That's definitely the case. Usually there is way more crap than actually decent or even good stuff.

Okay, but it seems a bit of a waste. Once the pills take effect you won't even remember that you had the hot chocolate. :-)

*passes Moon a nice hot chocolate*

Well i guess that made it easier to sell the show internationally. That show is shorter everywhere outside of UK (not sure about Ireland though). And in the US i think the show was even shorter because they had to edit some nudity iirc.
Because of that i'm quite happy that i own the UK DVD but at least the current German DVDs are also unedited. :)

I hope so too.

It's okay. My memory's crap on a good day, so I understand.

It's a cross between something very anime looking, Phoenix Wright investigation and a visual novel. I'll eventually get it, but there's no way in hell I'm paying full price when they've got a lot of bug killing to do.
Was interested in another port called Disgaea, but it turns out they're having lots of bug problems as well.

It's reminding me more and more of why I prefer GOG. They have their problems, but they do at least try to not put out items that are total frigging wrecks.


I can see the short-term gain to the approach, but it doesn't do the show any favors when an iconic image gets blasted and has to be replaced with the cast shoved in a tiny ship that looks like something out of Star Trek.
And replacing it with CGI is pretty much always a bad idea. The technology still isn't good enough, even now, for people to think anything but, "That's totally a computer generated picture of a ship."

Doesn't the US have more adverts than most places, so maybe that is why it is shorter. But who knows, I would not think they would edit out nudity given how bad some of their shows are with nudity. I never really get the point of edited DVDs. I understand for TV, if you need to make room for adverts, but why DVD?

Possibly. Well imho it's ridiculous to edit something like that in the first place. Well me neither but there might be some other reason behind it we don't know - as i said all i know about it - i've read somewhere (might've been a movie magazine or a TV/bovie blog).
But then it also depends on the country - in countries where movies and shows are dubbed, additional dubs would cost additional money.... but it doesn't really make sense because you could easily subtitle the former missing parts ...

Ah, visual novels. Not really something I could ever get into. I have a hard time with games that are visual novels or just interactive movies like the Telltale games. If I wanted a book or a movie I would just read a book or watch a film. But I understand they have their appeals, and there are some games that have little interaction but a great story, which are often nice. Although I am not a fan of Telltale, it just seems lazy with little gameplay outside irrelevant quick time events that apparently don't really effect the story.

I tend to agree. Many seem to be complaining about GOGs curation, but to be honest, 99% of the games they turn down and people complain about look like terrible indie games (I am not saying indie games are bad, some are great, but most are not great at all). I would rather have curation and miss out on a few gems, than have Steam's system of a free for all.

I think they might have thought it was the last series, so they figured why not go out with a bang. Then the BBC probably commissioned another series. But who knows, maybe that was when the writing team split and the guy who remained wanted it on a smaller ship, but I am also positive they blew up the original model and that is the main reason behind the change.

I see we got another release today, and given the number of space fans here I guess it will make a few of you happy.

http://www.gog.com/game/into_the_stars

Is it strange that the extras list wallpaper, as in just one. Surly they could have made a few more, or even used screenshots like those on the game card page. Not a big deal, but if it was my game I would make some effort and make some extras for the customers, it would not take long but makes the developers look a bit more caring towards the customers.

Well the game looks interesting and from what i understand it's basically a 3D-FTL...with rather steep sytem requirements...

Didn't notice that. You're absolutely right....but in the Digital Delux Edition sold on Steam there is than one wallpaper. Question is: why is that deluxe edition not sold here?

High system specs seems to be the norm these days. I guess developers don't feel the need to optimise anymore, or they simply lack the skill. It is even worse for 2D games requiring high specs.

Probably another case of GOG customers being second class. But I still don't get why the lack of extras with most games, especially when most extras were simple things easy to make, but that made the game look more appealing for many people.

Apparently so. I mean 8GB of RAM as a minimum is quite ridiculous. I understand that a game which looks as good as Into the Stars (which looks really great) needs some horsepower but sounds a bit much. But it seems that only the RAM is really off....

Either that or it'll come later - but i assume the first which is a shame and frankly a thing GOG should pay more attention to. Well i guess everyone is already working on DLC ;)
On the other hand the main platform is usually Steam and they don't need those extras there to sell their games....

I'm not typically a fan either. The game seems to have a lot more in terms of interactivity, and I also want it to succeed so the company can bring some of their worst titles to PC.

Telltale is all about the illusion of meaningful choice. Watch a Let's Play of, say, the Walking Dead, and you can really notice how ultimately inconsequential the choices are.

I've rented a few games that got rejected by GOG. With each one, I could see why they chose to not accept them.
Bugs, gameplay problems, major lack of polish, things like that.

-laughs- That's an incredibly dumb thing to do if there's even a fraction of a chance that the show will be continued. Taking the biggest, best prop you've got and destroying it is incredibly short-sighted.

Ram is cheap vram (and gpu's) not so.

The new Downfall recommends 8GB of RAM, and 2GB of VRAM, and at least a quad-core. And yet the game looks terrible (in respect to other games that require similar specs). It is based on The Cat Lady engine, but compare the specs for this and The Cat Lady. How can a simplistic 2D point and click type game recommend that it needs 8GB of RAM and 2GB of VRAM, especially one that looks like Downfall?

That could be the case. We often get things after they have sold their bulk on Steam. I know, but still, if it was my game I would take that extra time and pride to make some extras, especially as it could lead to more sales as it can make it look like you are getting more with the game, even though most of the time the extras are pointless.

That's true - but i'm still surprised about the amount of RAM needed for some games you wouldn't expect.

Think i'll try that game - and check if it's really that badly optimised ....because those requirements are way out of proportion....

Let's hope so - not that i'm sure that i'll actually get that game but i always want the best version available on GOG. Absolutely agree - would do the same.