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All-new Witcher 3 gameplay trailer, pre-orders launch; GOG.com unveils GOG Galaxy, the DRM-Free Online Gaming platform!

All-new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay footage, pre-order details, and a look at the exclusive content of the collector's edition. GOG.com unveils its upcoming new project taking a next step in the DRM-Free gaming revolution. All that and more in the CD Projekt RED & GOG.com Summer Conference. Watch it right here!
Post edited June 04, 2014 by G-Doc
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Zacron: My points are valid, and please give me a rebuttal if you disagree.
I will not disagree, but I will provide a link.

(https://www.origin.com/en-au/store/deals/pages/seventyoff-playerappreciation)

Origin has a 70% of everything sale.

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Zacron: I also disagree with the philosophy behind DLC, but I am at war with myself anyway, ..... I know I am playing right into their hands when I do this, but, to me, it really is worth it. ...... (Cue people jumping on my case for admitting that I am greedy)

I wouldn't as DLC I believe is a personal choice, ultimately it's not detrimental to the game industry, it's simply a pain in the ass.

It is, and always will be, a (e.g. Steam) companies monopolisation of games with they did not produce (e.g. Skyrim) that causes issues. Steam can monopolise DOTA like EA can Monopolise Titanfall, but the moment I purchase a game from a company which is not affiliated with these distributors but requires their software to run, I take offence.
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Zacron: You may not call me an idiot,
I would never do such a thing, the term I tend to use is 7 second retard ....... which I really must stop using as sayings like that leave a trail all over the internet.

As a show of good faith I'll link one of my account profiles for you, probably the one attached to this nametag as it has a modest amount of games and sees occasional usage. Almost every game I have was purchased in physical form, directly from the developer where possible.

(http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999513700) *notice my secret number .... Steam, useless as a flower in hells fires.

And I'll also attach a quick screenshot of the games I hold on this GoG account, so you can see I don't discriminate. Here is the day I hit 666 games, though the collection grew as you can tell by the next screenshot.

Have I played all these games?
Barely enough time to play more than a few hours a month.

Why do I have the same games purchased multiple times?
Shadowrun would be a prime example of this, I've purchased it at least 10 times through various distributors for various accounts and to gift to friends. I do this because I support them, they don't distribute only through Steam or Origin. I purchase crap loads of games (I'll never have time to play) from GoG because their methods of retail are ethical.

The point I'm making is many of us purchase more than we need, but some of us do so to support ethical companies who retail using healthy and sustainable policies. A person doesn't have to change their methods, but they shouldn't lie to themselves about the damage their causing to the industry by devoting themselves to the religion called Steam. *Doesn't apply in your case as your actually honest, for which I respect you and apologise if I was (or am in the future) nasty/touchy about the Steam virus.
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Only thing I honestly care about: MOAR CYBERPUNK 2077 INFO!
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Ebany: Just then, you don't know how badly I felt the urge to urinate in your coffee.
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Bouli: I don't drink coffee
1st: mf'er

2nd: wtf, what normal person doesn't dose themselves daily with coffee fresh from Espresso heaven?

Maybe Cyberpunk will have a multi-player aspect.
Post edited June 02, 2014 by Ebany
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Bouli: ...I don't trust CD Projekt communication anymore (as well as the critics) after Witcher 2 huge disappointment. ...
Hmm, do you really think Witcher 2 was a huge disappointment? After all it wasn't so bad. Combat was mindless click orgy but the story and graphics wasn't so bad after all. Surely in the top 30% of its class. What did you expect?

On the other hand CD Projekts and GOGs communication surely was terrible sometimes in the past (announcements of announcements, bad news titled good news, ...). But their last Q&A was even kind of entertaining. I mean I wouldn't stay awake for them, but on the next day, why not skimming through and see the people behind CDP and GOG in a live performance. This is something, isn't it?
Post edited June 02, 2014 by Trilarion
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Ebany: 2nd: wtf, what normal person doesn't dose themselves daily with coffee fresh from Espresso heaven?
If the normality is to drink coffee than that answers your question. Duh! P.S I don't drink coffee either. I find it disgusting on many levels. :D

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Ebany: Maybe Cyberpunk will have a multi-player aspect.
No! That will drain resources from the single player aspect. Fck that! :(
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Ebany: 2nd: wtf, what normal person doesn't dose themselves daily with coffee fresh from Espresso heaven?
Can't even stand the smell of the tar-drink, like with smokers, I feel sick having to smell it.

I much prefer tea, thank you. Green. Without destroying it with additives like milk, sugar or lemon.
Post edited June 02, 2014 by Maighstir
Waaaaaaaaait a second...

"galaxy of opportunities"... "new project"...

Am I the only one who completely missed the boat here?! What if the galaxy of opportunities line was being read all wrong by us GOGers?! It might be Android gaming (in which case I might be persuaded into buying an Android gaming thingie again), but I don't think it is that at all.

One of my most-favorited and most-retweeted tweets on Twitter was one i made quite awhile back about GOG offering more than just games DRM-free. Like movies, TV shows, and e-books. I cannot find it at the moment, but I do remember making that particular tweet and getting it favorited constantly, even months afterward

So, my new prediction is GOG.com tripling down on DRM-free (since they already doubled down on DRM-free) and adding lots and lots of DRM-free content that might not be games-related (like TV shows, movies, etc). It might have something to do with LucasArts still, because that may be how GOG.com got in through the back door with Disney / LucasArts. If that is the case, I will all too happily write to the folks behind defectivebydesign.org and let them know that GOG.com has no DRM on any of the items in their catalog of varied items (because apparently they aren't being mentioned there at the moment).
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BJWanlund: So, my new prediction is GOG.com tripling down on DRM-free (since they already doubled down on DRM-free) and adding lots and lots of DRM-free content that might not be games-related (like TV shows, movies, etc).
DRM-free video from GOG would be a blast. But current video publishers are so sick and obsessed with DRM that I wouldn't expect that. It's much worse than gaming publishers. Still, if GOG can break that wall of stupidity - that would be simply awesome.

So far services like Headweb aren't available worldwide: https://www.headweb.com

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BJWanlund: If that is the case, I will all too happily write to the folks behind defectivebydesign.org and let them know that GOG.com has no DRM on any of the items in their catalog of varied items (because apparently they aren't being mentioned there at the moment).
You don't need to wait for that. If GOG aren't mentioned there, you can ask to mention GOG, since they already offer games DRM-free.
Post edited June 02, 2014 by shmerl
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BJWanlund: (because apparently they aren't being mentioned there at the moment).
While Free Software Foundation is behind defectivebydesign.org, the software list is courtesy directly of FSF, not of dbd, and while dbd focuses on DRM, FSF is against all non-free software, which is why GOG isn't there (the licenses are not liberating enough - not even Thunderbird and Firefox are there).

Short: GOG won't ever be on FSF's software list, and that's what dbd links to.
Will you guys be adding more old games to GOG's catalog?
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BJWanlund: ...
That's interesting, but until we actually see more highly-desired games appear possibly because of GOG moving beyond games (like Disney and LucasArts, or CBS/Paramount and Star Trek classics), as someone where for the "good old games" I'm not sure I'll be all that interested. I'd have to see how its handled.
Post edited June 02, 2014 by tfishell
Prepare thine anus for this event is going to traverse deep through the caverns of our minds and stimulate our excitement levels over 9000!!!
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Bouli: ...I don't trust CD Projekt communication anymore (as well as the critics) after Witcher 2 huge disappointment. ...
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Trilarion: Hmm, do you really think Witcher 2 was a huge disappointment? After all it wasn't so bad. Combat was mindless click orgy but the story and graphics wasn't so bad after all. Surely in the top 30% of its class. What did you expect?
I was expecting a game just like the Witcher 1, i.e. a good RPG with a good story and a good rythm. Instead of that, I got a game with beautiful graphics, musics and voiceovers, but with a terrible rythm, bad Roleplay mechanics, confused story, boasting-off cut-scenes.

The Witcher 2 has lost itself because it wanted to be so much better than TW1. It was a vain game in my opinion, made by people who were way too convinced of their genius. It completely lacked of humility (yes, just like me) and terribly suffered from that. I think TW2 has one of the worst game designs even made in a Western RPG, so bad than even the graphics and story are far from compensating.

When I look at The Witcher 3, the communication and the genre, I am even more worried. An open world RPG while CD PRojekt doesn't even master closed-world RPG (yes sorry to say that, but that is the truth)... Please, let the genre to Piranha Bytes or Bethesda. I can't help smelling a huge game design failure with this game, that probably no one will notice, just as no one noticed (or wanted to notice) about TW2.

You can throw tomatoes at me... :p
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Bouli: When I look at The Witcher 3, the communication and the genre, I am even more worried. An open world RPG while CD PRojekt doesn't even master closed-world RPG (yes sorry to say that, but that is the truth)... Please, let the genre to Piranha Bytes or Bethesda.
Bethesda? I find the story line of their latest Elder Scroll games to be way more blank than both Witcher games.
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Bouli: When I look at The Witcher 3, the communication and the genre, I am even more worried. An open world RPG while CD PRojekt doesn't even master closed-world RPG (yes sorry to say that, but that is the truth)... Please, let the genre to Piranha Bytes or Bethesda.
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shmerl: Bethesda? I find the story line of their latest Elder Scroll games to be way more blank than both Witcher games.
Skyrim and Oblivion are crappy, but they are less crappy as open-world RPGs than Witcher 2 is crappy as a closed-world RPG. IMHO. Even if Bethesda made a LOT of mistakes on Skyrim and Oblivion I'm ready to bet that Witcher 3 will be even worse when I look at what CD Projekt did with TW2.

I think the best solution for Wticher 3 would be to make a "little" open world like Risen. But again, this requires some solid experience (Piranha Bytes achieved this wonderful game after decades of experience) that CD Projekt clearly doesn't have. I don't want a vague RPG game with tons on cut-scenes, boobs and mature themes, I want a GAME and a good one. Doubt is allowed, but I will only judge with an on-hands play.