Somehow, Blizzard managed the not unimpressive feat of removing the original game to replace it with their incompetent "remaster" (what's a tall pixel?) yet again, but this time cross-platform. Bravo?

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Quoting: kaimanIf all goes well, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 comes out February 11th, so I don't think I'll need another large RPG in that time period. But will be interesting to see how Avowed turns out compared to the more old-school Pillars of Eternity games.

It doesn't really compare, though. PoE was cheaper to make, and a matter of prestige/sign of studio health. In a way, budget was secondary to getting it out the door in decent shape.

Avowed is a more expensive project that's going to get at least partially buried from the traditional sales point of view (which is what gets widely reported), because of questionable Xbox business strategy. And we won't really even know how badly it'll get hurt by that, either.

Hard pass for me. Game looks fairly mediocre, and it's priced like it's the hottest thing since sliced bread. Good luck with that.

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There's already been a longer gap between these two games than there was between Monkey 3 and AVS at that point. Time is scary.

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Quoting: MoogMuskie

Quoting: suchAs much as I have genuine, unironic sympathy that goes beyond nostalgia for this game... TR1-3 with all the side/expansion stuff is the same price, so this places Croc... a little bit outside of that impulse buy sweet spot I feel they should've targeted. Especially on GOG, i.e. a more niche platform. I appreciate when someone values their work, but...

Let's hope that GOG exclusivity money funds Croc 2, at least. Maybe it already has.

It might not be enough for you to find it worth it, but for that $29.99 it comes with a copy of the original game, as mentioned on the store page.

I already own a copy of the original game. I'd imagine a not insignificant number of people who have been aware of Croc's existence do. It's good it's there - let there be no misunderstanding on this point.

Now, if the remaster is good, that'll be worth it to me, but my point is that it's probably not a package attractive enough to convert people. As someone who would enjoy a proper Croc 3 I find that to be a shame - if it pans out the way I fear it might.

Fingers crossed we're entering the Age of Croc, genuinely.

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As much as I have genuine, unironic sympathy that goes beyond nostalgia for this game... TR1-3 with all the side/expansion stuff is the same price, so this places Croc... a little bit outside of that impulse buy sweet spot I feel they should've targeted. Especially on GOG, i.e. a more niche platform. I appreciate when someone values their work, but...

Let's hope that GOG exclusivity money funds Croc 2, at least. Maybe it already has.

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Quoting: Leahi84

Quoting: soulsourceI hope this isn't bad news for the OpenTTD project.

I don't believe it'll be a problem. They've known about OpenRCT2 and OpenTTD for awhile now and not had a problem.

The real problem is if Sawyer ever takes the rights to RCT away from Atari. Apparently he's extremely hostile to OpenRCT2's existence and will go after it if Atari ever loses the rights. So it's in everybody's best interest that Atari keeps the rights, or is able to outright purchase the rest of his games from him.

Atari bought the publishing rights to RCT this year, apparently. Sawyer's alleged stance quoted here and there seems more lawyer than human (and indeed appears to be signed to that effect), so I hope that's not his actual (informed) take on the situation. Extremely dispiriting and about as out of touch if that were the case.

That said, aggressive representation is probably the sole reason Sawyer is able to earn a living off RCT still, after all those years. Here's hoping it doesn't get out of hand for the wrong/stupid reasons.

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They had a demo out some months back.

It was... very bad outsider art, pains me to say.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: JustinWoodI kind of thought GoG was supposed to be the old game library of Alexandria, at least to some extent.

I'm not familiar with these times but wasn't the library free to access? So, something more like this [External Link]?

Yeah, GOG is a bookstore by that logic.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: suchIt'll get to Steam eventually. GOG doesn't have the coffers for anything other than a timed exclusive, and not a long one at that, I'm betting.

Not necessarily if GOG have done any kind of funding on it, plus GOG have various other classics not available elsewhere.

I'm thinking it could perhaps be less a matter of funding and more a case of a very specific deal GOG negotiated to maybe drag a game out of ownership hell and into their store. Some games just took very long to get to Steam (Emperor of the Fading Suns - still not there yet, but there's plans), some perhaps no one bothered to put on Steam, because who cares, and Steam is essentially a black hole if you're not promoting your product sufficiently.

We'll see in about a year :)

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It'll get to Steam eventually. GOG doesn't have the coffers for anything other than a timed exclusive, and not a long one at that, I'm betting.

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