And you are giving PTSD and imagery too little credit.

I... You are aware of what the word “premium” means, yes? In context?

Which might be a compelling argument if the 2012 PC version weren’t, itself, a lightly retooled version of the original PC version from 1998. I actually had this version.

I am not demanding anything. I bought my PS4 with the assumption that it would only ever be capable of playing PS4 games. But, with backwards compatibility teased for months, and the recent reveal that, yes, there were PS2 games coming to the PS4, to have it result in a method that is such a poor deal it’s outright…

I was posting primarily about Final Fantasy VII, which is a PSOne game, but cool, we can focus on the PS2 releases if you want.

I have no illusions about getting PS3 backwards compatibility. Streaming it is the best I’d hope for.

But, yeah, with PS2 emulation and PS1 emulation a proven possibility on the PS4, I don’t think it’s a hardware impossibility. I think it’s a desire to get as much out of it as is financially possible.

I’m tired of…

Well, I’m done. Sony teases us with the prospect of PS2 and PS1 compatibility on the PS4 for months, and this is how they implement it? “Upscaled” PS1 games that somehow cost 60% more than their PSOne Classics originals?

Three? No. Maybe five-to-ten, though, rather than ten-to-fifteen.

And Divinity is more Ultima than either. Between the turn-based combat and “lived in” world, it definitely harks back to the glory days of that series.

Given that having subscribers IS their business, that’s pretty indicative right there. And who’s to say that isn't where they're going? Multi-pronged legal attacks from corporate legal teams aren't exactly uncommon. With more avenues of attack, it's more likely something will stick.

They don’t necessarily need to prove a loss of revenue. Just that what Bossland provides is harmful to their service in any way. Presenting testimonials from players who’ve encountered bots would easily get the ball rolling, and with how vocal online gamers can be, that’s not difficult to find.

It’s not about what a human player would do. It’s about what the specific human player using the software is choosing to do.

FarCry was neat and all, but FarCry 3 was definitely what took the series to mainstream recognition. Similarly, it’s the post-Ubisoft Tom Clancy titles that have really made the name popular. The original Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games were extremely niche.

Oh jeez, I used to frequent some of the RP-heavy forums, once I’d discovered LTU and its whole faction dynamic.

It’s kind of the nature of in-jokes and callbacks in general. They don’t have to reference something unique, just something understood, through context clues, by the audience.

Grappling is definitely a hard sell, until you do it. Which is kind of why it’s such a hard sell! I actually started Judo because I was taking Aikido and the school had a Judo class as well. On Tuesday nights, it was before my Aikido class. I went in there, felt the heat, smelled the sweat, and saw the rolling.

There are actually some terrific examples of more realistic swordfighting choreography in film. One of my favorites is from one of the Three Musketeers movies. The 1973 one in particular.

I think the quality of Krav Maga depends a lot on the individual school. There’s a lot of variance, which is never great, but some schools do bring a lot of effective technique to the table, spar hard, and focus on the intangibles of a violent situation in a way that ring sports generally don’t. I do believe that…

I think this has a lot to do with Judo being played as a sport for so long. I know it was sometimes sold as a self-defense method, but with arts like Karate and various Chinese styles billing themselves as ancient, deadly arts, Judo likely didn’t have the same luster to it.

Overall I agree with you that a mixture of point and full-contact is necessary for weapon work. There are some interesting alternatives, like the shock knife some use to force students to respect the blade in knife fighting and knife defense classes.