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Posted May 22, 2018
Let's turn the page.

Visual Novels have arrived on GOG.com! Our first selection includes acclaimed games, revered for their intricate artwork and stimulating stories, up to 66% off until May 29, 1pm UTC.

Higurashi When They Cry Chapters 1-5 (25% off): Spawning a popular anime and manga series, Higurashi is a "sound novel", where meticulously designed audio plays a crucial part in these unique stories. Chapters 1-5 are available today, with Chapter 6 slated for release in the near future.

fault (50% off): Sometimes it takes a healthy dose of pulp sci-fi and a dash of fantasy to weave a powerful cinematic story about the human condition. These two episodes of the ongoing series star the perky princess Selphine and her sarcastic guardian Ritona, as they desperately try to make their way back to their homeland.

Sunrider series (66% off): An alternate universe, intergalactic strife, mech combat, high school, and love all around. Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius (free!), Liberation Day, and Sunrider Academy are a beloved and unique mix of strategy, romance, and visual novel. De-censor patch optional, but come on.

eden* (66% off): Stock up on tissues. This critically-acclaimed love story on a dying planet is a real tear-jerker told with stunning cinematic flair. Humanity is about to be wiped out by a red star but this story is destined to stick around for much longer.
Posted May 23, 2018
All these arguments over visual novels. Just a reminder that books, in fact, exist and are sold. You buy a visual novel to enjoy the story and support the developer. I think there's just a fair few people here who can't distinguish the differences between a traditional video game and the visual novel genre (and it's many sub-genres).
Posted May 23, 2018
Thank you Steam for being a bitch!

Now we have VNs, Wooh!!!!!
Posted May 23, 2018
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Srawperd: All these arguments over visual novels. Just a reminder that books, in fact, exist and are sold. You buy a visual novel to enjoy the story and support the developer. I think there's just a fair few people here who can't distinguish the differences between a traditional video game and the visual novel genre (and it's many sub-genres).
That you can buy movies on GOG shows that there that a lack of traditional gameplay isn't really a good reason that VNs shouldn't belong here.
Posted May 23, 2018
But the Paradox sale... I just... Alright. I did swear that if Higurashi ever showed up, I'd instabuy it. I hope there isn't much of a delay between the Steam and GOG releases for the last three chapters.
Posted May 23, 2018
Not really my cup of tea but nice to see more audiences catered to.
Posted May 23, 2018
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ZaineH: But the Paradox sale... I just... Alright. I did swear that if Higurashi ever showed up, I'd instabuy it. I hope there isn't much of a delay between the Steam and GOG releases for the last three chapters.
How did the Paradox sale get you?

It's not like they've actually been adding many games here for quite a while.

I've pretty much stopped playing almost all Paradox games because they tend to be Steam exclusives now and I'm not putting up with that from them to play Stellaris or a newer version of Europa Universalis.
Posted May 23, 2018
This is great.
Posted May 23, 2018
Well this seems to have made some headlines and made the front page of r/games, so GOG got some PR they probably wanted.
Posted May 23, 2018
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We've come a long way from when GOG used to mean Good Old Games, and I'm not sure it's in the right direction.

I don't have anything against people who like visual novels, but given that GOG's curation pipe only allow so many games in, I feel that this is a waste of space. There are still many unreleased classics in the community wishlist, as well as many games which fit well with those classics either because they adopt or complement their style, or they cater to the gaming tastes of people who like classic games.

I feel like GOG should have two storefronts at this point. GOG itself, the curated storefront, and an "Anything goes" storefront that publishes anything and everything just like Steam. The common point being that games purchased on both platforms end up in your GOG client. This way we'd have the best of both worlds: a curated selection, and the ability to have everything under one roof: one more reason to abandon Steam for good.
Posted May 23, 2018
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Pica-Ludica: Far from all Visual Novels are excuses for porn. Yes, they usually revolve around romance, but just like with every other game genre, Visual Novels can be perfectly PG and deeply story-driven. I suggest checking out the excellent "Hustle Cat" or "Cinders" as examples.
I'd also add what I personally hold up as one of the high-water marks of the genre, Katawa Shoujo. Yes, it it is sexually explicit in some parts, but bloody hell, that game seriously kicked me hard in the feels. It's probably one of the few games I can honestly say moved me a on deeply emotional level.
Posted May 23, 2018
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WereSquirrel: We've come a long way from when GOG used to mean Good Old Games
Higurashi When They Cry original release: 2002

Don't try and pretend that they're not fit to be sold here because you don't like VNs or anime. There's even older VNs that I would love to have here.

As for the whole Valve censorship thing... GOG still didn't release Hatred or that Senran Kagura game. So they're not exactly heroes for games with sexy or controversial content. Let's hope this recent PR convinces them otherwise.
Posted May 23, 2018
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WereSquirrel: We've come a long way from when GOG used to mean Good Old Games, and I'm not sure it's in the right direction.

I don't have anything against people who like visual novels, but given that GOG's curation pipe only allow so many games in, I feel that this is a waste of space. There are still many unreleased classics in the community wishlist, as well as many games which fit well with those classics either because they adopt or complement their style, or they cater to the gaming tastes of people who like classic games.
This brings us right back to the problem we always have when a "niche" game or "niche" genre (or at least a game/genre that is considered "niche") comes to GOG: the fact that what you may consider a "waste of space" may be for others, a welcome expansion of GOG's depth and breadth -- especially when you consider that GOG stopped being about classic games long, long ago, and GOG's management has made it very clear that they have wanted to push into AAA/AA and Indie games for a while.

Honestly I don't think it's fair for anyone to say "My favorite games should be sold here, but your favorite games shouldn't be." I want your favorite games and my favorite games to be available for sale here. It's not a zero-sum game where the availability of Japanese VMs means NOLF can't be on GOG.
Posted May 23, 2018
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WereSquirrel: We've come a long way from when GOG used to mean Good Old Games
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XyleDaylight: Higurashi When They Cry original release: 2002

Don't try and pretend that they're not fit to be sold here because you don't like VNs or anime. There's even older VNs that I would love to have here.

As for the whole Valve censorship thing... GOG still didn't release Hatred or that Senran Kagura game. So they're not exactly heroes for games with sexy or controversial content. Let's hope this recent PR convinces them otherwise.
On one hand i'd say that these are a bad sample to see how people would react, but on the other hand, i've seen topics here go hot and go to like 18 pages, but not within 24 hours of posting. This one exploded. These don't look that appealing to me, but here we are on page 18.
Posted May 23, 2018
I see a few voices looking forward to the Winged Cloud, but personally I hope they never come in. Their quality is not a problem, their business practices are terrible. (It is true that the quality is terribly low.)

I hope that the people in charge of GOG will care about the business practices of the circulating companies.

I will mention it indirectly because the link is not available. It is recommended that you watch two videos from YouTube searching for Winged Cloud expose.
Posted May 23, 2018
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WereSquirrel: I feel like GOG should have two storefronts at this point. GOG itself, the curated storefront, and an "Anything goes" storefront that publishes anything and everything just like Steam. The common point being that games purchased on both platforms end up in your GOG client. This way we'd have the best of both worlds: a curated selection, and the ability to have everything under one roof: one more reason to abandon Steam for good.
I don't even begin to understand the logic here. You browse the store by using the search bar anyway so what would be the purpose of creating a separate place to put other games?

"I don't care for visual novels" would have sufficed. You don't have to be a gate-keeping elitist and suggest that they should be corralled elsewhere just because you don't want to see them on the front page; which is the only place you'd likely see them since you wouldn't search for them intentionally.
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