• RBG
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    -3419 days ago

    I will not pay 15-ish bucks for decade old games that I already purchased long time ago at release. Also not with another buck discount off. Definitely not since they are Blizzard games and these days that studio is not worth supporting anymore.

    Good initiative from GOG, but this feels like wasted money to me. Warcraft 1 is definitely a hard sell because of how terrible playing it will feel. Or did they change that in the Remaster? You used to be able to only control one unit at a time. In Warcraft 2 they upped it to 9 units? Or am I off and it was 9 units in 1 and already more in 2?

    • @[email protected]
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      6619 days ago

      If you already purchased it a long time ago, and you can still get that copy working, then cool. But having a DRM-free copy designed to work with modern systems is very appealing. Buying DRM-free shows them where customers want to purchase their games. There are plenty of decades-old games worth more than $7.50 each.

    • @[email protected]
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      19 days ago

      I don’t think you understand the point of preservation. This is for future generations, and you as well if you ever lose the original CD installers

      • RBG
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        -319 days ago

        Yeah, I said I will not. I didn’t say no one should. I think it is great that GOG preserves them but the price is still to high for something from a scumbag company.

        How does it work with the money GOG is charging, does Blizzard see anything of that? If not, then nice, makes it more worth to me to pay so GOG gets more funding.

        If Blizzard does get a cut then GOG should give a rather hefty discount as a final “fuck you” to Blizzard. Because that’s all they deserve.

    • @[email protected]
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      619 days ago

      Never played the OG, but I’ve played the remaster and you can definitely select more than 1 unit.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      519 days ago

      The good thing is that thanks to how GOG works, as long as some pirate purchases a copy, they will always be able to keep a current update available to the pirate community.

      Thanks GOG, for being against DRM in games.

    • thermal_shock
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      419 days ago

      you could group multiple in W1. you could only build buildings adjacent to your road though, I remember making a road right to the enemy and putting the barracks in their camp lol

    • @[email protected]
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      -119 days ago

      This entire preservation program is just going to end up costing them millions for dozens of people that care.