Good Old Games Will Be "Done" In 250 Games
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I want them to get a copy of Shogun Total War optimized for newer OS's as my copy doesn't allow me to do any RTS elements
But, every year more games become "old", so this statement is invalid. In ten years, they could have Mass Effect.
I wonder how the definition of "old" factors in. Surely age matters not in games. See the revamps of "old" games for the newer markets examples as follows: Super Mario Allstars - SNES, Resident Evil 1 - Gamecube, Varied Final Fantasy chapters for DS (yes I called them chapters), Monkey Island 1 & 2 - Various, TMNT Turtles in Time HD.
So, how do you really judge a game as old when it seems more like companies will just redo the graphics and maybe add some voice acting or cinematics where there were none?
Now granted we're talking just PC games, but then who knows when someone will dig up the corpses of Kings Quest or Space Quest for cash-infusion Frankensteining?
Will they then be considered "old"?
So, how do you really judge a game as old when it seems more like companies will just redo the graphics and maybe add some voice acting or cinematics where there were none?
Now granted we're talking just PC games, but then who knows when someone will dig up the corpses of Kings Quest or Space Quest for cash-infusion Frankensteining?
Will they then be considered "old"?
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Developer reversing, keep clear...GOG said:
Perhaps, but "Good Old Games" sounds way better than "Games that, in the past, were lauded by both fans and critics".Digikid said:
One problem, on their way back, they're going to stop off here and call it 2 min before you and due to the whole relative time thing, we won't see it until they actually do it.Hubilub said:
A lot of the games they're picking up now were developed prior to digital distribution and, without a service like this, would be lost. That's not really the case with games that have come out in the last five years. If something is on Steam now it's unlikely it'll disappear and if it's on Steam how will gog compete?
That's not to say they can't, it's just that the current services aren't likely to go anywhere nor will the games they offer. Now if Valve and the other developers who put their new games up on Steam don't update their roster so everything is compatible with Windows 9 then Good Old Games may have a chance to step in, otherwise their service will have to evolve once they've picked up every worthwhile game from the last 20+ years.
That's not to say they can't, it's just that the current services aren't likely to go anywhere nor will the games they offer. Now if Valve and the other developers who put their new games up on Steam don't update their roster so everything is compatible with Windows 9 then Good Old Games may have a chance to step in, otherwise their service will have to evolve once they've picked up every worthwhile game from the last 20+ years.
What if they want to be undead?strum4h said:
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Give me a call when they put System Shock 2 and Planescape: Torment on that site.
To be fair it makes perfect sense to clarify their position especially since people reacted in hilariously adverse ways to their last big PR announcement.Delusibeta said:
7th Guest and 11th Hour. For the love of all that is mighty, they're the very definition of vaporware and are the two titles I've been holding my breath for since I first heard of Good Old Games.
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Sgt. Sykes said:
But the games coming out today are available on Digital Distribution platforms such as Steam. In theory these games will never be lost because the games will always be available there. From that standpoint I think he has a point. Once they catch up to the games being released today they will have nowhere to go.Straying Bullet said:
Grim Fandango? Noooo...NOOOOOOO!Lordmarkus said:
Stupid Grim Fandango doesn't work on my computer. I was really hoping for a cheap, remastered version that would work with new computers. Hell while they're at it they could put in mouse support, the walking in that gamem is terrible.
200+ games sounds about right if they really were to only pick the best. Right now they have some mediocre stuff in there as well (not terrible but not exactly groundbreaking), so unless they want to rebrand themselves as DecentOldGames.com then 200 sounds about right.
Well how far back do they want to go? I mean Elite? C64 games?
What about all the WADs and Mods for those classics games. Difficult as many released as freeware, integrating them now must be hard just in terms of getting permission to make it worth while profit wise (emulation).
What about all the WADs and Mods for those classics games. Difficult as many released as freeware, integrating them now must be hard just in terms of getting permission to make it worth while profit wise (emulation).