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The store is the most important thing. The easier it is to buy a game, the more likely you will. I can't count how many times my Steam client automatically comes up on startup, I see something I like on sale, couple clicks later I bought it.
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doctorfrog posted:- announcing plans for a Steam-like client Can we just get Steam keys for the games that Steam has?
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Uh, I personally see no point for a GOG client and in fact do not want one at all. Steam is enough. However, support for Linux and/or Mac would be nifty, even if just the DOSBox games, but they could go one step further, be clever, and do Wine-packaged editions ready to work for non-techy users of those systems.
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Oct 16, 2012 17:32
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Now that GOG is getting newer games, and thus more updates, a client that handled updating the games automatically would be pretty handy.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:44
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Is there some reason No One Lives Forever has never gotten a digital release in any form? I found my case but I don't know where the disc went. 
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Oct 16, 2012 21:49
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Saoshyant posted:Uh, I personally see no point for a GOG client and in fact do not want one at all. Steam is enough. However, support for Linux and/or Mac would be nifty, even if just the DOSBox games, but they could go one step further, be clever, and do Wine-packaged editions ready to work for non-techy users of those systems. If they do go this route and it harps up something close to Desura, I see no problems. Nothing I want mind you, but I'm not even sure if Desura has any DRM in it since it acts more like a front end for their community and optional patching of installed games.
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Oct 16, 2012 22:13
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Zoe posted:Is there some reason No One Lives Forever has never gotten a digital release in any form? I found my case but I don't know where the disc went. The IP is owned by Fox who don't give two fucks.
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Oct 16, 2012 22:48
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:The IP is owned by Fox who don't give two fucks. That's Vivendi (Activision) these days.
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Oct 16, 2012 22:56
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Zoe posted:Is there some reason No One Lives Forever has never gotten a digital release in any form? I found my case but I don't know where the disc went. I wondered about this too, so I did a bit of Googling. It seems, much like System Shock, the rights are split between different companies. I don't know how far up on lists of most sought-after games NOLF ends up, but I'm pretty sure Gog is trying pretty hard to acquire the series.
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Andrigaar posted:If they do go this route and it harps up something close to Desura, I see no problems. Nothing I want mind you, but I'm not even sure if Desura has any DRM in it since it acts more like a front end for their community and optional patching of installed games. Desura is very friendly. Their client is optional (though they do strongly encourage it), you can download your games directly from their website. Desura itself is not DRM and does not have DRM, but they allow games to have their own DRM.
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Oct 17, 2012 02:24
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Postal 2 is 4 bucks today. I think you should get it.
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Anyone crazy about Steam should note that it's also just been Greenlit, so should be appearing there sometime soon.
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Edit: I am stupid as hell and should try troubleshooting in depth sometime.
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Saoshyant posted:Uh, I personally see no point for a GOG client and in fact do not want one at all. Steam is enough. However, support for Linux and/or Mac would be nifty, even if just the DOSBox games, but they could go one step further, be clever, and do Wine-packaged editions ready to work for non-techy users of those systems. Exactly. I prefer having my GOG games as seperate, easy to use installers, there's no reason to hassle with programs that wouldn't actually add anything to the current system.
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Oct 17, 2012 22:28
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I think maybe "client" comes with some connotations people aren't happy with. I'd be satisfied if the currently downloader utility got a couple more features like being able to queue up other games from my library to download through it.
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THE BAR posted:Exactly. I prefer having my GOG games as seperate, easy to use installers
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So I think Obsidian just spilled the beans on gog.com's announcement:Project Eternity Email posted:GOG.com: We will be offering DRM-free options based on the platforms that GOG supports at the time of us shipping the game. Currently, this means you only have a Windows DRM-free option, but apparently some big news for Mac users is coming...tonight, and hopefully good news for Linux users too down the road. Or is there something else I missed about gog.com and Macs? Edit: I guess they did already say the announcement was about Macs, I just was oblivious. Humerus fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Oct 18, 2012 |
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Oct 18, 2012 01:40
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More like the article they linked. GOG almost always do this for whatever reason.
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Oct 18, 2012 01:42
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jivjov posted:I think maybe "client" comes with some connotations people aren't happy with. I'd be satisfied if the currently downloader utility got a couple more features like being able to queue up other games from my library to download through it. But you can do that already. 
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Oct 18, 2012 06:32
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So essentially we are looking at increased mac support as the big announcement? Cool for mac users I guess.
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Oct 18, 2012 06:35
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Zedicus Mann posted:But you can do that already. Sorry, I meant being able to add games to the downloader from the downloader, without going to the website.
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So, being able to pull up your library, download and install a game, all from the downloader client. Sounds doable. Wonder if it's on their features list. e: Although on second thought, it's in their best interest as a store to make you go online to their store first. Like putting milk in the back of a grocery store, you see all the announcements. doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Oct 18, 2012 |
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Oct 18, 2012 07:11
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Bioforge is getting released today.
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How are Macs analog? I can see the next video... "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought Macs were genetically engineered bio-computers." (cut to imagination sequence of horrifying flesh computer that repeatedly chants "PRAISE JOBS") "And Linux, too." (cut to imagination sequence of a penguin with wires coming out of it)
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mr. why posted:Bioforge is getting released today. The LP of this game makes it look pretty rough for someone who didn't play it back then.
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mr. why posted:Bioforge is getting released today. Man, I used to revere that game. I should get it and see how rose tinted my glasses are.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:The LP of this game makes it look pretty rough for someone who didn't play it back then. Early polygons in static 320x200 screenshots make it look pretty serrated, yeah. It's better in motion.
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Oct 18, 2012 10:19
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:The LP of this game makes it look pretty rough for someone who didn't play it back then. It probably is. It has pre-Resident Evil tank controls and feels slow and sluggish as hell. Still, I thought it was pretty cool at the time. Edit: Pretty stoked about more 3rd person adventure games with pre-rendered backgrounds, though. Now we just need Time Commando and Knight's Chase. Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Oct 18, 2012 |
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Oct 18, 2012 10:27
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Everyone should get Bioforge, because it is great. Although if you get it for the fork, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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Fil5000 posted:Everyone should get Bioforge, because it is great. Although if you get it for the fork, you'll be sorely disappointed. A HUNK OF MEAT I played this game endlessly when I was a kid. It's a little clunky, but it definitely has a feel that is unlike any other game I can think of. Maybe watch a few videos online and see what you think. Not sure if I'll get it since there aren't too many extras, but it may be worth it since my boxed copy no longer functions.
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I played it for ages as a kid but never got far. Watching the LP from awhile back I can see why, there were some pretty tough & silly puzzles, not to mention the difficult combat. The intro video, setting and bleak tone of the game was excellent though
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Hakkesshu posted:Now we just need Time Commando The bad news: The game is awful. Much worse than you remember it being
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Amethyst posted:The good news: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/time_commando Hah, I somehow missed that. No, I always thought that game was garbage, but it's still fun as a historical curiosity.
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I think we all know what it's going to be. A free fedora for every gog user.
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Amethyst posted:The good news: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/time_commando I bought the PSX version a few years ago, when I bought a bunch of PSX games that slipped under my radar. I don't even know if I still have it or threw it away/sold it. I only took a closer look at it after I bought it and never actually played it... It's like everything that's wrong about 90s games combined into a single game. edit: four and a half stars 
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Oct 18, 2012 12:10
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I refuse to replay Time Commando, because I must have finished it at least 30 times as a kid and thought it was amazing, when it's pretty clear it's terrible, so it's better to keep my memories. 
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Oct 18, 2012 12:53
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It was great when the only thing comparable to it was Alone in the Dark.
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My favourite thing about Time Commando is how you can fight him in Little Big Adventure 2.
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This has probably been asked a hundred times, but can someone explain why it's so hard to get expansions for the games GOG already has? Seems like they'd ask for both at the negotiating table. I want my Alien Crossfire.
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Alasyre posted:This has probably been asked a hundred times, but can someone explain why it's so hard to get expansions for the games GOG already has? Seems like they'd ask for both at the negotiating table. I want my Alien Crossfire. EA is weird.
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