GOG are gearing up for a big event - time to speculate.........

[Furunculus]

apparently there biggest event ever, other than launching, but they're being very coy so its up to us to speculate on what it might be:

http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

"expect the unexcelled"

to me that means Deus Ex, or possibly Planescape Torment/System Shock 2.

[Krusader]

apparently there biggest event ever, other than launching, but they're being very coy so its up to us to speculate on what it might be:

http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

"expect the unexcelled"

to me that means Deus Ex, or possibly Planescape Torment/System Shock 2.

Hoping for Baldur's Gate series along with Shogun: Total War up to an including Medieval: Total War Viking Invasion.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I would kill for MTW (with support for my new-ish nVidia card, that's the only thing stopping me from playing it now).

TIE Fighter would be nice but I imagine Lucasarts would want to control that.

[jabarto]

I don't care how unlikely it is, I want it to be Day of the Tentacle. But I guess Planescape or Baldur's Gate would do nicely.

[CrossLOPER]

I would kill for MTW

Shogun maybe. I think MTW is a little bit too "new".

[Furunculus]

Hoping for Baldur's Gate series along with Shogun: Total War up to an including Medieval: Total War Viking Invasion.

believe me, i would love those games, but can either of them claim the title of never having been excelled in 'popular' opinion?

[Husar]

So we'll get Half Life? or Unreal? Halo? World of Warcraft? The Sims?
Hmm, StarCraft? Some C&C game? Medal of Honor? Call of Duty?

Just saying strategy and RPG aren't the only genres with popular games.

[TinCow]

I did some searching, and apparently GOG signed a deal with a large publisher last year, and this announcement is likely going to be the release of that publisher's back catalog. So, the question would be which publisher...

[Furunculus]

So we'll get
Half Life? or
Unreal?
Halo?
World of Warcraft?
The Sims?
Hmm,
StarCraft?
Some C&C game?
Medal of Honor?
Call of Duty?

Just saying strategy and RPG aren't the only genres with popular games.

most of those have been excelled, if only by their sequels.

it is axiomatic that:
planescape has the best story EVA!
deus ex is the best action adventure EVA!
SS2 is the other best action adventure EVA!

so i think it will be something akin to that. :)

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

believe me, i would love those games, but can either of them claim the title of never having been excelled in 'popular' opinion?

Basically every game has been "excelled" in popular opinion - Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest entertainment launch ever. Even if you break it down by genre there are plenty of newer games that meet at least some forms of "best" in terms of public opinions. If you mean "unexcelled" in terms of grumpy games reviewers with long memories older games might have a shot, but that just puts Shoggy or MTW back into play.

[Furunculus]

Basically every game has been "excelled" in popular opinion - Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest entertainment launch ever. Even if you break it down by genre there are plenty of newer games that meet at least some forms of "best" in terms of public opinions. If you mean "unexcelled" in terms of grumpy games reviewers with long memories older games might have a shot, but that just puts Shoggy or MTW back into play.

i mean what it says; "expect the unexcelled"

which tells me that they are talking about classics that are still held up as games which retain their status today because that in which they excelled is still considered to be a benchmark in popular gaming culture.

which is why i lean towards games like:
Deus Ex (personally think is super duper awesome) because popular culture says this is the mutts nuts
System Shock 2 (never played) because popular culture says this is the mutts nuts
Planescape Torment (never played) because popular culture says this is the mutts nuts
possibly Baldurs Gate (personally think is awesome) but it has arguably been excelled in popular culture

but probably not a game like:
Medieval Total War (personally think is super duper awesome) because it has been excelled in popular culture
Operation Flahpoint (personally think is super duper awesome) because it has been excelled in popular culture

[TinCow]

I think a lot of us are hoping that it's PS:T, simply because that game NEEDS the GOG treatment. The OOB version is horribly buggy and unstable. A proper stable version with higher resolution would be a godsend.

[miotas]

"expect the unexcelled"

That's a lofty claim. I wonder if they can live up to it?

[TinCow]

It won't be TIE Fighter, Lucasarts have been re-releasing their own games and wouldn't contract out for that. Given GOG's tendency to add entire catalogs at once, my money's on the full Infinity Engine set.

[Krusader]

Friend of mine thinks it could be Sierra.

If its a publisher I'm really hoping for Activision, so I can get Heavy Gear & Mechwarrior games they had.

[CrossLOPER]

I have a hideously poor background with non-FPS pre-2000 games, so I don't think that I'll be able to handle these riddles. I guess I can wait.

[pevergreen]

Opens 9pm my time. I'll be watching...

I'll post it on here as well.

[Furunculus]

Everyone seems pretty certain that Activision will announce for GoG..........................MTW, please let it be true!!!!

[edit] it is indeed activision.

if you guys consider yourselves total war fans then you need to get voting now:

http://www.gog.com/en/wanted/

[Krusader]

Everyone seems pretty certain that Activision will announce for GoG..........................MTW, please let it be true!!!!

[edit] it is indeed activision.

if you guys consider yourselves total war fans then you need to get voting now:

http://www.gog.com/en/wanted/

Voted on all STW and MTW1 editions. Also System Shock 2, Baldurs Gate 2 and Planescape Torment.

Ooo..when Im done with Mass Effect 2, I think buying Arcanum is in order.