Posted August 21, 2013

HereForTheBeer
Positive Patty
Registered: Oct 2009
From United States

triock
Can You Face Your Fears?
Registered: Feb 2010
From Slovakia
Posted August 21, 2013

mondo84
hwgr
Registered: Apr 2011
From United States

Elmofongo
It's 2L84U
Registered: Sep 2011
From Puerto Rico
Posted August 21, 2013

For example, look at this wall texture:
http://s1.blomedia.pl/gadzetomania.pl/images/2013/05/gta5-44-348281.jpg
I am fine with that, because every GTA game had worse graphics than the standard, but they were great games nonetheless.

VABlitz
Desert Ranger
Registered: Jul 2012
From United States
Posted August 21, 2013
Ah, get out of here with that nonsense. I'd rather buy the games here than at shitty DRM-encrusted Steam. I like the classics too, but I still would like to see the newer games released without DRM.

ecamber
Try Robokiller!
Registered: Jun 2010
From United States
Posted August 21, 2013

Just be patient good games will arrive.
- Penumbra/Amnesia have been widely available DRM-free for years.
- the classic Tomb Raider series was released here in 2012.
So other than Wizardy, we are 8 months into the year without any amazing releases (especially classic ones) from any genre. I think the disappointment is justified.

Elmofongo
It's 2L84U
Registered: Sep 2011
From Puerto Rico
Posted August 21, 2013

Just be patient good games will arrive.

- Penumbra/Amnesia have been widely available DRM-free for years.
- the classic Tomb Raider series was released here in 2012.
So other than Wizardy, we are 8 months into the year without any amazing releases (especially classic ones) from any genre. I think the disappointment is justified.
2. Yeah but to people like me who does not made too many accounts in other game site, its justified.
3. Forgot about that, it felt like it came in 2013 though.
Well regarding the other list I made they are pretty tough to get old school pc games these days, with Blizzard, Bethesda, Valve, Microsoft, Take-Two, and LucasArts being tough nuts to crack while EA, Square-Enix, and Ubisoft are bring Stingy with the remaining classics that they have.
Post edited August 21, 2013 by Elmofongo

HereForTheBeer
Positive Patty
Registered: Oct 2009
From United States
Posted August 21, 2013

Just be patient good games will arrive.


StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted August 21, 2013
This idea that GOG sits on awesome classic releases 'cause "fuck them users" always amuses me.
When they can get a deal for more classics we'll see them sold here.
When they can get a deal for more classics we'll see them sold here.

Lowe0
New User
Registered: Feb 2010
From United States

Niggles
MOMOSaysMAHAYO;)
Registered: Apr 2009
From Australia
Posted August 21, 2013
We need more RPG's. Too many adventure games (or it seems we get an awful lot on here)

StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted August 21, 2013

I can guarantee you that if we had no indie releases the classic releases would be just as far apart, or damn close to it. There's no reason for them to sit on their bread and butter.

Nirth
GFN / VR / Switch!
Registered: Oct 2010
From Other
Posted August 21, 2013
Oh, you never know. Politics or business dictates that timing is everything. Release the wrong game during the wrong time and you miss potential sales. However, that they would hold on to them because they can or to be spiteful is highly unlikely.

StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted August 22, 2013
Well yeah, they might wait weeks or a small number of months for the right timing. By shelved I mean they wouldn't be like "aww screw that game, put it on the shelf."

keeveek
NOPE
Registered: Dec 2009
From Poland
Posted August 22, 2013

Oh wait.
I'm pretty sure their release schedule is revolving around sales, and that makes some sense. For example, they released Conflict: Desert Storm and it sold badly. So now keeveek may never see Desert Storm 2 released, because it's not worth their effort. Or they are going to release it in 2015 when there will be a time when they decide they don't have anything better to drop.
This is the problem with GOG release schedule, they have slots. If they "use" some release slot, they will not release anything else during that period. It's not a problem on steam, when they may release 10 games one day, 0 games the second day and 3 games the next day.
Why there was a month or so gap between releasing Cultures 1+2 and Cultures 3+4? Because legal limbo and compability issues? Oh wait.
And i'm pretty sure they are sitting on a lot of indie games now, but they release games in small portions, and they will never break that "rule". So if they have planned releases for months ahead, that really means they are sitting on some classics ready to release as well.
But not for years, of course. Many times they seem to decide "game X is not worth our time" and they don't release it. As I've said, usually because the first part of the series didn't sell well.
Post edited August 22, 2013 by keeveek