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Posted October 02, 2019
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RottenRotz: ANY classic game.Old games on Gog these days are more scarce than water in sahara
The number of publishers that are able or willing to publish their old games here is finite.
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Posted October 02, 2019
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idbeholdME: Diablo was not nearly as impossible as Battle for Middle Earth. It was just ActiBlizz.

The chances of Battle for Middle Earth ever getting re-released are the lowest of any game I can think of currently. Not even Steam has it and nobody will, unless EA buys back the game rights from Warner Brothers AND also re-buys the movie and book licenses from New Line Cinema and Middle-earth Enterprises respectivelly (BFME 1 was based on the movie license, BFME 2 was based on the book license). It will probably never be worth it to EA to do this as they would have to spend a ludicrous amount of money just to re-release 2 old games. So unless EA decides they want to make a new Lord of the Rings game, the chances are close to 0. Correction, they ARE 0 and people know this. Just look at the prices of those games on Amazon. A new BFME 2 base game only goes for almost $140. All three games would cost you at over $300 if you wanted them new. Makes me that much more grateful for buying them when they released.
Same was said for Diablo. Read all those comments from the naysayers. The only problematic part would be the expansion - The Rise Of The Witch-King, but again the same was said for the Hellfire expansion. The main argument was even if Diablo comes out, it will be released on Battle.net, not on Gog, and look what happened. Everything can be worked out. As for the cost of the expenses and licensing, it is not very productive to discuss that. We should leave that to the Electronic Arts' staff members and lawyers, as we do not have insight in the costs and expenses of the licensing hassle.
Posted October 02, 2019
I would absolutely love for the entirety of the Elite, Mechwarrior/Mechcommander and Earthsiege/Tribes series along with the first Blood Omen, Starlancer and Freelancer to be released here, those will always be my most wanted here.
As for newer games I would very much like it if Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal were released here, doubt they ever will be though unfortunately. Dark souls 1-3 would also be fantastic but I'd say that's even less likely.
Post edited October 02, 2019 by DOOMGUY69
Posted October 02, 2019
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Wishmaster777: Same was said for Diablo. Read all those comments from the naysayers. The only problematic part would be the expansion - The Rise Of The Witch-King, but again the same was said for the Hellfire expansion. The main argument was even if Diablo comes out, it will be released on Battle.net, not on Gog, and look what happened. Everything can be worked out. As for the cost of the expenses and licensing, it is not very productive to discuss that. We should leave that to the Electronic Arts' staff members and lawyers, as we do not have insight in the costs and expenses of the licensing hassle.
I considered Diablo release just "unlikely" before. It was a nice surprise when it appeared but it was not something out of the scope of reality.

But I have always considered the likelihood of BFME as "no way in hell". I think we'll sooner see pigs fly than a re-release of BFME. All the games and not just the expansion would be problematic as there are several pre-requisites for EA to do before such a thing were possible. Several "very expensive" pre-requisites which I listed in my previous post. Getting Diablo here was a simple process compared to that, basically just getting ActiBlizz to say "yes".

So as I said before. Unless EA is going to want to make a new game from the LOTR universe in the future, the chances are in the negative.
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Posted October 03, 2019
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Hopefully Shenmue 3 .
Posted October 03, 2019
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idbeholdME: So as I said before. Unless EA is going to want to make a new game from the LOTR universe in the future, the chances are in the negative.
You brought your insight, but the thing is, you act like you are a spokesperson for the Electronic Arts, which, you are not.
Posted October 03, 2019
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idbeholdME: So as I said before. Unless EA is going to want to make a new game from the LOTR universe in the future, the chances are in the negative.
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Wishmaster777: You brought your insight, but the thing is, you act like you are a spokesperson for the Electronic Arts, which, you are not.
I just realistically don't expect them to spend millions of dollars on just re-releasing old games, that is all.
Posted October 03, 2019
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Wishmaster777: You brought your insight, but the thing is, you act like you are a spokesperson for the Electronic Arts, which, you are not.
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idbeholdME: I just realistically don't expect them to spend millions of dollars on just re-releasing old games, that is all.
You don't have any solid proof to back up your claim that millions of dollars are at stake. Thus, discussing this is obviously pointless.
Posted October 03, 2019
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Wishmaster777: You don't have any solid proof to back up your claim that millions of dollars are at stake. Thus, discussing this is obviously pointless.
No, I don't know the exact price but take a wild guess about how much do the Lord of the Rings licences cost in this day and age. That should be enough. (Hint, it is gonna be a LOT of money).

Let me once again list the things EA would need to be able to release the games:

1) Buying the Lord of the Rings game rights from Warner Brothers who currently have them. And given that Warner Bros is making big bucks out of the games Monolith is making for them, they are not just gonna let it go. Needed for both games.
2) Buying the Lord of the Rings movie licence from New Line Cinema. Needed for BFME 1.
3) Buying the Lord of the Rings book licence from Middle-earth Enterprises. Needed for BFME 2+expansion.

EA had all of them but they expired in 2009 and were passed on to Warner Brothers. They would have to pay for them again if they are ever to re-release them.
Posted October 03, 2019
All of them
Posted October 03, 2019
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idbeholdME: No, I don't know the exact price but take a wild guess about how much do the Lord of the Rings licences cost in this day and age. That should be enough. (Hint, it is gonna be a LOT of money).

Let me once again list the things EA would need to be able to release the games:

1) Buying the Lord of the Rings game rights from Warner Brothers who currently have them. And given that Warner Bros is making big bucks out of the games Monolith is making for them, they are not just gonna let it go. Needed for both games.
2) Buying the Lord of the Rings movie licence from New Line Cinema. Needed for BFME 1.
3) Buying the Lord of the Rings book licence from Middle-earth Enterprises. Needed for BFME 2+expansion.

EA had all of them but they expired in 2009 and were passed on to Warner Brothers. They would have to pay for them again if they are ever to re-release them.
You truly seem passionate about the stuff which you do not know about, and have no official, reliable, credible documentation whatsoever. I do not intend on dragging this discussion, since it is not importnat, nor are we credible to discuss the finances of the Electronic Arts and their business deals. However, one day, if the game appears here, I will make sure to come back, and laugh my ass out of happiness.
Posted October 03, 2019
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Wishmaster777: You truly seem passionate about the stuff which you do not know about, and have no official, reliable, credible documentation whatsoever. I do not intend on dragging this discussion, since it is not importnat, nor are we credible to discuss the finances of the Electronic Arts and their business deals. However, one day, if the game appears here, I will make sure to come back, and laugh my ass out of happiness.
I am all for it too, but also don't expect it to happen unless EA decides to make a new LOTR game in the future.
Posted October 03, 2019
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Wishmaster777: My list of the games which I can't wait to see released DRM-free on Gog is below. Some of them should have been released on Gog long time ago, like Serious Sam 2, The Lord Of The Rings - The battle For Middle-Earth II and Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas, it is ridiculous we don't have them here yet. They fit in everything the Gog stands for. Now that the impossible happened, when Diablo was released here, everyhting is in the realm of possibility. It is only a matter of time.
My favourites being:

The Lord Of The Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth II
Worms Revolution
Serious Sam 2
Serious Sam HD - The First Encounter
Serious Sam HD - The Second Encounter
Serious Sam 3 - Before First Encounter
Mortal Kombat X
Middle-Earth - Shadow Of Mordor
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas
Injustice - Gods Among Us

Next are the games which I would like to see released here, but I am not that impatient about them, as much as I am for the ones on the list above. I am not that keen on them, because they are not that complex, thus do not offer much playtime and replayability. Those being:

12 Is Better Than 6
Lethal League
Mind Spheres
Insaniquarium Deluxe
Feeding Frenzy
Feeding Frenzy 2

And then there are some games which I would like to see released here, but it is complicated. Medieval II - Total War is the best Turn Based Strategy game out there, only when it was released with the version 1.0. However, I would not like see the Kingdoms edition here, because over the years the developers have screwed up the AI movement on the battlefield and in towns/castles, rendered late game professional units with two-handed weapons useless by making them weaker than the early game backbone units, and ruined the diplomacy AI. Maybe if they allowed us to download the preferred version of the game, then I might have been interested.

Fortified is a great concept for a Tower Defense game, but only if the developers rebalanced the game in favour of the player when playing solo, and players when playing in group, by adding more resources for the tower defense management and making certain underpowered weapons buffed. That would also mean it would have to have a cross retailer multiplayer with Steam. Only then I would be interested in it.

Grand Theft Auto - Vice City would be a great addition, with officially integrated 16:9 screen aspect ratio, official 1080p support and official fix for the glitches in the physics (like being unable to drive in reverse) when the frame limiter is off. And don't forget to include all the songs from the original radio. What happened with the Steam version is ludicrous.

Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round with all fighters included in the core game, with lots of essential costumes released as the part of the core game (which add good looking combat costumes), and I could tolerate some additional costume packs (nothing anime-like) sold as DLCs, but mostly without all of that predatory kiny wikny Waikiki DLC garbage.

Age Of Mythology, a game which i played since the early 2000's. I have probably spent more than a thousand hours playing it… maybe two or three. However, if only the developers fixed the AI, by making it perform one action at a time, just like the human players do in real life, only then could they achieve the difficulty balance. The game was made in such a way, that the AI players perform all actions at the same time simultaneously, giving the AI overwhelming advantage on the last two higher difficulty levels. Yet first two low difficulty levels don’t provide challenge at all.

Which games would you like to see on Gog?
Serious Sam 2 for sure, especially since the physical release was infested with DRM and I mean as in giving people nasty viruses and malware if you installed SS2.

All 6 Commander Keens
Heretic and Hexen
Posted October 03, 2019
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RottenRotz: ANY classic game.Old games on Gog these days are more scarce than water in sahara
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DadJoke007: The number of publishers that are able or willing to publish their old games here is finite.
Ah well..back to Steam
Posted October 03, 2019
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