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Posted October 10, 2013
To be honest, I'm more interested in the indies than the classics.
Posted October 10, 2013
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Vaalesh: Regardless of whether it's an indie game or a good old game, seeing a growing library of games on this website is a good thing.

Seriously.

I was a Gametap user for two(ish) years and it was a great service to have. New games every Tuesday, new and old alike, and it had the rights to MYST URU and the new Sam and Max episodic series. Boy it was a great time to game. My wife and I loved the service. We weren't even playing our consoles because the backlog of games was varied and growing. Until the games stopped coming every Tuesday and the games we did get were total crap. Then we promptly cancelled. It developed a whole other business model since (I think it's like a buy-to-play site now).

Point of this post is: as long as the games are coming and they're good, I do not care.
You sure about GameTap? I just visited their website and it seems to still have the same business model, just a really crappy selection of games.
Posted October 10, 2013
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Johnisnotcool: I'm a big fan of indie games but I'm a bigger fan of good old games. I miss when there was more good old games released and less indies. I also miss when the price point was always less then $10. Am I alone here?
I don't miss it because it doesn't matter how many indies are here, I don't play many of them. I'm waiting for the games I like which I guess is pretty much independent from everything else. GOG could even start selling potatoes. The only thing that would come in handy would be a personally adjustable filter for news. Please GOG, make it!
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JudasIscariot: ... Just because you're in a different building now doesn't mean you are safe from my hounding you :huehuemodeactivated:
Wow you expanded and are spread to different buildings now. I would so love to see a photo of all the employees again, like you did many years ago. Although I remember that not all reactions were purely nice, but the big majority of comments were and people liked it. :)
Post edited October 10, 2013 by Trilarion
Posted October 10, 2013
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fortune_p_dawg: Speaking of which, the Gameboy inspired 'Two Brothers' is coming here on the 15th isn't it? Pretty badass looking action-RPG with a semi-open-world.

C'mon you can tell me... I won't tell anyone I promise. :D

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ackkstudios/two-brothers-0
I hadn't heard of this game before, but just seeing that trailer... it's now on the top of my wishlist, and I will buy it on release or even pre-order it (and I almost never buy on release or pre-order).
Posted October 10, 2013
Just a question to the people who complain about the repetitive indie platformers and tower defense games here on GOG: How did you get that impression?

I looked at the catalogue and out of 99 games that are labeled as indie, only 22 could be considered as platform games (I was very generous here and also counted games that are from other genres, but have some platform elements) and 3 as Tower Defense games.

On the other hand there are about 15-20 adventures, RPGs and puzzle games (in each genre). The rest are strategy games, simulations and shooters.

I might overlook something, but it seems like a well-balanced catalogue to me.
Posted October 10, 2013
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Johnisnotcool: I'm a big fan of indie games but I'm a bigger fan of good old games. I miss when there was more good old games released and less indies. I also miss when the price point was always less then $10. Am I alone here?
They're really grasping at straws to find more GOOD old games.

There's probably a few but fresh blood is what will keep GOG going in the long run.

At first I thought you were going to refer to all of the Amateur-Ware that's getting spammed all over:

http://www.indievania.com/

My eyes!
MY EYES!!
Posted October 10, 2013
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PaterAlf: Just a question to the people who complain about the repetitive indie platformers and tower defense games here on GOG: How did you get that impression?

I looked at the catalogue and out of 99 games that are labeled as indie, only 22 could be considered as platform games (I was very generous here and also counted games that are from other genres, but have some platform elements) and 3 as Tower Defense games.

On the other hand there are about 15-20 adventures, RPGs and puzzle games (in each genre). The rest are strategy games, simulations and shooters.

I might overlook something, but it seems like a well-balanced catalogue to me.
22 of 90 is probably already much higher than the ratio among the classics at GOG, but maybe not. I just count the ratio of games I want to play vs. the number of games I'm not interested and for me personally the result for indies is quite low. I'm not interested in platformers but I also include puzzle games.

Since you have a good overview now, what are the good indie strategy games on GOG? I mean the ones who do need a loot of strategy and are complex, turn based if possible. The last one, Smuglers V, was rather weak in this department - some reviewers said, so except for Conquistador I do not remember a good one.
Posted October 10, 2013
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Trilarion: Since you have a good overview now, what are the good indie strategy games on GOG? I mean the ones who do need a loot of strategy and are complex, turn based if possible. The last one, Smuglers V, was rather weak in this department - some reviewers said, so except for Conquistador I do not remember a good one.
There are not so many strategy indie games. Besides Conquistador, I would recommend Eador: Genesis. Haven't played the other Eador game (Master of the Broken Worlds), so I don't know if they patched out all the bugs that were reported when it was released. I also liked Kings of Dragon Pass, but that might not be that kind of strategy game you are looking for. Lords of Midnight might also be fine, but I haven't played that one. And of course there is Defcon which looks great and which is probably a lot about strategy (but again I haven't played it).

And even if it is not strategy (but you also asked for turn-based), I have to recommend Sword of the Stars: The Pit.
Post edited October 10, 2013 by PaterAlf
Posted October 10, 2013
I'm not sick of them here, like others i see expanding the catalogue as a good thing. I'm just sick of them in general. Most of them are overrated garbage (same with tripple A) and it used to be somthing special, now there is one coming out every day...
Posted October 10, 2013
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PaterAlf: ...
There are not so many strategy indie games. Besides Conquistador, I would recommend Eador: Genesis. Haven't played the other Eador game (Master of the Broken Worlds), so I don't know if they patched out all the bugs that were reported when it was released. I also liked Kings of Dragon Pass, but that might not be that kind of strategy game you are looking for. Lords of Midnight might also be fine, but I haven't played that one. And of cours there is Defcon which looks great and which is probably a lot about strategy (but again I haven't played it).

And even if it is not strategy (but you also asked for turn-based), I have to recommend Sword of the Stars: The Pit.
Thanks! Food for my wishlist. :) The only indie strategy games I'm really waiting for are Legends of Eisenwald and Xenonauts, but I backed both already.

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xxxIndyxxx: I'm not sick of them here, like others i see expanding the catalogue as a good thing. I'm just sick of them in general. Most of them are overrated garbage (same with tripple A) and it used to be somthing special, now there is one coming out every day...
I feel the same. Many indies may be hyped more than what they are worth, even worse than what is done for classics. That's only a subjective view but I guess this is the core of what some people (me included) feel.

I doesn't mean I don't like them, only I feel they overemphasized and that is annoying in the long term.
Post edited October 10, 2013 by Trilarion
Posted October 10, 2013
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ggf162: You sure about GameTap? I just visited their website and it seems to still have the same business model, just a really crappy selection of games.
Maybe not an entirely new business model (pardon the hyperbole) but the old deal was 9.99 unlimited games. I don't remember there being a free play option or buy-to-play games available.
Posted October 10, 2013
anyone else getting tired of seeing these types of threads cropping up every few months?
Posted October 10, 2013
Hotline Miami and Rogue Legacy are both Indie games. So no.
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Trilarion: Since you have a good overview now, what are the good indie strategy games on GOG? I mean the ones who do need a loot of strategy and are complex, turn based if possible. The last one, Smuglers V, was rather weak in this department - some reviewers said, so except for Conquistador I do not remember a good one.
KODP and Eador are must-buys for any strategy fan . Lords of Midnight is relatively similar to KODP in it's strategy part(it also has an adventure part, so there are 2 ways to finish the game) .
Post edited October 10, 2013 by Licurg
Posted October 10, 2013
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Roman5: Indie games are good and everything but GOG has to remember that the main revenue comes from AAA titles, Where are the "Premium" editions that they promised when they released HOMMV and Assassin's creed?

Where is Heroes of Might and Magic VI? The rest of Assassin's creed series? Call of Duty? Prototype? Dead Space? Mirror's Edge? Deus Ex Human revolution?

Where are the AAA titles from different publishers here already on GOG?
I would like to see a few more titles like these. We do have some more modern stuff but there is room for more. Most of the new stuff isis mostly indie which is fine though I'm done buying indies on gog because of the no Linux stance.

I'm personally over the old games thing too having got all I really want. That leaves new and I'm all for it.
Posted October 10, 2013
I am a big supporter of indie development, but I have fairly specific taste that is not well catered to by either indie developers or AAA developers. Since there are also few if any old games left that aren't on GOG that I would actually buy, I don't have much anticipation for new GOG releases in general.
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