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.

Over 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.

I 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.

The 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

I 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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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.

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.

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

I dunno. There's a lot of very tough competition out there.

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.

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.

True enough, I can't speak for WH40k: SM2, but BG3 is great!


Warning: pedantic, nitpicky, 30-something nerd rant below!

Spoiler, click me

Even if BG3 decided to use the stupid "Murder in Baldur's Gate" storyline. BG3 tramples on established lore, but its worth as a truly great CRPG by decent developers cannot be understated. It's worth noting that it has the same gith-focused Macguffin/avoid or embrace assimilation by evil questline as Neverwinter Nights 2 and its Mask of the Betrayer expansion.

Sorry about that, I'm something of a Forgotten Realms nerd. I own most of the 1st-3rd and 5th edition sourcebooks (there is no 4th as far as I'm concerned), and around two-thirds of the novels.

Over 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.

Yeah, that's a bit like scheduling an AA meeting at a distillery, and expecting it to work out well for sobriety.

Edit: fixed my double post, sorry.


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Sorry about that, I'm something of a Forgotten Realms nerd. I own most of the 1st-3rd and 5th edition sourcebooks (there is no 4th as far as I'm concerned), and around two-thirds of the novels.

I have read five of the Drizzt books. I really enjoyed the first three in my 20's. I will admit that reading the 3rd and 4th books in my 30's -- after experiencing other series and authors -- made me think I might be done with them for quite a while.

But, I have a lasting impression of Drizzt that will always be with me I think. He will always be cool. Maybe it helped that I made a long-term rebellious choice in my early 20's and left some things I grew up with, which I believed was for the better. Drizzt's departure from the Underdark lines up as a parallel, and I never thought of that until right now.


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Sorry about that, I'm something of a Forgotten Realms nerd. I own most of the 1st-3rd and 5th edition sourcebooks (there is no 4th as far as I'm concerned), and around two-thirds of the novels.

I have read five of the Drizzt books. I really enjoyed the first three in my 20's. I will admit that reading the 3rd and 4th books in my 30's -- after experiencing other series and authors -- made me think I might be done with them for quite a while.

But, I have a lasting impression of Drizzt that will always be with me I think. He will always be cool. Maybe it helped that I made a long-term rebellious choice in my early 20's and left some things I grew up with, which I believed was for the better. Drizzt's departure from the Underdark lines up as a parallel, and I never thought of that until right now.

Yeah, Starless Night is one of the low points. But there are other FR books besides Drizzt & Co., by around two-dozen authors.

For example, the Elminster Series, written by the Realms' creator Ed Greenwood. The first three are classics!

Elaine Cunningham's Starlight and Shadows novels tie-in with R.A.'s slightly, but are much more optimistic.

The original mascot of the series, Alias, was involved in a pivotal series of events also covered in Curse of the Azure Bonds.

There's a novel in the Realms for every fantasy fan! There are, after all ~273 Novels plus compilations of short stories.

Quite a few are out of print, and many of the ones released WotC took over don't have (official) ebooks but they can be found fairly cheap.