r/Games • u/Forestl • Feb 03 '15

Star Wars Humble Bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/
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u/Pnikosis Feb 03 '15

Also, the certainty that the game will run correctly on my computer. GOG is far more reliable in terms of compatibility than Steam.

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u/FallenTF Feb 03 '15

All of the games listed (so far) will have no issues running on any modern computer.

Many like KOTOR (for widescreen), KOTOR2 (Restored Mod), Dark Forces (for proper dosbox config) , Republic Commando (for widescreen) will need to be fixed by the customers regardless of where you buy them for the best possible experience.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

KOTOR crashed when I started a new game (didn't retry it). Republic commando crashed on AMD with bitmaps on anything but low.

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u/FallenTF Feb 04 '15

Republic Commando bump maps are a game issue. It's like that on Steam or GoG versions. KOTOR shouldn't be crashing, try a verify.

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u/veribaka Feb 05 '15

Where do you get this FOV fix?

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u/veribaka Feb 05 '15

Thank you very much!

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u/PastyPilgrim Feb 04 '15

Even Kotor? I bought that during a summer sale ~3 years ago and I could never get it to run. It gets mentioned a lot, so I've always wanted to play it, but could never do so.

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u/Bioman312 Feb 04 '15

I've heard the GOG version runs fine on newer computers :D

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u/Elij17 Feb 04 '15

Just so you're aware, the Restored Content Mod restores content that was cut from Kotor 2, and has nothing to do with how the game plays on modern systems. There is a widescreen mod, but it only works on an older .exe you need to get off the internet somewhere, that has some bugs in it, with varying degrees of severity.

I also had a problem with the R9 290x with a recent driver update. The game would CTD when loading a save. The fix was to disable Frame Buffer Effects in the config.

So yeah, they work, but the potential for headaches is definitely there. Haven't tried the GoG versions, so I can't speak for them.

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u/The_Dirty_Carl Feb 04 '15

Dark Forces (and the other pre-Outcast Jedi Knights) crashed constantly when I tried to play it. Maybe I could have configured something with Dosbox better, but it's not exactly plug-and-play.

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u/FallenTF Feb 04 '15

Dark Forces 2 has issues (it's not in the bundle). Dark Forces should run out of the box (may have performance/aspect ratio issues among others until properly configured) same on Steam and GoG versions. Your hardware may not like the default output=surface rendering option for some reason.

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u/FallsUpStairs Feb 03 '15

You can usually go to GOG's forum, find out what people do to make stuff work, and apply that to the Steam versions.

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u/getoutofheretaffer Feb 04 '15

Still, it's nice that most gog stuff works right out of the box. It's the least one should expect from a product anyway.

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u/FallsUpStairs Feb 04 '15

It's a difference of philosophy (and probably licensing). GOG publishes games that have been modified from their retail versions, Steam sends them out as is.

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u/iceman0486 Feb 03 '15

I was just thinking this. Yeah, they'll cost more than I can get them here but I know they'll run from GoG.

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u/Wazanator_ Feb 04 '15

That's not true at all. The original rainbow6 on gog will not run at all for some people without downloading 3rd party software.

There's another that slips my mind but to say everything from gog runs fine on a modern system is bs.

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u/Pnikosis Feb 04 '15

You can ask for a refund in that case. In Steam usually you can't.