Posted January 13, 2022

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BreOl72
GOG is spiralling down
Registered: Sep 2010
From Germany
Posted January 13, 2022
I said it before, and i say it again: I like this short style.
I usually don't read the blurb before I check out a new game.
And why should I, since that short description alone won't tell me if I'll like a game or not.
Of course - I am a very special kind of GOG customer:
I actually click on every link to new games or sales, and open them as separate tabs.
Then I click through these tabs one after the other, to find out about the game(s) on offer.
- If a game interests me and is offered to a price that I'm willing to pay - I put it into my basket and check out (after I'm through all the tabs)
- If a game is interesting but still a little too expensive - it goes on my wishlist
- If a game is of no interest for me, I'll see at the first glance - and simply close the tab again. End of story.
I usually don't read the blurb before I check out a new game.
And why should I, since that short description alone won't tell me if I'll like a game or not.
Of course - I am a very special kind of GOG customer:
I actually click on every link to new games or sales, and open them as separate tabs.
Then I click through these tabs one after the other, to find out about the game(s) on offer.
- If a game interests me and is offered to a price that I'm willing to pay - I put it into my basket and check out (after I'm through all the tabs)
- If a game is interesting but still a little too expensive - it goes on my wishlist
- If a game is of no interest for me, I'll see at the first glance - and simply close the tab again. End of story.

Swissy88
The Great Below
Registered: Mar 2019
From United States
Posted January 13, 2022
Great art styles, will keep an eye on them for release.

P-E-S
I like games
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted January 13, 2022
Souldiers looks like my kind of thing, even if that name is, well, silly.

W3irdN3rd
New User
Registered: Aug 2010
From Netherlands
Posted January 13, 2022

The thing is, these brief (put mildly...) announcements are apparently being used to test things out for a while. So, I guess, depending on the feedback received, decisions will be made whether to keep them or not...
I'd say start the announcement with something like "We welcome these additions to our catalog: (bulleted list with links to the game pages)" (or "We welcome -linked title- to our catalog" for a single title) and put the blurb(s) below the bulleted list/welcome line.

Cavalary
RIP GoodOldGOG:DRMfree,one price,goodies,community
Registered: May 2011
From Romania
Posted January 14, 2022

The thing is, these brief (put mildly...) announcements are apparently being used to test things out for a while. So, I guess, depending on the feedback received, decisions will be made whether to keep them or not...
I just picked a random date for a front page snapshot from GoodOldGOG days, and the release announcements showing up there. How's this for comparison:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120515162620/gog.com/news/release_alan_wake
http://web.archive.org/web/20120512212113/gog.com/news/release_quest_for_glory_i_v
http://web.archive.org/web/20120512212118/gog.com/news/release_zeus_and_poseidon_bundle
http://web.archive.org/web/20120518001109/gog.com/news/release_silver
http://web.archive.org/web/20120520030427/gog.com/news/release_far_cry_2
http://web.archive.org/web/20120520024300/gog.com/news/release_torins_passage
(Admittedly, while random, it was quite a moment, considering some of those releases.)