Enchantermon on 14/4/2011 at 20:37
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
It seems a bit perilous to announce names that haven't actually signed an agreement yet, but then GOG do seem to enjoy taking risks.
They're probably just "haggling over price" to borrow a phrase. In other words, the publishers are probably on board, but the final details still have to be worked out. I imagine even GoG wouldn't have announced that they were coming if they weren't certain of it.
mothra on 15/4/2011 at 01:21
25 games from one of the publishers in the next weeks. my creditcard is ready !!!!!
good times on gog.com
just purchased AitD, will come back once I installed them if they got VO
Matthew on 15/4/2011 at 11:12
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
What's this about EA getting tough on sites that host Ultima IV?
EA gave UIV away for free several years ago as an anniversary celebration thing (IIRC); some sites are still giving it away, which EA is not happy with as they apparently meant it to be a limited-time thing.
Yakoob on 15/4/2011 at 13:47
Not claiming to be any business or marketing guru, but perhaps announcing that is aiming to generate a bit more hype, showing numbers on some chart somewhere spiking, and use that as another argument to convince the publisher(s) to jump on board?
doctorfrog on 19/4/2011 at 20:04
This is probably well-known among this crowd, but a superior port of SC2 has been freely, legally available for a long time in the form of (
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) The Ur-Quan Masters.
Quote:
The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page.
Renzatic on 23/4/2011 at 02:54
So my last two retro games purchases were duds. Stranger's Wrath hasn't done anything for me. Yeah, I know. VA recommended I slog on through, because it gets better later on. But right now, I ain't feeling it. Realms of the Haunting? Awesome for the first 5 minutes, then I went into a lava filled basement, and all the atmosphere got sucked out of it like slurpee through a straw.
These are games that should've been awesome. I loved Abe's Oddyssey, and RotH looked like one of those great old 90's adventure games that's awkward to play, but dripping with so much greatness, you can look past it's flaws. I should've loved both of these, but I didn't.
Now GoG has Desperados up for sale. It looks cool as hell, and I'm considering getting it. But damnit, after my last two purchases, I don't trust my own judgement anymore. So I'm here to ask you all.
Is Desperados any good?
Shadowcat on 23/4/2011 at 08:21
I'm told it's very much like Commandos, so if you ever played a Commandos game and didn't enjoy it, you most likely want to keep away (and probably vice versa).
Pemptus on 23/4/2011 at 11:38
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Is Desperados any good?
It's fantastic. It's also much better than any Commandos game, in my opinion. I gush about it and its sequels in some of my past posts.
You've got to have patience and like westerns at least a bit though.
gunsmoke on 24/4/2011 at 04:33
Do a search for that game on GenGaming. We JUST talked about it a month or two ago, so you can see some opinions on it if you'd like.
