Re: The Games Come In, The Games Go Out

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 14:38:07 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

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Of course they removed doom2, it's now bundled into Doom + Doom2 - you
gave out a code last month for it I think.

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Technically, the Doom I + Doom II is a completely different game,
featuring an entirely different engine and significantly updated
visuals. It's still (largely) compatible with existing WADs but if you
want the original game (DOSBox and all) you can't get it on Steam
anymore.
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The original version isn't available on GOG either, now that I check.
So it looks like, if you want to play Doom II now and don't own it
already, you're options now are: a) pirate, b) use a source port, or
c) use the Kex-engine version sold with the Doom + Doom II edition
being sold. But you can't acquire the classic Carmack-programmed
version of the game legally anymore.

Who would want to play the 30 year old dos version anyway when they can
have an update graphics on that works on modern systems?

I'm guessing they removed it cause they were making no sales of it.

Was rather displeased with GoG, downloaded Blade of Darkness (or so I
thought by pressing the download game button,) only to find I'd
downloaded a stub installed that installed GoG Galaxy (once I shut off
the firewall, cause it generates a random temp dir every time it
unpacked so you couldn't simply unblock.)

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Once that was in I could finally install the game, and fucking GoG gives
you a desktop icon that doesn't start the game, it wants you to log into
GoG to play it.   FUCK THAT, it's a single player game!

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Set up a direct link to the exe manually.  FUCK YOU GOG!

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Whether you find value in it or not, many people like using the GOG
Galaxy client (I happen to agree with you and prefer an offline
version, but IIRC, GOG reported than half GOG users prefer the
client,** so we're in the minority here). Nonetheless GOG offers both
options, which is more than can be said for almost any of its
competitors. That you picked the wrong one is your mistake, not
theirs.

There were no versions, there was a "Download Game" button and that's
it.

GOG has forever offered manual offline installers, including for Blade
of Darkness (both versions). You downloaded the clearly labeled
"install game with GOG galaxy" version and not the one that is
"offline game installer" that's directly beneath it.

No I did not, I claimed the game, and there was only a "Download Game"
button with absolutely NO MENTION WHATSOEVER of GoG Motherfucking
Galaxy, and no links at all, just one button.

Why in the hell would I want to have an install of a single player game
that forces you to also run a completely unnecessary app as well.

Steam used for copy protection is one thing - the game won't run without
it, but that is not the case here, it's GoG forcing their app to be run
even though there is no need at all for it.
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Xocyll