Must Install Download: Fed-Up Gamer Goes on Impassioned Rant About the State of Modern Gaming

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Jan 2, 2022 9:00 AM EST

Gaming sure has changed over the last 15-20 years and this gamer's experience is certainly one that we all can share.

There's nothing worse than getting home with a new game (or even downloading one) and then immediately being faced with ANOTHER update and then ANOTHER update when you boot the game up.

There seems to be no end to the downloads to ship out patches and content that feel like they just should have been a part of the finished game. There was even that time that The Sims tried to make money off of virtually dusting your house.

Unfortunately, when a game ships its no longer a finished product. Gone are the days of inserting a cartridge and getting right to it.

Imagine if Mario Kart 64 had had balance patches because 'heavy' characters were too OP. ^{Bowser gang unite.}