Bring back the shareware sales model

The early and the mid 90s for pc games what they would do for example doom they would give away free on floppy disk a large chunk of the game often 1/3 or even 1/2.



And after you played through you could then send off and buy the rest. Now while it could be argued as a glorified demo the games were complete with no cut content and all game modes accessible.Just the additional levels that you had to pay for.

You got a real good look and play of the game. They did die out later on and when the digital age came now hardly hear anything about them.


Was only reminded of it recently with the release of killer instinct you had the option of a free version which only had one character but you had access to everything else.

Would love to see it make a return

Youtube and there copyright strikes

So something happened online today which irritated me today after capcom had accidentally released the Streetfighter 5 trailer.

And of course people watched it downloaded and commented about it now one of my fav youtubers uploaded the trailer and they asked him to take it down which is fair enough (though i still argue pointless at that point the cat was so far out of the bag it had got to the next town) So he uploaded another video with his opinions and a few screenshots only....and he got a copyright strike over a few pictures ????. Now he did it again with no pictures and got ANOTHER copyright strike.

Now this as far as i am concerned is abusing the system and while it may be all cleared up later on it would not be a nice situation to be in to be close to getting the channel deleted.

Now capcom are not the first to abuse the copyright system there have been plenty of others from sega and nintendo to smaller developers (total biscuit did a video about it a while ago).

As far as i am concerned the whole stike system needs to be changed and i think the burden of proof needs to come from the companies and not the person who did the video as the "fair use" policy is being negated    

Thankfully i have not had any strikes at all though probably because my channel is so small but there is always that fear

What i want to see from streetfighter 5

So it has been announced and just for the ps4 and pc which really surprised me and there were a few very brief glimpses.

Here is what i want to see in the game

1. Fewer characters but more diverse balanced and fun to play in sf4 there were so many characters a lot of shoto characters and other characters who i just did not feel were fun to play or lacked options

2.Stages for each characters and perhaps stuff that happens in the background which reacts to when you play

3.Throws into combos i know this is personal preference but i would love the ability for grappler characters to do a combo which includes a command throw

4. A really good story mode nuff said really

5. Unlockables and secrets i know people like to have everything up front but i love to unlock stuff

6. No on disc dlc and no content that should have been on disc released later on

7. Reduce the charge time for characters with charge based moves again this is a personal thing but i think it would help the pace of the game

STEAM (sales and what i think of it)

I loved pc gaming and i used to buy things on physical media. I did not have broadband till fairly recently i had steam but never really used it then the summer sale happened last year 

And i got a lot of stuff now it did not break the bank but i was so happy getting a collection of games to play and steam being so easy to use and autoupdating i thought why did i never use this before. Games that i would never have been interested in before were so cheap i thought i would give them a try.

So things i like about it first ease of use no need for manual updates.Second the community when a game comes out very soon you will see peoples opinions and it really helps with buying. Mod support which again is simple to use. And my fav offline mode.

Things i am not to keen on though are early access while i appreciate the idea i think there has to be a lot more rules as there is a lot of rubbish out there. I still wish the search options were a little bit better. Also i really really wish that some publishers did not use there own drm on top of the steam (like ubisoft and there uplay) but i know that is not steams fault 

Updates and Patches

So if you have a console or a pc or other technology such as phone and tablets you will be aware of updates and patches. I use steam for pc gaming and every day there is a update of sorts to games which can vary from a small bug fix or a major content update (often with early access).

Now go back many many years i had a load of dvds filled with patches for games which i had to update manually now with steam it is seamless.

And with hardware its the same with consoles like xbox 360 or ps4 you will have updates which again can add stuff and fix bugs sometimes you get a major overhaul with the UI. such as here is the original xbox 360 ui

and here is the most recent version

Now while it can be good it does have downsides firstly if you do not like the changes there is nothing you can do like with the xbox 360 UI i still preferred the original. And with games it can change gameplay in a way you may not like. Second issue far worse sometimes it can cause a problem with the game or a system perhaps erasing saves or a gamebreaking bug or even bricking a system.

Now in principle i have no problems with the way it works but my major concern is will it kill systems from being retro in 10 years could i boot up my ps3 and play a fully patched version of a game such as skyrim

More of the same or something new ?

There are games where i want more and others where i have my fill.You will often see games which have so many sequels (and often released quite quickly after the previous game) that people do get burnt out.

I played through borderlands 2 and i wanted more then there were the dlc which i played through and by that point i had my fill. Then there was the presequel and while i enjoyed the game but it did feel like a offshoot (and was obvious was done by another developer)

Then there is a company like nintendo which has some of my fav franchises like metroid/starfox but since it was so long ago since those games were released and i enjoyed them so much i would love to see something new.

Creating something new is a risk but it can pay off such as the demon souls (And its spiritual sequel dark souls) but i would always say if you are going to make a sequel do not go for a annual thing give the games the time they need because when you create a bad sequel it can kill off the franchise

Brand/company loyalty (or could be classed as fanboy syndrome) i really do not get it

It was back in the early 90s i noticed you had the snes and megadrive wars and you would have people who would ONLY like one or the other

I had a megadrive and a lot of people i knew who also had a megadrive kept saying how bad the snes was back then and i was thinking what are you talking about it had a load of great games ? i think it was just a way to make people really believe the system they chose was the right one. But for me personally i liked both and could appreciate them.

Cut forward to now days and is still happening microsoft/sony , amd/intel ,apple/samsung  and i really do not care about company's or brands if its a gaming console i would get the one with the games i want to play. If it is a phone then it is specs and prices i would look out for.

Now i do have to say i can understand avoiding some brands i will not name the company but i had bought two hardrives made by the same manufacturer and they both died so i avoid them.

In the end i would say do not follow company's or brands just get the stuff that makes sense