

Those of us who remember the days of buying Tomb Raider on PS1, plopping it in the disk tray, and then raiding tombs immediately were probably children then. There are some obvious rose-tinted glasses going on here. While patches do a lot of good - and gaming has undeniably improved as an industry - seeing games like Elden Ring be constantly tweaked does take away the charm a little bit. Plus, since development time was much shorter back then, you’d have a sequel in your hands just 12 months later. No downloads, No microtransactions, no patches, just the full game. It used to be that you bought a game from the store, you’d put it in your console, and away you go. It’s tempting to think of the days before patch notes as a golden age for gaming.
