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The Citadel of Avalon is all that remains of the once-mighty seven kingdoms. The invaders have surrounded the fortress and the depleted garrison is bracing for the final assault. Now is the time for the birth of a legend!

Siege of Avalon: Anthology, the cult classic RPG from 2000, arrives on GOG.COM along with 20% that will last until 15th April 2021, 4 PM UTC.

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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
Hopefully the same will happen with Mechwarrior.
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
I don't even remember this game or anything.

Was this another game like say some of the D&D's, NOLF series, and other games that were hard to get re-released b/c of different dev's, publishers, engine owners, asset owners, license owners, IP owners, and other madness of that sort?
is it good?
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
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Experiment513: They used The Force! :-P
Haha yeah Force = IP Lawyers
Gotcha!
Super, mega game!
Thank you, GOG!
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Breja: “EASY CONTROL, AMUSING PLOT, U WILL NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THE GAME SO EASY”

What the hell does that mean? How would I get kicked out of a single player game? And who hires a reviewer who writes "u" instead of "you"? Is that really the front of the box quote you decided to go with? :D
Well everyone knew that gaming journalism is not the bastion of class and good writing. When Polygon and Kotaku setting the standard so low with their garbage articles of course a website called "GamerHell" is almost at the bottom of the barrel. It sadden me everytime a developer had to put quotes from gaming journos to promote their game like they don't have any confidence that their game will sell well.

Still not as bad as listing inspiration from and start rattling a bunch of popular games like desperate youtube videos listing all the buzzwords to gain front page.
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
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Elmofongo: Hopefully the same will happen with Mechwarrior.
I heard Harmony Gold is now dead and they start changing some mech designs to avoid legal problem. So they changing for the better I hope.
Post edited April 09, 2021 by RedRagan
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Breja: “EASY CONTROL, AMUSING PLOT, U WILL NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THE GAME SO EASY”

What the hell does that mean? How would I get kicked out of a single player game? And who hires a reviewer who writes "u" instead of "you"? Is that really the front of the box quote you decided to go with? :D
What gave u the notion that that was from a professional review? I don't know anything about GamersHell (which seems to have been defunct for several years now...along with every other site they quoted a review from), but following the link on the product page to the full review (via the Wayback Machine) shows what's pretty clearly a user review. Not that the excerpt above shouldn't have pretty well given that away.

Of course, this doesn't address the question of why these publishers chose to not only use that quote on the store page, but to lead with it. Maybe one of the current rightsholders was this illustrious reviewer, RedZombie? :P
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Breja: “EASY CONTROL, AMUSING PLOT, U WILL NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THE GAME SO EASY”

What the hell does that mean? How would I get kicked out of a single player game? And who hires a reviewer who writes "u" instead of "you"? Is that really the front of the box quote you decided to go with? :D
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HunchBluntley: What gave u the notion that that was from a professional review?
Granted, I didn't actually bother to follow that link before. But usually when you put quotes in a place like this, with a score and and title of a website from a professional (or at least "professional") review, not from any random Tom, Dick or Harry who happened to comment on that site.

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HunchBluntley: Of course, this doesn't address the question of why these publishers chose to not only use that quote on the store page, but to lead with it. Maybe one of the current rightsholders was this illustrious reviewer, RedZombie? :P
That's acutally not quite as absurd as it sounds. I mean, how and why else would they even find that particular review on a website that doesn't even exist anymore?
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HunchBluntley: Of course, this doesn't address the question of why these publishers chose to not only use that quote on the store page, but to lead with it. Maybe one of the current rightsholders was this illustrious reviewer, RedZombie? :P
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Breja: That's acutally not quite as absurd as it sounds. I mean, how and why else would they even find that particular review on a website that doesn't even exist anymore?
Yeah, I really was only half joking. At the very least, somebody involved with refurbishing the game (to the extent that it has been) or getting the rights scraped together enough for this re-release must've been hanging around that site back then, and either fondly (giggity) remembered that review (or at least the user who wrote it), or authored it himself.
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
You probably need a law degree to understnad that...

interested, but the lack of the manual is a negative.
Also no manual for GOG other big release today, "Fate".
I take that last sentence back. The Manual is included, in the 'Help" folder. It's called a User's guide, but it's a manual for all practical purposes.
Post edited April 09, 2021 by dudalb
The graphics/art direction is superbly done, held up great over the years, much like the first divinity! The story's also engaging as well!
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Breja: “EASY CONTROL, AMUSING PLOT, U WILL NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THE GAME SO EASY”

What the hell does that mean? How would I get kicked out of a single player game? And who hires a reviewer who writes "u" instead of "you"? Is that really the front of the box quote you decided to go with? :D
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HunchBluntley: What gave u the notion that that was from a professional review? I don't know anything about GamersHell (which seems to have been defunct for several years now...along with every other site they quoted a review from), but following the link on the product page to the full review (via the Wayback Machine) shows what's pretty clearly a user review. Not that the excerpt above shouldn't have pretty well given that away.

Of course, this doesn't address the question of why these publishers chose to not only use that quote on the store page, but to lead with it. Maybe one of the current rightsholders was this illustrious reviewer, RedZombie? :P
"This game is amazing and he's such a good boy!" - My Mom
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
Might be similar to how those for Diggles were sorted out, since they were both rereleased recently and they both have the same listed publisher, that doesn't seem to have any other activity. Wonder if it's not some non-gaming company that found they had ended up with the rights and agreed on a release. A quick search turns up a canadian mortgage firm with that name, but no idea if it's in any way related. They do have a rep here on the forums, active in the Diggles forum so far, with SNEG as title, which would indicate working for said publisher. Doesn't accept messages from everyone though.
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tfishell: I'd be interested to know how these rights got sorted out
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Cavalary: Might be similar to how those for Diggles were sorted out, since they were both rereleased recently and they both have the same listed publisher, that doesn't seem to have any other activity. Wonder if it's not some non-gaming company that found they had ended up with the rights and agreed on a release. A quick search turns up a canadian mortgage firm with that name, but no idea if it's in any way related. They do have a rep here on the forums, active in the Diggles forum so far, with SNEG as title, which would indicate working for said publisher. Doesn't accept messages from everyone though.
Cheers. I was curious about Avalon, since I recall this being a title user Sinistar was really looking into circa 2013 but I could be wrong.
Thought this was another Spiderweb game for a second