Looking forward to the first benchmarks. I can't believe it won't be a huge upgrade over my RX6600.

I also have a RX6600, but as long as the games I play run decently, I don't think it makes sense for me to upgrade.

But once I do, I would not look at less than 16GB of VRAM, and possibly more by then. When I buy a card, even in the $300-something price range, I want it to last at least 5 to 6 years.

And at least during the past upgrade cycles, I always quadrupled VRAM, from 512MB on the 9600GT to 2GB on the GTX950 to 8GB on the RX6600. I'd be hard pressed to remember what I had before, though.

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Sable alone justifies getting the bundle :-).
Citizen Sleeper is okay, quite gripping at the start, actually, but I found it's one of those games where success begets more success, and failure begets more failure.
NORCO I've never got to properly work under Wine, though I haven't tried in a while.
A Space for the Unbound is still on my wishlist.

Can't say much about the rest, but Genesis Noir seems to be quite the spectacle.

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I've yet to actually play it, but at least from what I've seen from the trailer and screenshots, I like the higher resolution. Sure, the backgrounds aren't super detailed (in fact, they look like they could be easily scaled down to 640x480, too), but I like the larger character sprites.

And honestly, after playing all these Daedalic adventures in glorious full HD 10 to 15 years ago, I think it's time the rest of the scene catches up. It's not like most of these games are true pixel art anyway.

As for the gameplay, not sure how the trial and error mechanic will work out in practice, but feels more like they took a cue from Sierra instead of Lucasarts. But I guess it fits the time travel theme.

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I hear that Mask of the Betrayer is supposed to be pretty good. I never got around to playing that back in the day, so maybe here's a chance for catching up.

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Knowing the game I'm already anticipating to see Confucian vikings building up a hegemony and christian samurais going on crusade to Korea... :).

Not if I get to doing that first ;-).

In my current campaign, starting as close to my birthplace in southern Germany as possible (the exact location is a City holding, so not playable, unfortunately), I made it a habit to marry Indian women and at some point converted to my mother's faith. I then turned the HRE into an administrative realm and after the second crusade against me, I was fed up and dismantled the papacy. Then, more by chance than by following a clear plan, I inherited a religious legend and upon completion was presented the opportunity to convert all neighboring rulers to my faith, including the Byzantine Emporer. Pilgrimages in this setting are quite the journey, though ;-).

I actually like to try wacky things, like breeding a line of albino witches (and you wouldn't believe how many non-albino children there are, even if both parents have the trait. Either a bug, rampant adultery, or my grasp on genetics isn't as good as I think it is). And it's fun to see how the game reacts to those things and what it throws my way as a result.

Though I assume tough luck if players would rather re-enact history as close as possible :-).

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Really looking forward to All Under Heaven. Ever since looking at the torn world map, I was eagerly awaiting its completion. Korea/Silla, here I come ...

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Really looking forward to KC:D II. Backed the first one on Kickstarter, and it did not disappoint (aside from not delivering on the native Linux version).

From what I hear the 2nd installment is in a much better shape on release than the first (not that I ran into many problems back then), but is more of the same otherwise. Much more, actually :-). Yay!

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I really, really loved Paradise Killer, so it's a bit sad to see their new game on Steam only. Will pick it up the moment it comes to GOG.

But if, unlike me, you're not so selective, I'd recommend this unseen :-).

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I had an eye on the game for a while, mostly because the car most frequently shown in the promotional material seems to resemble a Volvo 260, which was the car my mom drove (a blue one, at that!), and I fondly remember riding as a kid.

Though nostalgia aside, I'm not sure whether the game is for me. Seems to be one of the variety where you have to prepare as best as you can and hope RNG doesn't throw a wrench your way. I'd rather be able to make informed decisions to maximize chances of success.

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Maybe this will be enough to have those games released on GOG.

Yeah, my thought exactly. Still holding out for Horizon Forbidden West. This news gets my hope up a little.

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