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Absoludacrous said:
I was thinking that, but neither the font nor the colors seem to match at all.
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well the fonts and colours could just be trolling in standard awesome gog fashion. especially the last and outlaws ones seem to want you to think one thing and then it's most probably something else entirely.

kswiston said:
What major pubs are left to sign onto GOG after EA, LucasArts and Eidos?
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still missing a ton of stuff from publishers already on gog though. activision, microprose, accolade, hasbro, gt, legend, ubisoft, ssi, codemasters. and I don't know other pubs. 2k, gametek, brøderbund, bethesda, virgin. dur what else. whoever owns wizardry, whoever owns krome/melbourne houses' stuff. heh.
 
I picked up the first Baldur's Gate a few days ago and I'm not getting into it at all. I first played it around when it came out, but never finished, so I have no idea why it's not pulling me in this time. I'm almost afraid of buying some of the other RPG's on GOG over fear of the same thing. :-(
 
LastWindow said:
I picked up the first Baldur's Gate a few days ago and I'm not getting into it at all. I first played it around when it came out, but never finished, so I have no idea why it's not pulling me in this time. I'm almost afraid of buying some of the other RPG's on GOG over fear of the same thing. :-(
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What about it are you not liking? Have you played/liked any more recent rpgs?
 
LastWindow said:
I picked up the first Baldur's Gate a few days ago and I'm not getting into it at all. I first played it around when it came out, but never finished, so I have no idea why it's not pulling me in this time. I'm almost afraid of buying some of the other RPG's on GOG over fear of the same thing. :-(
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The sequel is the more gripping game, but they're both mostly about the character creation, party selection/interaction and the huge combination of battle tactics that can be used due those things. 50 years from now I imagine it will play just as well as when it was released for me.

Edit: And camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel! Naturally.
 
kswiston said:
What about it are you not liking? Have you played/liked any more recent rpgs?
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The story isn't interesting at all to me, I'm not caring about any of the characters, and the dialog is making me cringe.

As for recent RPG's, the last one I played was The Witcher again. Oh, and I played through Torchlight again as well. I enjoyed them both.
 
LastWindow said:
The story isn't interesting at all to me, I'm not caring about any of the characters, and the dialog is making me cringe.

As for recent RPG's, the last one I played was The Witcher again. Oh, and I played through Torchlight again as well. I enjoyed them both.
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You've played Planescape Torment then? If you want an interesting story in an RPG, there's none better. And it's not on GOG, but I'll never stop recommending Vampire: Bloodlines if you want interesting story/characters in an RPG as well. The Witcher is a great game, but I've seen its story get picked on quite a bit by people here, many people found it boring, so you just can never please everyone! :)
 
Minsc said:
You've played Planescape Torment then? If you want an interesting story in an RPG, there's none better. And it's not on GOG, but I'll never stop recommending Vampire: Bloodlines if you want interesting story/characters in an RPG as well. The Witcher is a great game, but I've seen its story get picked on quite a bit by people here, many people found it boring, so you just can never please everyone! :)
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Yeah, I played Planescape before and loved it. Same with Bloodlines. I guess I just remember Baldur's Gate differently. I'm going to stick with it awhile longer and hope it clicks with me again.
 
LastWindow said:
Yeah, I played Planescape before and loved it. Same with Bloodlines. I guess I just remember Baldur's Gate differently. I'm going to stick with it awhile longer and hope it clicks with me again.
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If you've never played the second Baldur's Gate, it may not be a bad idea to just give that a go instead, if you're not clicking with the first. I've seen many people post impressions that they find the first unplayable, but the second holds up great. The first is a bit slower and less focused, and a bit less fun due to the lower level battles, but I enjoy it all the same. Either way, at least it's only a few bucks!
 
LastWindow said:
Yeah, I played Planescape before and loved it. Same with Bloodlines. I guess I just remember Baldur's Gate differently. I'm going to stick with it awhile longer and hope it clicks with me again.
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Give the Drakensang games a go. Good stuff. Especially the River of Time.
 
Minsc said:
If you've never played the second Baldur's Gate, it may not be a bad idea to just give that a go instead, if you're not clicking with the first. I've seen many people post impressions that they find the first unplayable, but the second holds up great. The first is a bit slower and less focused, and a bit less fun due to the lower level battles, but I enjoy it all the same. Either way, at least it's only a few bucks!
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I may just do that. But I've always had this thing where I hate playing sequels without playing the original first. I'm concerned about Icewind Dale since I also played it when it came out but never finished so I have no idea if it'll hold up for me or not. But as you said, it's not like they're some $50-$60 games I'm buying and not finishing.

LocoMrPollock said:
Give the Drakensang games a go. Good stuff. Especially the River of Time.
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I've had my eye on those games for awhile now. I'll definitely be checking them out.
 
Shaneus said:
There are no games for PC from EA that come to mind that I can think of that I'd want.

That's not to say there aren't any, but none are immediately apparent. Except for the original NFS:SE. That would be fucking awesome.
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System Shock
Ultima
Wing Commander
Syndicate
Wasteland
Bards Tale
Dungeon Keeper
Populous
Cybermage
Clive Barker's Undying
Crusader: No Remorse
Command & Conquer
Road Rash
Total War
Sid Meier's ___!
SimCity
SimEverything Else
Theme Park/Hospital
 
kswiston said:
What major pubs are left to sign onto GOG after EA, LucasArts and Eidos?
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THQ and Microprose off the top of my head. Activision's portfolio is not complete and missing Mechwarrior 2 Trilogy and Battlezone.
 
bhlaab said:
System Shock
Ultima
Wing Commander
Syndicate
Wasteland
Bards Tale
Dungeon Keeper
Populous
Cybermage
Clive Barker's Undying
Crusader: No Remorse
Command & Conquer
Road Rash
Total War
Sid Meier's ___!
SimCity
SimEverything Else
Theme Park/Hospital
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God, this post makes me sad. If GOG doesn't get EA, odds are we'll simply never hear from these games again. The IPs themselves, sure, but not the actual games. There are so, so many here I'd jump on in a heartbeat. From System Shock (which is the most requested title there) to Dungeon Keeper to Ye Olde Sim games to C&C to Undying... so many great games that are currently just lost to the sands of time.
 
Wouldn't Sega have rights to the early Total War games? Pretty sure they re-published a collection of them after they took over publication of the series in 2006.

I wouldn't mind seeing Shogun, Medieval and Rom show up on GOG. The first two especially.
 
bhlaab said:
System Shock
Ultima
Wing Commander
Syndicate
Wasteland
Bards Tale
Dungeon Keeper
Populous
Cybermage
Clive Barker's Undying
Crusader: No Remorse
Command & Conquer
Road Rash
Total War
Sid Meier's ___!
SimCity
SimEverything Else
Theme Park/Hospital
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inXile owns the rights to Wasteland. Brian Fargo has talked about reviving the IP, but it hasn't come to pass. Still love that game and I'm probably one of the few that thinks Wasteland > Fallout.
 
LastWindow said:
I picked up the first Baldur's Gate a few days ago and I'm not getting into it at all. I first played it around when it came out, but never finished, so I have no idea why it's not pulling me in this time. I'm almost afraid of buying some of the other RPG's on GOG over fear of the same thing. :-(
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Same here. Then I bought Neverwinter Nights Diamond and got hooked. May be worth a try. Game's held up pretty well too.
 
Since GOG already mostly revolves around an open source emulator (Dosbox), I'd say they could still go after Sega's entire back catalog, especially Saturn games. Naturally, the current emulators might need some fixing up and Sega's permission for the ones that require a BIOS, but it's doable. Same with other former console makers like Hudson and SNK; I wouldn't expect current ones for the obvious reasons.

And if they get Sega's permission to distribute the emulators plus BIOS with games, then they could, in theory, publish third-party games for those systems. Like Working Designs' Saturn games, for example. That's more of a fever dream, though.
 
I always found the first Baldur's Gate hard to get into. Even back in the late 90s. Baldur's Gate 2 is one of the most improved sequels in gaming history from my perspective.
 
Stumpokapow said:
None. That's the ballgame. Then it's just the stuff from people who are already there.
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Zenimax seems like its been absorbing enough to be a petty good get. iD's games aren't exactly rare but would be nice, and then there are the two rubbish Elder Scrolls spinoffs that would be good for completion's sake.

inXile owns the rights to Wasteland. Brian Fargo has talked about reviving the IP, but it hasn't come to pass. Still love that game and I'm probably one of the few that thinks Wasteland > Fallout.
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Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Well... EA still owns Fountain of D-- hey where are you going :(
 
If it is EA or Lucas Arts I am going to be making some day 1 purchases. I own most of the Lucas stuff but do not know where half the discs have gotten to.
 
bhlaab said:
Zenimax seems like its been absorbing enough to be a petty good get. iD's games aren't exactly rare but would be nice, and then there are the two rubbish Elder Scrolls spinoffs that would be good for completion's sake.
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I think Battlespire and Redguard, like you mention, are the only Zenimax titles not available on DD services.
 
There's Virgin who is owned by Titus I Think-- Toonstruck would be a good get. And Blade Runner, which was made by Westwood (EA) but published by Virgin (Titus) based on a movie (Warner Bros)

Speaking of WB, No One Lives Forever.
 
Stumpokapow said:
I think Battlespire and Redguard, like you mention, are the only Zenimax titles not available on DD services.
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I need Battlespire. I hear it is terrible but it matters not. It is the only Elder Scrolls game I do not own.

Oh and don't forget the early Terminator games: Rampage, Future Shock, and Skynet (and some others I can't remember)
 
bhlaab said:
System Shock
Ultima
Wing Commander
Syndicate
Wasteland
Bards Tale
Dungeon Keeper
Populous
Cybermage
Clive Barker's Undying
Crusader: No Remorse
Command & Conquer
Road Rash
Total War
Sid Meier's ___!
SimCity
SimEverything Else
Theme Park/Hospital
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Yeah, like I posted before, I was strictly thinking of EA-specific titles, and not Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis etc.
 
Shaneus said:
Yeah, like I posted before, I was strictly thinking of EA-specific titles, and not Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis etc.
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why would there be a distinction between these? it looks almost impossible to guess at what other ea stuff could possibly still be released though. road rash, nfs, car & driver, ski/skate or die, 4d boxing, jungle/desert/nuclear strike, hard hat mack :arr, zany golf, little big adventure, fade to black, noctropolis, us navy fighters, extreme pinball, shockwave assault, clandestiny, jane's, kknd, darklight conflict, galapagos, future cop, the creed, medal of honor, alice, undying. bu
 
bhlaab said:
There's Virgin who is owned by Titus I Think-- Toonstruck would be a good get. And Blade Runner, which was made by Westwood (EA) but published by Virgin (Titus) based on a movie (Warner Bros)

Speaking of WB, No One Lives Forever.
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Arent there serious rights issues over NOLF? Like unlikely to ever get resolved issues?
 
Shaneus said:
Serious? How in the hell does that work?
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It doesn't. From what I understand Monolith let the IP stay with Vivendi when they split. I don't think anyone bought it from Vivendi. I also think that somehow Monolith retained rights to the Cate Archer character? All of this could be false. I'm going from half-remembered forum discussions.

We love the series, but it didn't sell very well, and it had a series-killing tank in Contract JACK so...very unlikely anyone is going to spend the money to sort out the mess.
 
The rights to NOLF are so tangled that there will likely never be a sequel, but simply distributing the originals isn't too much of a stretch. They managed to figure out things like Planescape Torment, which was stretched between Interplay Atari and Hasbro

Reading up on it, NOLF was made by Monolith and published by Fox, which became Vivendi, which became Activision. Monolith was bought by Warner Bros. Meaning that for a sequel to be made, Activision and WB would have to partner up-- unlikely. But for the originals to be sold, it seems that only Activision would have to sign off on it. Atari has already put Monolith's Blood series up on GoG without WB's involvement.
 
androvsky said:
That's pretty damn close to the Dungeon Keeper 2 font.
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The heavily blurred background image, though, is pretty damn close to something else (thanks to Delixe @ GOG.com forum):

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I really want Quest for Glory. I only ever played IV (which was recently featured in an RPS article) and I loved it. I would like to replay it and try out the rest of the series.
 
LocoMrPollock said:
Yeah, some of the clues fit with Sierra Online games. Could be.
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Sierra wouldn't be a new publisher, of course, but it's quite possible that this is the lineup of the next wave, not exclusively ones from one publisher.
 
Minsc said:
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The only correct answer(s).
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Every damn one, except V, I would pay $10 bucks for a piece. I loved this series. It was easily my most beloved series growing up. Loved that you could import characters.
 
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