I quite like hidden object games. If they had some of the classic types I'd buy a load for my wife.

me too

the hidden object games part. I don't have a wife. Shocking I know.

No, it's been going on for quite a while. The number of games leaving gog, the whole everything is 16bit nostalgia, and heaven forbid anyone other than Devolver (or a devolver derived company like Good Shepherd Entertainment) try to get a game out here.

You can buy hidden object games for my wife, I'm sure she wouldn't mind

GOG has tons of low-grade rubbish on it, i.e. Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Outlast, Fallout 3, Doom 3, Oblivion, Mafia III, etc.

The fact that crap games (some of which are not even games; they are literally movies) like those make it through means GOG curation is utterly useless because it is not picky enough.

I don't like it = low-grade rubbish

nice to see some good old fashioned objectivity

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How did he not mention Master of Orion 3 - 2.1 out of 5 stars :p

Wait? Good Shepherd Ent. is actually really nice company - its Semblance is awesome.... if a bit hard for me.


I know how people here feel.... I for starters think we get too many crime/detective/mystery adventure games.... but at least games do come here...

Don't get me wrong, i like the stuff, too, but it's still shovelware, and if you don't agree on that, there's at least an obvious bias that caters to practices that make way for shovelware. Pokemon is shovelware, but people still enjoy it, and i think it's safe to say many of us would, still. And we can throw out devolver and point out that we've gotten games here on gog that contain a long series, like Ys. Those are technically classified as shovelware, as well. In that light, shovelware isn't necessarily a bad thing, either, but we have to be honest with ourselves. When it comes to curation, the arguments aren't very strong in light of what is getting missed vs what is actually coming here. I'm not big on VNs, only ever sat through 1 so far (bought another, but i haven't got into it yet), but I totally feel they should be coming here. I don't think it's right for me to decide what should or should not be on GOG, simply based on my own preferences, and I extend that to GOG. GOG has a right to curate, but judging from the fact that customers (including myself) are seeing things rejected that we're interested in buying, and even GOG going back on it's rejections, it all seems to suggest that GOG is indeed not liberal enough with it's acceptance, and the curation is not working.

Dear GOG, please don't.

The game and DRM-free.

Well, have you actually made entries in the wishlist and publicized them? How is GOG to know that you want obscure games about…robots if you don't tell them?

I've voted for obscure games,
and made requests for obscure as all get out games.

The company approached GoG, their project has had international press coverage, its not some hidden gem but a notable event in computer history.

Yes I get that some unknown might not get noticed or accepted, but I'm seeing established teams with notable IP being turned down. How can anything based on Steve Jackson's work not get a "Okay lets look".

I'm not asking for the gates to be flung open, but I think GoG as a platform could handle 10-20 releases a week rather than the 2-5 we currently get.

I doubt many are advocating dropping curation altogether, but there's got to be a happy medium that avoids days like today with no new game releases.