That was an expensive title back then. The most expensive game i have ever got was this majora's mask 3d version for the nintendo 3ds. Up to this day, it's my favorite game of all time.
There are several POVs over this particular thread, i might add that talking about office tools like Microsoft Office, it's hard for me to replace it over an Open Source product, i was raised with it and probably gonna die using it, i'm not closed to learn other things, but i find easier to...
Actually violent shows were quite popular back in the days.. trigun, cowboy bebop, samurai x, boogiepop phantom and fist of the northern star just to name a few..
They're releasing a new Samurai X series pretty soon, i think it's coming on Jan, 2023. I'm not a big fan of it but i can say that it got me to watch more anime back in those days.
RE: MSI or ASUS
Actually all of them are manufactured in the same country with maybe different quality of components, there are the "normal" asus build, the tuf and ROG components. MSI also has their own even though i don't really know how they're called.