PumpkinPie
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Every time I see this thread bumped I get my hopes up that Anachronox is finally here.
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GOG News and Updates 2012
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Don't get your hopes up, PumpkinPie:
The 11th Hour
On the bright side, at least it's one of the games we've been expecting, which must mean Anachronox is just around the corner! BELIEVE!
The 11th Hour
On the bright side, at least it's one of the games we've been expecting, which must mean Anachronox is just around the corner! BELIEVE!
Joseph Merrick
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hehe. finally that's out of the way.
post 2000 games are most likely to be 10$
PumpkinPie
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I just bought it a few weeks back as it's still in print in the UK, only thing is it doesn't run on Windows 7. I knew I couldn't run it when I bought it, I like to have it... just in case.
Yeh, it's on the Sold Out label. If GOG manage to get it to work on Win 7 then they're wizards.
PumpkinPie
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Eidos will probably sort it out for them, they've struck up that partnership with them after all.
I'm 97% I have played it on Windows 7. I just downloaded some fan patch and it worked well. It could have been playing it on Vista but I really doubt that since I only had vista for like month or two. Or maybe it was really on Vista, my memory is playing tricks on me :/
I wish there was a law about hording copyright or something. If it isn't readily available for sale, you lose your rights to sell it.
I have no idea how you would quantify that or even enforce it, but it really pains me to know that all of this great stuff is locked up in a vault somewhere. The scary thing is that a bunch of it will probably never see the light of day.
Much as I dislike the situation... they want money for something they own. There's nothing particularly unethical about that.
Joseph Merrick
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so they know who has the rights for it?
for System Shock 2, the rights belong to an insurance company, who asks an insane amount of money to let the game being published digital.
SteveWinwood
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Do you happen to know off hand what company?
Not really. There are unofficial patchs for the game. As soon as you get the game installed on XP or W98, they copy the files, apply the patches, repackage the installer and they got the solution.
It works for most of the games. GOG market is people who can not get past the "Insert CDROM to install" message, which bugs for most W98 games.
Star Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.
Oh, I know. It's just frustrating because there are many things out there that I would be willing to pay money for that I am incapable of because some company is not willing to sell it.
SteveWinwood
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http://www.meadowbrook.com/starinsurance.html
I'll send 'em an email. I'll fix this don't worry guys.
Precisely. What a waste for one of gaming's greatest treasures to be locked up like that. Why couldn't it be something like Bodie Miller's Alpine Skiing locked away in copyright hell instead?
Also, the last few weeks have been bumming me out on GoG. Where' Thief III? Hitman III + IV? Anachronox?
Not very much related, but I started playing with new versions of DOSBOX and the GOG releases of Sierra games, changing the binaries and configs.
Early Sierra games do get wonderful sound using the MT32 emuation avaialble now in DosBox. In fact, now in DosBox, they even have Glide and Direct3D and Win98 running !!
Early Sierra games do get wonderful sound using the MT32 emuation avaialble now in DosBox. In fact, now in DosBox, they even have Glide and Direct3D and Win98 running !!
if any news comes out in the next little while you will have quite the reputation as someone who can get things done.
SteveWinwood
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Already worked once
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35623721&postcount=7183
Another notch on my bedpost.
Don't get your hopes up, PumpkinPie:
Cryostatis
Looks intruiging, although the metacritic suggests middling quality. Seems to have some big fans, though.
Edit: Hadn't noticed the date. I guess this has to fall within their 'newer games' remit. Is that now the newest title on the service?
Cryostatis
Looks intruiging, although the metacritic suggests middling quality. Seems to have some big fans, though.
Edit: Hadn't noticed the date. I guess this has to fall within their 'newer games' remit. Is that now the newest title on the service?
Joseph Merrick
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still life 2 is only a month older http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/still_life_2
but also
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2
and rereleases
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/gothic_3_forsaken_gods
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/oddworld_strangers_wrath
cryostasis is a fantastic game anyway
archnemesis
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Cryostasis is definitely worth playing. I got it from a Steam sale and I very much enjoyed the experience. You might want to wait for a sale though.
Stumpokapow
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Cryostasis is pretty nice. It's a really slow sort of psychological action horror first person brawler. It's got a really interesting colour palette maybe closest to John Carpenter's The Thing (the bright whites of the snow + the dark of the darkness). I never finished it in the end but I had a great time with the maybe half of the game that I played. Pretty steep sysreqs for some of the effects, so keep that in mind if you are used to just buying willy nilly on GOG and not having to worry about that stuff.
Oh man you missed out if you never saw the ending.
Also im recommending Cyrostasis be bolded. Its a great, unique game.
AndyMoogle
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Cryostasis seemed pretty cool when I tried it last year, but my old C2D clearly couldn't handle that game. It ran at <25 fps, no matter which settings I tried. So, yeah, it's definitely not optimized at all.
Cydonian__Knight
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I've heard good things about Cryostasis, I might pick it up from GOG now instead of Steam.
That might not have been just your C2D, the game is notorious for chugging on all manner of systems. That said, it's definitely worth checking out. I may double dip on this even, just to see what other extras they have.
Loved the philosophical aspects of the games story, and it did psychological horror exceptionally well. Soviet ice-breakers are serious business.
Anachronox? The main character's name is Boot-something...
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PumpkinPie? Start skirting the thoughts of the possibility of considering the option of getting your hopes up. A little.
PumpkinPie
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My penis is arching toward the sky. This thread is like the bat signal to me.
My theory: It's Daikatana.
"You'll bet your boots". What does that mean? Well, booting is when your computer starts up, and if you lose a bet, you lose the stake. So if you have Daikatana, and 'bet your boots', you lose the start, making Aikatana - which begins with A!
I really ought to have written for 3-2-1.
People want what they want.
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