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[catfood]

Opinions on Valfaris, Din’s games (legacy and the other one), and Eldest Souls? I am a huge Terminator CD fan and love the Contra series…. Sooooooooo?

Valfaris is great. Play it. Oh and make sure not to use the green tokens on every checkpoint especially at the beginning when the game is easier. Save them for later for when you really need them. Also the first sword is kinda weak so wait a bit until you find better melee weapons. I think the second one is actually really decent.

 

[biffthestiff]

Does GOG have a policy about data gathering in games? I'd finally give one, maybe two, of those Sony games a shot if they weren't such Orwellian nightmares.

 

[biffthestiff]

Does GOG have a policy about data gathering in games? I'd finally give one, maybe two, of those Sony games a shot if they weren't such Orwellian nightmares.

Like that other dude said, if you care about this sort of thing, install a firewall. I use Netlimiter, configured to default to not allowing outbound connections. When an app tries to connect out for the first time, I get a popup to Allow or Deny for this app, and it remembers this choice. I always Deny.

I've been using it for years, and most GOG games try to connect to the Internet, but all of them work without Internet.

This isn't just games btw, you'd be surprised how many free apps also want Internet access. Even if you disable checking for updates.

 

[Baron Dupek]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/star_fleet_ii_krellan_commander_version_20?as=1649904300

Description

Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander is a complex and detailed space war simulation. Starting with just a single Krellan battlecruiser, as you rise in the game's seven ranks (each rank has five missions), you'll gain more complexity, such as escorts, planetary invasions, and eventually full sector command.

Each mission is a randomly-generated galactic war sandbox, and while you have specific objectives, how you accomplish them is entirely up to you. No other space game gives you this much depth, detail and control. Fight, board, and capture ships, send landing parties and full invasion forces down to planets. Bombard cities (sparingly, as you want as many cities intact as possible) from orbit while avoiding planetary defense fire from high technology planets. It's all here.

A Bit of Background/Quick Things to Keep in Mind​

Version 1.0 of this game was published by Interstel Corporation and distributed by Electronic Arts. When this game was originally released in 1989, it was rushed to market in order to get it in stores in time for the Christmas season. The result was a very buggy release. Debugging and development continued until 1991 with the release of an enhanced and fairly bug-free Version 1.5B, which is the most common version found on websites that provide old games. Then, in 2018, with the developer’s original 486 PC back in action, the author, Trevor Sorensen, resumed development to produce what is now 2.0.

As this game came out in 1989, it has absolutely no multithreading of any kind. Therefore, due to the real-time nature of the game (although you can pause at any time), sometimes responses to your commands might be delayed a moment. Have patience with the game, it's doing a lot at one time, from calculating AI for dozens of ships and even individual torpedoes, to managing your ship's systems and much more.

While the game might look daunting at first, there are eight fully-documented and detailed tutorials in the game to help teach you everything from basic navigation to ship combat to planetary invasions and more.

Also please note that there is no mouse control in this game, instead there is a detailed list of keyboard shortcuts at your disposal.

This is the pinnacle of the DOS gaming experience from the 1980s. Going in with these expectations will help you have a much better time. Thank you!

 

[Semiurge]

So GOG won't get any more older classics will it? Just some select new releases and endless shovelware and chinese porn games?

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

So GOG won't get any more older classics will it? Just some select new releases and endless shovelware and chinese porn games?

There's literally an old classic right above your post...

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

As GOG & STEAM increase their number of abandonware titles for purchase; the abandonware sites lose titles. Download them before they are all locked for purchase.

Note: they don’t all get updates like the game above from the original developer. For now, v1.5b is still downloadable but expected to be different experience than 2.0.

Sone games on gog/steam are just console ports as well.

 

[NecroLord]

Patches is that other GOG anime waifu we never see. Blue hair? Pink hair? No one knows but rumors are that her clothes have lots of holes and many ‘patches’ abound on them. She seems injury prone and has bandaids/bandages in places. She also wears boots, fingerless gloves, and goggles on her head.

Patches is the slut all men want in an RPG.

 

[Azdul]

Boiling Point: Road to Hell was just released.
https://af.gog.com/en/game/boiling_point_road_to_hell?as=1649904300

When it was initially released in 2005 - it was insanely janky and buggy - and unfortunately it was also too demanding for my PC at the time.

In a way it was like Eastern European Trespasser. Ambitious, not exactly playable - but fascinating.

Edit: Apparently GOG published new version was fixed / improved by Ziggurat - and works much better than original 2005 release.

 

[VerSacrum]

Boiling Point: Road to Hell was just released.
https://af.gog.com/en/game/boiling_point_road_to_hell?as=1649904300

When it was initially released in 2005 - it was insanely janky and buggy - and unfortunately it was also too demanding for my PC at the time.

In a way it was like Eastern European Trespasser. Ambitious, not exactly playable - but fascinating.

Bought this blind back then and liked it a lot

 

[Unkillable Cat]

EVE Online has some 'splaining to do.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Coming soon:
Blood West
https://af.gog.com/game/blood_west?as=1649904300

 

[antimeridian]

Boiling Point: Road to Hell was just released.
https://af.gog.com/en/game/boiling_point_road_to_hell?as=1649904300

I picked this up, looking forward to checking it out.
Was mentioned by the Far Cry 2 director as a big influence.

 

[NecroLord]

So GOG won't get any more older classics will it? Just some select new releases and endless shovelware and chinese porn games?

I'm hoping they will keep adding older classics.
Unfortunately, many are either Abandonware or trapped in legal quagmire...

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Oh fuck NO!

 

[Strig]

Boiling Point: Road to Hell was just released.
https://af.gog.com/en/game/boiling_point_road_to_hell?as=1649904300

I picked this up, looking forward to checking it out.
Was mentioned by the Far Cry 2 director as a big influence.

I didn't know that, but it's kind of funny, because I wrote about FC2 when BP was discussed some time ago:

Boiling Point - Road to Hell where our character, a former goddamn Foreign Legionare, was walking garbage

Damn, I loved that game. It's the epitome of jank, the systems in place are nonsensical, gunplay is trash, everything you need costs triple the annual budget of Realia BUT there was something cathartic about driving through the jungle and finding an Indian village. You just feel like some angry Tony Halik wannabe after watching Commando back-to-back 17 times. As far as the world goes it did everything right that Far Cry 2 got wrong. It felt much more like a living place than a map. FC2's devs were scared shitless of showing a backwards African hellpit with its people and problems and it ended feeling fake and dead despite all the technical polish and detail. BP's devs got way over their heads with the level of detail, the game came out barely functional and still it's in many ways better than the rigid and stale gameplay loop of FC2. It kind of felt like a Jagged Alliance FPS on some level (worldbuilding and general atmosphere).

In fact the game is much like its own theme song. Pleasant enough, makes a generally good impression but when you try to actually listen to the lyrics they make no sodding sense.

 

[Azdul]

So GOG won't get any more older classics will it? Just some select new releases and endless shovelware and chinese porn games?

I'm hoping they will keep adding older classics.
Unfortunately, many are either Abandonware or trapped in legal quagmire...

Sometimes legal situation is clear. Due to rights reversion - Frank Herbert's heirs own rights to 'Dune' book - until 2056 when it will enter public domain.

And they want > 10$ for every video game sold.

GOG won't sell 'Dune 2' for 15$ or 20$ - because no one would buy it.

 

[octavius]

So instead of an Atreides, Frank Herbert's breeding program produced a Harkonnen.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

So instead of an Atreides, Frank Herbert's breeding program produced a Harkonnen Ordos.

 

[Neuromancer]

So instead of an Atreides, Frank Herbert's breeding program produced a Harkonnen Ordos.

Not sure if that fits, since the Ordos knew the concept of profit.

What Herbert's heirs don't seem to understand, that they could make more money if they didn't put a fixed minimum price on each Dune product instead of e.g. a percentage.
I am sure, that these game would sell well enough on GOG and would earn them some decent extra cash.
Now as its, they get nothing!

 

[Azdul]

So instead of an Atreides, Frank Herbert's breeding program produced a Harkonnen Ordos.

Not sure if that fits, since the Ordos knew the concept of profit.

What Herbert's heirs don't seem to understand, that they could make more money if they didn't put a fixed minimum price on each Dune product instead of e.g. a percentage.
I am sure, that these game would sell well enough on GOG and would earn them some decent extra cash.
Now as its, they get nothing!

Heirs most likely hired lawyers to manage the Dune rights - and just collect the checks.

The lawyers do not want the market to be flooded with Dune Tower Defense games or Dune Dating Simulators that devaluate the brand - and they don't want some company like EA to lock exclusive rights and release one broken, unfinished FPS after 5 years.

Also - they don't want to be scammed by Hollywood Accounting or F2P shenanigans - so flat fee per unit instead of percentage of profits, income or price.

Finally - they don't want to put any work into managing the Dune rights - so one price for everyone. No matter if it is Dune:Awakening MMO initial sale or 1992 RTS.

On the bright side - it could always be worse. Amazon got their hands on Lord of the Rings movie rights - but not Silmarillion - so they've made movie adaptation of Lord of the Rings fan fiction prequel.

And you can borrow the copy of Dune 2 CD from The Internet Archive (archive.org) online library - as the CD is out of print for 20 years - and Estate of Frank Herbert (Herbert Properties LLC) does not have strong case to remove it. Unless you live in China or India - where the access is blocked ...

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

China or India - where the access is blocked ...

Sirs, the spice must flow...

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

You know, next to FREE, this might be the cheapest I’ve seen a GOG game:

The Samaritan Paradox $0.11​

 

[ds]

You know, next to FREE, this might be the cheapest I’ve seen a GOG game:

The Samaritan Paradox $0.11​

It's even less in EU land, 0.09€. Can't be much left over after payment processor fees.

 

[Semiurge]

So GOG won't get any more older classics will it? Just some select new releases and endless shovelware and chinese porn games?

There's literally an old classic right above your post...

More DOS-era classics, sure. But where are the early 2000's classics like NOLF 1-2, Aliens vs Predator 2, Condemned, Dark Messiah and McGee's Alice?

Yes, I know the answer. They are beyond GOG's reach at the moment. I wonder if even Nightdive could manage to license them for remasters when they're either in a limbo or being held with the vice-like grip of EA and Ubifuck.