not more tedious than it is now.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Don't forget you gotta update your driver's too before even beginning "Launch Steam"

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