I miss when 'modding' just meant you had to drop these files into game.rar and it just worked.

"I remember downloading a fan translation for a Japanese-only RPG. The README just said 'drop these files into game.rar and pray.' It’s the most stressful 30 seconds of gaming I’ve ever had." The Meme of Simplicity

Requires three different launchers and a constant internet connection.

"There’s a specific kind of adrenaline you only get when a guy named 'Xx_DarkSoul_xX' on a forum from 2008 tells you to to fix the frame rate."

In many Steam reviews for older, broken ports (like Saints Row 2 or the original Dark Souls on PC), users will simply post a link to a community patch with the instruction:

Gamers often joke about the "sketchy" but necessary nature of these files when trying to get classic titles running on modern hardware.

Here are a few ways that line has been used as an "interesting review" or commentary: The "Fix-It-Yourself" Review