Thief: The Dark Project hits online games shops!

[Furunculus]

awesome games, not interested in buying them from gamersgate.

[edit] ooh, just seen the magic phrase: "DRM: DRM Free"

what does this mean in the context of gamers gate?

does it really DRM free, a-la GoG, i.e. just an .exe? [/edit]

[frogbeastegg]

Heh, taffers who already have the games are exempt from the command to buy. It's the other 99.999% of the population which needs to comply. Any version of Thief is better than no version

Still got my original Thief, Thief: Gold and Thief II CDs in place next to System Shock 2 and Deus Ex, right on the small section of rack next to my monitor.

awesome games, not interested in buying them from gamersgate.

[edit] ooh, just seen the magic phrase: "DRM: DRM Free"

what does this mean in the context of gamers gate?

does it really DRM free, a-la GoG, i.e. just an .exe? [/edit]

Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

[Vuk]

Still got my original Thief, Thief: Gold and Thief II CDs in place next to System Shock 2 and Deus Ex

lol, the best games ever, no contest. Why is it that usually people who like one like the others too? :P Must just be good taste.

[Fragony]

Maybe because they are the best games ever???

[Vuk]

Maybe because they are the best games ever???

lol, absolutely. Too many bubble-gum console addicts in their teens out there. People have forgotten what real games are like!

[Fragony]

lol, absolutely. Too many bubble-gum console addicts in their teens out there. People have forgotten what real games are like!

Hey I am a console kiddie, pc gaming let me down

[Vuk]

Hey I am a console kiddie, pc gaming let me down

lol, I got nothing against people who play consoles, I was referring to a certain brand of them (the mainstream one at that :P). The thing is that honestly, less and less people are interested in serious games with any sort of depth, storyline, or anything else that requires thinking. They want a mind-numbing escape from reality where they don't have to think at all. Or at least that is what a look at successful console titles would make you believe.

[Meneldil]

Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

Oh? So if I buy SoaSE on Impulse, I'll have to download some useless program such as Steam to play it? Terribad, seems that I'm going to buy a non digital version then :-(

[frogbeastegg]

Oh? So if I buy SoaSE on Impulse, I'll have to download some useless program such as Steam to play it? Terribad, seems that I'm going to buy a non digital version then :-(

If you want patches Sins is tied to Impulse regardless. My version of Sins is the retail box one and patches can only be obtained via Impulse's automatic update system.

Outside of updates, you can completely ignore Impulse. You can launch games without it and it will not launch itself to run in the background at the same time like Steam insists on doing. Nor are you required to go into a special mode to play without an internet connection.

NB: This information is good for the basic Sins game. Don't know if it's been changed with any of the expansions or the trinity version.

[Furunculus]

Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

cheers.