I guess I hope Shadow stays relatively small or GB staff is going to start lobbying for it to be outlawed? Weird timeline. Also this discussion keeps ping-ponging between what's a legal right and what people's opinion of what *should* be allowed is. I think it's an obviously sensible proposition that buying a game on Steam allows me to play that game on whatever hardware I choose (even if I have to pay to rent that hardware), unless of course there are restrictions made clear at the time of purchase.
The notion that "Nvidia is multinational" should somehow affect the question of whether that should be allowed is not logical. Framing the discussion that way misses the point and takes the air out of real arguments for the other side IMHO.
For my 2 cents, I think the shade directed at Nvidia is misplaced, and Steam is getting yet another pass here (for now). It seems to me that it's up to Steam to "button up" the arrangements with developers that sell on that storefront. Geforce Now really isn't more than letting my log into Steam on a VM (and that's all I'd be paying for), so if devs want to limit their games from being available in that context then they need to take it up with Steam. I'm sure Valve leaves this ambiguous enough to stay out of trouble while also producing the present mess. Nvidia is also screwing up by seemingly trying to pitch this as a platform (one would think they'd have looked at Stadia and changed tack...I'd say framing this as a "remote video card" would be cleaner and still compelling).
If the issue was about how Nvidia uses games to promote the service, that I could totally get behind if they are doing that without permission. Unfortunately whether that is the actual complaint seems to have gotten lost in noise.
I also don't agree with the "service would be useless without games" argument at all. Nvidia's main business (video cards) is also driven by games and I doubt anyone would support developers who demanded that a particular video card stopped supporting their game based on "they didn't ask permission" and "devs should control where games exist".
@vinny you may want to check out a faq for this game; there's a bunch of item effects that it seems you didn't know about. Also about the "true" ending (not just the "good" ending) which will require playing a lot more than 99 levels.
I'm quite sure I'm in the minority but I've had about enough Mahardy on this cast for a little while...best in small doses (or at least, other formats) IMHO.
Also weapon scaling is like pretty much the opposite of "exponential". Though I suppose *everyone* misuses that word.
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