To each their own. Those "great" games you think are being overlooked might not be that great to anyone else.

GOG needs to diversify their catalogue a bit, and having these kinds of titles helps with that. I mean, and just because you have these games showing up on the store doesn't mean that other titles are being neglected or something because of that. You understand that, right? Just because a dating sim or something showed up on GOG doesn't mean that it took the spot of a CRPG or something. If those "great" games you think are being overlooked are good and will make money here than they'll be here regardless if dating sims, visual novels or whatever else also come out. You'd think that wouldn't have to be explained, but I guess it does...

Anyways, there's going to be things on the store that you don't think should exist, and it's already been far more than one or two games, and I guarantee you there'll be more. So deal with it.

Considering how two games of this sort are being heavily promoted on the front page, it doesn't look good.

It is long past time for them to implement a filter so we can hide what we're not interested in. That way, there'd be no reason for feedback like this to even exist. It'd literally benefit everyone.

Subverse has cornered a market, and seems really popular with the fanbase.

Realms of Antiquity seems VERY VERY niche, and has been on steam since december 2020, and it has a grand total of 28 reviews on there (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539750/Realms_of_Antiquity_The_Shattered_Crown/).

You're upset over some unknown game nobody ever heard of hasn't made it on to gog yet, while some pretty popular game for the genre made it on to gog. How strange.

Because he has poor taste.

It's not just a matter of curation, then tick a box and a game magically appears here.

Things take time, and are impacted by staff numbers etc etc. Deals have to be made. And yes, financial return would play an important part, as GOG have to survive after all, and the better off they are financially, the better deals and the greater chance of many difficult to get games appearing at GOG.

And it could well be those games are in the queue but just not been processed yet.

So unless you have facts that prove otherwise, I am prepared to give GOG the benefit of the doubt.

That said, personally I agree that any smut type games should take less priority, unless they have some redeeming factor, though clearly some here would not be happy with that, so I guess GOG just play a balancing act.

Maybe spare a thought for those doing curation at GOG. I bet it is a tough and often thankless task, and they feel the pressure of our desires. It wouldn't always be easy or quick to do. I can imagine it is quite a juggling act at times.

If true, that's really lame. https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#search=realms%20of%20ant But I don't know if that's true

The "too niche" argument is irrelevant when similar games to Realms of Antiquity have made it onto the store, no problem at all.

https://www.gog.com/game/skald_against_the_black_priory

Realms of Antiquity also is quite obviously an homage to the Ultima series (in particular IV), which, you guessed it is also on GOG already.

https://www.gog.com/game/ultima_456

Maybe GOG is waiting for Realms of Antiquity's and Lurking's wishlist entries to accumulate just a few more votes:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/realms_of_antiquity
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/realms_of_antiquity_the_shattered_crown

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/lurking_trilogy_i_immortui_ii_a_madness_iii_vermys

oh okay, so I thought my post above had been eaten and wouldn't show but now it has. That's So GOG. anyway... consider editing in some wishlist links to your post

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#search=realms%20of%20ant (this is a general search)

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/lurking_trilogy_i_immortui_ii_a_madness_iii_vermys

Doesn't look good to who? you? Well, yea, because we know you don't think the games should exist here, and can only tolerate one or two being on GOG. They're advertised because GOG thinks they'll sell well, and they want them to sell well. Subverse was a heavily requested game here, and it had a mega successful kickstarter campaign and Steam release.

Look, I'm not against a filter of some kind of way to ignore games, but I honestly don't think it's necessary. Maybe it's just me, but I always like the idea of just ignoring something myself. Why do I need to hide something or remove it? Just don't look at it and move on. Just keep scrolling, and it doesn't exist.

I mean, GOG doesn't have the problems that Steam does for example that would really warrant such filtering and blocking options. I'd rather see GOG use their limited resources on title acquisitions for games that need a little more persuading to release on GOG, or giveaways / promotions and things like that. I'd rather they spend their resources on things that will help GOG grow.

To anyone that has a shred of dignity, to be honest. This isn't a pornographic site, this is a gaming site. Either give us a filter to keep that sort of stuff off of our feed or keep it off the site. I'd like to hide that sort of thing because I have zero interest in buying it. It clutters the store for me and makes it less enjoyable to browse for deals that I may actually be interested in.

Because I like games that do something original, that have new ideas, unique style, are actually creative. Mimicking old games is cheap, boring and is a sure proof that the people behind it don't actually understand what made those games great and enduring. These retro clones are like plastic fruit people eat while reminiscing about the joy of stealing fresh apples from a neighbour's garden when they were kids.

I mean sure, that's always nice... but for now look at these great tits!

Eh. Let there be old games and new games, futuristic and fantasy games, alien games and porn games and prude games, hippy games and overly violent games. GOG needs to make more good games available, not pander to governmental and self-appointed censors, so-called moral guardians and other asshats.

Well, in fact the case of this game is similar to the Nox Archaist one. It is not an artificial retromimick of any kind. In fact this game runs under an emulator because the game was developed for the TI-99/4a. Nox Archaist was for the Apple II. The tools user were the ones the old machine used. New games for old machines. Respectable effort.

Really mate. It is not so strange that some people in GOG want this kind of game here. If it were the Epic Store I could understand someone were surprised for being potentially available. But in GOG? An Ultima style of game with new ideas but the same aspect? incomprehensible!