It seems to me that a number of players who have tasted the title feel the same way as you do. Or at least they share much of what you say.
The episode in Greece and the Middle Ages, without a doubt, is one of the best in the video game. However, the chiefs are a point apart. Even the final battle felt (in my case and I think in the case of many other gamers) very bland. Again, the game is not bad and, on the contrary, it is better than some modern titles of the same genre. And thanks to that community patch Daikata is much more playable, but it still has bugs in its programming and that is undeniable. Maybe the love of retro, of the 80's and 90's, of nostalgia makes us see things with different nuances nowadays. Now, it is curious. I loved San Francisco as generic as it is. I thought the final stage was fantastic, except for the final boss fight. And I do agree that it is unfair what has been said about the video game. Because it's not as bad as they say (even with its flaws). It's a pity that Romero's idea didn't work as he had hoped. I was one of those fans waiting for the title with a tremendous desire to play it on N64. And I find it even more curious that no one has dared to talk to Romero about a sequel or a remake on next-gen consoles and PC. Maybe one unexpected day it will happen and the official news will be released in the media.

It's another Simpsons reference.

Very nice and enjoyable game if the fanpatch is installed. And yes, the Greece and Medieval episodes are the best ones. Good variety of weapons, themes and enemies. A game that was too big and complex for its own good.

I didn´t pay any atention to the companions during the game. They didn´t get in the way nor got killed. And I hink that most of the time, they were not around. Only in certain few levels.

I think that it is a must play for fans of the genre.

What, seriously? Daikatana is the exact type of game that GoG should be selling and showcasing. It's an underrated title that not many people played the first time around, but that you can have good fun with - it's also much better than its reception made out. Yes, the first episode is a bit rough, but after that, it's a fun shooter.

I'm not saying that games from 10 years ago shouldn't be on the platform, but this is a throwback Thursday article - which should be about older games.


As a postscript - GoG is a shop. I'm struggling to understand why you're upset that they're trying to boost the sales of the things they sell. I'm pretty sure that's one of the things that shops do.

Daikatana is aweful but it still cool in its own way. I also remember John Romero sending me an autographed box in the mail (yes, I paid to ship a flat piece of cardboard from Japan). The guy was really passionate about the game. Different times.

Here, use the release date slider and sort by bestselling all-time
[url=https://www.gog.com/games?order=desc:bestselling&releaseDateRange=1980,2005]https://www.gog.com/games?order=desc:bestselling&releaseDateRange=1980,2005[/url] (heh, well, apparently I can't post GOG's own link in the forum :P)

If you're talking about titles owned by big-name "AAA" publishers, GOG can't get those games here if those publishers won't let them, and publishers may not want to bother with GOG for whatever reason(s).

Otherwise, we did get Cave Story and Isaac not long ago, from around that time. And Detective Grimoire, and I think a few other titles from around that time but I could be wrong.

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Oh, I liked parts of the SF episode as well.....I just didn't find it as fun as the others. And yeah, agreed on the final boss fight......reminded me all too much of the ones from Elite Force 1 and 2.

Who knows.....would be nice, though :)

As I said, there are plenty of games from less then 0 years ago. Which I can not play, because they all have insanly high hardware demand.

The other stuff GoG has is BAD old games. Like Daikatana.
Where are the GOOD old games? Like Baldies. Abomination: the Nemesis Project. Blair Wiitch Part 1: Rustin Parr.
Just to name a few.

Selling good 50 years ago doesn't mean good.
Either way, why would I complain for the lack of 'em for something they did release?

But just for your sake, let's get through all those 20 pages!
- HoMM franchise: trash. Unless you have a walkthrough, you can't complete those games.
- Dungeon Keeper: trash
- Diablo: trash
- Icewind Dale: purly focuses on combat mechnaics. Trash.
- Sid Meyer's whatever: pure uninterresting trash.
- Arcanum and such (eg. Nox): according to the system requirements, doesn't even run on Win11, so why are they still in the library?
- Vampire: Bloodlines: this was an infamously maldesigned trash, that did NOT sale good.
- whatever Tycoon: just no.
- Myst: I wouldn't even call this a game.
- Fallout: you, sure, sounds nice - until you realise the "patch" is not optional (it makes the game uncompletable if you want to do EVERY quest)
- Thief and other FPS games: I can't even look at them without being sick, so they are not even an option for me.
- Divine Divinity, Lionheart etc.: one: they are a bugged mess, and on top of it I already have them.
- Ultima whatever: tried these, took 2 steps ingame, inventory filled up, no idea what to do.
- Sim City: same as Tycoon-games
- Leisure Suit Larry: look, you want adventure game, get those. You want hentai games, get those. But don't bother me with Larry. He is trash.
- Knights and merchants: it crashed for me during the tutorial. Like the original game. This means sure, the pport was made, but GoG did a shitty job with it, because they didn't even try a bugfix anywhere. So similarly I expect X-Com 1 crashing after the 100th mission. Not that it was any good game, a core important element only iuntroduced halfway through the game.
- Ghost Maker: how is this scam of a game is on this list?
- Revenant: the controls make this unplayable. Or how about one of the Jagged Aliance, where I've switched to controller control, and since then can't play the game, because for the lack of a (working) controller can't even switch back to keyboard&mouse?

I think i've made my point clear. Sure, occasionaly we get a Galador, but where are the good, but lesser known games, which'd on GoG be have a chance to find their audience they deserve? Like G.O.L.E.M., the last (thus overlooked) game of some polish studio?

lol, okay

I think Witchaven was well-regarded when it was released in 1995. It wasn't the best 3D shooting game but it was praised for its implementation of the fantasy setting compared to Heretic. (Not sure about the sequel though, as I wasn't even aware that it existed before seeing it on GOG).

You hate games don't you.

This is why I reuse and recycle as much as I can

That's a lot of classic games to call trash.