Blizzard are delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, so GOG adds a special discount and will keep them updated

Yes Blizzard is now Microsoft.

Stargus git activity has had some decent gaps

https://github.com/Wargus/stargus/commits/master/

If any gamedevs are passing by, literally make a love letter to StarCraft 1 an I will buy so many copies. It's a PITA to try to install on WINE now thanks to the Blizzard launcher ruining everything regularly, and plus getting the scaling to work correctly on Wayland is a PITA.

In any case there is a goldmine the size of Stardew Valley tapping Harvest Moon SNES just waiting for the right person to make a love letter of a game.

The PITA with windows games can be making sure they don't break in a evolving world with always on launchers and crapware.

Got my original cd's.

Got stratagus installed.

I'm fine.

Btw, war1gus and wargus include automated installers compatible with the gog versions.

Thanks for the warning, it's very much appreciated. Companies are only going to get worse about this sort of thing (Getting tax breaks all the while.), given that the vast majority of gamers don't seem to understand why they should care.

Quoting: CaldathrasOver Blizzard's lifetime, I have watched Blizzard devolve into the greedy, anti-consumer corporation it's is now. I had hoped that Microsoft buying them might signal a change in direction to Blizzard's attitude

Bwahahahahaha!!! I needed a good laugh this morning.

Quoting: legluondunetI bought "Battle Chest® - Warcraft® Remastered" on Batlle.Net and I don't regret it, for an interesting price, you have:


Warcraft® I: Remastered
Warcraft® II: Remastered
Warcraft® III: Reforged (+ Spoils of War bonus)
Warcraft®: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft® II: Battle.net® Edition

And all are compatible out the box with Wine (I use Battle.Net on Lutris).
I advice this pack for all Warcraft fan.

It's seems I was partially right. The individual remastered games don't include access to the "originals" but I didn't know about the Battle Chest. I wonder if that was Blizzard's response to the criticism by the reviewers?

Rather than get this Battle Chest, I'd rather get the DRM-free copies from GOG. To me, online checks are DRM. I haven't purchased a Blizzard game since they started adding the online requirement (I play offline only). The last Blizzard games I bought were Diablo 2 and Warcraft 2 Battle.net Edition, for the single-player campaigns -- both of which I have on CD-ROM. I was never much interested in StarCraft.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksThe remasters on Battle.net come with the originals too. So I'm not surprised that they're doing this. It's a shame, but it was a matter of when it'd happen.

Are they bundling in the DOS originals? Because if they're not those remasters do not feature the originals. The switching is limited, and what it does feature of the originals is fairly mangled.

yes and no Warcraft Orcs & Humans 1.22 Dos Warcraft 2 battle.net edition

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Quoting: CaldathrasI had hoped that Microsoft buying them might signal a change in direction to Blizzard's attitude

I had never imagined a timeline where Microsoft was the least evil of all the evil companies.

No Microsoft is still the most evil company but this is getting off-topic

I got the Warcraft remastered battle chest for a good discount but I did have Warcraft 3 unforged or nonforged or insert favorite Colourful Metaphor here forged

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the version of Warcraft II on gog is the Battle.net Edition, not the dos version


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Quoting: redneckdrowThanks for the warning, it's very much appreciated. Companies are only going to get worse about this sort of thing (Getting tax breaks all the while.), given that the vast majority of gamers don't seem to understand why they should care.

There remains hope. Look at Larian Studios with Baldur's Gate 3 and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, to highlight a couple of games where the whole package was great.