The fact the game got delisted is heartbreaking. People deserve to enjoy this, to experience it.
I played it long after it's release, on Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility. Eventualy got it on Steam while it was on a sale just to have it, honestly, which turned out to be a good decision.
As for some memories... i'll give two.
One, a nightmare. I was attempting to beat the game 100%, and had a dream that Walker, Lugo, and Adams were very pissed with me. They yelled at me. Screamed at me. That I had played through the game so many times, put them through hell over and over, just to get achievements. But they knew they couldn't hurt me and couldn't actually force me to stop playing. They eventually stopped and let me wake up, I guess. It was... certainly an experience. Took a break from the game for a bit after that. But I finished what I started eventually.
The other memory. I knew some of the twists.
I didn't know about what happened to Lugo.
We arrive at the scene, Walker and Adams attempt to free Lugo, but it's too late.
The crowd around them is enraged. They throw rocks but they never charge at you.
Adams asks to open fire.
I, try to push through the crowd. And I got pushed back.
"Permission f*cking granted." And I pulled the trigger.
...And the achievement pops. It was uh... A Line, Crossed, I think. And it snaps me out of that moment, that little notification. Brought me back to my senses and realize what I had done.
That moment still sticks with me.
And this game deserves to be relisted. Not forgotten. Not in a form where the only way to experience it is by watching others play it or by illegal, risky means.
A remaster or remake isn't coming. This is what we got. This is what we get. And it deserves to be playable. Even if someone only does a single playthrough on it after buying it, that doesn't mean they shouldn't get to.
There was a DLC planned. Scrapped, though. It'll never see the light of day.