Really looking forward to future yearly GOG anniversary releases now! Another great year of important game releases/preservation from GOG. Like many games I'll double-dip as they release on GOG, it is by far my preferred platform for reasons which are becoming more and more obvious for everyone - 'own' what you buy, don't rent it! About the Games: Renowned as a technical breakthrough in computer graphics at the time (and serving as a benchmark for your machine to test it's performance!) -all x3 of these games are very solid shooters - with iterative differences between them. I have not played these remasters at the time of writing but have played the originals. Assuming that the original game play has been faithfully preserved -and with EVEN better graphics on display here - then they are a brilliant pickup especially on discount. All deserve to be preserved. The series has a logical progression -the first game is effectively more of a sandbox -with the second game sitting between it and the third game which has tighter levels/scenarios. The 3rd game is more intense/shorter than the previous two. All games are re-playable adding some value because of the different stealth suite /approaches / weapons you can use. I can't comment on multiplayer since I didn't play that - nor the mods that have emerged since, but a quick search shows that mods are available for these newer remasters as well -if interested, search for Crysis remaster on the nexus mods web site. If you are considering moving to Linux gaming: Using GOG games through Heroic Games launcher will even store your saves in the GOG cloud using windows games... Check out ProtonDB to see if your games will run on Linux before buying (increasingly, most will nowadays -so long as they don't contain DRM or incompatible/invasive anti-cheat code. I'm happy to confirm that all three of these Crysis games run with at least Gold/Platinum compatibility on Linux.
Really looking forward to future yearly GOG anniversary releases now! Another great year of important game releases/preservation from GOG. Like many games I'll double-dip as they release on GOG, it is by far my preferred platform for reasons which are becoming more and more obvious for everyone - 'own' what you buy, don't rent it! About the Games: Renowned as a technical breakthrough in computer graphics at the time (and serving as a benchmark for your machine to test it's performance!) -all x3 of these games are very solid shooters - with iterative differences between them. I have not played these remasters at the time of writing but have played the originals. Assuming that the original game play has been faithfully preserved -and with EVEN better graphics on display here - then they are a brilliant pickup especially on discount. All deserve to be preserved. The series has a logical progression -the first game is effectively more of a sandbox -with the second game sitting between it and the third game which has tighter levels/scenarios. The 3rd game is more intense/shorter than the previous two. All games are re-playable adding some value because of the different stealth suite /approaches / weapons you can use. I can't comment on multiplayer since I didn't play that - nor the mods that have emerged since, but a quick search shows that mods are available for these newer remasters as well -if interested, search for Crysis remaster on the nexus mods web site. If you are considering moving to Linux gaming: Using GOG games through Heroic Games launcher will even store your saves in the GOG cloud using windows games... Check out ProtonDB to see if your games will run on Linux before buying (increasingly, most will nowadays -so long as they don't contain DRM or incompatible/invasive anti-cheat code. I'm happy to confirm that all three of these Crysis games run with at least Gold/Platinum compatibility on Linux.
Really looking forward to future yearly GOG anniversary releases now! Another great year of important game releases/preservation from GOG. Like many games I'll double-dip as they release on GOG, it is by far my preferred platform for reasons which are becoming more and more obvious for everyone - 'own' what you buy, don't rent it! About the Games: Renowned as a technical breakthrough in computer graphics at the time (and serving as a benchmark for your machine to test it's performance!) -all x3 of these games are very solid shooters - with iterative differences between them. I have not played these remasters at the time of writing but have played the originals. Assuming that the original game play has been faithfully preserved -and with EVEN better graphics on display here - then they are a brilliant pickup especially on discount. All deserve to be preserved. The series has a logical progression -the first game is effectively more of a sandbox -with the second game sitting between it and the third game which has tighter levels/scenarios. The 3rd game is more intense/shorter than the previous two. All games are re-playable adding some value because of the different stealth suite /approaches / weapons you can use. I can't comment on multiplayer since I didn't play that - nor the mods that have emerged since, but a quick search shows that mods are available for these newer remasters as well -if interested, search for Crysis remaster on the nexus mods web site. If you are considering moving to Linux gaming: Using GOG games through Heroic Games launcher will even store your saves in the GOG cloud using windows games... Check out ProtonDB to see if your games will run on Linux before buying (increasingly, most will nowadays -so long as they don't contain DRM or incompatible/invasive anti-cheat code. I'm happy to confirm that all three of these Crysis games run with at least Gold/Platinum compatibility on Linux.
Really looking forward to future yearly GOG anniversary releases now! Another great year of important game releases/preservation from GOG. Like many games I'll double-dip as they release on GOG, it is by far my preferred platform for reasons which are becoming more and more obvious for everyone - 'own' what you buy, don't rent it! About the Games: Renowned as a technical breakthrough in computer graphics at the time (and serving as a benchmark for your machine to test it's performance!) -all x3 of these games are very solid shooters - with iterative differences between them. I have not played these remasters at the time of writing but have played the originals. Assuming that the original game play has been faithfully preserved -and with EVEN better graphics on display here - then then they are a brilliant pickup especially on discount. All deserve to be preserved. The series has a logical progression -the first game is effectively more of a sandbox -with the second game sitting between it and the third game which has tighter levels/scenarios. The 3rd game is more intense/shorter than the previous two. All games are re-playable adding some value because of the different stealth suite /approaches / weapons you can use. I can't comment on multiplayer since I didn't play that - nor the mods that have emerged since, but a quick search shows that mods are available for these newer remasters as well -if interested, search for Crysis remaster on the nexus mods web site. If you are considering moving to Linux gaming: Using GOG games through Heroic Games launcher will even store your saves in the GOG cloud using windows games... Check out ProtonDB to see if your games will run on Linux before buying (increasingly, most will nowadays -so long as they don't contain DRM or incompatible/invasive anti-cheat code. I'm happy to confirm that all three of these Crysis games run with at least Gold/Platinum compatibility on Linux.
Wow -2 Days into the GOG Anniversary and the second day of making some of my most wished for games available DRM free. Cannot wait to see what comes next! Great memories of playing all three of the updated Tomb raider games, with the latter two now available via GOG to own forever. 5 stars for the game from me..but... A huge thank you to the GOG dev's who need to work on the code to make games like this DRM free and compatible with operating systems into the future. Both Rise and Shadow hold up extremely well and are well-deserving of the GOG Game preservation seal of approval. I personally rate Shadow slightly ahead of Rise, but I could see why someone would reverse that order and not be able to argue with them! For anyone thinking of switching to Linux Gaming: Playing on Linux will add additional future operating system resiliency/compatibility for games like this through future Wine/Proton updates. It's easy to use/configure GOG games via Heroic Games launcher -just check on ProtonDB that the game is compatible first -most are/will be if they are DRM/anti-cheat free.
Wow -2 Days into the GOG Anniversary and the second day of making some of my most wished for games available DRM free. Cannot wait to see what comes next! Great memories of playing all three of the updated Tomb raider games, with the latter two now available via GOG to own forever. 5 stars for the game from me..but... A huge thank you to the GOG dev's who need to work on the code to make games like this DRM free and compatible with operating systems into the future. Both Rise and Shadow hold up extremely well and are well-deserving of the GOG Game preservation seal of approval. I personally rate Shadow slightly ahead of Rise, but I could see why someone would reverse that order and not be able to argue with them! For anyone thinking of switching to Linux Gaming: Playing on Linux will add additional future operating system resiliency/compatibility for games like this through future Wine/Proton updates. It's easy to use/configure GOG games via Heroic Games launcher -just check on ProtonDB that the game is compatible first -most are/will be if they are DRM/anti-cheat free.
100% support this developer and GOG's approach to game preservation. I normally wait and buy on GOG before steam when games I want are available, in this case I double-dipped for the reasons stated. Superb game not to be missed (or be TRULY owned).
I'm relatively new to 4x and civ VI didnt really grab me. Old World on the other hand has the atmosphere, hand holding, historical context and depth that seems to have just clicked for me. Really enjoying it and looking forward to experiencing the breadth of content it already has.
Another great game from these guys - I own all the games they have published to date on steam and wish they would add them all to GOG so that I can actually own them. They have a style all of their own and are just fun to play!
