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I hope there is a list of unbundled games later, so that I know for sure how many games I should see on my account. :) Just so that nothing is missing after this process.

I know that currently I have 801 GOG games, bundled. i guess it should increase after unbundling, but by how much? Will I break the 1000 limit without buying anything? :)

EDIT: Heh, and just before I wrote this, my wish was granted in the previous message by the staff.
Post edited March 11, 2015 by timppu
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Ciris: Just wanted to drop in with a full list of the games we're currently planning on unbundling, including their current and future titles. You'll find it under that link, downloadable in PDF format.
The download link no longer exists, may want to upload it again.
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Ciris: Hi, guys!

Just wanted to drop in with a full list of the games we're currently planning on unbundling, including their current and future titles. You'll find it under that link, downloadable in PDF format.
I get "sorry, this download link no longer exists :(".
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Ciris: If you'd rather not download anything, here's the full list in hastebin, but it's not nearly as pretty.
Additional question, does Quest for Glory include both the EGA and VGA versions, or did you miss one entry in the hastebin list?
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Ciris: If you'd rather not download anything, here's the full list in hastebin, but it's not nearly as pretty.
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JMich: Additional question, does Quest for Glory include both the EGA and VGA versions, or did you miss one entry in the hastebin list?
The set includes both the original EGA version and the VGA remake of QfG I. (According to both my installed games and the game card.)
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JMich: Additional question, does Quest for Glory include both the EGA and VGA versions, or did you miss one entry in the hastebin list?
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penumbren: The set includes both the original EGA version and the VGA remake of QfG I. (According to both my installed games and the game card.)
I know. The list only has one entry though, unlike LSL6 which has both the normal and the VGA entries.
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penumbren: The set includes both the original EGA version and the VGA remake of QfG I. (According to both my installed games and the game card.)
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JMich: I know. The list only has one entry though, unlike LSL6 which has both the normal and the VGA entries.
Yes. I'm also wondering about Ultima VII: They listed part one as Ultima VII - The Black Gate + The Forge of Virtue and part two as Ultima VII - Serpent Isle - no mention of The Silver Seed. (I'd think they would actually include "Part One" and "Part Two" in there, too.)
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Ciris: snip
I see that you guys don't have a clear criteria concerning the use of numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) or roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.) in titles, but I urge you to use the same criteria within a series of games. An example:

Ultima™ 1+2+3 Ultima 1
Ultima™ 1+2+3 Ultima 2
Ultima™ 1+2+3 Ultima 3
Ultima™ 4+5+6 Ultima IV
Ultima™ 4+5+6 Ultima V
Ultima™ 4+5+6 Ultima VI
Ultima™ 7 The Complete Edition Ultima VII - The Black Gate + The Forge of Virtue
Ultima™ 7 The Complete Edition Ultima VII - Serpent Isle
Ultima™ Underworld 1+2 Ultima Underworld 1
Ultima™ Underworld 1+2 Ultima Underworld 2

I know it's a small thing, but still.

EDIT: Also, for Blackwell, you obviously only mention episodes 1-4, but I'm assuming you'll change the title of Blackwell Epyphany (ep.5) to match the others?
Post edited March 11, 2015 by Tannath
Just what I've always wanted, five Geneforges and Fallout is gone, again. Plus, I have a weird empty space in a different place on my shelf.
Post edited March 11, 2015 by JaqFrost
I'd like to chime in with my opinion about this change. I think that it is good that GOG is concerned about people who might not be able to download big sized files easily and creates smaller installers from bigger ones, however something about this seems weird to me. Namely, regarding installers for big-sized games-aka games that are by themselves big in size. Before a change that happened a couple months ago, such games had an .exe and .bin files in 1.5 GB increments, something that allowed for easier downloading on a USB stick. However, I noticed a change in this system a couple months ago-I got a big-sized game and, instead of seeing the 1.5 GB increments I expected, I saw the exe and bins in 3 and 2 GB increments - the exact same thing also happened to most big-sized games I had gotten earlier, with the exception of the removed Nordic games of such type. (You can see for yourselves what I mean in the attachments). This change makes stuff harder to download on a usb stick rather than easier (especially regarding the fact that I recall the main reason mentioned for the previous system was precisely the FAT32 system of the USB sticks). Downloads are going to take longer with this new system for the big-sized games, and the bins are more likely to get corrupted too. And I saw no-one complaining about that one...
All in all, GOG should rather bring back the previous system of 1.5 GB increments rather than cramming big games in big bin files and separating smaller games in 5 (or something) separate entries, supposedly for easier downloading. And that is what I found weird-GOG wants us to be able to download smaller games more easily, but makes our lives harder in the downloading of bigger games...

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Post edited March 11, 2015 by Treasure
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Treasure: All in all, GOG should rather bring back the previous system of 1.5 GB increments
^ This!

I don't think installer size was a factor in the unbundling decision though.

EDIT: Just finished checking the list. My library should grow by 42 titles. Heroes Chronicles and Leisure Suit Larry are the biggest "offenders" with 7 extra titles each.
Post edited March 11, 2015 by Tannath
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Treasure: All in all, GOG should rather bring back the previous system of 1.5 GB increments
Why? The Witcher 3 official requirements state the game is 40 GB. Assuming the installer would be also this big, by your logic you'd like to punish everyone into downloading 26 separate files. Can you explain in what way it would be beneficial to all GOG users beyond satisfying your personal preference?
Post edited March 11, 2015 by d2t
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Treasure: All in all, GOG should rather bring back the previous system of 1.5 GB increments
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d2t: Why? The Witcher 3 official requirements state the game is 40 GB. Assuming the installer would be also this big, by your logic you'd like to punish everyone into downloading 26 separate files. Can you explain in what way it would be beneficial to all GOG users beyond satisfying your personal preference?
I understand your reasoning-you don't feel like downloading 26 separate parts( this tended to happen to me too with big sized downloads-didn't feel like downloading 5 separate parts, and thus left my big games undownloaded-as a matter of fact, I haven't yet downloaded the games in my attachments)... However, would you, as someone who wants to download his game, prefer 26 parts of 1.5 GB or 2 parts of 20 GB each (because if they start this system, they might as well end up with something like that)? The main problem with this new system, is that, instead of bringing extra convenience, it might ramp up the inconvenience for some people -for example those without a good internet connection. Case in point: suppose you download a big game and go home to install it-you run the check for corrupted files, in case something went wrong, and lo and behold, a couple parts are corrupted. Let's suppose the corrupted parts were 3+5 (out of 8)-both in the old system are 1.5 Gbs each, and you just redownload 3GBs and get done with it. With the newer system however, maybe out of 4 parts 2+3 are corrupted and they're like 4 GBs each-you have now to redownload practically half of the game for a few corrupted bytes. And especially as
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Treasure: the bins are more likely to get corrupted too
for these bigger sized games.
So, tl;dr, this new system instead of making things easier it makes them harder, by forcing you to redownload much bigger portions of the installer in case something goes wrong (and as they're bigger, they're way more likely to get corrupted-rinse and repeat and you'll understand the sheer frustration of this in comparison to just downloading 5-8 parts once-and in very few exceptions 26-see the PS for that).
P.S.(As a sidenote also, the huge downloads on gog games aren't that many-maybe Witcher 2+3, the removed ArmA games and not much else-most gog games aren't bigger than 8GBs at most...)
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Treasure: However, would you, as someone who wants to download his game, prefer 26 parts of 1.5 GB or 2 parts of 20 GB each
I'm used to downloading multiple-gig files as I'm not a Windows user meaning I don't download builds which are split into parts. If I however had a crappy connection that would result in a problem with downloading their games no matter the size, I'd fix this obvious issue on my end by going with the downloader / galaxy route, rather than forcing every user in the world to download more files.

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Treasure: because if they start this system, they might as well end up with something like that)?
Let's discuss facts, not assumptions.
Post edited March 11, 2015 by d2t
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Treasure: However, would you, as someone who wants to download his game, prefer 26 parts of 1.5 GB or 2 parts of 20 GB each
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d2t: I'm used to downloading multiple-gig files as I'm not a Windows user meaning I don't download builds which are split into parts. If I however had a crappy connection that would result in a problem with downloading their games no matter the size, I'd fix this obvious issue on my end by going with the downloader / galaxy route, rather than forcing every user in the world to download more files.
Well, it was wrong of me then to assume you were a Windows user then-I occupied myself just with the windows installers because I myself am a windows user and that's what I know. I did notice from time to time some huge Linux files that have all their parts in one, thought "What the heck? What would I do if I were such a user? I'd have a major problem!" and then thought "well, the linux users should probably complain or something" but didn't occupy myself further, because I also have to think how I'll download my own files and don't like to meddle in the business of others.
As for your thinking that the downloader would solve such issues, unfortunately it doesn't-I tried once to download the 1st Witcher with the downloader and got corrupted parts regardless... :-/ Maybe Galaxy will fix this, but it won't be released anytime soon so that I can check (and I'm not an alpha tester of it, as I prefer my products completed).

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Treasure: because if they start this system, they might as well end up with something like that)?
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d2t: Let's discuss facts, not assumptions.
Well, this might have been an assumption from my part but a very possible one nevertheless-after all, having to create less rather than more parts is probably the "lazy" solution for Gog. I'd mention how Steam handles it in case it does something like that, but I'm not a Steam user, and I cannot thus know...