Man, I freaking love GOG 💜
Silent Hill f, now on GOG
Submitted 3 weeks ago by alehel@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
https://www.gog.com/en/game/silent_hill_f
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NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man, I appreciate this happened but seeing the price all I can do is chuckle and move on since this thing is almost 3x the reasonable price in my local currency. Never expected to get priced out of AAA gaming but here we are.
Still, nice catch for GOG. I hope this is a good sign for the future.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Welcome to the club. I was priced out of it a long time ago.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It probably happened way earlier for me as well to be honest, I’m just mainly into older and indie games so I don’t really pay attention to new (mainstream) releases. Seeing this was a bit of reality check.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Saw this too, I’ll wait for a deep sale in a couple years.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Things like this make me feel less bad about my backlog - got plenty of things to play while waiting for a price drop!
twinklefruit@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
It looks really bad, but it’s getting good reviews?
I think Silent Hill just isn’t a franchise for me. I loved Homecoming, but apparently the fans hate it.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Well, unfortunately it’s not very good. Such a pity.
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hi there!
Seems like you’re confusing what subjective and objective mean here! Just because you dislike a game, doesn’t in fact make that a universally held belief!
Considering the game is sitting at:
- Very Positive (4,503) - on Steam
- 86 (critic rating) and 7.0 (user rating) on metacritic
Sorry you’re not liking it, though.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Alright, this is great, but also people need to start confirming GOG drops before the Steam launch. I check for GOG launches whenever I buy a game, but just this month there's been a couple of big games that got stealth GOG launches just after their Steam release and it's been extremely frustrating. I don't know if it's a publisher thing to work around pirates waiting for DRM free versions or Steam being dicks about it, but it's infuriating.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I’ve had this experience, too. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II communicated ahead of launch that the GOG release would come only a few months later (I did get the sense this was a publisher decision). Great! I can wait a few months. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made no such mention, and despite waiting several months to see how it would shake out, I bought it in the summer, and the GOG version came out right after I finished it. The developer behind Knights in Tight Spaces, when asked directly, said they were only focusing on the Steam release. Likewise, the GOG version came out shortly after I finished the game. From here on out, of the games on my radar, I’m playing the ones on GOG first, and maybe the other ones will get GOG releases in the meantime.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it sucks for Silent Hill especially because a) it's super expensive, at 80 bucks on PC, and b) I was on the fence about getting it at launch and only jumped in a few days ago. I'm just out of the refund window and... hey, I like it so far, but I don't like it 160 bucks' worth.
Whoever is screwing with GOG screwed them out of my purchase and I'm starting to think that not buying anything on Steam at all if I can help it may be the way to go.
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My general guess: The delay is tied to Denuvo. Smart devs will launch with Denuvo so that pudding-headed pirates (my label for a certain small demographic among pirates) drooling over marketing will see the trailers, try to pirate, fail, be told by crackers to wait like 2-3 weeks for them to unlock it; but instead become impatient and buy the game full price.
But the time period to capture pudding heads is not constant, and is not perfectly predictable before release. So, the developer may not want to commit to a certain release schedule where they will release on GOG, dropping Denuvo at that same time. They might even want to reserve the possibility the game will go years without dropping DRM, if it’s somehow staying constantly popular, and constantly desired by pirates, and/or they can see that the hacking communities have failed to unlock it.
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Patient gamer never disappoints :)
alehel@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It only had steam DRM on Steam, so I doubt they were to worried considering how easy it is to bypass.
Personally, I suspect they just want to catch a few double dippers.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
I mean, convenience is a factor.
And while Steam doesn't typically sign exclusive stuff they are known to use store positioning as a bargaining chip for preferential treatment. You'd think Konami would be above needing that, but who knows.
Anyway, good game, whatever the reason for the delay. Someone who is on the fence about getting it on Steam go get it on GOG instead to make up for them tricking me.