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Hell, i'm just happy to see GoG releasing a new game this week....Go Green team!!
Seriously, it's $10, has no DRM and is one of the better RPG/tactics games released in the last few years. Sure, it's not ancient, but nobody's forcing you to buy it... and I'd rather have a cheap, DRM-free alternative here than being forced to buy it at retail at an inflated price, or over another service like Steam.
Jait56, I agree that 2 years does not typically qualify as old. Software however ages quite fast. For example, I think most people would consider NHL 2008 old by now.
Also, this game definitely qualifies as a good game. Of the RPGs on GOG right now only Fallout 1/2 and Betrayal at Krondor are higher rated.
If you want a game to complain about, please take a look at Empire Earth 3. It was released only 5 months earlier than King's Bounty: The Legend and is the lowest rated real-time strategy game on GOG yet.
Please, can you give King's Bounty: The Legend an extra star or two on your review?
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lightnica: Please, can you give King's Bounty: The Legend an extra star or two on your review?

I don't think a single sentence that simply amounts to "Whaah! They added a two-year-old game! Whaah!" qualifies as a "review". Then again, there are a number of "reviews" on this site that don't actually cover the quality of the game in question, but instead complain about or compliment customer services, whine about the age of the game in question, and so on. If anything, I think the GOG.com team would do well to remove these entirely unhelpful and unnecessary comments from users from the game pages.
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lightnica: Please, can you give King's Bounty: The Legend an extra star or two on your review?
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JoshoB: I don't think a single sentence that simply amounts to "Whaah! They added a two-year-old game! Whaah!" qualifies as a "review". Then again, there are a number of "reviews" on this site that don't actually cover the quality of the game in question, but instead complain about or compliment customer services, whine about the age of the game in question, and so on. If anything, I think the GOG.com team would do well to remove these entirely unhelpful and unnecessary comments from users from the game pages.

I thought about that too, but then a lot of people would make a huge fuss over how unethical it is for them to manipulate the rating of their own product, even though in cases like this they'd be right to do so.
Post edited June 06, 2010 by Gammix
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Gammix: I thought about that too, but then a lot of people would make a huge fuss over how unethical it is for them to manipulate the rating of their own product, even thought in cases like this they'd be right to do so.

You're right.
And from experience at other sites, as soon as you start removing user contributed content, people will complain endlessly about how their "freedom of speech" is being impeded, and how the evil webmasters are unfairly censoring them in order to hide the truth, or some such nonsense. These people are, of course, entirely oblivious to the notion that said freedom doesn't apply on a privately owned and operated website: when you're in somebody else's house you have to play by their rules. Unfortunately, in the case of GOG.com, it doesn't seem as if any rules apply as regards the content and quality of user reviews.
User made reviews rely on the fact that the vast majority really are making an honest attempt at an objective review, which overwhelms that few like this, ensuring that the average rating is not much affected by it.
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catwhowalks: User made reviews rely on the fact that the vast majority really are making an honest attempt at an objective review, which overwhelms that few like this, ensuring that the average rating is not much affected by it.

Good point. Lets overwhelm.
Everyone that has something good to say about this game, please write a review - even if its just one sentence.
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ArchangelGabriel: Apart from that, this game tends to be very hard to come by. And now I can get it for a mere 10$ without any DRM. Hopefully the AddOn comes along soon. Thanks gog :)

Depends on where you live. In the US, it's still available in many on-line prices for nearly as little as $10 (regular stores usually have it around $20). But you are spot-on with the DRM. The boxed game uses SecuRom, and that by itself made it off-limits for me. The lack of DRM on this site is much more important for me than the age of the game.
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lightnica: Good point. Lets overwhelm.
Everyone that has something good to say about this game, please write a review - even if its just one sentence.

Unless you are very good at writing extremely concise as well as informative reviews, please no. "Reviews" that consist of a single sentence are generally worthless. Is a "review" that reads "Wow, this game is great; buy it! FIVE STARS!" any more useful than one that reads "This sucks! It's too new! ONE STAR!"
And I do get what catwhowalks is saying, but that doesn't change the fact that it wouldn't hurt for some people to put a little more effort into what they are submitting to a site. A user review should be a useful source of information to potential buyers. Of course, the "rating" option does help in making good reviews float to the top (the "X users agree with this review" feature), but still.
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Jait56: I would've like to see New World's original versus this new updated one. It's Good Old Gaming, not Good New Remakes.

King's Bounty: The Legend is not a remake. It's part of a long line of sequels made in Russia, but it's the only one since the KB2 that was allowed to use the name.
Since people are complaining about cheap and DRM free games, shouldn't GoG just change to "good old board games" instead? Perhaps they can sell some Mahjong games or that weird pin game where you're not allowed to make the other pins move while you try to pick them up :P
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mrpeters: Since people are complaining about cheap and DRM free games, shouldn't GoG just change to "good old board games" instead? Perhaps they can sell some Mahjong games or that weird pin game where you're not allowed to make the other pins move while you try to pick them up :P

Neither Mahjong nor Mikado are, in fact, board games.
And only a very small number of people are actually complaining about GOG releasing great games at cheap prices and without any DRM.
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mrpeters: Since people are complaining about cheap and DRM free games, shouldn't GoG just change to "good old board games" instead? Perhaps they can sell some Mahjong games or that weird pin game where you're not allowed to make the other pins move while you try to pick them up :P
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JoshoB: Neither Mahjong nor Mikado are, in fact, board games.
And only a very small number of people are actually complaining about GOG releasing great games at cheap prices and without any DRM.

Oh ye... I forgot, Mahjong is played with small bricks :S
How about...um.. pornographics? They are DRM free and alot of people enjoy them.. a bit too much at some points ;)
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mrpeters: Oh ye... I forgot, Mahjong is played with small bricks :S
How about...um.. pornographics? They are DRM free and alot of people enjoy them.. a bit too much at some points ;)

Well, as regards DRM (links are clean)...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/09/porn-industry-hard-up-for-solutions-to-piracy-problem.ars
http://boingboing.net/2007/07/04/if-porn-had-drm.html
Many companies try to protect their stuff with DRM, so the porn industry is probably no different.
What was the topic again? I don't think board games or pornographic material have anything to do with the subject at hand, which was about some people complaining about GOG.com selling fairly recent games at low prices and without DRM.
Post edited June 17, 2010 by JoshoB