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What notable classics are GOG still missing?
- Thread starter Sankara
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They apparently don't do this anymore which is really fucking frustrating! The Sims 2 is one of my favorite games and I have no way to play it.
Another big one for me is Sid Meier's SimGolf. Pumped so many relaxing hours into that game.
GOG probably just worried people will uninstall Myth II and wipe out their hard drives. To be fair, they handled that issue in an excellent fashion.
Why would anyone want to un-install Myth II?
Seriously though, they're is still fan patches for the game and a fan server to play online. Its great.
Not even if you show them a physical copy? Because if so that really sucks, I can understand not wanting to give out copies to people for free without them previously owning the game, but if you do own it I see no reason why they couldn't just give you the digital copy. And that's not even mentioning the fact that they could just sell it in the store but don't for whatever reason.
True! Yeah, Myth I and II were both great, I really should give both another whirl after all the years.
Cybermage: Darklight Awakening.
Darklight Conflict.
Star Crusader.
Millennia: Altered Destinies.
Darklight Conflict.
Star Crusader.
Millennia: Altered Destinies.
It is typically the case that the publisher (i.e. sole/chief financier) owns the IP and/or game itself, but Black & White was wholly a Lionhead property back in the day, which, by extension, makes it a Microsoft property today:
That said, publishing contracts can add a wrinkle to things (e.g. EA still publishes Kingdoms of Amalur despite Nordic purchasing the IP last September), but as the B&W games were released almost two decades ago, the odds of this being an issue are slim at worst.
I see, hopefully they eventually work something out then. Microsoft recently partnered with GoG too, in regards to official support of the gog galaxy 2.0 launcher.
OP mentioned Blade Runner, that was the first one that came to my mind. I loved that game so much, I played it when it came out and before I had even seen the film, but it made me a huge fan. The game put seeing the film at the top of my list and I love them both.
I still have my old discs and I've been thinking about trying it out again with ScummVM, but it absolutely deserves to be on GOG.
I still have my old discs and I've been thinking about trying it out again with ScummVM, but it absolutely deserves to be on GOG.
Only in Europe and Japan, I was wondering why I didn't know either.
I would love that. Really enjoyed the first two, but never got a chance to play Discworld Noir.
I'd really like the mass effect trilogy to come to GoG... Particularly ME3 being unshackled from Origin would be nice..
Not super old but still would be nice
Not super old but still would be nice
I don't think I'll be optimistic or hopeful until I see a Microsoft game on GOG. Unfortunately :(
Does anyone work at Microsoft on this site? Couldn't they put a good word in or pull some strings?
Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital, Syndicate, and many others are also on Origin, yet they are available on GOG. What would make C&C different that it would be store-exclusive to Origin?
While true, it doesn't "work out of the box", to my memory, and takes a little screwing around, or an older system emulator to get it working.
The Fool's Errand et al. are alright, but so full of tedious busywork kind of puzzles. The game I really want on the service is Scott Kim's Heaven and Earth, after twenty years still the finest puzzle game this side of Snakebird. Also features an interesting if obtuse card game and a meditative pendulum, and a compilation of every gametype and inspirational quotes in what it calls The Pilgrimage.
Looks like Kotaku Australia wrote a little article about it semi recently. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/11/heaven-earth-the-bob-ross-of-video-games/
Looks like Kotaku Australia wrote a little article about it semi recently. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/11/heaven-earth-the-bob-ross-of-video-games/
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Hmmm, I guess this pretty much confirms it, right? Microsoft simply does not care about its legacy titles and it's only by the will of other developers willing to go the length to excavate their classic IPs - see what Skybox Labs had to do with Age of Empires 2. And now that game spawned multiple remasters of AoE, a fully fledged sequel by Relic, and a dedicated Age of Empires studio.
Yet Microsoft simply sits on their IP as if everybody at this huge company have no clue about the IPs they vacuumed up in the late 90's and then threw in the graveyard never to be seen again. Freelancer, Mechwarrior, Black & White, and so on?
The MechWarrior games for sure. I played a bunch of them growing up, but have long since lost the CDs. Would love to have digital copies of them.
All except Blood Omen are already there.
Ecstatica duology
Also there already
My wishlist:
Blood Omen: legacy of Kain
Nolf1&2
Captain Claw
Freelancer
Discworld noir
All the Warlords games
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (because Ubi sure doesn't seem interested in fixing it)
Condemned 1+2
Oni
Come on, NightDive and GOG, get to work! My wallet is waiting for a chance to give you money!
Dunno, they've been there for years. Like, from before Squeenix bought Eidos.
Oni by Bungie seems pretty notable.
Pete Hines responded to that and said basically Bethesda have tried but can't release it due to rights issues. Whether you believe him or not is up to the individual.
Pete Hines responded to that and said basically Bethesda have tried but can't release it due to rights issues. Whether you believe him or not is up to the individual.
RE1-3 deserve some kind of digital release on a modern platform, Imo. All three are fantastic games still, and the REmakes, while fantastic, are radically different games from the original trilogy. The PC ports are also difficult to find and have some issues on modern operating systems as well from what I understand, so some fixing up could be in order as well. It would just be great to me to see these classics acknowledged and released one last time, and on a platform where they will hopefully be available for years to come.
