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[skaldicpoet9]

Yeah, I bought MDK but it suffers from some terrible hardware nightmare on my comp and doesn't run properly

Sounds like they faithfully recreated the experience of owning the original.

lol

That's the truth isn't it :D

[CaseyTheGreat]

I'd really like a beta invite key if anyone can help me out.

I need my SHOGO fix!

[jstckr]

Sent you mine!

[Cagey]

For anyone who missed out on a beta key for GoG, they've now opened up the beta. They'll also be adding Disciples and Gothic within the next week.

Unfortunately they seem to be a little slow with expanding their library so I haven't bought anything since the first time I went there...

[MisterX]

The best news for me is their deal with Strategy First. They said they'll be adding Jagged Alliance. So if that means they'll also get Jagged Alliance 2: Great, that's my next purchase on GOG

[george]

interesting interview with a GOG person at EEGRA, for the curious. 

[William Broom]

Disciples? I think I still have that game somewhere. Twas brilliant.

[Lukas]

Where do I find a list of all Titles on the network and what titles are likely to be added to it (soonly)?


€: well, okay. found it. 

[William Broom]

THREAD NECROMANCY!

So, some time later, what have people bought on GOG, if anything? I bought Sacrifice, Arx Fatalis and Disciples 2 when they had their buy-two-get-one-free thing going on. Arx Fatalis seems good, only played about an hour of it so far; Disciples 2 is not downloaded yet; and Sacrifice is amazing.

I find it hard to believe that I haven't heard more about this game before. The gameplay is really tangibly tactical; in most RTSes, I find that until you reach a high difficulty, a lot of the strategy is not very apparent; it seems like you're just throwing units at each other. In Sacrifice, I always feel like I won because I did good and I lost because I skrood up. Also, the story is excellent.

As for the GOG service, I've found it pretty good. There are a few tiny graphical glitches in Sacrifice that I haven't bothered to try and fix, and when I was downloading Arx Fatalis, it screwed up somehow and I had to do it all over again. Could be quite annoying with some larger games, but they are still in beta.

I think their business strategy is very effective. By going DRM free, they've created an emotional response in the consumer that makes me much less likely to pirate their games. The other day, my friend asked to borrow Fallout (which I bought on CD, not from GOG). I told him "No, if you want it, buy it from GOG. If you won't pay $6 for it then you probably wouldn't have liked it anyway." And then I felt warm and fuzzy inside. Now I think about it, that sounds kind of dickish of me, but I think it was the right thing to do.

[Hideous]

Oh man, they added gift certificates. Now I'm just hoping someone will buy me Unreal/Unreal Tournament

[Paul Eres]

But you could already buy a physical copy of fallout (including a physical copy of the amazing manual) for nearly as little on amazon.com. So I don't see what the big deal is. Old games are still available for sale, and I'd rather have a physical copy for 7$ than a digital copy for 6$.

[TheBlackMask]

Old games are still available for sale, and I'd rather have a physical copy for 7$ than a digital copy for 6$.

Not only are old games still for sale physically, but GOG deals mostly with publishers, not developers.

Any Interplay games on GOG go to funding a company that does not deserve to still be in business.  Interplay CEO Herve Caen ran the company into the ground, and Interplay is a known offender when it comes to not paying its employees.

Strategy First is another shady company that does business with GOG.  Jagged Alliance, for instance, wasn't even developed by them, they just happen to own the IP.  They have also been accused of not paying their developers, and have had a major run in with Introversion for this reason.

Companies like this are nothing but unnecessary middlemen who profit off the exploitation of IP.  The original developers are not getting any of the money from a lot of games on GOG.  I, for one, would rather spend the money on Amazon, get a physical copy, and give my money to someone who doesn't directly exploit our industry.

In Sacrifice, I always feel like I won because I did good and I lost because I skrood up. Also, the story is excellent.

Agreed, Sacrifice is definitely up for most underrated game of all time.

[Tanner]

But you could already buy a physical copy of fallout (including a physical copy of the amazing manual) for nearly as little on amazon.com. So I don't see what the big deal is. Old games are still available for sale, and I'd rather have a physical copy for 7$ than a digital copy for 6$.

I think it's worth it just because it actually works.

[Paul Eres]

What do you mean by actually works?

[Cheater‽]

I think he means it is already patched and everything to run on Vista.