GOG.com

[Eisen]

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.

I was watching the gameplay one day before the Night Dive release

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Each book is practically 1k pages (well, the digital one's I found) and there are 13-14 books I believe. I typically buy used books but many of these are not on e-format that you can read on large screens. Well, purchasable e-format. I seem to find free libraries of mobi, epub, etc that can be turned into pdf. I haven't checked amazon books in a while so maybe WOT books are sold in such formats. Book or E- is dependent on my comfort.

Should one read the WOT series first then play the game? That's a lot of reading.

 

[MicoSelva]

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.

Case in point:

http://af.gog.com/news/release_magna_fortuna?as=1649904300

 

[rusty_shackleford]

just think of all the games GOG rejected

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Wish GOG would bother addressing the non-DOS versions of games, they're basically killing them because sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.

Have to resort to shadier sites that don't get active feedback as to whether this is a clean ROM, copy protection has been removed, etc.,

 

[Semiurge]

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

Nah. If it was "new shit" forever as you say EA wouldn't have let go of it so easily. DA2 and Inquisition are still "new shit", including all the ME games.

 

[racofer]

Wish GOG would bother addressing the non-DOS versions of games, they're basically killing them because sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.

Have to resort to shadier sites that don't get active feedback as to whether this is a clean ROM, copy protection has been removed, etc.,

Sounds like you want GOG to put some effort towards their business.

Preposterous.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Wish GOG would bother addressing the non-DOS versions of games, they're basically killing them because sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.

Have to resort to shadier sites that don't get active feedback as to whether this is a clean ROM, copy protection has been removed, etc.,

Sounds like you want GOG to put some effort towards their business.

Preposterous.

They don't even bother putting in text descriptions for their weekly sales any more. They're a step or two away from just inserting hyperlinked adjectives for their sales - like 'exciting!' 'games!' 'get it now before it's gone!' or 'I'd buy that for a dollar!'

The lack of focus on marketing and new distribution deals is probably because they're spending all their office time banning threads on their forums and figuring out a way to purge the last of the based games from their catalog.

 

[Viata]

sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.,

Fuck shit like this.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Yeah, fucking retarded to take down non-dos/win versions when GOG/Steam doesn't offer them.
It is almost more terrifying than

for your own sake & sanity. DO NOT OPEN

I MEAN IT!"

 

[A horse of course]

Wish GOG would bother addressing the non-DOS versions of games, they're basically killing them because sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.

Have to resort to shadier sites that don't get active feedback as to whether this is a clean ROM, copy protection has been removed, etc.,

Porting a DOS gnome involves copy and pasting a few lines into the DOSBOX config file (assuming they couldn't steal a fanmade version). Making Windows 95/98 stuff work properly usually involves at the very least setting up and experimenting with wrappers and shit. Worse, this stuff can then break down again with newer versions of Windows or GPU drivers. Even if we live to see something like pcem reach DOS emulation levels of user-friendliness and performance, there's the legal barrier of requiring a windows licence. So GoG are always going to favour DOS stuff unless a gnome is really popular or already has reliable fan patches.

 

[MicoSelva]

garbage hentai games.

Immerse yourself in a land of mysticism and martial arts!

https://af.gog.com/game/kung_fu_grand_king?as=1649904300

Spoiler

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Beastwoman? Did they forget the R?

 

[lightbane]

So, that's how low Good Old Games have fallen. And not particularly good RPGMaker games to boot, such as Omori (compared to these at least). And no Rance or Evenicle 2 for reasons.

 

[Tweed]

Next up will be the straight up smut, furfaggotry, and bestiality like Steam offers. There's money to be made, folks.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Next up will be the straight up smut, furfaggotry, and bestiality like Steam offers. There's money to be made, folks.

difference is GOG actually curates this garbage

 

[Comte]

Wish GOG would bother addressing the non-DOS versions of games, they're basically killing them because sites like myabandonware,abandonia,gamesnostalgia,etc., take down all versions despite GOG only offering a DOS download.

Have to resort to shadier sites that don't get active feedback as to whether this is a clean ROM, copy protection has been removed, etc.,

They also pull shit that isn't even sold. Like Age Of Rifles and Buck Rogers gold box stuff.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

They also pull shit that isn't even sold. Like Age Of Rifles and Buck Rogers gold box stuff.

Wasn't same also done to Spelljammer?
Is there anyway to know who is current rights holder for these games?

 

[Comte]

They also pull shit that isn't even sold. Like Age Of Rifles and Buck Rogers gold box stuff.

Wasn't same also done to Spelljammer?
Is there anyway to know who is current rights holder for these games?

Yep same story. Its an annoying practice. If your gonna pull the shit at least start selling it. Classic games are a slow drip of releases meanwhile they have no problem shovelling out tons of dog shit woke indie garbage nobody buys. I wish I could see the sales numbers of that crap.

 

[racofer]

Next up will be the straight up smut, furfaggotry, and bestiality like Steam offers. There's money to be made, folks.

difference is GOG actually curates this garbage

Imagine the coomration process they perform.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Someone actually played over an hour

 

[Bad Sector]

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.

I never really played that game. I only remember the first level of it (was it in a demo or something?) from years ago and it does seem to have very high quality textures for the time.

However i decided to play it now with the GOG release and... holy shit, the game almost has Max Payne 3 levels of cutscenes - and they're quite long too. I'm not really against cutscenes in general, but it is certainly beyond what i expected from a 90s FPS(ish) game :-P. I've only played a few levels (beat the first "boss"... or at least what i guess is the first boss anyway), i wonder if they keep up the pace like that. Might explain why the cutscenes are like 5fps too since they had to fit in a 600MB CD :-P.

 

[Comte]

These fuckers got Megafortress pulled from abandonware sites. I meant to download it last week and now they say you gotta buy it yet its not available.

 

[Syl]

Iris and the Giant free on GOG for another 12 hours: https://af.gog.com/#giveaway?as=1649904300