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Comment on Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot

RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I will happily pay 15 bucks for a game that I’ve never played before, and someone has put in continuous effort to maintain.

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RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
So it’s wasted money because you personally already own these games.

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- RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Never played the OG, but I’ve played the remaster and you can definitely select more than 1 unit.

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quirzle@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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- gogoverdrive@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It was 4 in warcraft 1, 9 in 2, increased to 9 in the remaster.
  
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thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This entire preservation program is just going to end up costing them millions for dozens of people that care.

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- icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  If it was only dozens gog would have been shut down ten years ago
  
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