Alright, this is getting seriously annoying: I just found out that NWN2 (which I uninstalled some time ago) managed to hide away 270 MB in My Documents. Now I wouldn't mind usually - 270 MB in a 160 GB drive isn't much - but I do mind when it's on my (tiny) system partition. Looking around, I've noticed a bunch of other games out there, but none of them were as bad as NWN (Oblivion took only a few MB per save game, and SpellForce 2 took ~15) - NWN managed to use up 90 MB per save game, which is kinda too much.
Now, I noticed this before, but it used to be a couple of games max, all in a "My Games" folder or similar. Nowadays, half of the My Documents folder is taken up by various games, so I'm wondering: when did this practice start? When did it become ok for various games to put down roots in My Documents, without even asking?
Now, I noticed this before, but it used to be a couple of games max, all in a "My Games" folder or similar. Nowadays, half of the My Documents folder is taken up by various games, so I'm wondering: when did this practice start? When did it become ok for various games to put down roots in My Documents, without even asking?