Company News CD Projekt announces Good Old Games

[Texas Red]

Will they fix the damned map traveling speed with FO 2? On new computers it's so fast that you never get any encounters(a problem that wasn't present in FO 1). Every time I want to play FO 2 I have to do hell knows what tricks to get it running and with normal traveling speed.

http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42776 Killap's got you covered.

Last time I downloaded Killap's it made traveling speed extremely slow and increased the encounter frequency. You have to modify a file manually to get the correct speed. But usually FOs have other problems on new computers as well, which is quite annoying.

 

[abstract]

I see they're all games CDP used to sell in Poland, if this is anything to go by, then PS:T should be available as well, Arcanum was distributed by Play-It, so not sure about that one

 

[Shannow]

Their Gamebanshee interview seems to imply that not only will they make the games compatible with xp/vista but also want to keep support up for future OS'. I wonder if they will try similar stuff with Linux.
That all sounds like great value for their consumers and if the payment systems aren't too much of a hassle I'll definately buy at least FO1+2 and PS:T.

 

[Fyz]

I'll get PST, and Might and Magic/Doom if they are available.

 

[MetalCraze]

Bah it's a digital distribution only. Considering the materials the boxes of those old games included there is no sense in having a downloaded version of such games.

 

[inwoker]

When Cdp'll do their next masterpiece game or two they'll become among with the companies like bis, troika, origin, microprose. Except that thay know better how to do business.

 

[deuxhero]

Hmm, if they put planescape torment on there, I might finaly get to play it (because I just can't find it)

 

[MetalCraze]

When Cdp'll do their next masterpiece game or two they'll become among with the companies like bis, troika, origin, microprose. Except that thay know better how to do business.

Oh come on. CDP did just a single (overrated) game with a poor twitchy combat and some well done C&C. But they did nothing on the scale of aforementioned studios.

 

[The Ticktockman]

Bah it's a digital distribution only. Considering the materials the boxes of those old games included there is no sense in having a downloaded version of such games.

You can bitch about anything, can't you.

No, you don't get the box and all the "goodies" inside. But this is finally a very reasonable and solid alternative to paying too much money for a boxed copy of old games or pirating them.

But I'm sure you'll just tell yourself it's not worth the money if you don't get a box, and will just pirate the older games instead.

 

[Gragt]

Except the very nice manual, I do not remember getting anything nice from the boxes of Torment or the two Fallout games.

I mean, I can understand the goodies argument when talking of Infocom games but these...

 

[MetalCraze]

Except the very nice manual, I do not remember getting anything nice from the boxes of Torment or the two Fallout games.

ermmm - the games cds, a box? It is much better to have a real hard copy of such games rather than a faceless cd-r/dvd-r. Besides another point why CDP's store doesn't make much sense is that you can find all those classic RPGs/other games at amazon near you for roughly $10 (which is a price of CDP for some of the downloaded games) - with boxes, manuals and stuff. Yeah you also will have to pay a delivery cost which isn't that high.

 

[The Ticktockman]

Excuses to legitimize my decision to pirate the games instead of buying them.

 

[MetalCraze]

So, my dear dumb friend, Ticktockman what word from

there is no sense in having a downloaded version of such games

do you need translated?
And where exactly was I saying that I want to pirate a game?

 

[The Ticktockman]

I may have been a little hasty in accusing you of piracy; but, have you pirated any of the games that GOG plans on selling?

At least some of those games can only be found for $60+ online, and so most people, when they decide to try these older games, just pirate them.

I understand the desire for a boxed copy of the game, but after a decade and few ways of getting one, a DRM-free online download of those games is a damn good deal. I just find it amazing that you can complain about this new business model; you pay a cheap price, get a great game, no DRM, unlimited downloads, and you are COMPLAINING?

I don't know what your reason is, so I presumed that it was to justify your pirating of some of those games, or maybe buying illegitimate copies.

 

[DefJam101]

When Cdp'll do their next masterpiece game or two they'll become among with the companies like bis, troika, origin, microprose. Except that thay know better how to do business.

Oh come on. CDP did just a single (overrated) game with a poor twitchy combat and some well done C&C. But they did nothing on the scale of aforementioned studios.

The Witcher was overrated? I don't remember it being rated for much more than it deserved. Basically every review (even the mainstream reviews) said that it was an action-RPG with a good storyline, but was held back by some flaws. I don't think that The Witcher was trying to be the next Fallout or PST, it was trying to pick a genre of games (ARPGs) and make a very good one. I think it succeeded fairly well at that. I'd rather have a game pick a genre and be as good of an example as possible of that particular genre then try to do everything correctly and phail hard when they run out of design resources. If something is a shining example of it's genre is it really that bad to call it a masterpiece?


As for the 'twitchy combat' in The Witcher.. I much prefer TW's simple combat system with some nice animations to the shitfest that is 'real time DnD' as seen in MotB's combat. Complete with particle fury, of course. Both of them suck, one of them is just less frustrating; it's the price of playing a real time RPG.

 

[Curois]

Hmm, if they put planescape torment on there, I might finaly get to play it (because I just can't find it)

http://www.gametap.com/play/browse/inde ... planescape

 

[The Ticktockman]

Hmm, if they put planescape torment on there, I might finaly get to play it (because I just can't find it)

http://www.gametap.com/play/browse/inde ... planescape

To be fair, when going through Gametap you only get the game while you are still a subscriber. With GOG, you will actually own the bits you download. You can download it as many times as you want and burn copies to your hears content. And you don't have to deal with the shitty GameTap application.

 

[deuxhero]

No Gametap, I like acctualy owning the game, not renting it (or whatever a closer term for what gametap does)) or licenseing it (although I doubt that this won't have that bit in the EULA)


Oh, and Free Space 2, whee, yet another year I will likely claim I only bought a handful of games made in the last generation/2 years (not that anything good came out...).

 

[Fat Dragon]

Gametap is shit. You need to pay a monthly fee (I think $10 a month). Whereas with this service you can just buy it right then and not having to worry about renewing your time to play it. I tried it once before; payed the money and was enjoying the game and made it half way through. Then I had some internet trouble. Only way to have continued playing was to pay the fee; fuck that. Like already stated, I'd rather own the game.

 

[MetalCraze]

@DefJam101: Overrated by gamers including Codex. It is a very good game all right, but it isn't that great as some codexers say it to be.

As for the 'twitchy combat' in The Witcher.. I much prefer TW's simple combat system with some nice animations to the shitfest that is 'real time DnD' as seen in MotB's combat. Complete with particle fury, of course. Both of them suck, one of them is just less frustrating; it's the price of playing a real time RPG.

I don't prefer real-time combat in top-down RPGs based on DnD as well (actually in all top-down RPGs), but The Witcher's click-on-cue is also too much. Too much monotone that is.
Animations are awesome but only until you will get used to them.

I understand the desire for a boxed copy of the game, but after a decade and few ways of getting one, a DRM-free online download of those games is a damn good deal. I just find it amazing that you can complain about this new business model; you pay a cheap price, get a great game, no DRM, unlimited downloads, and you are COMPLAINING?

It wasn't that much a complaint. Rather I simply don't understand what's the point in making a digital distribution for such games if you can find them for almost the same price in boxes - I'd rather wished CDP to open a shop with -real- games rather than downloads. Eastern Europe has several digital stores, but it doesn't have a store that will sell such games in boxes. Besides Poland is a neighbouring country so getting a box from it will be much faster and cheaper than from UK or Germany. Plus no competition in this region.

 

[DefJam101]

@DefJam101: Overrated by gamers including Codex. It is a very good game all right, but it isn't that great as some codexers say it to be.

Yeah I guess so; I think The Witcher and MotB came as a shock to some of these people. I was just getting into the genre when these two games hit, apparently they were the first two 'actually good' games to come in some time. People weren't ready for decent games to be on the market again and overreacted a bit. People start to get a bit paranoid and think that by pointing out the flaws of a game (such as TW's voice acting or MotB godawful wombat) suddenly means you hate the game & the company.


Speaking of TW, it's very strange playing the game and reading the book. The translation is very... uhm, mediocre... in both instances. -But it's very easy to see a great story underneath it. Wish they could get someone who speaks native english to translate for once...

 

[MetalCraze]

Enhanced Edition will have a better english translation.

 

[Fat Dragon]

It wasn't that much a complaint. Rather I simply don't understand what's the point in making a digital distribution for such games if you can find them for almost the same price in boxes

Not all of them can be bought for cheap these days. Cheapest I've ever seen Planescape was for $45 and it was a used copy. There's also the problem that many of these old games don't work very well at all on newer systems, and can take up quite a bit of time and annoyance just to get them working properly. Of course, even if you do get it working on a new system there's still a chance it won't work perfectly on it. It's much more efficient to be able to get the full game for a real low price and have it work perfectly immediately instead of having to fuck around with it for hours. Besides, a lot of people don't really care if they don't have a box; they just want the game. There's also the fact that buying them through a dd service you won't get ripped off or a damaged game.

 

[deuxhero]

I want X-Wing and TIE Fighter (and X-wing Alliance) with their expansion packs (how would Xpacks be done with this anyways?), they are impossible to find nowadays

 

[Ausir]

Hmm... Freespace 2? That is good, old AND a game, I guess, but wasn't it released as freeware some time ago, with the source code included?

Only the engine was released for free, not the actual game.

By the way, they've confirmed that the service will be available worldwide.