Pixelwikinger: Glad we could agree so much! Really. Thanks for being honest with your childhood, too. I respect that.
Let's look forward to Xargon, Stalker 2 - and, if you ask me, "Daedalus Encounter" should be on GOG's list top 10 to get in the catalogue ;) And if I can name another, get everything done to integrate "Vandal Hearts" (the PSX game).
Atreyu666: Wasn't the Daedalus Encounter one of the very few good FMV games? I totally skipped those FMV games as a kid because back then I never had the money for a PC that could run these kind of games. Hell, I didn't even have the money for the games! :D
But looking back (and watching reviews) I have to say, I didn't miss that much. I don't think most of those FMV games had much to offer BUT: I'd buy them anyway (Johnny Mnemonic, pls GoG) because they deserve to be saved for the future! I even bought Plumbers don't wear Ties here on GoG and I've seen the AVGN's video about it years ago! :D
True! It was a FMV game featuring Tia Carrere :) ! I was totally into FMV games, still am today, with "Indectious Madness of Doctor Dekker" ready to check out on my PC (bought here on GOG btw). There was a game named "Apache" (sort of) on Amiga with a, like, 50x50 Pixel resolution at 5 FPS showing a chopper you could direct like later "Rebel Assault II". I think that was the start of my love for those games. "Phantasmagoria" inspired much of my own creativity, I think. Absolutely awesome!
Atreyu666: I can understand that but I want to be able to play my games in the future without the need of a server or client. So DRM-free is a huge thing to me and I will stay true to that!
And I must confess: I'm NOT an oldgame fan, I'm like a nostalgic player who only plays the same old games he enjoyed in his childhood. To be honest, my childhood was a much better era in my life than the "now". So sometimes I enjoy some good old games from back then, when there were (almost) no worries and all that. By the way, GoG HAS TO add Xargon to the catalogue, that one was amazing, the main menu music alone sends shivers of joy down my spine :D
So I'm not saying, GoG shouldn't add more old games - keep 'em coming, GoG! But I'm also looking forward to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and probably another Sony AAA (?). Plus a lot of new Indies, of course :)
GilesHabibula: I'm sort of a mix of both of you:
DRM-free means a lot to me, and is the primary reason I'm here.
The ability to download and play old games is my secondary reason for being here, and it's almost as important as my primary reason. I'm all about nostalgia, and I adore PC games from the 1990s, as that's when I bought my first PC (1993).
That said, I also buy a ton of newer games here. Lately I've become very patient waiting for those newer games to show up, and if they never arrive here, I simply don't buy elsewhere anymore. With so many backlogged games, it has become much easier to not care about any publisher that refuses to give up their beloved DRM, or that refuse to come here because they might not sell enough copies, which to me is a horrible reason. Any copy sold is a copy sold. If a publisher is making so much money that they can't be bothered with the smaller amount of sales they get, then they certainly don't need my money.
But GOG really needs to do better when it comes to which games they allow in here. I have no clue as to what their curation process is, because from what I can tell, it makes very little sense. I've talked with devs (via email) of some good games who have told me that GOG will not allow their game in the store because it doesn't meet their criteria. And on the other hand, we get games like this one. Or another example is the entire Whale Rock catalog. We can get those things somehow, when other far better games seem to have trouble getting in the door at all. It's puzzling.
Thanks for this descent insight into behind-the-scenes which is indeed very puzzling! I understand both of your importance of DRM-free which seems to be indeed a big plus for GOG.
