Say what you will, but I personally prefer new indie 2D platformers like LIMBO or Giana Sisters to old "classic" platformers like Hocus Pocus, Duke Nukem 1-2 and Superfrog. Or, dare I say it, even to Jazz the Jackrabbit 1-2 (which were also indie/shareware games of their time, I think).

But yeah, DRM-free AAA-titles from around 2000-2009 is probably what I'm looking for the most at this point.

Just Games. Good ol' Games.

Everything is "you know it when you see it", except in math. For me, the most important criterion is "no publisher breathing down your neck", and the reason why it's important is that if we're to have linear payoff for nonscarce products, I want that payoff go to people who made the artistic choices.

Managed by experienced publishers has nothing to do whether the game is going to be good or bad. In practice many of these "publishers" prevent games from being good.

Great news that GOG.com is taking the bull by the horn regarding indie games :)

The split seems fair (since GOG will handle the transaction, servers maintenance, bandwidth, etc) and same with the advance on royalties, however I'm worried about the visibility and quality control: unless GOG decides a limit of games per week/2-weeks, it will be flooded with tons of average games (with a few good and a few terribad games).

GOG.com will have to refuse some games, otherwise people who came here expecting a certain level of quality control (either by the reputation of the old game, or its many user ratings and reviews as many people already played that game before) wil "try" some new games and end up "wasting" money. There will be requests for refunds, so I think GOG.com better make it clear how it's gonna work (quality control, refunds, etc).

I'm also worried about the DRM question. It's all fun and games until people realize a game they bought on GOG.com is crippled by a DRM. I really hope GOG.com will make it very clear to devs submitting their games about the DRM issue, and very clearly indicates on the page (in yellow or orange or red) if there's any limitation to the game (DRM, game phoning home, use of an "account" to an online service, no possibility to launch/install the game on several devices at once, etc).

And again, if a dev adds features tied to a DRM/serial key/account after releasing "clean" on GOG.com, the GOG.com page has to be updated as soon as possible and if that new feature cripples the "old" version (like preventing MP games, or making the vast majority of the playerbase move to the DRMed MP mode), can the user get a refund/partial refund/GOG.com "credits" (promotion code) ?

I hope GOG.com will get around answering these questions officially on the website soon :)

TL;DR: quality control ? refusing games ? visibility ? refunds ? DRM/key/account/phone-home ? post-launch DRM/key/account/phone-home and refunds ?

"I would say that we’ve been speaking with every single major developer and major publisher who we haven’t signed yet. Whether we do so in person at E3, whether we’re doing so over the phone, whether we’re going to try and catch them again at GamesCom or GDC, I mean, we’re talking to everybody. Whether we’re getting anywhere is entirely a second issue, but we are talking to everybody."-Trevor Longino source:http://games.on.net/2013/07/we-see-pirates-as-our-competition-we-dont-see-steam-as-our-competition-gog-com-on-hatemail-torrents-and-sharing-games-legally/

Yet you refused Dysfunctional systems for no reason other then being close minded. This is a crock of shit!

Great initiative GOG. Way to go!

Was that the official response? From a quick google search, Dysfunctional Systems seems to be an episodic game, and GOG doesn't (yet) sell episodic games. It is possible that DS will appear here once all episodes are released.

Proof or STFU. Of "no reason other than", not refusal.

Hmm... how about Cognition and Broken Age? aren't they episodic games? and they're already here! :)

http://www.gog.com/game/cognition_an_erica_reed_thriller

http://www.gog.com/game/broken_age

Oh and there's also this: http://www.gog.com/game/broken_sword_5_the_serpents_curse


But nevertheless I really wish they can make they're way into GOG.com

and besides GOG.com already has one visual novel here

http://www.gog.com/game/long_live_the_queen

anyways is Divinity Original and Pillars Of Eternity gonna be available on GOG.com?!

Cognition is complete. As far as I recall, Cognition didn't even show up until all 4 episodes were released, and was then sold as a package deal. The same can be said for the Telltale games.

In both the other examples, as with Kentucky Route Zero, the other episodes are being released as free updates. I'm fairly certain Dysfunctional Systems will not be doing that.

In other words, to correct JMich's statement a bit: They do not sell incomplete episodic series, unless the subsequent episodes will be free.

And even then, they pick & choose them very carefully to make sure that only those they believe will actually get finished are put up for sale.

Please check the post date of the post you are replying to. All the games you listed in your post were released on GOG way after my post was made. That was covered by the "yet" part in my post.

Now, if you are asking about Dysfunctional Systems, I've no idea if it's coming to GOG or not, and I was querying if there was an official response given by GOG for its rejection, assuming the developers did submit DS to GOG.

P.S. You forgot Kentucky Route Zero

Ops! Sorry! forgot to mention that one bit. I never knew anything about that game hehe :)

So it seems Dysfunctional systems certainly won't make an appearance in GOG. Too bad :(

Why is that most western visual novel developers like to sell their games on Steam or other sites rather than here?
isn't it easier to present your games here on GOG like most indies devs that already had?

Well at least Divinity Original Sin and Pillars Of Eternity and the new Torment will be here right?