Posted March 17, 2015
mrkgnao: Really, Is it so difficult to do a minimum of quality control?
For example:
- Why are both Ultima Underworld called "Ultima Underworld I" (in list view)?
- Where are the serial numbers for HOMM V and Two Worlds 2?
- Why are three Blackwell episodes under B and one under T (in list view)?
- Where are "Avernum 6" and "HOMM V Hammers of Fate"?
- Why are neither of the Wing Commander 5 (Prophecy, Secret Ops) games marked as "Wing Commander 5" (in list view)?
- Why are neither of the Realms of Arkania 1+2 (Blade, Star) marked as either "RoA 1" or "RoA 2" (in list view)? Do I really need to remember which is the first and which the second?
- Why are neither of the Lands of Lore 1+2 (Guardians, Throne) marked as either "LoL 1" or "LoL 2" (in list view)? Do I really need to remember which is the first and which the second?
- Why do unbundled Ultima, M&M, Wing Commander, etc. games not carry trademark/registered marks? You know you will have to add them later and you know it'll mess up our library order again.
- Was it absolutely necessary to use a dash for Dracula 1/2/3 and a colon for Dracula 4/5?
- Was it really necessary to separate "Blades of Avernum" from the other Avernum games?
- Is "Wizardry 7 DOS" really a "Wizardry 6" bonus? Really?
I'm tired...
Blackwell isn't GOG's fault. It's that way on Steam, too, so it's got to do with how the devs submitted the games. For example:
- Why are both Ultima Underworld called "Ultima Underworld I" (in list view)?
- Where are the serial numbers for HOMM V and Two Worlds 2?
- Why are three Blackwell episodes under B and one under T (in list view)?
- Where are "Avernum 6" and "HOMM V Hammers of Fate"?
- Why are neither of the Wing Commander 5 (Prophecy, Secret Ops) games marked as "Wing Commander 5" (in list view)?
- Why are neither of the Realms of Arkania 1+2 (Blade, Star) marked as either "RoA 1" or "RoA 2" (in list view)? Do I really need to remember which is the first and which the second?
- Why are neither of the Lands of Lore 1+2 (Guardians, Throne) marked as either "LoL 1" or "LoL 2" (in list view)? Do I really need to remember which is the first and which the second?
- Why do unbundled Ultima, M&M, Wing Commander, etc. games not carry trademark/registered marks? You know you will have to add them later and you know it'll mess up our library order again.
- Was it absolutely necessary to use a dash for Dracula 1/2/3 and a colon for Dracula 4/5?
- Was it really necessary to separate "Blades of Avernum" from the other Avernum games?
- Is "Wizardry 7 DOS" really a "Wizardry 6" bonus? Really?
I'm tired...
And with that being the case, I'm willing to bet that many of these issues are dev/pub side, not GOG side. Not saying that GOG couldn't do anything about it, but they would definitely want to get the okay from the developers or publishers before changing the titles of the games, even something as small as changing a dash to a colon to match the rest of a series.