That all sounds well and good, but I have 296 games (as it stands) in my library, and I have to use search as it is to find most stuff (especially older stuff I've bought). How will it be after the change? 500+ games on the shelf and all over the place?

Tony.

EDIT: Game 'tally' has jumped to 375....definitely some downsides to this...take Heroes Chronicles for example, previous download size for all 8 bundled together - around 800+ MB. Now all 8 are separately packaged and weigh in at 420+ MB each. So a 800MB d/l has increased to over 3GB due to the overlap commonality of the 'series', definitely better and more sense to keep all 8 together to not waste size and download time.

Why thank you. I actually put quite a bit of work into it.
And I agree Softporn does seem out of place wasn't sure if I should put it in the Sierra section or do I put it with Planetfall and Zork since it was a text adventure. So I went with putting it with Planetfall and Zork's 1-Zero

Wait a minute, wtf is "Softporn Adventure"?

Well, I've got my first hidden game. I don't care for myself, but my kids see this shelf.

Leisure Suit Larry serie ;)

A text adventure game revolving around the main character trying to find a way lose his virginity. It later served as the base for the first Leisure Suit Larry game, which has pretty much all the same settings and puzzles but with graphics, a ton more humor, and the vivacious Larry himself.

It's also one of the games that comes bundled with the LSL: Greatest Hits & Misses pack, which is now unbundled so SPA gets its own slot on the shelf.

It's part six of the Battle Isle Platinum bundle.
Go ahead, prove me wrong!

Why the objection exactly? Each Heroes Chronicle was released as a separate retail item at B&M stores... Or at least, most of them were. I think two were DLCs, so to speak.

Heh, this thread suddenly became really fun reading XD

One reason is the massive increase in storage space required, from 600+MB to 3+GB.

While it is true that expansions were in the past sold separately, there are some elements of digital distribution that make life easier for customers (such as having a single, unified installer without the need to go through three or more installers). Furthermore, expansions also contained the latest and greatest version of the game, so it makes little sense to offer the base game (which may have problems) and offer the expansions separately. Lastly, the bonus material is now completely screwed, with duplication over multiple entries.

In short, the unbundling is great for Galaxy, but horrible for people who have off-line backups and an organised game shelf.

Well, I just received a minor positive out of this unbundling adventure. I had no idea that I owned Planetfall.

Am I the only one that didn't realize it was part of the Zork Anthology?

what's the point of all the unbundling?

A crappy text adventure best known for two things 1. being what Al Lowe partially based Lesuire suit Larry 1 on and 2. Having a young Roberta Williams naked with two other women in a hot top on the box cover.

Ah, but Sinistar listed "dramatic uptick in space required" as a separate bullet, so I figured that he had an objection beyond that one... The bonus material is a universal issue, not one unique to Heroes Chronicles.

I'm not sure I understand your "base game"/"expansions" reasoning. Each of the Heroes Chronicles was a separate independent game. There was no "base game".

Perhaps Heroes Chronicles is not the best example for base game/expansion argument, but in my opinion, it does apply to others. Let us take Cossacks for example, a game I still own as a physical copy. While it made sense to release expansions separately (cost and distribution reasons in a non-digital distribution world), it makes no sense today. While it is true that the expansions were actually stand-alones, I have great difficulty imagining a player installing just the base game or just one of the expansions, while the three together make for a massive and damn challenging game. Fortunately, the three separate installers take around the same amount of space as the unified installer.

As for Heroes Chronicles, they offer the same base game (Heroes III) with new scenarios telling a connected story. So yes, they were sold separately in stores, but that was again more for marketing and development reasons, not for lack of space on a CD (the previous installer fits nicely on one). With how things have been unbundled, gamers need to download the same game engine EIGHT times, with the only difference being the scenario data. That is just unreasonable.

Once again, I realise that there are people who want this. Great, let them have it. But don't force everyone else to share in the same practice just because you need to set up the backend for Galaxy. They can also offer old installers without any problems, just like they did until a couple of days ago.

Who's been handling the new box art?
Every new seperate game is severely discolored, it looks like each game's sun-damaged