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[Lexx]

Well, I don't complain about that one because I won't be playing it.

Haven't played GTAV either, and still don't feel the mood to do so. RDR2 was the exception, because I'm digging wild west theme very much, but still it was clear as day how dated R* approach to modern gameplay is... it just doesn't exist. They still make the same game as 20 years ago, just with better graphics.

[MrBrown]

https://www.videogamer.com/news/baldurs-gate-3-dev-reveals-the-real-reason-the-games-industry-is-in-the-st-right-now/

Looks like we're having this discussion now. (About raising prices)

Which, to me, is a sure sign it'll happen.

[Mamoulian War]

Well there is one thing, that they always forget to mention when speaking about inflation not affecting game prices. The move from physical to digital. Even if some games are still released physically, the content of the box today is empty. When the games cost 40 EUR, they gave you tons of paper content like manuals maps etc. And all of this cost a lot of money, which they cut to appease shareholders If I want to have the same content in the box as I had in 2000’s, I have to pay 120EUR + today. Which pretty much covers much more than the inflation

[BruceVC]

On 1/21/2025 at 6:22 PM, MrBrown said:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-costing-as-much-as-100-could-help-video-game-industry-rebound-in-2025-analyst-says/1100-6528832/

And you people complain about 70...

100$ is expensive but GTA6 will be worth it considering the amount of time you will spend on it

Saying all that I never play games on release because of mod development and official patches\fixes

Thats why Im never disappointed with all the games I play, when I play them  they the most stable they can be 

And they always on some sort of sales special anyway 

 

 

[Sven_]

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Considering that:
i9 9900K = pretty much Ryzen 5 5600/i5 12400 performance
RTX 2080 = pretty much RTX 4060/RX 7600 performance


Looks pretty good. But then nobody's come back from Kuttenberg quite yet and live to tell! Which is the place of a thousand NPCs...

 

 

Edited Thursday at 05:31 AM by Sven_

[LadyCrimson]

I love Worth a Buy, but he needs a program where the fps counter numbers are a lot larger.  And maybe colored orange.  >.> 

Anyway, always tweak manually vs. using those Low/Med/High/Ultra preset buttons - there's almost always some combo of things - some things Low, some things Ultra, some things Med/High, personal graphic preferences/tolerances etc - that make it work while still looking nice. From their spec sheet it doesn't seem like it'd be all that hard to find something that works well enough as long as you're not on truly ancient "gaming" hardware and aren't a mega-fps/ultra fanatic.

[Wormerine]

More importantly Kingdome Come2 is coming to GOG in "spring". WIll happily wait for that release (and hopefully play the first game until then).

[LadyCrimson]

I have a weird relationship with GoG. After buying all the old 90's/2000-2008 titles re: O/S compatibility (loved GoG for that purpose), I barely use them. I still like them in theory etc but it's so rare for them to carry a post-2010 game where I'd REALLY want a not-tied to a launcher/drm .exe, for, that I often forget to even look at GoG first anymore.  Like, they never got/added even Stray, alas.

If GoG ever got a drm/launcher-free of FFXV, or Diablo 2, or even 7 Days to Die (req. secure MP server authentication, so extremely unlikely unless they chose to release a SP-only capable version), I'd buy them all again. But they won't. At least not before I'm retirement-home-infirm/dead.  

 

[uuuhhii]

 

finally endless legend 2 are announced

hope broken lord will return and amplitude will finally drop their boring pet vaulter

 

[MrBrown]

39 minutes ago, uuuhhii said:

finally endless legend 2 are announced

hope broken lord will return and amplitude will finally drop their boring pet vaulter

 

Yay!

Endless Legend and Endless Space 2 are probably their best games, so no surprise they decided to do this.

[Bartimaeus]

2 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

I have a weird relationship with GoG. After buying all the old 90's/2000-2008 titles re: O/S compatibility (loved GoG for that purpose), I barely use them. I still like them in theory etc but it's so rare for them to carry a post-2010 game where I'd REALLY want a not-tied to a launcher/drm .exe, for, that I often forget to even look at GoG first anymore.  Like, they never got/added even Stray, alas.

If GoG ever got a drm/launcher-free of FFXV, or Diablo 2, or even 7 Days to Die (req. secure MP server authentication, so extremely unlikely unless they chose to release a SP-only capable version), I'd buy them all again. But they won't. At least not before I'm retirement-home-infirm/dead. 

GOG launched approximately 358 games whose initial releases were in 2024 (...I say it this way specifically to exclude games whose initial releases on other platforms or consoles were a previous year, but then released in 2024 on GOG). They are the following:

Spoiler

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (2024) [M]
Frostpunk 2 (2024) [T]
Cryptmaster (2024) [E10]
Manor Lords (2024) [N/A]
The Great Rebellion (2024) [N/A]
Ys X: Nordics (2024) [T]
Metal Slug Tactics (2024) [E10]
Caves of Qud (2024) [E10]
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (2024) [E10]
Tetris Forever (2024) [N/A]
Nobody Wants to Die (2024) [N/A]
Felvidek (2024) [T]
1000xResist (2024) [N/A]
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered (2024) [N/A]
The Thing: Remastered (2024) [M]
Mullet Madjack (2024) [N/A]
Loco Motive (2024) [N/A]
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2024) [E10]
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft (2024) [T]
Indika (2024) [N/A]
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024) [E10]
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged (2024) [E10]
Riven (2024) [N/A]
Outcast: A New Beginning (2024) [T]
Tokyo Clanpool (2024) [M]
Anger Foot (2024) [N/A]
CLeM (2024) [N/A]
Songs of Conquest (2024) [E10]
Pools (2024) [E]
Empire of the Ants (2024) [E]
Warno (2024) [N/A]
Steamworld Heist II (2024) [E]
Intravenous 2 (2024) [N/A]
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (2024) [E]
Shadows of Doubt (2024) [T]
Secrets of Grindea (2024) [E10]
The Thaumaturge (2024) [M]
Core Keeper (2024) [E]
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (2024) [E10]
Dustborn (2024) [T]
Rogue Waters (2024) [T]
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom (2024) [N/A]
Rail Route (2024) [N/A]
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft (2024) [CE]
Starcom: Unknown Space (2024) [E]
We Are Football 2024 (2024) [E10]
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance (2024) [N/A]
The Planet Crafter (2024) [N/A]
SKALD: Against the Black Priory (2024) [T]
Conscript (2024) [T]
KeeperRL (2024) [M]
The Crimson Diamond (2024) [N/A]
Peglin (2024) [E]
Little Big Adventure: Twinsen's Quest (2024) [E]
Alone in the Dark (2024) [M]
Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) [E10]
South Park: Snow Day! (2024) [T]
I Am Your Beast (2024) [N/A]
Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 3 (2024) [T]
Sovereign Syndicate (2024) [T]
Sorry We're Closed (2024) [E10]
Caravan Sandwitch (2024) [N/A]
Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms (2024) [T]
Broken Roads (2024) [M]
Shogun Showdown (2024) [E10]
Diplomacy is Not an Option (2024) [E10]
The Universim (2024) [N/A]
Citadelum (2024) [N/A]
Master Key (2024) [E10]
The Cub (2024) [N/A]
Drova: Forsaken Kin (2024) [T]
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (2024) [T]
Symphonia (2024) [CE]
Hollowbody (2024) [N/A]
The Axis Unseen (2024) [T]
TerraScape (2024) [N/A]
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (2024) [CE]
Crypt Custodian (2024) [N/A]
StarCrawlers Chimera (2024) [E10]
A Tower Full of Cats (2024) [N/A]
Pepper Grinder (2024) [E]
Songs of Silence (2024) [E10]
Between the Stars (2024) [N/A]
The Star Named Eos (2024) [N/A]
Withering Rooms (2024) [T]
Quilts and Cats of Calico (2024) [N/A]
Harold Halibut (2024) [E10]
Frontier Hunter: Erza's Wheel of Fortune (2024) [N/A]
Nova Drift (2024) [N/A]
Beyond Shadowgate (2024) [N/A]
Dark Sky (2024) [E]
Field of Glory: Kingdoms (2024) [N/A]
Karate Survivor (2024) [N/A]
Galacticare (2024) [N/A]
Between Horizons (2024) [N/A]
Industry Giant 4.0 (2024) [N/A]
Sumerian Six (2024) [M]
Creatures of Ava (2024) [N/A]
Breachway (2024) [E]
Iron Meat (2024) [T]
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin (2024) [T]
Zoria: Age of Shattering (2024) [E10]
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion (2024) [T]
Star Trucker (2024) [N/A]
Athenian Rhapsody (2024) [E]
Capes (2024) [T]
Great God Grove (2024) [CE]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake (2024) [T]
Clash II (2024) [N/A]
Gori: Cuddly Carnage (2024) [N/A]
Stargate: Timekeepers (2024) [E10]
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2024) [T]
The Coma 2B: Catacomb (2024) [T]
Reveil (2024) [N/A]
Monomyth (2024) [T]
Revival: Recolonization (2024) [E]
Graven (2024) [T]
Arsene Lupin: Once a Thief (2024) [E]
Space Prison (2024) [E10]
Necrosmith 2 (2024) [N/A]
Deathbound (2024) [T]
Edge of Sanity (2024) [N/A]
Forgive Me Father 2 (2024) [T]
Astor: Blade of the Monolith (2024) [E]
House Builder (2024) [CE]
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities (2024) [N/A]
Sin Slayers: Reign of the 8th (2024) [E10]
Kong: Survivor Instinct (2024) [T]
Inkulinati (2024) [E]
Speedollama (2024) [N/A]
The Operator (2024) [N/A]
3 Minutes to Midnight: A Comedy Graphic Adventure (2024) [E]
Dead Season (2024) [T]
Fragment: A Story in Growing (2024) [N/A]
Night Slashers: Remake (2024) [T]
Kingsgrave (2024) [T]
Snow Plowing Simulator (2024) [CE]
USC: Counterforce (2024) [T]
Wild West Dynasty (2024) [T]
Instruments of Destruction (2024) [N/A]
Killing Time: Resurrected (2024) [T]
Mech Engineer (2024) [N/A]
Uboat (2024) [N/A]
Neon Blood (2024) [T]
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing (2024) [E]
House of Golf 2 (2024) [CE]
Farewell North (2024) [N/A]
Dungeon Tycoon (2024) [N/A]
Geneforge 2: Infestation (2024) [E10]
Operation: Polygon Storm (2024) [T]
Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story (2024) [CE]
Headquarters: World War II (2024) [T]
Janosik 2 (2024) [CE]
Aquarist (2024) [N/A]
Go Home Annie (2024) [N/A]
The Witch of Fern Island (2024) [CE]
Chains of Fury (2024) [N/A]
Akimbot (2024) [N/A]
Linkito (2024) [N/A]
Valley Peaks (2024) [N/A]
Sons of Valhalla (2024) [T]
Pine: A Story of Loss (2024) [E]
New Arc Line (2024) [T]
Only Lead Can Stop Them (2024) [N/A]
#DRIVE Rally (2024) [N/A]
Front Mission 2: Remake (2024) [E10]
B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux (2024) [N/A]
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024) [E10]
Anima Flux (2024) [N/A]
Necroking (2024) [N/A]
Völgarr the Viking II (2024) [T]
Everafter Falls (2024) [E]
Catizens (2024) [E]
Neckbreak (2024) [M]
RIN: The Last Child (2024) [N/A]
Slave Zero X (2024) [T]
Vampire Therapist (2024) [N/A]
Jack Holmes: Master of Puppets (2024) [N/A]
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona (2024) [T]
Phantom Fury (2024) [N/A]
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific (2024) [N/A]
Highwater (2024) [E10]
Hive Jump 2: Survivors (2024) [T]
Life Eater (2024) [N/A]
A Night at the Watermill (2024) [N/A]
Prim (2024) [E10]
Mini Settlers (2024) [N/A]
Clickolding (2024) [N/A]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Purgatory (2024) [T]
Victory at Sea Atlantic: World War II Naval Warfare (2024) [N/A]
Murder on Space Station 52 (2024) [E10]
Cats Love Boxes (2024) [N/A]
Beloved Rapture (2024) [T]
Spin Hero (2024) [E10]
Hello Cruel World (2024) [T]
Ludus Mortis (2024) [E10]
Potion Tycoon (2024) [N/A]
Phoenix Springs (2024) [N/A]
The Phantom Fellows (2024) [N/A]
The Smurfs: Dreams (2024) [E]
The Journey of AutUmn (2024) [CE]
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks (2024) [E10]
My Lovely Empress (2024) [T]
Brownie's Adventure (2024) [N/A]
Odd Realm (2024) [N/A]
MoonFire: A Seeker's Saga (2024) [N/A]
Puppet House (2024) [T]
Yet Another Fantasy Title (2024) [N/A]
Saviorless (2024) [E10]
Rauniot (2024) [T]
VED (2024) [E10]
Control: Override (2024) [N/A]
The Dark Cave (2024) [N/A]
Wilmot Works It Out (2024) [CE]
Ringlorn Saga Gaiden (2024) [T]
Undead West (2024) [N/A]
ServiceIT: You can do IT (2024) [N/A]
Noreya: The Gold Project (2024) [N/A]
EcoGnomix (2024) [N/A]
Ingression (2024) [N/A]
First Cut: Samurai Duel (2024) [N/A]
Pneumata (2024) [T]
To the Stars (2024) [N/A]
Vampire: The Masquerade: Reckoning of New York (2024) [T]
Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond (2024) [N/A]
Crown of Pain (2024) [E10]
The Inquisitor (2024) [M]
Lords of Exile (2024) [N/A]
Sandwalkers (2024) [E10]
Shift 87 (2024) [N/A]
Plague: London 1665 (2024) [E]
Deck of Souls (2024) [E]
The Black Within (2024) [N/A]
Welcome to Empyreum (2024) [N/A]
Underspace (2024) [CE]
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place (2024) [N/A]
Banquet for Fools (2024) [E10]
The Dawning Clocks of Time Remake (2024) [E10]
Chocolate Factory (2024) [N/A]
Nie No Hakoniwa: Dollhouse of Offerings (2024) [N/A]
Devilated (2024) [N/A]
Care Bears: To the Rescue (2024) [N/A]
Bullet Runner (2024) [N/A]
Po'ed: Definitive Edition (2024) [N/A]
Technocide (2024) [N/A]
Metal Slug 4 (2024) [E10]
StormEdge (2024) [N/A]
Monospaced Lovers (2024) [E10]
Diluvian Winds (2024) [E10]
Hands of Necromancy II (2024) [N/A]
Tennis Manager 2024 (2024) [CE]
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication (2024) [N/A]
A Void Hope (2024) [N/A]
Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (2024) [E]
Stories From the Outbreak (2024) [T]
Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire (2024) [N/A]
Massacre at the Mirage (2024) [N/A]
Union of Gnomes (2024) [E10]
Toy Shire (2024) [N/A]
Despair: Blood Curse (2024) [N/A]
Flame Keeper (2024) [N/A]
Baby Blues Nightmares: Toddler Horror Game (2024) [N/A]
Chicken Strike: Cluck Ops (2024) [N/A]
Follow the Meaning (2024) [N/A]
Fixeight (2024) [N/A]
Sunshine Shuffle (2024) [N/A]
TFC: The Fertile Crescent (2024) [N/A]
Dogyuun (2024) [N/A]
Truxton 2 (2024) [N/A]
Frogun Encore (2024) [CE]
The Lullaby of Life (2024) [CE]
Trans Neuronica (2024) [N/A]
The Mansion of the Macabre (2024) [N/A]
Rise Eterna War (2024) [E]
Dragon Ruins (2024) [E]
Jim's Nightmare: Chapter 1 (2024) [T]
Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood (2024) [N/A]
Technotopia (2024) [N/A]
Cash Cow DX (2024) [N/A]
Vendir: Plague of Lies (2024) [T]
Grind Stormer (2024) [N/A]
Batsugun (2024) [N/A]
Vimana (2024) [N/A]
Fireside (2024) [N/A]
The Legend of Skye (2024) [N/A]
Pool Cleaning Simulator (2024) [N/A]
Firefrost (2024) [N/A]
Mortal Glory 2 (2024) [E10]
No Greater Glory: The American Civil War (2024) [N/A]
Don't Be Afraid 2 (2024) [N/A]
Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD (2024) [N/A]
The Mildew Children (2024) [N/A]
Ready, Steady, Ship! (2024) [CE]
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy (2024) [T]
No Sleep for Sole (2024) [N/A]
Omurice Next Time (2024) [N/A]
Immortal Mantis: Revenge (2024) [T]
Tales From Candleforth (2024) [E10]
Tiny Breakers Camp (2024) [N/A]
Footgun: Underground (2024) [N/A]
Tents and Trees (2024) [N/A]
Into the Necrovale (2024) [E10]
Kubikon 3D (2024) [N/A]
Qomp2 (2024) [N/A]
Overboss (2024) [N/A]
Son of a Gun (2024) [E10]
Blocky Farm (2024) [CE]
Alone in the Crowd (2024) [N/A]
Spellcats: Auto Card Tactics (2024) [N/A]
Whacking Hell! (2024) [N/A]
Trust No One (2024) [CE]
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (2024) [N/A]
Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival (2024) [N/A]
Scorchlands (2024) [CE]
Unveiling (2024) [N/A]
Still Joking (2024) [N/A]
Ninja Commando (2024) [N/A]
Spelp (2024) [N/A]
Lifecraft (2024) [N/A]
Journey to Kreisia (2024) [E10]
Rings of Zilfin (2024) [N/A]
Teppo and The Secret Ancient City (2024) [E]
Whispers in the Moss (2024) [N/A]
Hit the Shape (2024) [N/A]
Super Sidekicks (2024) [N/A]
Last Resort (2024) [E]
3 Count Bout (2024) [E10]
PathBlasters (2024) [N/A]
The Super Spy (2024) [E10]
Mutation Nation (2024) [E]
FLAKE The Legend of Snowblind (2024) [N/A]
Cats Hidden in Georgia (2024) [N/A]
Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer (2024) [N/A]
The Ancients (2024) [N/A]
Medieval Lords: Soldier Kings of Europe (2024) [N/A]
Fill Fill (2024) [N/A]
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (2024) [N/A]
Tap It Away (2024) [N/A]
Fill the Rainbow (2024) [N/A]
Robo Army (2024) [E]
Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō (2024) [N/A]
Arcade - Alpha Mission II (2024) [N/A]
King of the Monsters 2 : The Next Thing (2024) [E]
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of The Warrior (2024) [N/A]
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy (2024) [E10]
The King of Fighters 2003 (2024) [E10]
Magician Lord (2024) [E10]
Ghost Pilots (2024) [CE]
Inspector Waffles Early Days (2024) [N/A]
Fill Multicolor (2024) [N/A]
Soccer Brawl (2024) [CE]
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle (2024) [N/A]
Crossed Swords (2024) [E10]
Samurai Shodown IV : Amakusa's Revenge (2024) [E10]
Over Top (2024) [CE]
Pandaty (2024) [N/A]
JDM: Rise of the Scorpion (2024) [N/A]
Lesson Learned: Cult of the Elizabeth (2024) [N/A]

I sorted them by popularity, hence why it starts with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and then proceeds to almost immediately descend into games you've never heard of. There were approximately an additional 229 non-2024 games that were launched in 2024 as well.

Spoiler

God of War (2022) [M]
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002) [CE]
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) [E10]
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (2004) [CE]
RoboCop: Rogue City (2023) [M]
Alpha Protocol (2010) [M]
Caesar III (1998) [CE]
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (2019) [CE]
Jusant (2023) [CE]
The Talos Principle 2 (2023) [E10]
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2014) [M]
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (2013) [N/A]
SimCity 3000 (1999) [CE]
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (2000) [T]
Darkest Dungeon II (2021) [E10]
FlatOut 2 (2006) [T]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak (2022) [E10]
Resident Evil 2 (1999) [T]
The Expanse: A Telltale Series (2023) [M]
Resident Evil (1996) [M]
Nienix: Cosmic Warfare (2023) [E10]
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (2023) [E10]
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (2021) [M]
Atlas Fallen (2023) [E10]
Regency Solitaire (2014) [N/A]
Boti: Byteland Overclocked (2023) [N/A]
Lego: The Hobbit (2014) [E]
Airship: Kingdoms Adrift (2023) [T]
The Sinking City (2019) [M]
Howl (2023) [N/A]
Fort Solis (2022) [T]
Trinity Fusion (2023) [N/A]
Svarog's Dream (2023) [E10]
Tails of Iron (2021) [T]
LEGO The Lord of the Rings (2012) [E10]
Ixion (2022) [N/A]
DarkStar One (2006) [E10]
The Lamplighters League (2023) [E10]
Submachine: Legacy (2023) [N/A]
Inspector Schmidt: A Bavarian Tale (2023) [T]
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (2023) [N/A]
Cavern of Dreams (2023) [E]
Achilles: Legends Untold (2023) [M]
Ticket to Ride (2012) [CE]
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! (2002) [E]
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection (2023) [E10]
Beat Hazard 3 (2022) [N/A]
Super Woden GP 2 (2023) [E]
Endzone 2 (2023) [N/A]
Berserk Boy (2022) [CE]
Under The Waves (2023) [N/A]
Crash Time 5: Undercover (2012) [E10]
Videoverse (2023) [N/A]
The Citadel (2020) [N/A]
As Dusk Falls (2022) [T]
dotAGE (2023) [N/A]
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet (2016) [E]
Lil' Guardsman (2023) [N/A]
The Chant (2022) [T]
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands (2023) [E10]
Gord (2022) [M]
Mr. Prepper (2021) [E10]
Billy Blade: Temple of Time (2005) [E10]
Black Forest (2023) [N/A]
Ad Infinitum (2023) [N/A]
Steel Rain (2015) [E]
OTXO (2023) [M]
Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open (2023) [N/A]
Cookie Cutter (2023) [N/A]
Sprawl (2023) [N/A]
The Oregon Trail (2022) [E10]
Gerda: A Flame in Winter (2022) [T]
Wilmot's Warehouse (2017) [CE]
Bendy and the Ink Machine (2017) [E10]
The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain (2019) [E10]
Moonstone Island (2023) [E]
The Legend of Tianding (2021) [T]
Frozenheim (2022) [N/A]
War Hospital (2023) [N/A]
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD (2019) [N/A]
Goalgetter (2023) [N/A]
Stellar Interface (2016) [CE]
Milo and the Magpies (2021) [N/A]
Beer! (2018) [N/A]
Death From Above (2023) [N/A]
Floodland (2022) [N/A]
Rogue-FP (2023) [E]
Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale (2023) [E10]
Bus Simulator 21 (2021) [CE]
Hello Neighbor 2 (2022) [E10]
People Playground (2019) [N/A]
Homebody (2023) [T]
SOS OPS! (2023) [CE]
Tamarak Trail (2023) [T]
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe (2020) [N/A]
Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy (2011) [N/A]
Battle vs. Chess (2012) [E10]
Close Combat: Modern Tactics (2007) [N/A]
A Tiny Sticker Tale (2023) [CE]
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (2023) [E10]
Excessive Speed (1999) [E]
Tiny Witch (2023) [N/A]
Harvest Days: My Dream Farm (2022) [N/A]
Dance of Cards (2023) [N/A]
Synergy (2023) [N/A]
Alisa (2021) [N/A]
Tools Up! (2019) [CE]
Marenian Tavern Story: Patty and the Hungry God (2019) [E10]
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie (2023) [T]
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (2021) [N/A]
Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom (2021) [E]
Cryogear (2020) [E10]
Swords and Sandals Classic Collection (2019) [N/A]
Gunship 2000 (1993) [N/A]
BroodStar (2022) [E]
Combat Mission: Shock Force 2 (2020) [N/A]
Dust to the End (2021) [T]
Have a N.I.C.E Day! (1997) [E10]
Iridion 3D (2001) [CE]
We Need to Go Deeper (2019) [N/A]
Mass Destruction (2015) [E10]
Barely Racing (2023) [N/A]
Kona II: Brume (2023) [T]
Bendy and the Dark Revival (2022) [E10]
Goblins of Elderstone (2023) [N/A]
One Night Stand (2016) [M]
The Legend of Crystal Valley (2009) [N/A]
Welcome to Elk (2020) [N/A]
Dread X Collection: The Hunt (2021) [N/A]
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (2020) [T]
Sky Mercenaries (2014) [CE]
No More Snow (2023) [N/A]
Roboplant (2022) [N/A]
Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth (2021) [E10]
Iridion II (2020) [CE]
Buccaneer (1997) [N/A]
Kingdom Shell (2023) [N/A]
Prison City (2023) [E]
The Detroit After (2022) [N/A]
Bus World (2022) [N/A]
Slice of Sea (2021) [CE]
Sudoku Zenkai (2018) [N/A]
The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game (2023) [N/A]
We Are Not Alone (2023) [T]
The Gunk (2022) [E10]
Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World (2011) [E10]
Regency Solitaire II (2022) [N/A]
Islands of the Caliph (2023) [N/A]
Dread X Collection 3 (2020) [N/A]
ONE. (2023) [N/A]
Train Life: A Railway Simulator (2021) [CE]
Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero (2001) [E]
Dread X Collection 5 (2022) [N/A]
MeteoHeroes (2022) [E]
Arcade Tycoon: Simulation (2021) [N/A]
Say No! More (2021) [E]
Flipon (2020) [CE]
Dread X Collection 2 (2020) [N/A]
Weird Dreams (1989) [N/A]
Esperia: Uprising of the Scarlet Witch (2023) [T]
Dread X Collection (2020) [N/A]
Fox n Forests (2018) [E]
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio (2015) [N/A]
Medieval Battlefields (2011) [E10]
Twin Hawk (1990) [N/A]
Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown (2021) [N/A]
Construction Simulator 2 (2018) [N/A]
Sender (2023) [T]
Lightspeed (1990) [N/A]
Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past (2023) [N/A]
N.I.C.E. 2 (2020) [E10]
Director of Football (1999) [N/A]
Super Arcade Football (2021) [N/A]
Noch (2023) [E]
S.T.O.R.M. (1996) [N/A]
Times & Galaxy (2023) [E10]
Not Another Weekend (2021) [N/A]
Donut Dodo (2022) [CE]
The King of Fighters '97 Global Match (2018) [N/A]
Tiger-Heli (1987) [N/A]
Terror At Oakheart (2023) [N/A]
Golf VS Zombies (2023) [N/A]
Tad the Lost Explorer (2022) [N/A]
Moons of Ardan (2021) [N/A]
Luna's Fishing Garden (2021) [N/A]
Murders in Space (2020) [E]
Hanoi Puzzles: Solid Match (2020) [N/A]
Lesson Learned (2023) [N/A]
Exophobia (2023) [N/A]
Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story (2018) [N/A]
Otherwar (2023) [N/A]
Flight of the Intruder (1990) [N/A]
Souno's Curse (2023) [N/A]
Overrogue (2022) [E]
Dumpy & Bumpy (2021) [E]
LOVE 3 (2021) [N/A]
Attack of the Mutant Penguins (2021) [N/A]
Construction Simulator 3 (2019) [CE]
Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle (2016) [N/A]
PopSlinger (2022) [E]
Storm Boy (2018) [E]
Cyber Complex (2017) [CE]
Love Yuri (2023) [N/A]
Solitaire Quest: Garden Story (2023) [N/A]
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes (2023) [M]
Toy Tanks (2022) [N/A]
Steredenn: Binary Stars (2018) [E]
Strange Aeons (2023) [N/A]
Immortal Mantis (2022) [T]
Links Puzzle (2023) [E]
Myths of Orion: Light from the North (2014) [N/A]
Drake of the 99 Dragons (2018) [E10]
Asdivine Saga (2021) [E]
Sagres (2023) [E]
Leylines (2019) [N/A]
Legions (1994) [CE]
Brave Battle Saga: The Legend of the Magic Warrior (2019) [N/A]
Alphadia I & II (2023) [E]
Canon - Legend of the New Gods (2020) [N/A]
Sengoku 2 (2018) [E10]
Tinhead (2019) [N/A]
Duck Paradox (2022) [N/A]
Prophecy I: Viking Child (1990) [N/A]
Sunny Cafe (2021) [N/A]
Cross Tails (2023) [E]
Sengoku (1991) [N/A]
Pixelot (2019) [CE]
Lazy Galaxy 2 (2021) [N/A]
Lazy Galaxy (2018) [N/A]

Again, sorted by popularity. Some more mainstream titles there, albeit older games. Anyways, doesn't mean anything with regards to your point, I just wanted to check for my own curiosity. Specific to Obsidian, you can see Alpha Protocol near the top of the second list!

Edited Friday at 02:26 AM by Bartimaeus

[LadyCrimson]

23 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

GOG launched approximately 358 games whose initial releases were in 2024

I know the first four. I vaguely maybe recognize titles of half a dozen others. That's it. Looking a few random titles up, nothing I'd want to play or care about non-drm self-collecting. And ofc I'm not trying to speak ill of GoG - no one actually expects Square or Activision/Blizzard etc. to put their games there, after all, and if someone loves all the games GoG offers/wants little else beyond those, more power to them - but unfortunately GoG in the long run hasn't been a place for me.
 

23 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

There were approximately an additional 229 non-2024 games that were launched in 2024 as well.

I find Caesar 3 being on that list rather odd, considering I bought C3 from GoG in 2011. It's supposedly the 13th game (out of 56) that I purchased from them. I'd guess the "launch" in 2024 is some slightly updated version but looking at their store page for it, it doesn't look any different - not an HDD edition, no new soundtrack or anything, etc. Probably just some O/S patch. Wonder what their criteria for "launch" is. The last game I purchased from GoG was The Outer Worlds, over 4 years ago.

[Bartimaeus]

33 minutes ago, LadyCrimson said:

find Caesar 3 being on that list rather odd, considering I bought C3 from GoG in 2011. It's supposedly the 13th game (out of 56) that I purchased from them. I'd guess the "launch" in 2024 is some slightly updated version but looking at their store page for it, it doesn't look any different - not an HDD edition, no new soundtrack or anything, etc. Probably just some O/S patch. Wonder what their criteria for "launch" is. The last game I purchased from GoG was The Outer Worlds, over 4 years ago.

I see a "2010 GOG Edition" version as well (the only other GOG release for this particular game), but the one under the list I posted above is shown as "2024 GOG PP Edition" and has separate versioning (i.e. the 2010 release's final version is notated as 2.0.0.9 from about 5 years ago, while the 2024's is 1.0.1.0 from a few months ago). What "PP" might stand for, I do not know, and Google doesn't seem to give me any relevant results. "GOG PP Edition" is a funny name, though, which has to count for something. Given that there was a previous GOG release, it probably shouldn't really be included in these results, though.

(e): Oh, duh, "PP" is the "Preservation Program" GOG started not that long ago. It's basically their own souped-up version of the game that's supposed to ensure that it can be run on modern operating systems. So yeah, definitely shouldn't be included. I wonder how many like that are in my list...let's check: four. They are RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, Caesar III, SimCity 3000, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Okay, so not as many as I expected, doesn't really affect the results all that much. There are more games in this Preservation Program than that, but those four were apparently the only ones that changed significantly enough to warrant the separate/distinct release year notations from any previous releases GOG might have had of them.

33 minutes ago, LadyCrimson said:

I know the first four. I vaguely maybe recognize titles of half a dozen others. That's it. Looking a few random titles up, nothing I'd want to play or care about non-drm self-collecting. And ofc I'm not trying to speak ill of GoG - no one actually expects Square or Activision/Blizzard etc. to put their games there, after all, and if someone loves all the games GoG offers/wants little else beyond those, more power to them - but unfortunately GoG in the long run hasn't been a place for me.

Yeah. If nothing else, I would not want to see what these lists would look like for Steam, as I'm sure the GOG lists must dwarf the Steam ones.

Edited Friday at 03:46 AM by Bartimaeus

[Sven_]

9 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

I love Worth a Buy, but he needs a program where the fps counter numbers are a lot larger.  And maybe colored orange.  >.> 

Anyway, always tweak manually vs. using those Low/Med/High/Ultra preset buttons - there's almost always some combo of things - some things Low, some things Ultra, some things Med/High, personal graphic preferences/tolerances etc - that make it work while still looking nice. From their spec sheet it doesn't seem like it'd be all that hard to find something that works well enough as long as you're not on truly ancient "gaming" hardware and aren't a mega-fps/ultra fanatic.

Always do! The killers in KCD where shadow and object detail settings. Keep those at high at best, and there's minimal quality loss, but a lot more fps.  Seeing that KCD2 has the same options (Worth A Buy has shown them in a prior video), I know where I'm gonna start out. A week and a half to go!  


By the way, second best rant on the internet. Every time I'm in a bad mood (and/or play a game that treats me like a toddler.....)  
 

 

Edited Friday at 05:01 AM by Sven_

[HoonDing]

In Kingdom Come women appear to lack the strength to crank a crossbow.

Based, etc.

[BruceVC]

11 hours ago, Wormerine said:

More importantly Kingdome Come2 is coming to GOG in "spring". WIll happily wait for that release (and hopefully play the first game until then).

Wormie I still cant believe you havent played KC:D1 

I was under the impression it was mandatory for all Slav gamers  to have played this game???? You really need to play KC:D1, its a fantastic game with excellent combat mechanics

I would say its got the second most realistic combat mechanics out of any game I have played and only Exanima  is more realistic 

 

[Wormerine]

10 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

I have a weird relationship with GoG. After buying all the old 90's/2000-2008 titles re: O/S compatibility (loved GoG for that purpose), I barely use them. I still like them in theory etc but it's so rare for them to carry a post-2010 game where I'd REALLY want a not-tied to a launcher/drm .exe, for, that I often forget to even look at GoG first anymore.  Like, they never got/added even Stray, alas.

GOG, is my prefer launcher, and I quite happy they added Galaxy - I find downloading and updating games through it easier, and I also manage other storefronts through it.

But yes, unfortunately, GOG doesn't secure enough new releases for me to buy from the regularly. Even with smaller titles they tend to get them slower, and they usually don't announce what will add to their storefront and when. KC:D2 might be the first time I see GOG announce release ahead of time like that. So many times I bought game on Steam only for it to get GOG release later.

And yeah, most publisher seem to avoid non-DRM releases - I was so disappointed when Hitman2016 released on GOG briefly (got pulled back due to backlash), but was still tied to online server.

 

1 hour ago, BruceVC said:

Wormie I still cant believe you havent played KC:D1

Yeah, me neither. It's installed on my PC, but waiting for its turn (with Avowed coming out it will probably still be some time before I get to it). I didn't think my PC could run it well when it first released, and while it's been on top of my "to play" games since I build a new rig I never got around to playing it. I think I am aging.

[Lexx]

They need the DRM at least in the first few months. It has a *huge* influence on the revenue, even if people don't want to believe it. And GOG games are regularly shared on you know what sites.

[Humanoid]

I was slightly disappointed to hear about the delay until I realised northern hemisphere spring is like, as little as one month after the game's release date? That's basically a simultaneous release for my purposes. I too have not played KCD1 despite being able to see the Collector's Edition box right in front of me right now.

I'll always opt for GOG if possible. And if not, I'll often just skip any game that isn't one of my very few must-haves. Games on the "maybe" list - I'll throw out Dave the Diver as an example - turn into a firm do-not-buy unless available on GOG, or possibly as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.

Edited Friday at 12:36 PM by Humanoid

[Bartimaeus]

4 hours ago, Lexx said:

They need the DRM at least in the first few months. It has a *huge* influence on the revenue, even if people don't want to believe it. And GOG games are regularly shared on you know what sites.

Yeah, I personally don't particularly mind if a game has DRM for a few months to half a year - even if it's Denuvo. Mind you, I'm not going to buy it while it has Denuvo, but I understand its use for that initial release period, since initial release is supposedly where games lose the most revenue to piracy. But I very much like to see games eventually get a DRM or effectively DRM-free release. I prefer GOG for its actually fully DRM-free approach, but basic Steam-wrapping can be disabled by pretty much anyone if they look up how, and that's what's typically used for most singleplayer games on Steam.

Ubisoft is one of a few companies that seem to never remove Denuvo from their games no matter how old the games in question get. I wouldn't play, much less buy, any Ubisoft games in the first place, but it's nice of them to to enforce that I don't.

Edited Friday at 05:05 PM by Bartimaeus

[Hurlshort]

I love GoG and prefer it for purchases, but Galaxy still sucks for me. I mean it works, but it has some weird updating error that never seems to get fixed. It's also just not that easy to navigate.

But I still use it for a couple reasons:

1. I love the preservation of classic titles

2. My son has taken over my Steam account.

[LadyCrimson]

More AAA hardware "lifting" - another "RT required".  I'd wild guess it'll be kind like Indy tho, where you could turn a few certain settings down/low and it'd at least run ok on 8gb vram without full pathtracing bling on.

 

I also saw the FF7-Rebirth requires RTX gpu, not because of RT specifically but because DX12-Ultimate (something about shader AI version maybe), which GTX can't/doesn't support. I don't care about either of these games, but yeah - here comes the generation of "upgrade your rig you peons" game releases. Even beyond GPU nonsense, my next rig is definitely going to have 128 (system) RAM in it.

Edited Friday at 08:45 PM by LadyCrimson

[Lexx]

Doom: The Dark Ages is also 80€ lol. Looks like I'm not buying games on release anymore.

[Mamoulian War]

22 hours ago, Humanoid said:

 

I'll always opt for GOG if possible. And if not, I'll often just skip any game that isn't one of my very few must-haves. Games on the "maybe" list - I'll throw out Dave the Diver as an example - turn into a firm do-not-buy unless available on GOG, or possibly as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.

That’s pretty much the way, how ot works for me. Which means, the only games, which I have on Steam is Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, Counter-Strike, Half-Life 2 and half of Europa Universalis IV (which I regret now, but it seemed Paradox will never release this on on GOG).

[Humanoid]

Yep.

Darkest Dungeon was just to test out that Samsung Smart Fridge mod without messing with my GOG install.