Amount of crap available hasn’t stopped anyone from shopping at Amazon, that’s for sure.
Spect
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There’s no harm in GoG putting up titles that don’t necessarily register as “good”. I’m sure there’s a market out there for people who want to buy crappy games at a huge discount, just because they can.
I’m tempted by the Two Worlds deal, since I tried to enjoy it on the 360 when it came out, but the controls killed it for me. I know the game won’t be that good, but I’m interested in seeing how differently the PC version plays.
I haven’t tried the 360 version, but I tried the PC demo when it came out. And it was the controls that definitely immediately killed my desire to play the game. So you might want to play the PC demo before you do anything hasty.
The controls on a horseback are pretty wonky and you need some time to get used to them.
Even then the horse might be held back by some tiny stone or something once in a while.
Otherwise I had no problems with the controls on the PC that I can recall.
As we’ve discussed before, the concern with crappy games on GOG is more about geeks scoffing at the “good ol games” branding. Perception can be a problem with videogame nerds, some of whom go all fanboy over digital distribution sites.
It doesn’t seem to be hurting Steam.
I admit it. I’m one of the weirdos that actually had a lot of fun with Two Worlds on the PC. I thought the dialogue and character designs (Hello, sis!) were funnier than a lot of comedy games I’ve played. I had a blast just combining weapons and completely running over monsters.
What, a catalog of crappy new games?
There are quite a few crappy games on steam, yes.
I agree in that GOG is a special case, it wasn’t a generic shop, from the beginning the idea marketed by them was “a store much more smaller than other ones, but focused in only one type of product: good old games”. It was not like Amazon or Walmart or D2D or Steam.
In that sense they are losing a bit of the factor that made them different and unique.
But they’re still the best source of games that aren’t quite so easy to find anywhere else … Why would I stop coming back for the games I did want?
What’s crap is subjective. Just sayin’
Right, but Steam doesn’t have “Good Old” in their name, so there’s no opportunity for cynical snark.
I guess the pastoral fantasy of a small mom-and-pop shop that only sells old classics is nice, but it looks like distribution reality has set in.
Spect
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In the south, “good old boys” aren’t necessarily always good. Just sayin’.
Kebooo
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I always read the “good old games” as in, “good old times”, kind of a general reminiscing, not a literal “games that are old and good”. And it really is subjective what’s crap and what’s not. I know Gamespot gave Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV for PC a 3.8 back when it came out, and I couldn’t disagree more - I consider it one of the best in the series. I’d have loved to see something like that on GOG, because it wasn’t anywhere for download or sale and I had to spend two weeks everyday checking eBay until I found a copy. Which I then had to install on my Windows 95 laptop. Or a game like Dominus might be crap to others, but I’d love to have a DRM free version I can play on Windows 7.
If you (editorial you) need to turn to Good Old Games’ release of a bad game for a snark fix, you need to re-think your direction in life.
Lorini
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They are DRM free, making them good by definition. :)
Huh, GoG has added Star Wolves. Great game but wow, totally out of left field.
The PC version (of Two Worlds) had a major patch. Don’t know if the demo is pre or post. I probably wouldn’t recommend TW unless you’d played all other RPGs… But if you have, sure, why not :)
Hmm… may have to grab this very soon-ish.
