I remember the gameplay in this game feeling... seriously disorienting for some reason. SS1 both felt old-school PC, and this one was a jump into more of a console feel to me. Maybe a odd in-between at best. One day I'll go back to it, but it most likely won't be through a gamepad.

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If I were Twitch I'd be getting really nervous.

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Yeah, I'm not sure why they're using... 0.74 still? Probably some agreement they made at some point that they never bothered to reconsider? Not sure about the licensing on all the forks.

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Let's see how it's executed before we call this a win.

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@Cybolic: that is exactly right. If GOG collaborated in some capacity with the community that would've been a different story, and an actual feather in the preservation cap they so eagerly try to wear.

Instead, GOG has a history of piggybacking on the community efforts. I get they technically don't owe anyone anything, because at best this is a grey area (say, apparently there was a case of a correct(ed) image of video game optical media the dumping party had no license to distribute - that GOG happily used once it became available), and at worst perhaps not legal (cracked copy protection measures leading to piracy), but that is part of the entire point: preservation is morally obvious, but potentially legally dubious.

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@Caldathras: if a business needs donations (and they wouldn't need to ask otherwise, I'm not buying this PR speak) then said business is poorly run. Therefore, its preservation efforts could be in jeopardy, so to speak. Price the games you're selling to allow for the business growth you're intending, and not just for survival.

Just to be clear. I have hundreds of games on GOG, I support what they do... as a business, not as preservationists. And I certainly don't support attempts to manipulate and guilt-trip their customers (counting myself among them since day 1).

I say all this, because I care, and because I have close to 20 years invested into GOG. Can't believe I need to spell this out, but that's the Internet for you, I guess.

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No money in Linux. Preservation, huh?

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This grinds my gears. GOG is a business. There's fan preservation projects out there that could genuinely use fan support of any kind that GOG should not be asking for as a business. We're paying for the games, price them accordingly.

Not to mention my personal view is that in terms of preservation efforts GOG isn't anywhere near the top of the list.

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I know you didn't. I'm mainly just pointing out how overtly manufactured his personalities are while assuming that they wouldn't piggyback on an unlikeable personality to promote a game...thing. So, some people seem to think he's likeable? He seems like a right p... an obnoxious individual to me.

Scratching my head at this, basically.

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Several personalities, probably. The gangsta one went away after the murder trial, so now we get... whatever it is that he's doing. Money-loving amoral stoner gamer that sometimes tries to pretend he's approachable for the purposes of public events he's well compensated for?

Clearly, I fail to see the appeal.

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