Warcraft 1 & 2 Being Both Delisted and Preserved [Dec 02, 2024, 11:00 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GOG.com announces good news and some bad news related to its passion for
preserving gaming history. The bad news is that Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
and Warcraft II will be delisted as of December 13th, ending official
sales of the first two installments in Blizzard's real-time strategy series. The
good news is that this prompts the good old gamers to announce an expansion to
its Preservation
Program, committing to support games in the program going forward, even if
they are delisted like these Warcraft titles will soon be. Word is: "We are
grateful for the opportunity to work with Blizzard on these titles. While the
delisting is unfortunate, we assure you that every user who already owns these
games on GOG will continue to benefit from our commitment and have access to
versions that remain compatible with modern systems, preserving their experience
for years to come." Delisted games can't be sold, but the discount code
"MakeWarcraftLiveForever" is offered so you can pick them up
on GOG.com* on the cheap before the axe
drops. Here's more:
At GOG, we believe that games should live forever. This means not only preserving them but also ensuring they remain accessible, updated, and enjoyable on modern systems. We're incredibly proud of the work we've done on Warcraft I and Warcraft II, bringing them back to life after decades of unavailability. Through our efforts, we've introduced several new features to both titles, including multiplayer support over LAN and enhanced graphical options like antialiasing and anisotropic filtering.*Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.
Together with this announcement, we want to reveal a new feature to our recently announced Preservation Program. Once a game joins the Program, we pledge to maintain its compatibility even if it gets delisted from the store. This means that owners of those titles can still expect a seamless experience and tech support for those titles. This also considers potential changes in Windows OS that may impact games' playability.
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Re: Warcraft 1 & 2 Being Both Delisted and Preserved
Dec 3, 2024, 10:10
Dec 3, 2024, 10:10
RaZ0r! wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 16:23:
You can usually disable stretching in the monitor's menus. Also, you could enable scaling from the GPU rather than the monitor and set it to not stretch.
Thats not the issue. The original art was drawn with stretching in mind. So for example, they drew the square headshots wide and squished, so that when you play it on a 4:3 monitor it looks square.
That was fine.
So that looks a little wrong when wieved on a modern widescreen.
Thats also fine, you can just display it in 4:3 to resolve that problem.
Here is the actual problem:
The NEW high resolution artwork simply upscales everything, thereby making SQUISHED headshots, buildings, characters etc.
If they had actually thought about this, they would have made actual SQUARE headshots, displaying characters with realistic proportions for modern screens.
Re: Warcraft 1 & 2 Being Both Delisted and Preserved
Dec 2, 2024, 20:44
Dec 2, 2024, 20:44
The coupon code gives you $2 off the $15 bundle, BTW.
Cutter wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 13:11:
Zug zug?
Exactly!!!
You can usually disable stretching in the monitor's menus. Also, you could enable scaling from the GPU rather than the monitor and set it to not stretch.
I pwnz j00!
Re: Warcraft 1 & 2 Being Both Delisted and Preserved
Dec 2, 2024, 15:59
Dec 2, 2024, 15:59
Cutter wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 13:11:One of the many sad things about this is that the original games were made for 4:3 screens, so all the artwork was made on the assumption that the artwork would be streched in the vertical direction, pixel-wise. so when you play on a modern monitor, everything gets pancaked. The modern updates do not account for this, so all the modern artwork, on modern monitors looks like it has been squished in the vertical direction.
Zug zug?
Sepharo wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 14:56:
It definitely is.
They're even pledging to keep it running if something totally external to GoG or Blizzard, like a Windows update, causes an issue with being able to play it.
I just checked, and I already have them in my Gog library, so they will stay there. Yes, you're right, as what good would it do to preserve a game if it doesn't run on current OSes?
It is well known that I cannot err--and so, if you should happen across an error in anything I have written you can be absolutely sure that *I* did not write it!...;)
_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 14:46:El Pit wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 13:03:It's a good thing, but it's not "Game Preservation".Sepharo wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 12:44:^This. It is a great move by GOG to keep on supporting even delisted games.Kajetan wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:21:_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:11:Their accouncement does not regard those two games, but future plans to keep on doing what they were doing with both Warcraft games, expanding it, even if publishers might decide otherwise in the future.
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
Yes, it does regard those two games.
The whole point of the announcement is that they're no longer for sale, but everybody who bought them will still receive access and support forever.
It definitely is.
They're even pledging to keep it running if something totally external to GoG or Blizzard, like a Windows update, causes an issue with being able to play it.
El Pit wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 13:03:It's a good thing, but it's not "Game Preservation".Sepharo wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 12:44:^This. It is a great move by GOG to keep on supporting even delisted games.Kajetan wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:21:_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:11:Their accouncement does not regard those two games, but future plans to keep on doing what they were doing with both Warcraft games, expanding it, even if publishers might decide otherwise in the future.
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
Yes, it does regard those two games.
The whole point of the announcement is that they're no longer for sale, but everybody who bought them will still receive access and support forever.
PRODUCED BY OR UNDER LICENCE FROM SEGA ENTERPRISES LTD.
taryuken wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:49:
"Warcraft I and Warcraft II are scheduled to be delisted from GOG on December 13th, at the publisher's request." Microsoft doing Microsoft things. Good on Gog for adding future support beyond the delisting date.
Yep. This is a great example of Microsoft's "commitment" (Phil "I lie when I open my yap" Spencer) to PC gaming.
Fuck Microsoft. Viva la GOG.
-=Threadcrappeur Extraordinaire=-
Zug zug?
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Sepharo wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 12:44:^This. It is a great move by GOG to keep on supporting even delisted games.Kajetan wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:21:_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:11:Their accouncement does not regard those two games, but future plans to keep on doing what they were doing with both Warcraft games, expanding it, even if publishers might decide otherwise in the future.
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
Yes, it does regard those two games.
The whole point of the announcement is that they're no longer for sale, but everybody who bought them will still receive access and support forever.
In the current political and social climate, don't be an aggressive monkey . Show that you have evolved that important thin sugar coating called civilization. Don't fall for the fools.
Kajetan wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:21:_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:11:Their accouncement does not regard those two games, but future plans to keep on doing what they were doing with both Warcraft games, expanding it, even if publishers might decide otherwise in the future.
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
Yes, it does regard those two games.
The whole point of the announcement is that they're no longer for sale, but everybody who bought them will still receive access and support forever.
"Warcraft I and Warcraft II are scheduled to be delisted from GOG on December 13th, at the publisher's request." Microsoft doing Microsoft things. Good on Gog for adding future support beyond the delisting date.
_Cory wrote on Dec 2, 2024, 11:11:Their accouncement does not regard those two games, but future plans to keep on doing what they were doing with both Warcraft games, expanding it, even if publishers might decide otherwise in the future.
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
aaaand... the discount code doesn't work for Canadians...
Ugh.
(Edit: Just scroll to the bottom of the Product page and switch from CAD to USD. )
Ugh.
(Edit: Just scroll to the bottom of the Product page and switch from CAD to USD. )
?????
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
This is literally the opposite of preservation. What are they smoking?
PRODUCED BY OR UNDER LICENCE FROM SEGA ENTERPRISES LTD.
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