I wish I could go back and play it again for the first time. It was one of the first games I played after getting my first voodoo card. It felt like I was experiencing the bleeding edge of tech.
Thinking about it, i can't remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.
More on topic, yes everyone should own it. I think I bought a steam or GOG bundle and got all the doom and quake games for like $5-$10 or something like that.
I hope they win. I fear they probably won't.
So be it. Humanity got along just fine without the internet for milleneia. Its clear at this point that the public internet isn't going to be used to improve our human existence. If there is anything to bemoan, its that the practical usefulness of the internet will only continue to get more and more narrow.
More likely, they've reached critical mass and are now using this as a downsizing move. They know a % will quit. Will reduce the number they have to float until eventual layoffs.
It's too bad banished always turns into a hectic click management game once the community gets to a self supporting size. Migrants show up and you expand for them... And then you get to run through the same operations every season, setting fields for plant and harvest, prioritizing workers and resources. It gets repetitive and the reward for getting bigger is just more clicking and more management.
Best anti digital hate movement ever: Going outside and doing something of actual use or recreational value.
We even "upgraded" to teams voice from a local PBX. Really great having calls drop and fail to connect.
I had to setup folks with a script clear teams cache when it acts up.