"As for the zip disks, well if Valve are reading this I've since bought the entire Half Life collection on Steam so no lawsuits please. Enjoy the show." Aahh, you redeemed yourself. Saw my comment did you? :) I enjoyed the show.

"I remember the first time I played Half-Life. My brother copied it from his university friend's shared drive and bundled the files onto a bunch of zip disks." Isn't that, like, piracy...? And no one mentions it? Such hypocrisy...

Unfortunately this is a business, if it wasn't we would enjoy better games. Companies make money the sooner they release the product. They are forced to work more and faster, and that's why games are starting to stagnate and loose quality, games are being created for the masses, not for gamers. They don't even do it because they like it anymore.

@Zv2112 - have you at least tried it? Don't judge a game without even trying it out first. . You know, some people also call World of Warcraft a degenerate crap, and I'm sure you don't agree with thoose people...

@GamerYnoX - most games cost as much, but if this is like Rez was then it's worth it. I usually group Rez next to games like Ico. Even if it's short what matters is the unique experience you have. It's not only a game, it's art. And yeah, 50$ for any game is too expensive. I'm hoping to find it cheaper somewhere else in the near future.

The main reason the used game industry thrives its because new games are too expensive, they make it more and more an industry for elites untill no one below is able to buy a single game. Then you find the used game industry and it's the only way for you to get some specific games. Games are expensive, games are not worth the their price tag lately.

*SPOILERS AHEAD* @ Vanyelk Actually Ultimecia was trying to get revenge on SeeD (since they were created for the sole purpose of destroying "The Sorceress") and the world (for creating SeeD). She was trying to end the cicle of Sorceress is chosen, SeeD are trained to destroy her, repeat.