Comments on: EA pulls Syndicate from GOG

By: neozeed

neozeed — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:29:44 +0000

In reply to bamdad. It's something the old iD stuff has been good about. although for many of the other stuff I get the feeling all the old source and assets are long gone.

By: bamdad

bamdad — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:24:27 +0000

In reply to neozeed.

you’re right. this is a more complicated issue than i made it out to be.
however, i still think that in the case of 20+ year old titles, these efforts should be driven by giving enthusiasts wider access to the original artwork, tools, maybe even opening the source code – and not by capitalising on nostalgia.

By: neozeed

neozeed — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:56:20 +0000

In reply to bamdad. on the otherhand proving the IP has some value might interest people to update or improve it..

By: bamdad

bamdad — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:17:11 +0000

one more reason to not pay for 20+ years old software..

By: steve

steve — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:17:59 +0000

Here’s the GOG thread about it: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/ultima_underworld_12_syndicate_plus_and_syndicate_wars_delisting/page1
There was an article on Kotaku about this before it happened, about the four games that got delisted.