khamsinvera
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The only Star Wars game that I truly want back from the dead, it ain't never gonna happen
I never played old Lucas Art games, so this would be really cool to have them be a publisher with GoG, but is there a reason why those fonts make people think of LA right away?
I wonder how this will unfold - how many games released at first, and how frequently will new ones come?
Given that most of the adventure titles run in ScummVM, those seem to be strong candidates for games to expect sooner rather than later. Then you have DosBox for the other older games, which would probably need more testing/tweaking.
I never played old Lucas Art games, so this would be really cool to have them be a publisher with GoG, but is there a reason why those fonts make people think of LA right away?
The million dollar question would be how many of the games would be games that are not already available on Steam, especially considering Disney dumped a load of old games on Steam a couple of weeks back. It would be a massive disappointment if all GOG got was the stuff LucasArts released on Steam a few years back and the new Disney dump. There's an absolute tonne of classics in the LucasArts catalogue that are not legally available, and it would be a massive shame if GOG fails to get them.
Wow thanks inm8num2 for the detailed analysis. That's pretty exciting!
I wonder how this will unfold - how many games released at first, and how frequently will new ones come?
Given that most of the adventure titles run in ScummVM, those seem to be strong candidates for games to expect sooner rather than later. Then you have DosBox for the other older games, which would probably need more testing/tweaking.
Yeah, all of the adventure games would be super easy since I think everything on their list has extremely thorough ScummVM support these days. The most classic Star Wars games will be pretty challenging -- the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games are all Win 95, for example, which is far and away the most challenging era of games to adapt to today's PCs.
Hot damn! I thought this was pretty much dead in the water, and even if it did happen I figured it'd be limited to the adventure games. Very exciting!
Yeah, all of the adventure games would be super easy since I think everything on their list has extremely thorough ScummVM support these days. The most classic Star Wars games will be pretty challenging -- the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games are all Win 95, for example, which is far and away the most challenging era of games to adapt to today's PCs.
Hot damn! I thought this was pretty much dead in the water, and even if it did happen I figured it'd be limited to the adventure games. Very exciting!
Yeah, all of the adventure games would be super easy since I think everything on their list has extremely thorough ScummVM support these days. The most classic Star Wars games will be pretty challenging -- the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games are all Win 95, for example, which is far and away the most challenging era of games to adapt to today's PCs.
Come here, actually buyable Curse of Monkey Island. And you too, Escape, while we're at it. Yes. Even you.
Yeah, I guess that is true. But even still, at the time of release this game was considered non-canon? (genuinely can't remember)
Either way, that game was amazing, I don't think it is on steam either, so it would be amazing if it got a release!
Edit: side note, i fucked the name up. It's Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
i'd love to play the phantom menace game, that game is great
That said, I'd suggest people not get their hopes up too much. I just can't see a situation where GoG inks a deal to release some of the highly sought after games (TIE Fighter) before Steam could. Especially after Disney just dumped a load of games on Steam
Those games were dumped onto Steam with practically no changes from the original release. Probably took no time at all. That's why Split/Second still has that awful, useless DRM.
While Valve isn't hands-on when it comes to tweaking old games for modern compatibility, that's precisely what GOG does. They've often gone the extra mile, doing the extra work in exchange for temporary GOG exclusivity. I'm pretty sure we'll see the same thing here.
So wait will the counter end on Tuesday or Monday?
X-Wing, TIE Fighter, XvT, hell even XWA (dat XWAUP). Both Rebel Assaults too. Give nao.
I just can't see a situation where GoG inks a deal to release some of the highly sought after games (TIE Fighter) before Steam could.
You didn't bold Outlaws? Weak.
My immediate thought before entering the thread was "EA!" thinking that maybe I'd finally be able to buy EA games digitally through GOG
Episode 1 racer, we will meet again.
Yeah, I know they had the older EA games, I meant more like newer games like Dead Space 3 or Dragon Age 3. Granted those aren't GOG specialties, but they do get some newer games on occasion.
Haha, I know.That's not going to happen for the same reason none of Ubi's Uplay games are on GOG: because they exist to prop up the publisher's own service.
It's finally happening? Damn, Tuesday is going to be awesome So, how many SCUMM games do you think will be up on Tuesday?