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Posted August 05, 2015
Okay, but what if I argue that most old games were indie?
Post edited August 05, 2015 by Darvond
Posted August 05, 2015
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stevenstarar: Would be nice to see a little more of this [old games, good/bad ones] and less of that [indie games, they usually look like freeware apps and have about as much replay value] cause I see the request section is fulla stuff I'd burn my money on. Hell, even a nice AGI KQ4 for my existing purchase or something to tide me through.
Please see Table IX.

GOG has released 51 old games (11+ years old) in 2015 (in just over 7 months). At this rate, we can expect about 87 old games this year.

By comparison, the year with most old games released so far (2013) only had 57 old games for the entire year. There is really nothing to complain about; GOG is releasing a lot more old games than ever before (as well as lots of new games).
Post edited August 05, 2015 by mrkgnao
Posted August 05, 2015
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mrkgnao: There is really nothing to complain about; GOG is releasing more old games than ever before (as well as lots of new games).
Aside from what Matruchus pointed above, I'd guess that part of those complaints pertains to the total ratio of old games released. I get the impression that if GOG only released those 51 old games, those people wouldn't be complaining, but put 51 against a total of ~190 games released so far and they end up thinking "why couldn't those 190 be all old games?"
Posted August 05, 2015
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mrkgnao: There is really nothing to complain about; GOG is releasing more old games than ever before (as well as lots of new games).
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Grargar: Aside from what Matruchus pointed above, I'd guess that part of those complaints pertains to the total ratio of old games released. I get the impression that if GOG only released those 51 old games, those people wouldn't be complaining, but put 51 against a total of ~190 games released so far and they end up thinking "why couldn't those 190 be all old games?"
You know the answer. Tell them not to look at the other 137 games if they don't care for them. Then they'll have 100% old games,
Posted August 05, 2015
Aquaria is actually an old game. It was released in 2007, eight years ago. Eight years is the time difference between Ultima V (1988) and Quake 1 (1996). Or Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984) and Wolfenstein 3D (1992). Or Elite (1984) and Ultima Underworld (1992).

Or Quake III (1999) and Crysis (2007).

Or System Shock 2 (1999) and BioShock (2007).

Or StarCraft (1998) and Company of Heroes (2006).

Or Dune 2 (1992) and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (2000).

You need to update your timeframe. Games that you still see as being new are actually old now.
Posted August 05, 2015
I don't complain. We had some really good releases lately. My wishlist grew instead of shrinking despite buying like crazy on sales. Besides i consider anything older than 5 years as old.
Posted August 05, 2015
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thejimz: Or Quake III (1999) and Crysis (2007).

Or System Shock 2 (1999) and BioShock (2007).


You need to update your timeframe. Games that you still see as being new are actually old now.
those two example to be honest still blow my mind in terms of graphical quality
to go from blocky low poly models to near realism
Posted August 05, 2015
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snowkatt: those two example to be honest still blow my mind in terms of graphical quality
to go from blocky low poly models to near realism
It's absolutely crazy to think about. By comparison, we've stagnated massively in the 2007-2015 period! That's probably one of the reasons that people don't realize how long it's really been.
Posted August 05, 2015
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thejimz: It's absolutely crazy to think about. By comparison, we've stagnated massively in the 2007-2015 period! That's probably one of the reasons that people don't realize how long it's really been.
we are finally in diminishing returns

each generation was a huge leap over the previous one and then the xbox 360 hit
...and we have stagnated since then
Posted August 05, 2015
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thejimz: Aquaria is actually an old game. It was released in 2007, eight years ago. Eight years is the time difference between Ultima V (1988) and Quake 1 (1996). Or Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984) and Wolfenstein 3D (1992). Or Elite (1984) and Ultima Underworld (1992).

Or Quake III (1999) and Crysis (2007).

Or System Shock 2 (1999) and BioShock (2007).

Or StarCraft (1998) and Company of Heroes (2006).

Or Dune 2 (1992) and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (2000).

You need to update your timeframe. Games that you still see as being new are actually old now.
My brother and I were talking about how when we were kids Ocarina of Time seemed ancient but Twilight Princess is older now to me than OoT was back then (about 03 or 04).
Posted August 05, 2015
Sometimes when I play some old game, say Nox or Tomb Raider, I get shocked when I realize there are people who weren't even born yet when those games were released!

Yes I realize this applies also to games released yesterday (if someone was born today), but still, whoa dude! Blows my mind and pants!
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