It's a pre-order scheme and we all (should, by now) know it. They'll also be finishing development way past release date. I like Revolution, I love these games, but "not a sure thing" + Kickstarter not yet live in October with an "early 2026" release date just doesn't track.

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I take it that "support" in the context of DOS games just means slapping Dosbox on top of them?

Not to mention Freddy Pharkas is also supported by ScummVM. Fun game, but I can't see what makes it a priority.

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How much more black could this be?

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I like me some stale 90s RTS, but that's sort of my issue here: I'm not seeing anything that stands out, it's just about the fetish. I wouldn't mind more of these, but is there enough of a market? Fingers crossed!

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You people do fantastic work. fheroes2 and VCMI both have a permanent spot on my phone, not to mention HoMM1 via Dosbox. Very cool to have all this right here in my pocket wherever I go.

Some consolation as the world continues to (appear to) crumble around us ;)

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So, after the game and all the overpriced, broken and pointless DLC, and after pre-order DLC for DLC... it is no longer sufficient to buy a game once.

I can't say it isn't a logical next step for Paradox's "bleed 'em dry" bizdev strategy.

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It does seem to really be just an engine remaster, but hey, at least it is reasonably priced. And owners of the original get 30% off, allegedly, which is always nice.

Plus that launch discount on top, and I'm still considering refunding.

What you're getting here is an engine patch (which should've been free considering the game has issues running on modern configurations and they still have no qualms selling it despite those), and an upscale that clearly wasn't supervised as well as it should've been that was obviously supposed to have provided the illusion of value added to the package. Players caught that immediately, Relic sheepishly added some plans to tweak that to the patch roadmap.

What you're not getting is fixes to issues that have existed for decades. I'm baffled this has a positive Steam rating, frankly.

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This remaster is pretty much the minimum that needed to be done. Widescreen and... I guess functioning where the original game no longer wasn't.

Beyond that the quality of the upscale is questionable, so best not to inspect the game too closely, and ancient bugs remain unfixed. Loaded a saved game? Enjoy ye olde no music bug. Clearly, early buyers are funding the development that should've taken place prior to release. Common practice, yes, but still not great for your reputation, Relic.

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So, Eurogamer is slightly disappointed (this, incidentally, by the guy who hailed Veilguard as a masterpiece), and IGN isn't rocking the boat with a deeply non-committal "hoping this is going to be really special". Then there's murmuring behind the scenes, in private, how terrible it is, with some local (non-English speaking thus far, from what I've seen) outfits daring to say that outright.

It's shaping up to be an entertaining launch.

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This is probably the end for this dev. They're not owned by Paradox, so there will be no firing squad to send a message to others like we've seen with Harebrained where Paradox decimated the staff months ahead of release, but I can't imagine how they survive the fallout on their own (recent buyout).

Early buzz is starting in media on a demo making the rounds. It's a catastrophe, apparently.

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