DAMN! I bought it just weeks ago on Steam due to the winter promos. I waited so long for this to come on GOG that i thought it would never arrive. I should have waited, now i'll have to buy it again. -_-

Fair enough I'll go with that excuse. I have the disc and comic that came in the boxed version. Not sure if I still have the box, I had some game boxes in a box in the shed but now I can't find it and can't remember getting rid of them.

Thought Maybe I should keep a few boxes just for nostalgia sake. I've been gradually replacing my old games with GOG copies were applicable but I should keep a couple.

Not only can you take it out for a date with some fine WINE, but you can also bring along some Apples for a little extra snack, and you can invite your pet penguin along for the fun too.

The game runs without any significant issue (so far) on my current WINE setup. (2013 MacBook Air, Intel HD 5000 Graphics, OS X 10.11.3, Wineskin with WINE 1.9.2) No additional tweaks in winetricks were needed. I did initially have some mouse cursor focus issues, which were resolved by using the Native Mac Driver.

It's not even needed to provide such packages. It already would be a progress when they only would provide the original DOS version of the game as an add-on. It's sad to see that we are again moving towards a point where people which pirate games are better served than people which actually buy the games.

OK well that's good to know.
In that case I don't really see the problem.

No native support for any DRM-free OS is the problem as usual, especcially when it doesn't seem to be hard to achieve even with wrappers in between.

I have the more minimal edition, which is just the game disc and a thin paper manual. I recently purged most of the game boxes in my collection. While it's a bit of a shame to get rid of something that will never be made again, in most cases they were simply huge boxes with nothing but a CD jewel case inside.

Ditto below. Also, the creators managed to make the game dark, twisted and humorous at the same time, in an unique mix. The game accomplished its goals both as an artistic product as well as entertaintment.

The acting feels good and dignified. The villains feel dark. Stiletto evolves in the story. Your character matures during the story. There are costs.

Reading the comic at the beginning sets the backstory and the mood. You will be glad you did.

You will want to go on until you complete this game.

Just my two cents.

[Edited the quote to credit the poster, had been altered inadvertently]

Currently playing this and I am enjoying the art style and music immensely. The game mechanics of having a comic book within the game itself is clever. So far I am having fun with it and glad its in my library. the clunky control interface is something I will have to get used to tho, which is normal for these really old games


I really like the use of FMVs within gorgeous hand painted backgrounds.

The advantage of DRM-free games is that you can run them without restrictions. But you only can do that as long as you also have a platform which is able to run them. And there's the problem.

An emulator to run DOS games is available on a lot of platforms. DOS is a rather simple system and it does not change anymore. I'm quite sure a DOS emulator to run old DOS games will still be available in 10 or 20 years. And even if it's not, then you can use a free DOS implementation.

I'm not that optimistic for Windows games. I don't think a current Windows game will still run on a Windows system in 20 years. I would not even bet on it still running in 5 years. With Windows emulators or compatibility layers we may have better chances. Maybe Wine will still be available in 20 years. But Windows is a much more complex platform than DOS, different Windows versions are already incompatible to each other now and the effort needed to keep Wine or other Windows emulators available is much higher. Chances to still be able to run old Windows games in the future are lower.

A Linux version of a game also does not help. I'm quite sure a current Linux game will not run anymore on a Linux system in 20 years, probably not even in 5 years. Already the next major release of your Linux distribution may break it.

A DOS compatible game provides the by far best chances to be playable in the future. Making a game, which already was running under DOS before, dependent on a much more complex platform is the problem and quite a regression for it's future playability. And it won't be a problem when they also would provide the DOS version of the game.

Omg awesome release I have been waiting for it for ages. Thanks GoG, instabough

Yes the comic book feel of the game did appeal to an inner comic book fan in me that I didn't realise existed before then. I never had comic books as a kid.
Yes most didn't have much in them. If I can find the boxes, I'll keep those with a substantial manual or other goodies or that are just unique in some way. Doubt I'll keep more than six. Of course I might not have them any more. I was keeping them in a box in my father's shed, he might have thrown them out. It is a big shed so might still be hope (used to be a small factory before cheap imports killed the business).

Likewise, I am more inclined to keep the box if it holds a lot of goodies.

What did your father used to make? I'm fascinated by cottage industry, which is enjoying a small resurgence here in the States.