Duke 3D is interesting because apparently it's the original Atomic Edition with all the old expansion packs that you can't get anywhere else, and not Gearbox's World Tour version with altered and missing content. Looks like this is also the only place you can get the 2D games now, too.

I've only looked at a few other games, but it sounds like they might be putting in a bit more effort than GOG as well. The reviews for Incoming report better performance than GOG, and Normality advertises both UK and US versions of the voiceovers (GOG requires a community patch for US).

Who knows, maybe they can fill a niche that GOG has shifted focus away from.

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Quoting: Craggles086Flippfly, who developed Race the Sun
are working on a game, Wisker Squadron
which is also inspired by Star Fox.

The demo they had available earlier this year was extremely rough. Not just stuff like unfinished sound design, the core gameplay didn't feel so great. They also decided to add Everspace-style "free-roam" levels out of nowhere for some reason, which I don't think complement the game at all.

We'll see how it turns out when it's done, but my hopes have been lowered, unfortunately.

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Quoting: ixnariGreat, more unneeded cruft. On a related note, check out the Steam curator named Denuvo Games. Their list of games that use and games that have stopped using Denuvo is pretty extensive. With this, I imagine the list is going to get much, much bigger.

PCGamingWiki also lists it, along with loads of other technical info. I always check a game's PCGW entry for potential bullshit before even thinking of buying from one of the bigger publishers.

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Quoting: fleskI think nostalgia is the primary reason why everyone's being so critical of this new style.

Or, y'know, they just don't like it. I have no nostalgia for the franchise and I think it looks like ass. You can disagree, but stop using this fallacious argument to try to invalidate anyone who feels differently than you.

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Quoting: NexxticCalling them lazy is disrespectful, in my opinion.

It wasn't meant to be disrespectful, sorry for that! I guess my wording wasn't perfect - I'm aware that sprites can be a whole lot of work, it's just that (at least thats my impression) sprites seem to be THE current way of "doing retro" and it feels "lazy" to jump on the bandwagon and go with it. That doesn't mean it's a bad game or no work is put into it (i love project warlock and poke around GZDoom now and then, so i'm not totally against this ^^), it's just that i tend to get "fed up" with trends like straight pixel art, low poly or sprites if the games don't put a "new spin" on it. That can be something like kingdom: two crowns combining pixel art with modern reflections or like selaco seemingly including above average amount of anmiation-steps. Of course some things are more noticable than others and videos often doesn't do it justice, but it can quickly feel like "more of the same". Project Warlock or Ion Fury are great games with a lot of attention to detail - but the first impression (at least graphically) isn't blowing me away so to speak.

I will totally try the demo and in general love oldschool FPS - my post was more a general mini-rant about repeated trends in artstyle and not directly targeted at selaco. Should have made that more clear i guess ^^

Ion Fury blows me away visually. Prodeus looks like mud. Very shiny mud.

Fancy effects like specular highlights and normal mapping are neither necessary nor sufficient for a game to look good. Design is what's important, not technology.

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I think I've come to realize something. The appeal of GOG was never really about DRM per se, it was about opposing industry bullshit. DRM just happened to be the primary, most egregious form of bullshit back in the day. Over time, big publishers continually pushed the envelope. Expansions became DLC became microtransactions became loot boxes and battle passes. DRM became "live services." AAA gaming is a cyclone of bullshit now, but GOG has remained focused only on DRM. They're no longer a bastion against industry bullshit, just one specific kind of bullshit. If my only options are "full bullshit" on Steam, or "reduced bullshit" on GOG, then what's the point? I'll just buy neither. :/

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Quoting: BeamboomThey look a bit small?

Some of us have small hands, if you can believe it.

ok. Thanks for that information.
But it's hard to determine on the pictures. Are they smaller than usual? I like the concept here, so I would be interested. But not if they are as small as I get the impression of.

They have measurements in the details. The NP01-S is fairly small, but not out of line with other popular small mice like the Zowie S2/FK2. NP01's a little wider. AX is wider like the NP01 and taller, probably more for palm grips than the other two.

They also have some detailed comparisons to a handful of other similar mice, which is really helpful for getting an idea of the actual contours of the mouse and how they fit in the hand. I wish more manufacturers would do that.

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Quoting: BeamboomThey look a bit small?

Some of us have small hands, if you can believe it.

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Quoting: TheRiddickWell at this point I don't think things can be any worse for 3DRealms, maybe they can actually make a proper Duke Nukem 3D sequel game? DNF did so much damage to the duke!

I guess that's not inconceivable now that Gearbox and 3DR are owned by the same company, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

What's so dire for 3DR? Ion Fury was great and is getting an expansion, Ghostrunner was well received, and they've got a bunch of promising stuff coming up like Wrath, Graven, and Core Decay. They were kinda fumbling in the past with stuff like Bombshell, but they seem to be chugging along pretty well to me now?

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Quoting: stuffSome games only work on a Playstation, some only on an XBOX, some only on a Switch and some only on Windows. Why are people not as hostile against Breath of the Wild but instead consider buying a Switch just for that game?

If the next Half-Life game suddenly went console-exclusive after decades of the franchise being available on PC, I think a lot of people would actually be pretty pissed off.

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