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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 6, 2009, 07:27 |
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What if they came into your house and removed the cds? That's what happened -- basically Yes, but they also emailed all the customers who'd bought those games a good month in advance, told them what was going to happen, and urged them to make back-ups of the installers before the change. They definitely didn't come into your house and remove your backups (Valve, OTOH, can invalidate your Steam app backups if they so choose).
I'm disappointed about it as well -- it's a definite mark against GOG -- but they hadn't anticipated it, they couldn't do anything about it, and they've learned from the mistake. Yeah, I'd prefer to have a pressed DVD backup over a writable DVD, but the games were dirt cheap to start with... it's really not that bad. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 2, 2009, 03:23 |
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I certainly wouldn't call a traditional publisher unreliable for not replacing discs that I lost.
What if they came into your house and removed the cds? That's what happened -- basically. They should have at least offered those who got their files removed some kind of reimbursement or discount for replacement purchases (other games on the site). It would have been the ethical thing to do.
This comment was edited on Oct 2, 2009, 03:25. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 19:17 |
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Wow, someone actually badmouthed GoG on this website.
Hell has indeed frozen over. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 17:30 |
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I honestly don't see how the "art style" is any different from classic IM games or why you would need to turn the camera around at all to be quite honest, given what kind of a game it is, but to each his own. The reason you need to move the camera around is precisely because of how absolutely terrible, jarring, and distracting the background textures are. Half of the pieces get hidden in these ugly patterns, and I found myself adjusting the camera all the time just so that I could more easily recognize what the hell I was looking at. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 17:18 |
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| I thought CM2 was quite enjoyable TBH. The graphics engine did seem to run a little slow considering the relatively simple graphics, but then again that kind of game doesn't NEED to be super optimized either. The Physx levels were also a nice addition. Pretty decent for what it is, IMHO. |
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| "Everybody out of the universe!" - Nibbler, Futurama |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 16:44 |
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Crazy Machines II has one of the most terrible, distracting art styles I've ever seen, and the controls for camera rotation are obfuscated like hell. It's just absurd how many poor decisions they made with that game, and I have no interest in buying it after playing the demo. I honestly don't see how the "art style" is any different from classic IM games or why you would need to turn the camera around at all to be quite honest, given what kind of a game it is, but to each his own. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 16:37 |
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GOG were forced to remove the Codemasters racing games because of licensing agreements beyond their control. In other cases where they were forced to stop selling games, they kept the game up for download for customers. Blaming GOG for that is silly. I would bet GOG will never release a game with expiring license agreements ever again because of the misunderstanding it caused.
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 16:33 |
elefunk |
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| Crazy Machines II has one of the most terrible, distracting art styles I've ever seen, and the controls for camera rotation are obfuscated like hell. It's just absurd how many poor decisions they made with that game, and I have no interest in buying it after playing the demo. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 16:23 |
nin |
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"we kindly ask you to download the games and back them up on CDs, DVDs or flash drives. "
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 16:15 |
Blue |
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For one thing, when a game gets pulled off GOG.com, it vanishes from your account.
But it doesn't vanish from your computer.
I certainly wouldn't call a traditional publisher unreliable for not replacing discs that I lost. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:59 |
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Instead of buying Incredible Machines or whatever, buy Crazy Machines 2 instead.
The medal and replay system of Crazy Machines 2 pissed me off to no end. While I'm being pissy, I'll mention the menus are also horribly designed and the graphics engine rather unoptimized. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:41 |
Dots |
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WTH? In which universe is Steam more reliable than GOG.com? For one thing, when a game gets pulled off GOG.com, it vanishes from your account. When games were pulled from Steam, you still could redownload them indefinitely. So even there. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:38 |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:27 |
Wolfox |
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| WTH? In which universe is Steam more reliable than GOG.com? |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:25 |
Dots |
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| Instead of buying Incredible Machines or whatever, buy Crazy Machines 2 instead. It's available on Steam and it's pretty much the single best IM-style game out there, has an enormous amount of parts available, plus some fancy physics engine and decent visuals. Other than that it's pretty much the same thing, but as I said, better. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:10 |
Kxmode |
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| Is that what he/she meant? I thought he/she was referring to the download speeds. |
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| William Shakespeare's "Star Wars" Act I, Scene 4: CHORUS: And now, dear viewers, shall our play go to \ A Planet stark and drear for our next scene. \ Imagine sand and rocks within thy view. \ Prepare thy souls - we fly to Tatooine! |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 15:05 |
nin |
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Will get it if they offer them on Steam. GOG.com is unreliable.
Boo-hoo. Get over it. Backup your games you paid for.
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 14:57 |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Oct 1, 2009, 14:51 |
BobBob |
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| Will get it if they offer them on Steam. GOG.com is unreliable. |
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