Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:33:30 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: The Games Come In, The Games Go Out Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:33:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3fnlnjdg8j48ragh2u11jtptkuth8ajs3l@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 60 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-oMuyXHDZSeTEoGqH+Igl3+lBpi6NYQwq/au3Im7dmVvyotVyvKLUQGZtZ7EdSMrrZi6PLTTC8lYauca!fOxnc5iOsF5P7CBJ/Z/cbfL2G/4tDvf2JIcAggwkbR9lNwq+CBcfB04+0t+RkNrH5n5yZuxg X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3877 On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:31:19 -0500, Xocyll wrote: >Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >say: > >>On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 14:38:07 -0500, Xocyll wrote: >>>Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the >>>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >>>say: >> >>>Of course they removed doom2, it's now bundled into Doom + Doom2 - you >>>gave out a code last month for it I think. >> >>Technically, the Doom I + Doom II is a completely different game, >>featuring an entirely different engine and significantly updated >>visuals. It's still (largely) compatible with existing WADs but if you >>want the original game (DOSBox and all) you can't get it on Steam >>anymore. >> >>The original version isn't available on GOG either, now that I check. >>So it looks like, if you want to play Doom II now and don't own it >>already, you're options now are: a) pirate, b) use a source port, or >>c) use the Kex-engine version sold with the Doom + Doom II edition >>being sold. But you can't acquire the classic Carmack-programmed >>version of the game legally anymore. > >Who would want to play the 30 year old dos version anyway when they can >have an update graphics on that works on modern systems? > >I'm guessing they removed it cause they were making no sales of it. >> >>Whether you find value in it or not, many people like using the GOG >>Galaxy client (I happen to agree with you and prefer an offline >>version, but IIRC, GOG reported than half GOG users prefer the >>client,** so we're in the minority here). Nonetheless GOG offers both >>options, which is more than can be said for almost any of its >>competitors. That you picked the wrong one is your mistake, not >>theirs. > >There were no versions, there was a "Download Game" button and that's >it. There very much is an offline option. https://imgur.com/a/0fRd2Xd You can argue that GOG pushes the Galaxy option over the offline. That's almost certainly true. Given what I've read that most people prefer the client (which I personally don't understand, but different strokes and all that), that's even understandable, if not desirable from my standpoint. But they have always offered a offline installer option, and it's pretty much exactly where it has always been. The only change I'd personally recommend is changing the terminology ("stand-alone installer" rather than "offline backup", but whatever. But GOG offers an option to install without using Galaxy.