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[t]

Took me solid 5 minutes to clean up after those changes. Looks way more glorious now with three lines of Ultima.

 

[pippin]

To be honest I thought this change was going to be worse than what we have right now. It's certainly more comfortable for me to install those tiny DOS games one by one rather than using the same installer for 3-6 of them.
However, the Disciple 2 version got divided, while the first Disciple is still one entry. Both games, 1 and 2, are "gold" versions. But overall I'm not against this change, although it caused some ammount of butthurt among the gog community, although to be fair most things do, it seems.

 

[CreamyBlood]

Finally got Space Rangers HD. Tried buying it on Steam last week for $16.99. Fortunately I didn't have enough left on my prepaid Visa for it to go through. But there was $4.99 left on it!

 

[Alchemist]

One upside of the un-bundling is I discovered a game I didn't know I had - Crystals of Arborea, which came with the Ishar trilogy.

I wonder why they chose the SNES version for the box cover of Might & Magic II...

It's a nice cover and I love that cheesy 80's fantasy art - but it should be the classic PC map version (like M&M Book 1).

 

[:Flash:]

One upside of the un-bundling is I discovered a game I didn't know I had - Crystals of Arborea, which came with the Ishar trilogy.

I wonder why they chose the SNES version for the box cover of Might & Magic II...

It's a nice cover and I love that cheesy 80's fantasy art - but it should be the classic PC map version (like M&M Book 1).

GOG covers never made much sense. Sometimes it's the whole original cover, sometimes it's a a part of the original cover, sometimes it's from a non-pc version, sometimes it's the cover of another game in the series with the number replaced and sometimes it's something completely new, which a GOG guy threw together in photoshop. It's a shame.

 

[t]

WHAT IN THE FLYING FUCK?!

Fallout 1 just vanished from my shelf.

 

[garren]

Some random bug on GOG's end, apparently. Had the same happen to me, the game showed up again after a few days.

 

[:Flash:]

WHAT IN THE FLYING FUCK?!

Fallout 1 just vanished from my shelf.

Hmm, it's still there for me. GOG seems to frequently have hiccups when they reorganize things, so I'd just wait, it'll probably reappear.

 

[cvv]

Heh, if you have S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games on Steam, you also can reclaim them at GOG.

Is your Chernobyl serial code showing in Steam? I can only show serials for Clear Sky and Pripyat.

 

[LESS T_T]

Heh, if you have S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games on Steam, you also can reclaim them at GOG.

Is your Chernobyl serial code showing in Steam? I can only show serials for Clear Sky and Pripyat.

It need some work: http://steamcommunity.com/app/4500/discussions/0/611702631212221420/#c611702631212686874

 

[Baron Dupek]

Same to me - Fallout vanished from my account.

Yeah, I also appreciated possibility to install smaller (Incubation instead of the whole Battle Isle series or Betrayal at Krondor without crappy 3D sequel).

 

[belated]

Heh, if you have S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games on Steam, you also can reclaim them at GOG.

Is your Chernobyl serial code showing in Steam? I can only show serials for Clear Sky and Pripyat.

It need some work: http://steamcommunity.com/app/4500/discussions/0/611702631212221420/#c611702631212686874

The Network Games solution worked for me. Never did get it in the registry.

 

[t]

My F1 is back. Cool.

You guys recon the Galaxy will be ready just one year after the original release date or will it still have some "micro-issues remaining" in August?

 

[LESS T_T]

It's time to take the test, again: http://af.gog.com/news/test_our_download_speeds?as=1649904300

It's no secret that GOG.com (the platform and the community gathered around it) is growing at an exceptional rate all around the world. We're trying to keep that in mind as we look for new ways to improve our service for everyone. Obviously, one of the most important functions for all of you is downloading your games - preferably as fast and as reliably as possible.

For some of you this might sound familiar (yep it’s our 3rd time!), once again we are in the process of benchmarking various download locations and trying to get the most representative sample of worldwide results. That means wee need to look at as many unique ISPs / cities / countries as possible, and we need a little help from you! Below you will find a simple test that requires just one click and won't take more than 2 minutes of your time to complete:

2015 CDN TEST

Your help is greatly appreciated here! Of course you can run the test as many times as possible (preferably at different locations and different times of day). Oh, and keep in mind that we used a little bit of Flash in this test, so if you want to participate please make sure you have the flash player installed and/or you are not using any flash blocking plugins in your browser.

No reward this time, though.

 

[Taluntain]

And no stats feedback at all? Pffft. Those GOG goons have something to learn about customer gratification in this day and age.

 

[cvv]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

I've always prefered GoG for new releases (where available) but honestly, after some bumpy experiences with some of the newer games (Wasteland 2, Don't Starve, Kronos) I'm seriously debating whether or not to buy PoE on GoG or Steam.

 

[Atomkilla]

GoG Galaxy Alpha is pretty broken right now, though and not particularly interesting-looking either. I honestly hope GoG invests more time and money in it, ASAP.

 

[Sizzle]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

I've always prefered GoG for new releases (where available) but honestly, after some bumpy experiences with some of the newer games (Wasteland 2, Don't Starve, Kronos) I'm seriously debating whether or not to buy PoE on GoG or Steam.

The PoE patch arrived on GOG two days after after it did on Steam. Not ideal, I agree, but not a deal breaker either

 

[pippin]

I don't believe CDPR is 100% guilty of devs not handing out patches right away, but it's not the first time it happens. Remember what happened with Original Sin's release.

 

[cvv]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

I've always prefered GoG for new releases (where available) but honestly, after some bumpy experiences with some of the newer games (Wasteland 2, Don't Starve, Kronos) I'm seriously debating whether or not to buy PoE on GoG or Steam.

The PoE patch arrived on GOG two days after after it did on Steam. Not ideal, I agree, but not a deal breaker either

Two days? Uff.

Well, depends on who you ask. For hardcore gamers who play almost nonstop since the launch it's an eternity, literally. And let's be honest, who else buys such games. Certainly not konsole kasuals.

 

[Turjan]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

If the client did that, it would be okay. It doesn't. No choice of language yet, either, so better don't travel to some country where you don't speak the language.

The PoE patch arrived on GOG two days after after it did on Steam. Not ideal, I agree, but not a deal breaker either

Oh, it finally got rolled out? I had already checked a few times.

 

[cvv]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

If the client did that, it would be okay. It doesn't. No choice of language yet, either, so better don't travel to some country where you don't speak the language.

I'm of the impression the current Galaxy is just a stump and a the actual client will be similar to Steam. At least that's what I've understood from the initial pitches.

I personally think one of the reasons for ther Witcher 3 delay is they wanna roll out the game together with the finished client so they can patch it on the fly.

 

[Niektory]

The PoE patch arrived on GOG two days after after it did on Steam. Not ideal, I agree, but not a deal breaker either

The difference was less than 24 hours, actually.

 

[Turjan]

They should roll out their client asap, that's what they should do. In the olden days, with only olden games, a web delivery interface was ok. But today, new games are being updated twice a week and a more convenient patching through a client - like Steam does - would come in damn handy.

If the client did that, it would be okay. It doesn't. No choice of language yet, either, so better don't travel to some country where you don't speak the language.

I'm of the impression the current Galaxy is just a stump and a the actual client will be similar to Steam. At least that's what I've understood from the initial pitches.

I personally think one of the reasons for ther Witcher 3 delay is they wanna roll out the game together with the finished client so they can patch it on the fly.

This may well be. Just checked for the PoE patch, and the client still doesn't know about it. It's in the library though.
The client still claims my unpatched game is "up to date".

The website doesn't list the update, in my "new and updated" tab, either. You have to go and look under the game.

 

[Sizzle]

The PoE patch arrived on GOG two days after after it did on Steam. Not ideal, I agree, but not a deal breaker either

The difference was less than 24 hours, actually.

Really? Could have sworn it was longer than that. Oh well, my bad