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General discussionGames GOG.com Has Turned Down(351 posts)(351 posts)
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Posted October 21, 2018
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Here's the list so far. Please vote!

40 Winks
7 Mages
8BitBoy
The Adventures Of Bertram Fiddle
AI War II
ALLTYNEX Second
Alpha Polaris
Always Remember Me
Amber's Magic Shop
AR-K
AR-K: The Great Escape
ARMED SEVEN
Aurion: Legacy Of The Kori-Odan
Aztez
Bible Adventures
Binaries
The Binding Of Isaac
The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth
Bionic Heart
Bionic Heart 2
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Bolt Riley: A Reggae Adventure
Breath Of Death VII: The Beginning
Bubble Ghost
C14 Dating
Call Of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
Castle Of Shikigami
Central Intelligence
Chamber Of The Sci-Mutant Priestess
Chaos Control
The Charnel House Trilogy
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club!
Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls!
City Of Brass
The Consuming Shadow
Cranks And Goggles
Croixleur Sigma
Crystal Story II
Cthulhu Saves The World
Cursed Lands
Curses 'N Chaos
Daemonsgate
Darius Burst: Chronicle Saviours
Dead End Job
Dead Pixels
Dead Pixels II: Straight To Video
Deathsmiles
Deep Ones
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True (MacVenture Series)
Deja Vu II: Lost In Las Vegas (MacVenture Series)
DELTAZEAL
Demetrios: The Big Cynical Adventure
DoDonPachi Resurrection
Dominique Pamplemousse: It's All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings!
Dominique Pamplemousse 2: Combinatorial Explosion!
Dorke And Ymp
Dr. Dungeon's MADMAN!
Drifting Lands
Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler!
ELF
Empire Architect
Eryi's Action
ESCHATOS
Eternam
ETHER VAPOR Remaster
eXceed: Gun Bullet Children
eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX
eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package
Excelsior: Phase One - Lysandia
Excelsior: Phase Two - Errondor
Exodus
EXZEAL
Fairy Bloom Freesia
The Fall Of The Dungeon Guardians
Flatspace
Flatspace II: The Rise Of The Scarrid
Flinthook
The Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook
The Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook
Game Tengoku CruisinMix
GemCraft: Chasing Shadows
GIGANTIC ARMY
Gladiabots
The Goalkeeper
The Great Escape
Hatred
Heileen: Sail Away
Heileen 2: The Hands Of Fate
Heileen 3: New Horizons
Heileen 3: Sea Maidens
Heirs And Graces
Her Majesty's SPIFFING
Hero Siege
Heroine's Quest: The Herald Of Ragnarok
Hostage: Rescue Mission
A House Of Many Doors
Hydraulic Empire
I Can't Escape: Darkness
The Infectious Madness Of Doctor Dekker
Iron Commando: Koutetsu No Senshi
Ittle Dew 2
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension
Joshua And The Battle Of Jericho
JUDGEMENT SILVERSWORD: Resurrection
KAMUI
Kelvin And The Infamous Machine
King's Table: The Legend Of Ragnarok
KUSO
Last Rites
Legend (1994)
Loren The Amazon Princess
LOVE
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Posted October 21, 2018
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Love Bites
Lucius 2: The Prophecy
Marco Polo
Mercenary Kings
MINUS ZERO
Missile Cards
Mushihimesama
Mystical
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet!
NeonXSZ
Nethergate: Resurrection
Never Forget Me
Nicole
Nimbus
Ninja Senki DX
One Finger Death Punch
Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness 3
Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness 4
Planet Stronghold
Planet Stronghold: Colonial Defense
Pocket Kingdom
Prophecy: The Viking Child
Pushover
QUALIA 3: Multi Agent
Quarantine Circular
Queen Of Thieves
The Quest
RefleX
RefRain: Prism Memories
Regions Of Ruin
Rex Rocket
A Rite From The Stars
Roommates
The Sacred Tears TRUE
SATAZIUS
Seasons Of The Wolf
Seasons Of The Wolf: Bad Blood
Shadowgate (MacVenture Series)
Shmups Skill Test
Siralim
Siralim 2
Siralim 3
Sleepwalker
Snakebird
Space Invaders Extreme
Speedy Eggbert (a.k.a. Speedy Blupi)
Speedy Eggbert 2 (a.k.a. Speedy Blupi 2)
Spirited Heart
Spirited Heart Girl's Love
Spiritual Warfare
The St. Christopher's School Lockdown
STARDROP
Starward Rogue
Steam Marines
Steam Marines 2
Steam Marines 3
STEEL STRIDER
Subsurface Circular
SunAge: Battle For Elysium
Super 3-D Noah's Ark
Super Rad Raygun
Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery EP
Supercharged Robot VULKAISER
Sword Of Asumi
They Bleed Pixels
Thomas Was Alone
Time Gate: Knight's Chase
Tokyo Dark
Traum
TRIZEAL Remix
Tunnel B1
TV Station Manager
The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day
The Uncertain: Episode 2 - Light At The End
The Uninvited (MacVenture Series)
Universal Boxing Manager
Vera Blanc
Vidar
Vigilantes
Void And Meddler
Volume
Warbanners
The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain
Where Time Stood Still
Willy-Nilly Knight
Wings Of Vi
Wizorb
WOLFLAME
XIIZEAL
Yatagarasu: Attack On Cataclysm
ZANGEKI WARP
Zavix Tower
Zigfrak

Games whose developers/publishers aren't interested in releasing on GOG:

Hidden Folks
Post edited October 21, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
Posted October 21, 2018
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Darvond: I'm going to be honest, I have looked though the thread and read of many of the games that were turned down.

And I'm going to be blunt: I haven't heard nary of a one of them. Maybe I'm a sheltered gamer. but I've also browsed though the entire volume of games on Humble Bundle's store. People aren't asking for things like Cave Story, Contraption Maker, Zen Bound, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass or Knytt Underground.

They are asking for underground obscure games that I'm fairly certain Pixelmusement's Super Mindsweeper has sold more copies of. More people have heard of Peasant's Quest than these requested games. The metaphors could go on.

And I don't mean that as a way to insult or otherwise put them down, but if you're going to bellyache, at least go for aches rather than pinches, itches or slightly odd feelings!
What makes games like Project Warlock different from many other games from this list?

It's the same "underground obscure" first step of a young developer. Just like many other entries here. But suddenly it appears on the storefront like a big and important release.

There are many other projects of the same quality that you can find on Steam or on itch.io. For example, Dungeons Of Kremlin: Remastered. It's a pseudo-old-school shooter that was made by youngsters too. But developer's young age is not the thing that makes games better (or worse). And it definitely shouldn't be a reason for quite aggressive promotion of a not so polished product that doesn't have an "IN DEV" sign in the description.

So tell me, is it honest (or at least objective) when games like Project Warlock are here, while other "underground obscure games" are not? What makes it so special?

And I'm not telling here about "good old games" like Alpha Polaris.
Posted October 21, 2018
Bullet Heaven 1+2 and Epic Battle Fantasy 1-5
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/bullet_heaven
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/bullet_heaven_2
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/epic_battle_fantasy
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/epic_battle_fantasy_2
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/epic_battle_fantasy_3
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/epic_battle_fantasy_4
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/epic_battle_fantasy_5
Matt Roszak: "My 'demos' are like 75% of the game, and GOG even turned me down for that, but I think it's still worth it."
https://twitter.com/KupoGames/status/747862783467851776
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Posted October 21, 2018
[SiC]
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/sic
Wyatt White: "Well, gog turned down SiC. Not super surprising, but still a bit of a bummer."
https://twitter.com/Wy477Wh173/status/783206491943600132
He also has another game coming out soon on Steam, WayDown.
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/waydown
Posted October 21, 2018
Secret Little Haven
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/secret_little_haven
The dev: "GOG turned down SLH, but I'm not feeling too down about it."
Winters: "Just curious do they give any reasoning when they did?"
The dev: "They just said that it was too insubstantial and the production values were a bit too low for their tastes."
https://twitter.com/QuestForTori/status/976118418792329216
Posted October 21, 2018
Does anyone know if "Onion Force" was turned down by GOG? It's on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/434980/Onion_Force/
Posted October 21, 2018
I have a feeling that the rest of the PixelJunk series was turned down by GOG. We have Shooter and Monsters, but no other releases from the company, including Monsters 2 (which was just released). I hope they start allowing more of these games.
Posted October 21, 2018
Aeternum
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/aeternum
Brooks Bishop on the 26th of August 2013: "GOG has turned down Aeternum. So with no shot at Steam, I'm still looking for the best way to sell the PC release."
https://twitter.com/BrooksBishop/status/372045473462251520
The game eventually got on Steam.
Post edited October 21, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
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OHMYGODJCABOMB: -snip-
Sure, I can explain rather clearly why there's the big fanfare.

1. The game is currently a GOG.com exclusive. This is made obvious from the description.

2. The game was developed by someone born in Poland. If you can't figure out why that appeals to GOG, then I'm going to have to ask what rock you're currently living under.
Posted October 21, 2018
Cute Things Dying Violently
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/cute_things_dying_violently
Alex Jordan of ApathyWorks: "GOG turned down CTDV and my next title is mobile-only"
https://twitter.com/AlejandroDaJ/status/451795762108960768
Posted October 21, 2018
Black Ice
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/black_ice
The dev: "They refused my game. They were just looking for more polish. I doubt they even played it."
https://twitter.com/BlackIceTheGame/status/480080644098101248
Post edited October 21, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
Posted October 21, 2018
Deity Quest
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/deity_quest
Fancy Fish Games: "Yeah, they rejected Deity Quest too as it was 'too niche and small scale.'"
https://twitter.com/DavidMaletz/status/480082587084288003
We're probably not likely to get the dev's other titles here either: ADventure Lib, Aground and ＜/reality＞.
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/adventure_lib
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/aground
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/reality
Post edited October 21, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
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Darvond: 2. The game was developed by someone born in Poland. If you can't figure out why that appeals to GOG, then I'm going to have to ask what rock you're currently living under.
Unfortunately, this makes sense.

How can we trust GOG's curation system then, if they probably can (I don't claim that it's so) select games not by quality, but by country of origin?

Isn't it a little bit unfair?
Posted October 21, 2018
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Worthless Bums dev 20 Jun 2014: "Slightly turned off by GOG refusing games and refusing to let devs set higher price points :|"

Mike Bithell, dev of Thomas Was Alone: "Indie tip no. 128: Don't be pushed on price. A major distribution platform demanded I halved Thomas' price, massively glad I ignored. Obviously, listen to wiser voices, but shop around to see if people agree. I didn't go with that platform, but did fine elsewhere."

Nowadays GOG is more flexible, but I wonder how many games in the past never came here because of disagreements over price points. It might be worthwhile for the curation team to go back to some of those devs and mend fences.
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