Deus Ex could fit that as well.
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Deus Ex could fit that as well.
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And he fits the earlier clues.
jaundicejuice
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Watch it be Rise of the Dragon.
I might go for the PC version of Shadow of Destiny if it showed up there.
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Nevermind, forgot Westwood was bought by EA.
was konami out? Snatcher?
SourceGOG on Twitter said:
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Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (born 5 September 973 in Kath, Khwarezm, died 13 December 1048 in Ghazni)
Agent 47, Born September 5th, 1964
Well, I guess that's settled. It most definitely is Agent 47 now. Then the other one has to be JC Denton.
I must say, the "Publisher decided making PC games in 1982" hint was very misleading if it is really SquareEnix/Eidos...
I don't think there's any doubt now that one of this company's major franchises is a stealth game.
Come to think of it I'm surprised Eidos ISN'T on GOG yet. But if it's them, does that mean Square Enix comes along too? If that's true, then I wouldn't completely rule out the FFVII and VIII ports appearing. Apparently SE tried to get them on Steam but he port quality wasn't good enough for the approval process. Something about the games crashing too much on Windows 7.
Come to think of it I'm surprised Eidos ISN'T on GOG yet. But if it's them, does that mean Square Enix comes along too? If that's true, then I wouldn't completely rule out the FFVII and VIII ports appearing. Apparently SE tried to get them on Steam but he port quality wasn't good enough for the approval process. Something about the games crashing too much on Windows 7.
Thief and Thief II sit behind System Shock 2 as the GoG releases I'm most anticipating.
Would you install Origin to get SS2? EA technically still owns that license.
Okay, time for another overview of all hints so far:
The list mentioned above ("The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters (Empire)"):
JC Denton (from Deus Ex) is not on this list, but Garret, Cloud Strife and Agent 47 are. So either they mean Garret (but "He/She is not a hidden hero ..." contradicts this), or they made a mistake and used the list for the wrong hero (Agent 47) or they mean Cloud Strife. Can Final Fantasy 7 be considered cyberpunk?
Either way, hero 1 does not add up at the moment.
So far everything about hero 2 fits to Agent 47, including the same birthday as Al-Biruni (September 5th).
Images on Frotpage said:
Hero 1 (Facebook) said:
The list mentioned above ("The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters (Empire)"):
JC Denton (from Deus Ex) is not on this list, but Garret, Cloud Strife and Agent 47 are. So either they mean Garret (but "He/She is not a hidden hero ..." contradicts this), or they made a mistake and used the list for the wrong hero (Agent 47) or they mean Cloud Strife. Can Final Fantasy 7 be considered cyberpunk?
Either way, hero 1 does not add up at the moment.
Hero 2 (Twitter) said:
So far everything about hero 2 fits to Agent 47, including the same birthday as Al-Biruni (September 5th).
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Yeah, I'm aware of the situation surrounding the System Shock IP (this G4TV article is an interesting read). I have no qualms with Origin; I even registered my retail copy of Alice.
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I was pretty sure EA can't sell System Shock games as all they do is own the name.
Yeah. The actual rights to the series are being held to random by an insurance group, and have been for over a decade. From the aforementioned article:
G4TV said:
Presumably, the "compensation" Meadowbrook would seek in the event of the rights being sold is a cut of sales across the IP - something I doubt EA would be willing to agree to, and indeed declined, if the rumours that System Shock 3 was the genesis of Dead Space are to be believed.
In theory, CDP could buy it themselves, then.
Theoretically, sure, but without EA's cooperation it would be a fruitless endeavour.
Such a shitty situation for such a legendary game. If I had the money, I would buy the rights myself (and share the love, of course).
It could be Anachronox
Yep, realized that later. I think it's more likely than Omikron.
except that both heroes should be on the Top50 list posted the page before.
It could also be that they are trying to intentionally mislead us with that list:
SourceTheEnigmaticT (GOG.com Team) said:
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SourceNaitoSan on GOG Forums said:
Hmm, now it looks like the images and heroes reference separate games.
Image 1 (Be he best hidden hero): Thief
Image 2 (Be the best cyberpunk sleuth): Anachronox
Hero 1: JC Denton (Deus Ex)?
Hero 2: Agent 47 (Hitman)
Would this require some negotiation with David Bowie, though?
If we consider Hitman confirmed, I don't think Hero #1 can be Thief - I'd argue that the two franchises are too similar. Okay, different overall goals (one leads to assassinations, the other leads to loot), but they're both first-person games with a heavy emphasis on stealth.
It'd strike me as foolish to release both such titles on the same day. Space 'em out!
Edit: Anachronox, eh? That fits the bill, and I think it's one of the games I've been wanting on GoG for a fair while.
Joseph Merrick
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hitman is third person. but yeah, hero1 and hero2 are not both hitman and thief. remember the hints on the gog frontpage are not hero1 and hero2 related, but publisher overall. thief and anachronox will be later.
edit: lafazar has the right idea
this definitely is the case
I think we may get Thief and Anachronox this Thursday (because it would make sense that they already finished the frontpage banners and then just pixelated them for the countdown) and Hitman and whatever the other game is later.
So are the Hitman games, but a DRM-free version is always welcome.
SourceGOG on Twitter said:
Well, just more evidence for Hitman and the new image pretty much confirms it...
Agreed. Syndicate and two new publishers, one of which is massive? That's not a bad January, all told.
GOG on Facebook said:
So it's JC Denton after all?
I think GOG messed up and dropped hints to Agent 47 at first on both Twitter and Facebook, because Agent 47 is on the first top 50 list and he does work for a huge organization (ICA), and now they're trying to save it by pointing the remaining hints to JC Denton instead.
That would also explain the lack of hints on Facebook compared to Twitter.
My bet is that they originally wanted to reference world's worst archaeologist, Lara Croft as the first hero. Let's face it: As good as Deus Ex is, Lara is a much more iconic character.
If we get a fourth pixeled image referencing the Tomb Raider games, then I'll take that as a confirmation for my hypothesis.
I think it's funny that people on the GOG forums say "I want this game to be the one, so I am purposefully ignoring the other clues". *head explodes*
Eidos is huge and I'm really excited to have DRM-free, cheap, readily available versions of some of their stuff, especially if they do all the Thief games. But I will also be excited when they hook up with LucasArts and whoever else. Every additional publisher on GOG is a win for the consumer, I say.
Eidos is huge and I'm really excited to have DRM-free, cheap, readily available versions of some of their stuff, especially if they do all the Thief games. But I will also be excited when they hook up with LucasArts and whoever else. Every additional publisher on GOG is a win for the consumer, I say.
I'd like that, although not sure who owns the right to Dynamix's games nowadays. It was part of the Sierra family, as stated in their logo.
Then we'd get The Adventures of Willy Beamish and Heart of China as well.
LucasArts could join GoG, offer only Grim Fandango, and I'd be perfectly happy.
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I'd be pretty surprised if all of Dynamix's content wasn't under Sierra.
Being reminded that there are still major swaths of good games under publishers with GOG agreements makes me sad when I see the G3 expansion as a release.
charlequin
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These go with the giant pile of unloved Infocom and Sierra titles that Activision have the rights to but have thus far failed to license to GoG.
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wuhuhu! just found out the counter and the whole deal.
I don't about multiple heroes, but on the website it says the coolest cold-blooder killer? That HAS to be Hitman!
I don't about multiple heroes, but on the website it says the coolest cold-blooder killer? That HAS to be Hitman!
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I just want Lucasarts so bad. I still have a bunch of the disks for their older games, but they are a total bitch to either install or just run due to incompatibilities. GOG would bring community focus to these issues.
I recently managed to install Rogue Squadron 3D despite the 16-bit installer and then was left broken-hearted when it had issues with my videocard being to high-tech.
I feel your pain with the videocard issues. There's a game-breaking shadow bug with Pandora Tomorrow that makes it unplayable on anything remotely modern.
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Actually Pandora Tomorrow seemed to work just fine on my 460 GTX. I got dropped some super-sampling on it which looked delicious.
You sure about that? Active shadows/lighting won't appear on modern graphics cards, making certain levels almost impossible because you can't visually judge how hidden you are, you have to go off of the light meter alone. I've never heard of anyone fixing the issue, and Ubisoft has done fuck all about it (shocking, I know).
If you have the magic answer, I want in.
Regarding NOLF, obviously that's not in the picture since it's pretty clear the new pub is Eidos/SE, but aren't both the NOLF games deep in copyright hell?
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