Me: remembering how many games were ruined by capitalism needing to make most of them too hard because "If they're too hard to beat during a weekend rental then people will be forced to buy the full game!"
I'm still bitter about Ecco the Dolphin and Dynamite Headdy. So much wasted potential.
Fuck that fucking octopus. Fuckin asshole. Suck off me
The time limit is exactly a holdover from the golden period I'm describing i think, where Tony Hawk's Pro Skater comes in. It's not the most profitable of games though and will eventually die out to the more profitable ones or succumb to worse mechanics for better monetization, is my claim.