Hidden sub-games and "memory" bonuses that keep players coming back.
Beyond the malware, there is a human element. Edgar Vigdal lost his battle with cancer while trying to create a sequel for his fans. He operated on a "shareware" trust system: He gave you the demo for free and trusted you to pay if you loved it. Today, downloading a torrent of his full game doesn't hurt a massive corporation like EA or Ubisoft——it denies the recognition of a lone indie developer who poured his life into creating a "high quality" experience. Preserving the game is important; stealing it is not.
Warblade natively outputs at low legacy resolutions (such as 800x600). Modern graphics cards sometimes struggle to scale this properly, resulting in a black screen or an "Unable to set graphics mode" error.
