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[Cat Headed Eagle]

Shenmue III & King's Bounty 2 are on the cheap atm. The deep discount makes me think these games are terrible. Why isn't Shenmue I & II on gog; STEAM has them.

Because Shenmue 3 was a trash fire and Kings Bounty 2 is your average eurojank

 

[flyingjohn]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

 

[motherfucker]

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

this is GOG's basic modus operandi, it shouldn't surprise anyone.

 

[racofer]

It's a feature.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

For the longest time the Antara game, one of the sequels to Krondor, had game breaking bugs because the game came in 2 cds and they just dumped them into a folder. the issue is that both cds had files with the same name but different content and that caused lots of issues including said game breaking bug.

edit: i don't think there's been an update for that game btw

 

[Crispy]

Don't post links to fake websites nor to piracy sites. Anyone who does so again here or anywhere else on Codex is going to get a swift kick right in their ass over to rusty's place.

You have been warned.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

Which Ravenloft-game? Stone Prophet has had issues since 2017.

 

[El Presidente]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's lawyers does to a motherfucker

 

[pOcHa]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's NINJAS lawyers does to a motherfucker

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's lawyers does to a motherfucker

pussy

 

[Crispy]

Just as a reminder:

2.1. Piracy: We do not mind discussions about piracy, however posts that are seeking or promoting pirated versions of games will be warned, the offending text may be edited out and it may result in a ban if you do it too often. As clarification: "I am seeking and / or promoting a pirated version of something" == BAD vs "Let us have a genuine discussion about piracy and the impacts it has on the game industry" == OKAY.

 

[flyingjohn]

Stone Prophet has had issues since 2017.

Stone prophet. In 2021 they released the patch to "fix" the issues which has other problems.

 

[Lucumo]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's NINJAS lawyers yakuza does to a motherfucker

 

[racofer]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's lawyers does to a motherfucker

A black guy might rape you on some dark alley.

A Nintendo lawyer will rape you every day for the rest of your life.

 

[Zoo]

Stone Prophet has had issues since 2017.

Stone prophet. In 2021 they released the patch to "fix" the issues which has other problems.

At least you can rollback to earlier versions. Don't work the save files with them?

 

[Modron]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's lawyers does to a motherfucker

pussy

You filthy pirate hooker.

 

[Melcar]

So the Codex has the n-word pass but not the p-word pass. What fear of Nintendo's lawyers does to a motherfucker

pussy

You filthy pirate hooker.

Transexual pirate slut whore.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Gives "pegleg" a whole new meaning!

 

[Azdul]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

They do apply unofficial patches when original game is seriously broken - and they do contact the authors of said patches.

Of course there is a risk that author of unofficial patch is a drama queen - and / or not competent enough to actually fix the game - so in 95% of cases they don't bother and sell the original.

Maybe my views on sanctity of original, unmodified release is somewhat skewed by the fact that back in a day I've bought boxed copies of Daggerfall and Ultima IX. But I think that GOG selling Bloodlines or Gothic 3 with unofficial patches already applied makes sense. It would be nice if 'downgrade' feature would allow you to go back all the way to original physical release - for those people that care.

 

[flyingjohn]

It would be nice if 'downgrade' feature would allow you to go back all the way to original physical release - for those people that care.

Or they could bundle the unofficial stuff as a installer. Best of both worlds. Install the original and then apply the unofficial stuff if you want to.

 

[Lucumo]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

They do apply unofficial patches when original game is seriously broken - and they do contact the authors of said patches.

Hm? I distinctly remember them not always doing so. They also had a fan patch for Warlord's Battlecry 3 which messed up the game balance and they only removed it after a long time of buyers complaining.

 

[Azdul]

Current state of GOG:
-Ravenloft has a random crashing issue that was introduced in the latest patch
-Gog sells the game as is without any mention
-Some guy makes a random patch that is supposed to fix it but warns everybody to test it thoroughly
-Gog steals it and issues a patch
-Said patch randomly locks doors of some dungeons so you can't proceed
-Gog doesn't do anything for years and the game is still broken
Good job Gog.

And of course their shills at pcgaming wiki don't mention anything. Just grab exodos for anything dos if you want to play older games unmodified. Assholes are still selling master of orion 1/2 with unofficial patches applied.

They do apply unofficial patches when original game is seriously broken - and they do contact the authors of said patches.

Hm? I distinctly remember them not always doing so. They also had a fan patch for Warlord's Battlecry 3 which messed up the game balance and they only removed it after a long time of buyers complaining.

Even ignoring unofficial patches:

When buying X-Wing - you get 1993 floppy release, 1994 CD-ROM release and 1998 Windows release.

Carmageddon 1 has 4 distinct executables - 320x200 and 640x480 with software renderer, 3Dfx one and Windows 95 DirectX one (unsupported).

In both cases there is no clearly superior version best for everyone - and some buyers will complain.

IMO version installed by default should run on most PCs - and should have as few as possibile game-breaking bugs. Other versions should be made accessible for 5% of 'sophisticated customers' - because it's a good PR and does not cost GOG all that much to provide them.

 

[racofer]

Of course there is a risk that author of unofficial patch is a drama queen

There are no such things.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Is GOG-Chan a lycanthrope? I saw mention of GoG Bear.


Anyway....