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Posted August 04, 2009
Just bought this and had a quick run through it. Looks to be an interesting title and worth the price here (dont think i would have paid it at full price but certainly now the price seems right)
Looking forward to getting home to play some more.
Viva la revolution :)
Posted August 04, 2009
I was very interesting in this game came out, but then i read about the crappy interface and steep learning curve and was really put off by it. This kind of game needs to be streamlined or else it just gets tedious.
I think GoG is a great, but I don't think most publishers have bought into the idea yet. I think many are worried about their games being pirated too easily with the lack of DRM (even though they are anyway), so i think many turn to other services like Steam to re-release old games. One reason I really love GoG is that customer trust that is shown very clearly. By firmly stating "No DRM", GoG has announced that they care more about its customers than protecting the product. Suits might think thats unwise in a business, most of them are heartless profit-machines anyway (i'm exaggerating here :-P).
I had to continue to derail this thread, but I think it would be good if we had more *great* forgotten games brought onto the service. Like Monopoly Tycoon or the first two Kohan games.
Post edited August 04, 2009 by cpugeek13
Posted August 04, 2009
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cpugeek13: I think GoG is a great, but I don't think most publishers have bought into the idea yet. I think many are worried about their games being pirated too easily with the lack of DRM

According to recent interviews GOG versions of games have not turned up on torrent sites. It is up to you to determine why you think that is.
Posted August 04, 2009
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cioran: No offense GOG, I like what your site's doing (Yay! Tex Murphy), but this release is unsatisfactory. An obscure and not particularly well-reviewed political sim?
You have about 500 classic games on the wishlist and you went with Judge Dredd and Republic as properties? There have to be some properties with easy to acquire rights out there - especially ones with strong brands. This is basic business. There's no demand for these games.

Short explanation from our side.
First of All The Republic was pretty well known at the time of its release (I'm surprised that so many of you didn't hear about it, maybe it was more exposed in Europe, as Eidos wasn't that strong in US). Game was supposed to be revolutionary, had lots of previews and was for a long time in the production, everyone was curious if political game can be interesting, an if developers can deliver such a huge and complex game they promised. At the release reviews were mixed (interface, learning curve, basicly not enough time on polishing – so often in gamesbiz) but still game is massive and very unique. For sure worth checking out.
Second thing is, that reality with properties is not so simple. Top properties are not lie on the floor waiting for us just to pick up (unfortunately) Getting games on GOG.com is extremely difficult and time consuming process. We are in touch (or try to be) with dozens of companies – with practically ALL publishers (from big ones to tiny local ones) but getting games is not easy.
So our weekly dozes are not artificially limited. It goes naturally as we getting new games and prepare them for the release. That is why sometimes there is one game weekly, sometimes three games. Of course we have to make good plan of releases. We cannot release all we have in one week and then have three weeks without any title - it wouldn't be so smart.
Hope, I explained our position:) And besides that is as Lukasz wrote, there are different tastes, and GOG is not only about top mainstream games, sometimes is about undiscovered cool games worth having their second chance (which does not mean that we are not doing everything we can to get games from the top of our wishlist, and I believe that there will be some cool announcements in the second half of the year in this respect, too:)
And of course we are open for critics, cause it is as you wrote it can help us to make GOG better:)
Post edited August 04, 2009 by Mikee
Posted August 04, 2009
Oh, I remember this.
EDGE (elitist UK gamer mag) ran a monthly series on this while it was in production - featuring the ups & downs in the life of Demis Hassabis, founder of Elixir studios.
Posted August 04, 2009
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Mikee: (I'm surprised that so many of you didn't hear about it, maybe it was more exposed in Europe, as Eidos wasn't that strong in US).

I think this is exactly it. The game had a huge amount of coverage in Europe, but virtually zero recognition in the US. Same with the 'Theme' games (park, hospital etc, the former of which was made by the same guy behind Republic, interestingly enough).
Posted August 04, 2009
I love this game, glad to see it's on the site.
Was surprised when I noticed Evil Genius two weeks ago, but couldn't find revolution anywhere. :p
Posted August 04, 2009
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Mikee: I'm surprised that so many of you didn't hear about it

Well in my case, I have an excuse. In the period of 1999 to 2004 I pretty much lived under a rock in regards to Western games >_> Bascially due to lack of availability locally and no digitial distribution =/
Posted August 04, 2009
I remember reading about this game in a PC Gamer way back when. In fact, I think it was the cover story. From what I remember, it was really over-hyped and quickly forgotten when it didn't live up to it's promises. I would like to try a demo of this, though from all the videos I've seen and the reviews I've read I'm not expecting much. Still, I'm happy that GoG could add this to their service as I'm sure many people would like to play it.
Posted August 04, 2009
Thanks for the new game GOG!
Posted August 04, 2009
I was just thinking last week how awesome it would be if GOG released this.
Posted August 04, 2009
With the soundtrack? You fiends! Now I'll have to buy this, even though I gave away my disc copy of the game years ago. The music is just that good.
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cpugeek13: I remember reading about this game in a PC Gamer way back when. In fact, I think it was the cover story. From what I remember, it was really over-hyped and quickly forgotten when it didn't live up to it's promises. I would like to try a demo of this, though from all the videos I've seen and the reviews I've read I'm not expecting much. Still, I'm happy that GoG could add this to their service as I'm sure many people would like to play it.

It's not a bad game. Elixir just really, really over-hyped it. I even remember them saying you would be able to zoom from a view of the entire country down to a small object lying on the ground. You would be able to forge your own path from obscure agitator to leader of the country.
What Elixir released is a fairly linear, mission-based game. It's fun, and certainly an interesting product of it's time in European political history, but I was just too disappointed that I didn't get my free-wheeling, political sandbox to enjoy it. But in the absence of all that hype, I'm sure most people who pick this up will enjoy it.
Post edited August 04, 2009 by Syme
Posted August 04, 2009
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Syme: With the soundtrack? You fiends! Now I'll have to buy this, even though I gave away my disc copy of the game years ago. The music is just that good.
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cpugeek13: I remember reading about this game in a PC Gamer way back when. In fact, I think it was the cover story. From what I remember, it was really over-hyped and quickly forgotten when it didn't live up to it's promises. I would like to try a demo of this, though from all the videos I've seen and the reviews I've read I'm not expecting much. Still, I'm happy that GoG could add this to their service as I'm sure many people would like to play it.

It's not a bad game. Elixir just really, really over-hyped it. I even remember them saying you would be able to zoom from a view of the entire country down to a small object lying on the ground. You would be able to forge your own path from obscure agitator to leader of the country.
What Elixir released is a fairly linear, mission-based game. It's fun, and certainly an interesting product of it's time in European political history, but I was just too disappointed that I didn't get my free-wheeling, political sandbox to enjoy it. But in the absence of all that hype, I'm sure most people who pick this up will enjoy it.

I second this man's statement, the game is worth buying for the soundtrack alone.
And to all you nay-sayers, if you've got money to burn, buy it. You won't be disappointed.
Posted August 04, 2009
I'm surprised at how many people haven't heard of this game...
I remember it being hyped to high heaven, which was also it's downfall : Overhyped games always dissapoint...
When I got this game (about 5-6 years back) I was pretty hyped too...
Just a warning : It's extremely slow, and very very hard...
But it's a great game, which had bad reviews because of the horrid interface and bugs (besides the ridiculous learning curve and slowness)...
Not for everyone, but if you manage to get into it, you're in for a great time...
Cheers GOG, and the weird part is, I was talking about this game to a friend yesterday, praying it would someday make it's way here...
This is what you call a pleasant surprise :D
Posted August 04, 2009
Interesting...could be good, although bad UIs drive me up the wall in games...I might have to check this out.
And as for any complaints of the release of an obscure game...frankly, I think that's part of THE POINT of GoG existing, to sort of re-introduce games that were missed the first time.
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