This makes me so sad that Aperion received the cease and desist. This game really deserves a fan-made resurrection. I never felt like any legitimate company would do it justice.

If you don’t have internet, you’re never getting updates in the first place! Unless you mean, you updated, are sitting at this screen, THEN lose your network connection.

It’s probably driven by a desire to keep retail partners happy with stocked store shelves.

What if the banging was them trying to crack the window to avoid suffocating?