jonbee77: I had considered buyuing fallout 1/2 but there're so many other games on GoG. Personally, I think they should still be charging at least $2 for these games, why not? $2 is nothing and yet something. Making em free seems... wrong.
If they make these free they might as well make all the others free too.
Fallout 1/2 aren't just about the outdated graphics, they're about the gameplay.. Somehow I get the feeling somebody said "The graphics and gameplay in Fallout 1/2 sucks balls, so why don't we just make em free?"
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth for some reason, like somebody is saying these games suck. I know all too well how wrong it can be when somebody else speaks for me by dictating a game sucks. I am the one that determines whether a game sucks.
Maybe I am fretting over nothing. I just have too much respect for these games to see them be free while games I consider to be much worse are being sold for over $20 and crowds of people slobbering at the mouth to play them.
I completely understand where you're coming from and, to a degree, I stand by what you said, but do bear in mind Interplay lost the rights to the old classic Fallout games to Bethesda, the publisher of the new ones, and Bethesda is not DRM-free friendly, plus, they seem to enjoy a pretty solid partnership with Steam, not releasing their games on any other platform. It should be noted, too, that Bethesda is not consumer/community friendly at all, as well; they know people crave their games and will buy them under whatever conditions and clauses Bethesda so chooses; so, don't expect the classic Fallout games to be receiving much love from their new rights' owner, all they care about is how much money the next Elder Scrolls/Dishonored/New Generation Fallout will make them under the all mighty Steam.
For a while, a few years ago, there was a time GOG and Fallout 1 and 2 were pretty much synonyms. If you wanted to buy those games digitally, optimized to run under modern OSes, GOG was the only place to do it. Of course, you can still buy them physically, via e-auctions and, provided you're lucky enough, local store sales. While I would agree the price people ask for physical copies is more than fair for the quality and legendary status of the games, the truth is most people -- myself included -- simply can't afford a disc copy of a classic Fallout game at $150,
I don't see this promo as disrespectful towards the games and their quality, I prefer to see it as a farewell and a big thanks, giving people the chance to get these amazing games for free because, you know what?, the classic Fallout games are part of the video game history and heritage and every one that calls themselves a gamer should be entitled to play them without having to resort to piracy. So, yes, I stand by what I said: kudos to GOG for making the Fallout games available for this many years -- and after so many years, as well -- and for, before Bethesda craps all over them, letting them go out with the DRM-free glorious bang and hype they truly deserve.