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[jebsmoker]

cossacks is a cult classic for a reason, but it's very janky. if you play it, you'll see why it's basically AOE but on crack

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Last RTS i played was the original Warcraft.

 

[catfood]

Cossacks any good? I was looking at American Conquest + Fight Back mostly and Venom. Those and the Cossack stuffis the only items I don't own. I had no idea about Venom (a proto STALKER game in a way).

It has some interesting features and it's great in multiplayer, but the single player is a pain. The campaigns are boring, poorly designed, and extremely difficult because of the cheating AI that constantly spawns units outside of the map. Actually, there's barely any AI present to speak of. I'd say it's worth a try for the unique setting and features.

 

[Narushima]

Cossacks is fun.

 

[Baron Dupek]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

 

[Bad Sector]

Looks like GOG decided to "pivot" (their word) towards Good Old Games again:

https://af.gog.com/en/news/gog_2022_update_3_the_future_that_comes_from_the_past?as=1649904300

Originally, GOG stood for Good Old Games. The idea for the company was born from the wish to play older games in a legal and easy-to-use way. As the classic games hold a special place in our heart, we’d like to devote more attention to highlighting them. It means that our goal is for GOG to become, once again, the best place for the classic PC games.

of course so far their first step is to just make a new tag...

But you know most of this already – so what’s next?! The newest development in the area of classics’ visibility and discoverability is the revival of Good Old Games concept. We’re starting with adding the “Good Old Game” tag, which will showcase over 500 games that our Team has deemed iconic classics – games that are older than 10 years and are critically acclaimed, stand the test of time, defined certain mechanics, or simply created new genres.

...well, hopefully they'll also try to do more on that front, like providing original versions in games that have mods, etc, preinstalled to run, add extras again that are often missing nowadays, better scans of manuals, etc. And more classic games of course.

(though TBH from a practical perspective i don't think they need to do anything massively different than what they were doing so far, it isn't like they stopped releasing old games - my issue with GOG would be about doing less of some things, like wasting less resources on things like GOG Galaxy so that they can fix their site :-P)

 

[Narushima]

Yeah, so they're going to add a tag. Great.
I'm sure we can look forward to many more years of garbage hentai games.

 

[Mikeal]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

Don't worry you can still download it from myabandonware.

 

[Narushima]

Don't worry you can still download it from myabandonware.

Act quick, because they replace the download links with a link to a store when that happens.

 

[Baron Dupek]

or use blogs dedicated to make Win95-98 games playable on modern hardware.
Got at least 2 installers - one from certain chamber and some zombs

 

[Infinitron]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

The Ed123 review to GOG release pipeline.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

Cool. As much as I don't give a shit about WoT in general I actually quite liked that game back in the day. The multiplayer was surprisingly neat too since they did some weird class based shit with it as I recall. That was one of the few games I never managed to lasso people into playing at LAN parties and shit which always felt like a shame since the few times I played it with a handful of people it was sorta neat.

 

[A horse of course]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

The Ed123 review to GOG release pipeline.

Thanks, I'll pin it in the comments

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

I'm surprised at how many people are complaining about this, considering they'll probably just pirate the GOG version anyway.

 

[Ismaul]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/the_wheel_of_time?as=1649904300
It was a matter of time when they started messing with WoT again.

The Ed123 review to GOG release pipeline.

More like TV show to shovelware / cash grab rerelease pipeline.

There might be a new game coming.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Don't worry you can still download it from myabandonware.

Act quick, because they replace the download links with a link to a store when that happens.

TOO LATE! The gog armada invaded the country of Abandonia and sacked the fair lair of Myabandonware. The gog flag of conquest adds to its territory.

 

[Narushima]

Of course, there are other places...

 

[racofer]

Those with Amazon Prime may now redeem the best RPG of all time:

 

[octavius]

Don't worry you can still download it from myabandonware.

Act quick, because they replace the download links with a link to a store when that happens.

TOO LATE! The gog armada invaded the country of Abandonia and sacked the fair lare of Myabandonware. The gog flag of conquest adds to its territory.

I don't see the problem as long as you can get legit copies from GOG dirt cheap.

 

[Eisen]

Those with Amazon Prime may now redeem the best RPG of all time:

Oblivion doesn't exists, you all need to take your meds

 

[racofer]

Those with Amazon Prime may now redeem the best RPG of all time:

Oblivion doesn't exists, you all need to take your meds

 

[rusty_shackleford]

the tag doesn't seem to be working?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

the tag doesn't seem to be working?

True, Dragon Age Origins by very definition cannot be an old game as it is and will forever be the new shit.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I was curious wtf WOT was. Turns out a series of books and short-lived RPG. I uh... of course just acquired these even though I ain't part of the inner collection agencies that uh.. sort through such collections away from the corporate empire.

The shit sites worked well enough. I might pick this up. Why not? Just stack it on the hoard and then play some Atari E.T. FUCK YEAH!

 

[Puukko]

I was curious wtf WOT was. Turns out a series of books and short-lived RPG. I uh... of course just acquired these even though I ain't part of the inner collection agencies that uh.. sort through such collections away from the corporate empire.

The shit sites worked well enough. I might pick this up. Why not? Just stack it on the hoard and then play some Atari E.T. FUCK YEAH!

I hadn't heard of Wheel of Time until maybe a month ago when one of my mutuals was talking about reading through the series at a ridiculous speed. Now I found out a game exists and as I was watching Ed's review on it, it came out on GOG... the universe is giving me signs, I think.