I haven't bought a full price AAA game in at least 20 years for this reason.
The last few years though things are getting really bad and I have begun investing heavily into retro game disks for my PC as well as on my OG Wii and PS1, 2 and 3 games for my PS3 phat.
I'm getting some great games for l from $1 - $12 that i can play anytime, no connection required.
We know you don't care about law fElon
I hope it gives him a slow and painful heart attack.
The writer for dying light was let go for good reason and he was the main talent. This is why dying light two was so plain story wise because the replacement writer wasn't up to the task.
No reason to hype that the beast writer is up to the task also. Only time will tell.
You could acquire a pretty cheap PC for Linux it runs on a potato. Try an electrical scrap heap nearby that you can fossick from or a friend with an old, unused system in storage (even a cheap $20 retro PC from your local marketplace?) to acquire an old retro system. You might not even need a new screen depending what connections your existing screens/TV has and if you could use a cheap adapter and cable from the thrift store.
Linux runs on basically any retro PC and laptop excluding some annoying wifi chips that need planning before the install if you don't have ethernet. Some really old tech may also require specific distributions that still offer support too.
Machines with a 32bit CPU you will want to confirm beforehand if your chosen distribution still offers a supported 32bit install image and retro PC's with obscure expansion cards that perhaps were never supported. This is likely moving into vintage collectors territory though and you would have to be pretty lucky now to find a machine like that super cheap and working.
I've been using archinstall it's actually pretty good now.
Just don't buy Disco Elesium, the thieves that stole it don't deserve that.
I remember enjoying Prey on release but never finishing it and being distracted by Q3A
At the thrift store today I picked up an original disk copy of Prey (2006) and the thief trilogy.
I use Linux exclusively, stick with it, the learning curve is definitely worth it.