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General discussion (archive)Announcing Month of Activision on GOG.com in February!(281 posts)(281 posts)
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Posted February 04, 2010
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BJWanlund: I personally would much rather have all of that in ONE place, instead of going to 2 different websites and contending with 2 different e-commerce systems. (even tho I do that already w/ Steam, I'd much rather use GOG for everything)
BJ

I don't think I quite understand your logic.
Blizzard still offers the ability to use ORIGINAL copies of their games to download them, in their entirety, to your hard drive. You don't have to pay extra and you can download them anywhere you can log into the internet. Best part? It's available now and it's all on Battle.net--a service that has lasted over a decade and, we can be reasonably sure, will be around for a decade longer.
I love what GoG does for us, but I wish a few more companies did what Blizzard does. This not only goes for the ability to download native copies of stuff like Diablo II and Starcraft (and no longer need the CDs which is a big sell for me), but also the fact that they still patch games that are ten years old.
If any company gets it right, it's Blizzard.
Posted February 04, 2010
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BJWanlund: I personally would much rather have all of that in ONE place, instead of going to 2 different websites and contending with 2 different e-commerce systems. (even tho I do that already w/ Steam, I'd much rather use GOG for everything)
BJ
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TheMadSpin: I don't think I quite understand your logic.
Blizzard still offers the ability to use ORIGINAL copies of their games to download them, in their entirety, to your hard drive. You don't have to pay extra and you can download them anywhere you can log into the internet. Best part? It's available now and it's all on Battle.net--a service that has lasted over a decade and, we can be reasonably sure, will be around for a decade longer.
I love what GoG does for us, but I wish a few more companies did what Blizzard does. This not only goes for the ability to download native copies of stuff like Diablo II and Starcraft (and no longer need the CDs which is a big sell for me), but also the fact that they still patch games that are ten years old.
If any company gets it right, it's Blizzard.

That's great, but what if you DON'T have an original copy (especially in the case of Diablo 1 & 2 / Starcraft)? That's where I was going. GOG prices things incredibly reasonably, and if I didn't have to pay $20+ for their digital titles on Blizzard's website, then that would be incredible.
BJ
Posted February 10, 2010
I'd love to see Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, because it's one of my friend's all-time favorite games. I've never played it. :(
Posted February 10, 2010
I would like to see Battlezone 1. It is my all time favorite game. I recently found out they still have a big living community, so anyone interested in the game should visit [url]www.battlezone1.net[/url] and join the online fun. This game still rocks!
Posted February 10, 2010
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BJWanlund: That's great, but what if you DON'T have an original copy (especially in the case of Diablo 1 & 2 / Starcraft)? That's where I was going. GOG prices things incredibly reasonably, and if I didn't have to pay $20+ for their digital titles on Blizzard's website, then that would be incredible.
BJ

Well, at least in the case of Starcraft you'd still be in good hands.
GoG prices range from 5.99 to 9.99 and you can get Starcraft and Broodwar for 15 bucks from Blizzard directly. Depending on how you look at it that's either about 3 dollars more than you'd expect to pay or 5 dollars less.
Diablo II, I'll grant you, is a different story. For the game and expansion you'd be paying twice what you pay at GoG for the same title. Still, I think that the point of GoG is to bring us new playable copies of classic games.
With Blizzard you may pay a little more, but it's because those games are still supported with patches and there's still a free infrastructure for online play and community. It's not like those games are festering in a pit of vaporware or something. They're still being well treated by their creators and supported at both ends (which included Blizzard doing the hard work that goes into converting everything into a digital medium and keeping their games current for each new OS over the years).
What makes Blizzard's methods better for me is that I'm a mac user who doesn't have to boot into Windows to play a native copy of a game. I don't know how that would work with a GoG copy of the game.
Posted February 10, 2010
I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for the Mechwarrior 2 series, so long as they're the DOS versions and not Titanium edition!
Posted February 10, 2010
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Partha: 5. Star Trek Voyager Elite Force
if they add 1920 x 1200 and higher resolutions to it :D
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billramey: Elite Force supports more resolutions than are listed in the game; you just have to tweak the config file. I run it at 1440 x 900. Here are the instructions:
[url=http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/Star_Trek_Voyager:_Elite_Force]http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/Star_Trek_Voyager:_Elite_Force[/url]

Star Trek titles are not coming to gog.com activision no longer has the rights to sell these games heck they sued paramount just to get out of the contract.
Posted February 10, 2010
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stonebro: BUT I NEED IT NAAAOOOOOO
COME ON MAN, DON'T HOLD OUT ON ME LIKE THIS

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=686944121426
Posted February 11, 2010
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billramey: Elite Force supports more resolutions than are listed in the game; you just have to tweak the config file. I run it at 1440 x 900. Here are the instructions:
[url=http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/Star_Trek_Voyager:_Elite_Force]http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/Star_Trek_Voyager:_Elite_Force[/url]
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Jeffpiatt: Star Trek titles are not coming to gog.com activision no longer has the rights to sell these games heck they sued paramount just to get out of the contract.

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Posted February 11, 2010
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Posted February 11, 2010
i want zeus, tbh its the only activision title im interested in at the moment. i already have arcanum and now i just want zeus for some sweet, sweet nostalgia.
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