Always into the East...

The one thing I could not stand was not being able to play offline and without the battle.net launcher. I had all the files extracted to disk, I have like 10 licenses of this game, just let my play my own files on my own game without checking in to see if blizzard allows it.
Can't wait to get plugged into all the cool features of singling and poke around with some different early patches and farm some cow king.
 
Yea definitely. I actually deleted my Battle.net account many years ago in protest lol. I lost some stuff (like my Diablo 3 Tyrael Wings since I was one of the D3 Collector’s Edition owners on Launch Day 2012) but most of the games I already had either backed up or in CD format and I also made backup disc images of them as well. I’m not ever planning on buying something from Blizzard again so I’m good.
 
Yeah, I have my original cds and keys safe and multiple digital copies saved w their license keys. I enjoy seeing the way that they continue to develop for D2R and appreciate some of the quality of life stuff as long as we keep D2R a separate thing and nobody messes with my legacy game. Projects like this make that much easier and more enjoyable, so thanks again!
 
fearedbliss said:
Yea definitely. I actually deleted my Battle.net account many years ago in protest lol. I lost some stuff (like my Diablo 3 Tyrael Wings since I was one of the D3 Collector’s Edition owners on Launch Day 2012) but most of the games I already had either backed up or in CD format and I also made backup disc images of them as well. I’m not ever planning on buying something from Blizzard again so I’m good.
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lol bro I almost pulled a fearedbliss once and deleted my battle.net account during the whole WC3 Reforged/Refunded fiasco. I was so pissed at how bad that game was at launch and it was nothing like I expected. They actually removed features that were there in the original 2003 game. I believe this was back in 2020. I couldn't go through with the deletion though, mainly because I had played WoW actively from 2006-2010, so I have four years worth of good memories on that account. What really sucks though is those memories are stuck behind a $15 monthly sub/paywall, lol. I think I last paid the $15 and logged in back in 23' just to walk around Dalaran with my Warrior. It was actually depressing though, the old guild was long gone, and the game client had been updated to some atrocity that looked nothing like the game I left in 2010. Oh and I got insta-leveled up to like level 85 which was weird. Currently there's a ton of people on social media hyping the shit out of WoW: Forever, and I'm just like, nah bruh, I'm good. I don't believe games, even MMOs, should be behind a subscription. You don't own your character or any of your progress, so it's a complete and utter waste IMO.
 
That’s how I feel as well, that I would rather have the experience in something I actually own, but I suppose some people are fine just experiencing it without owning. The more important thing is more about the need to have to pay a corporation money to play a game for essentially the rest of my life. I object to that idea strongly. If I loved WoW and wanted to play it forever but came to the realization that that would require me giving them money for the rest of my life, that seems sad, insane, and ridiculous. But everyone has the right to decide how they want to spend their time and money on so to each their own. All good.
 
Manny said:
lol bro I almost pulled a fearedbliss once and deleted my battle.net account during the whole WC3 Reforged/Refunded fiasco.
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Well, if you need a reason to finally make the push, they just recently forced it to be online only and removed LAN support. I saw how the game industry tested the waters in the early 2010s with paid DLC or internet connection requirement for single player games, then after a few years of people continuing to buy it anyway, they migrated to full on loot boxes or *disposable* in-game currencies that must be purchased with real money. No amount of forum posts on blizzard's or any other company's site or heart felt emails are going to improve their games. The only thing you can do is just stop buying/supporting products and companies you don't agree with. Sadly, this has locked me out of buying most things in the last 10-15 years but there's a huge backlog of retro stuff I can't find time for anyway.
 
Same as me @galaxyhaxz. I've just been expanding my GB, GBC, GBA, DS, SNES physical cartridge collection and PC collection for older games with CDs that work on offline single player, and/or also digital games with no DRM from GOG. I literally don't have time to play all of them and D2 takes a good portion of my gaming budget. Although I'm also playing Pokemon Blue and Super Mario World for SNES as well. I also use the Save The Heroes, Builders ROM dumper to back up the whole collection and carry them on my Anbernic RG35XX+.
 
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galaxyhaxz said:
Well, if you need a reason to finally make the push, they just recently forced it to be online only and removed LAN support.
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I did not see this news, so thanks for sharing. But yeah, unreal! You can't even play SP offline now. SMH. That's just super ick and sad. In recent times I was only logging into the Reforged client for online DotA 1 anyways, but I stopped doing that a couple years ago. It's not nearly the same experience that I remember and loved back in 03-05. And I have my original WC3 ROC & TFT games working just fine and CD keys backed up. <3
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Same as me @galaxyhaxz. I've just been expanding my GB, GBC, GBA, DS, SNES physical cartridge collection and PC collection for older games with CDs that work on offline single player, and/or also digital games with no DRM from GOG. I literally don't have time to play all of them and D2 takes a good portion of my gaming budget. Although I'm also playing Pokemon Blue and Super Mario World for SNES as well. I also use the Save The Heroes, Builders ROM dumper to back up the whole collection and carry them on my Anbernic RG35XX+.
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Same bro. I absolutely love GOG. And I just pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch 2 (the Zelda one) and will only be purchasing games that are completely on cart for it. Thankfully all of the first-party exclusives seem to be completely on physical media so there's a lot of options. And the new Ocarina of Time will be fully on cart and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Nintendo seems to be the only modern console maker that still cares to a degree. Actually I recently found this website which I think does a wonderful job showcasing the available physical games: https://gamecartdb.com/
 
You guys have triggered me and now you will face a partial wrath of my collection. But before I get into that, @Manny be careful with the switch games, I still have my switch 1 but many years ago I divested most of my switch collection. Yes a lot of the games are on physical media, but there are some that have a "physical media", but are either incomplete, or require an online connection for day 1 updates (like DOOM 2016). For FF X / X-2, I was lucky to be able to get the FF X / X-2 all on on cartridge (usually you get those from Asia), cause the US FF X only had the first game on the cart, and required you to download the second one online. I've only kept a small portion of my Switch 1 games and skipped Switch 2 since I don't trust Nintendo. At this point I would only buy a game if I can back it up (that's why I dump all of my cartridges or make ISOs/MDS backups for all of the old PC games).

Now let the games begin (I didn't include any of the boxes or books, just the discs):

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and throwing in some of my SNES carts. I'm not kidding when I say I have enough games to last my entire life and don't really need to ever buy another game again. These companies think they can lock me down and tempt me with temporary impulsive purchases for online only / DRMed games, jokes on them.

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@fearedbliss I love your SNES collection! Those are some of my all-time favorites! My bro and I spent many hours in TMNT IV.

...but where is Chrono Trigger my dawg?! And don't forget F-Zero, c'mon! :p:ROFLMAO:
 
Haha it's only a portion of the SNES collection. Chrono Trigger I have it on the DS, the SNES one is insanely priced and I don't have the PS1 Chrono Trigger anymore, so the DS one will do :). I also try to keep my collection Orthogonal and only buy a copy of the same game for a console if there is a good reason to.
 
fearedbliss said:
But before I get into that, @Manny be careful with the switch games, I still have my switch 1 but many years ago I divested most of my switch collection. Yes a lot of the games are on physical media, but there are some that have a "physical media", but are either incomplete, or require an online connection for day 1 updates (like DOOM 2016). For FF X / X-2, I was lucky to be able to get the FF X / X-2 all on on cartridge (usually you get those from Asia), cause the US FF X only had the first game on the cart, and required you to download the second one online. I've only kept a small portion of my Switch 1 games and skipped Switch 2 since I don't trust Nintendo. At this point I would only buy a game if I can back it up (that's why I dump all of my cartridges or make ISOs/MDS backups for all of the old PC games).
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Yeah, unfortunately we have to be careful even with physical these days. You are spot on about that!
 
fearedbliss said:
Haha it's only a portion of the SNES collection. Chrono Trigger I have it on the DS, the SNES one is insanely priced and I don't have the PS1 Chrono Trigger anymore, so the DS one will do :). I also try to keep my collection Orthogonal and only buy a copy of the same game for a console if there is a good reason to.
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True, it's ungodly expensive now. Collector's need to chill, these are just games after all. ;(
 
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