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Posted May 31, 2010
Would GOG ever offer the M&M games separately, for those who only want certain games in the series?
Posted May 31, 2010
I doubt it. GOG specializes in $5 & $10 digital downloads, so seeing as the M&M series offers the first 6 games for $10...it probably wouldn't draw many takers if they offered just one of them for $5.
Of course, they could very well offer something individually post-M&M6 for $5 each.
I guess it all depends on which ones you want. :-)
Post edited May 31, 2010 by ChaunceyK
Posted May 31, 2010
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ChaunceyK: I doubt it. GOG specializes in $5 & $10 digital downloads, so seeing as the M&M series offers the first 6 games for $10...it probably wouldn't draw many takers if they offered just one of them for $5.
Of course, they could very well offer something individually post-M&M6 for $5 each.
I guess it all depends on which ones you want. :-)

Also, a quick search on Amazon shows that this pack sells for $50 used, so on GOG it is quite a deal.
Posted May 31, 2010
Plus...and this is a HUGE selling point for me...GOG tweaks all the games to be compatible with modern Windows operating systems. (I realize I could use DosBox on my own for old Dos games, but its nice having the convenience of downloading a game with DosBox pre-tweaked.)
But then there's also Fallout (the other game series I play from GOG) which is post-Dos, but still tweaked to the current Windows standards.
I'm really happy with GOG....very happy indeed. :-)
Posted June 01, 2010
What do you mean by "tweaked to the current Windows standards?" I notice no difference between my retail copy of Fallout and the GOG version, except that the GOG version includes the latest patch (good) and is missing children (bad).
Both versions work fine on WinXP, both versions have color issues with Win7 that are easily fixed by having the resolution control panel open (or better yet, using the sFall mod).
In fact, I don't think I know of any games on GOG that I have that are "tweaked" beyond having the latest patch and not needing a disc in the drive.
Post edited June 01, 2010 by ikantspelwurdz
Posted June 01, 2010
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ChaunceyK: I doubt it. GOG specializes in $5 & $10 digital downloads, so seeing as the M&M series offers the first 6 games for $10...it probably wouldn't draw many takers if they offered just one of them for $5.
Of course, they could very well offer something individually post-M&M6 for $5 each.
I guess it all depends on which ones you want. :-)

Oh, and don't forget that Ubi don't appear to like the $5.99 price point (HOMM for example) so if they were to be seperated GOG would more than likely be forced to sell them for $10.99 each.
Posted June 01, 2010
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ikantspelwurdz: What do you mean by "tweaked to the current Windows standards?"

With the original Fallout being from 1997 (several O/S ago), I guess I mistook its patch for a tweak of some sort. Whichever, it still saves me from having to patch it myself. ;-)
Posted June 01, 2010
The only remaining package option is for MM7 to MM9. Personally, I don't see any package bundled with MM9 being a selling point so there may be individual downloads if Ubi is interested for MM7, MM8, and MM9.
Posted June 01, 2010
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ikantspelwurdz: What do you mean by "tweaked to the current Windows standards?" I notice no difference between my retail copy of Fallout and the GOG version, except that the GOG version includes the latest patch (good) and is missing children (bad).

Some work on a 64-bit OS where the original didn't. (although it is mostly due to DRM that it didn't work in the first place)
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