System Shock 2 GOG and Steam Release

[Multi-headed Cow]

2013 continues being the year of incline.

http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/system-shock-2/1227390p1.html

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

one good news. i needed it.

 

[Konjad]

great, because i can't run this in windows 7 64 bit Finally I can play it!

 

[Excidium]

So this widely available game will now be on GOG on Steam, whoa amazing.

 

[SCO]

There was some kind of licensing SNAFU with the game... no one was selling it, because the vultures couldn't decide who got first pick.

 

[TripJack]

how is this incline

 

[Excidium]

how is this incline

Your steam friends will be able to see you playing System Shock 2 and know you're hardcore.

And the gog version is supposedly noob-friendly and runs out of the box, which is bullshit most of the time because you still have to install a bunch of fixes but WHOA.

 

[Infinitron]

This might be bullshit. WTF is "Night Dive Studios".

 

[Jack]

So this widely available game will now be on GOG on Steam, whoa amazing.

Hey man, if we're lucky they could even throw in the community patches. That'd be awesum rite? I can't wait be a huge piece of shit and pay $9.99 for an 14 year old game.

 

[Cassidy]

I already downloaded it from The Underdogs more than five years ago. I suspect this is EA desperate to milk every possible venue.

 

[Infinitron]

I already downloaded it from The Underdogs more than five years ago. I suspect this is EA desperate to milk every possible venue.

Assuming this is legit, it is not in fact a certainty that EA will be the ones profiting from sales of this game.

 

[80Maxwell08]

This might be bullshit. WTF is "Night Dive Studios".

http://www.nightdivestudios.com/
http://www.facebook.com/NightDiveStudios
Not like this is substancial though unfortunately. That facebook was only made like 2-3 weeks ago and I got no idea about their own site though I wouldn't say it's been around much longer.

 

[Captain Shrek]

ITT: Edgy, edgy edgy.

 

[Modron]

It's an incline because GoG tends to release stable versions that need little work to function on modern operating systems. And for you people unwilling or unable to pay for it, GoG's releases do show up all over the web too, no real downside other than a few abandonware sites will remove it while the majority will still keep it up.

Edit: Also EA might not be getting money from the sale considering that they do not own the rights outright to System Shock and they have in the past allowed other companies to publish games on gog without taking a cut (eg inxile and their newer Bard's Tale game). Will have to wait and see to get the specifics of the release.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I already downloaded it from The Underdogs more than five years ago. I suspect this is EA desperate to milk every possible venue.

Well if it's a dick slapping contest we're after I've got retail boxed copies of SS1 and 2. Doesn't mean I can't look forward to buying it on Steam so my friends can see me playing it and know I'm hardcore.

 

[Excidium]

It's inclinous because GoG tends to release stable versions that need little work to function on modern operating systems. And for you people unwilling or unable to pay for it, GoG's releases do show up all over the web too, no real downside other than a few abandonware sites will remove it while the majority will still keep it up.

Yeah, with GOG you can have awesome stuff like bundled music patches that fuck up the sound effects and prevent you from using proper sound emulation.

 

[Modron]

Yeah, with GOG you can have awesome stuff like bundled music patches that fuck up the sound effects and prevent you from using proper sound emulation.

Even if they do screw up the audio how does that affect you? It's not like they release some virus out there that will patch all the abandonware site's/torrent versions of the game. Furthermore, SS2 is not a dos era game doubt they will screw up the audio emulation that much because there have not really been that many advances in sound cards since then; besides, if you really cared about the audio you would not be emulating it.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Wizardry and the SSI DnD games are in a much bigger licensing Hell.

 

[evdk]

Wizardry and the SSI DnD games are in a much bigger licensing Hell.

Personally I would like to find a working copy of Entomorph.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I already downloaded it from The Underdogs more than five years ago. I suspect this is EA desperate to milk every possible venue.

Well if it's a dick slapping contest we're after I've got retail boxed copies of SS1 and 2. Doesn't mean I can't look forward to buying it on Steam so my friends can see me playing it and know I'm hardcore.

I bought SS1 on a budget re-release, later eBayed myself a proper boxed copy. I was given my copy of SS2 because a friend of mine thought it would be a shooter Half-Life style and was disgusted by what he got instead. He was going to throw it away with some other games. I took those games as well. Wing Commander 3 and Outcast, among others that I can't recall right now.

 

[Excidium]

besides, if you really cared about the audio you would not be emulating it.

I don't care enough to spend the money of a new PC importing an old synthetizer, but I do care enough to have sound effects that aren't scrambled around.

 

[dnf]

Will wait for the inevitable TPB GOG version

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

Will wait for the inevitable TPB GOG version

http://www.dosbox.com/

 

[dnf]

Are we talking about SS2 or SS?

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

Are we talking about SS2 or SS?

< Reading comprehension fail

 

[DalekFlay]

I personally cannot wait to pay people who had nothing to do with making this for the privilege of installing it slightly easier. Fuck the haters.