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Posted October 01, 2016
All game list, regardless or the subject or writer, are fun and make for good thread fodder, but are ultimately bullshit. :P

A few months ago I was on some site reading their list of the top ten hardest games off all time, four of which I'd beaten, and in case you don't know, I'M AN AWFUL PLAYER!!! XD

If I beat a game it doesn't go on a hardest list, it goes on a "pulse optional to play this game" list. :P
Post edited October 01, 2016 by tinyE
Posted October 01, 2016
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Smannesman: That is one awful list.
Damn, and I thought I was the grumpy cynical one. I actually can't really complain about the list. Not many of these games appeal to me but I see why they are considered great by others. And I haven't actually stumbled upon a really great game this year yet that isn't covered by the list. The best new game I've played this year is probably XCOM 2 and while it's not a masterpiece it deserves a spot on the list and luckily it's there.
Post edited October 01, 2016 by F4LL0UT
Posted October 01, 2016
If those are really the best games of the year than it's not been a great year :/
A few in there that are of interest to me (and a couple of free ones I might just have to try) but mostly not my kind of stuff...

It's not bad for Gog though to have 40% of the list here.
Posted October 01, 2016
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paladin181: I do second pretty much every one of these. I really want a good copy of Throne of Darkness. I loved that game but I lost my play disc years ago.
Don't forget:
American McGee's Alice
Fire Fight
Freelancer
Mafia
Starlancer
Urban Assault
Post edited October 01, 2016 by IronArcturus
Posted October 01, 2016
Good for GOG. And the list is fairly typical and exactly what I'd expect from something like PCGamer.
Posted October 01, 2016
It's funny you mention this. During a recent basement cleaning I ended up bringing up a PC Gamer from the late 90s - the shear number of AMAZING classic games either as ads / promos / previews / or reviews was insane.

The magazine even had a top 50 (I think?) games of all time - it was a who's who of veritable classics. Then I loved this place even more, as I realized just how many of them were here LOL. It's crazy what a "hayday" that was.

Amazingly enough, it was funny to see how many genres were on the list that are now (largely) defunct. Military sims and wargames, I'm looking at you.
Posted October 01, 2016
If that's the best this year has thrown up then it's been an absolute shithouse year
Posted October 01, 2016
not really interesting for me,

is there a "100 of pc gamers worst 100 bugs of 2016 are on gog" thread too?
Posted October 01, 2016
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Elmofongo: I am still waiting for all these games to come to GOG ;)

Armies of Exigo
Bohemia Library of games
Blade of Darkness
Diablo 1
Diablo 2 + Lords of Destruction
Starcraft 1 + Brood War
Warcraft Orcs vs Humans
Warcraft II Tides of Darkness + Beyond the Dark Portal
Warcraft III Reign of Chaos + Frozen Throne
Black and White 1 and 2
Full Throttle
Command and Conquer series (Prioritize the games made from Westwood themselves)
Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island
Age of Empires + The Rise of Rome
Age of Empires 2 The Age of Kings + Conquerors
Age of Empires 3 + Expansions
Civilization 1
Civlization 2 + Conflicts + Fantastic Worlds
Civilzation 3 + Play the World + Conquests
Civilization 4 + Whatever Xpacs.
Half-Life 1 + Opposing Force + Blue Shift
Half Life 2 + Episodes 1 and 2
Counter Strike 1.6 and Condition Zero + Deleted Scenes
Doom 3 + Ressurection of Evil expansion
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2
Mechwarrior 1
Mechwarrior 2 + Mercenaries
Mechwarrior 3 + Pirate's Moon
SimCity 1
The Sims 1 and 2 and thier expansions
Battlefield 1942 + The Road to Rome + Secret Weapons of WW2
Batllefield Vietnam
Battlefield 2 + Special Forces + Euro Force + Armored Fury
Battlefield 2142 + Northern Strike
Call of Duty 1+United Offensive
SWAT 4 + The Stetchkov Syndicate
Commander Keen
Heretic Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen: Beyond Heretic + Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Hexen II + Portal of Praevus
Heretic II
Total War Shogun 1 + Mongol Invasion
Total War Medieval 1 + Viking Invasion
Total War Rome 1 + Barbarian Invasion + Alexander
Total War Medieval 2 + Kingdoms
Marathon Trilogy
Myth seires
Wizardry 1 to 5 + their expansions if any.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear + Take Down - Missions in Korea
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield + Athena Sword
Tom Clacny's Splineter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Brother's in Arms Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood
Tron 2.0
Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2 + expansions
Grand Theft Auto 3 + Vice City + San Andreas
Red Orchestra 1
Rise of Nations Gold
Crysis 1+Warhead
Throne of Darkness
Shadowcaster
Dune 1 and 2
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Zax: The Alien Hunter
Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Siege of Avalon
Seal Of Evil
FATE games
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War 1 + Winter Warfare + Dark Crusade + Soulstorm
Warhammer Fantasy: Dark Omen
Power Monger
No One Lives Forever 1 and 2
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Duke Nukem 1 and 2
Duke Nukem 3D + all expansions.
Turok II Seeds of Evil
A PC version of Turok 3 done by Night Dive Studios

EXTREMELY STUPIDLY HOPEFUL WISHES ;P

World of Warcraft (prior to Cataclysm)
Everquest 1 (prior to Planes of Power)
Ultima Online (Prior to either Age of Shadows or Renissance depeding on your preference)
Asheron's Call (prior to whatever expansion that ruined the game)
Dark Age of Camelot (prior to whatever expansion that ruined the game)
Neverwinter Nights 1991
+ 1 on that - Armies of Exigo should be doable since its an EA game and that company seems to be interested in gog releases again. Definitely would like to see it since its a good Warcraft replacement.
Posted October 01, 2016
The vast majority of the games though are titles that would appear on every mainstream media's Top Games list for 2016. So to me this is just another reminder of how much of a mono-culture the world of gaming media is.

I mean, where's the journalist who loved Shardlight? or who couldn't stop playing Earth Defense Force 4.1 ? or who reveled at the return of a spiritual successor to Myst and Riven ? where the hell are these people ?! Instead we get the same programmed robots with preset values, opinions and priorities ... straight from the factory of Western Games Journalism.

Rant over, Ricky Bobby out.
Post edited October 01, 2016 by Ricky_Bobby
Posted October 01, 2016
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Bigs: If that's the best this year has thrown up then it's been an absolute shithouse year
Doesn't look like it's going to improve either.
Posted October 01, 2016
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Bigs: If that's the best this year has thrown up then it's been an absolute shithouse year
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Siegor: Doesn't look like it's going to improve either.
I dunno... there's Civ VI... and... and... and... Mafia III?
All AAA / Steam only / preorder to make sure you get all the contents...

But seriously is there much else coming in before the end of the year?
Posted October 02, 2016
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Bigs: But seriously is there much else coming in before the end of the year?
There are a bunch of sequels from what I can see:

Battlefield 1
Dead Rising 4
Dishonored 2
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2
Gears of War 4
Killing Floor 2
Moto Racer 4
Shadow Warrior 2
Syberia 3
Titanfall 2
Watch Dogs 2
Posted October 02, 2016
Hmm... will probably get DR4, Dishonored 2 and Watch Dogs 2 (already have SW2 on preorder here... >_>)
Posted October 02, 2016
Good list of games, it still bothers me why gog cant get the scs soft simulators aka euro truck and american truck simulator would be nice for galaxy
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