I recently ended up with a copy of Duke 3D.. and I can't even remember how. I think it was a holiday give away from GoG.com
The experience is less than ideal.. it comes packed with and runs through DOSBox which makes running it a bit of a PITA. You have to run the settings application separately through DOSBox as well. Then boot the game back up through DOSBox to test the settings... I don't think I ever got to the game before tiring of it.
I think Steam could potentially make it a little easier to enjoy.
If this gets released on Steam, it'll most likely be a carbon copy of the same game build that's featured on GOG.com, similar to how the Steam copies of Tomb Raider 1+2+3 are the same as those found on GOG.com. So much so, that there's even GOG files IN the Steam download, and it still requires you to have knowledge of DOSBox in order to manually configure the games.
I love Steam just as much as everyone else, I mean jeez - I've been a member since 2004 and have over 450 games on the account, but these older DOS releases seem to just be the same found on GOG.com, only more expensive and with extra DRM.
In regard to older games, I tend to default to GoG, as it tends to be their core competency. They tend to be really good at packaging their products to run easily on modern machines.
Duke is the only game I've come across where I had such issues. If a separate front-end exists, as mynameisEvil tells me, to make running the game easier, it's possible if not likely that the game is just a mess.
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Wait a minute, when did Devolver Digital get the rights to Duke 3D?
The experience is less than ideal.. it comes packed with and runs through DOSBox which makes running it a bit of a PITA. You have to run the settings application separately through DOSBox as well. Then boot the game back up through DOSBox to test the settings... I don't think I ever got to the game before tiring of it.
I think Steam could potentially make it a little easier to enjoy.
If there's something that makes using the game easier, then it should come packaged with the game.
That's exactly the service that Steam provides: Ease of use.
It's typically something I find GoG tends to take into consideration too. However with Duke, they clearly failed.
Not really. Before I used EDuke, I still had no problem getting it to run. Whatever's going on is going on on your side.
With that said, if the 'average person' used Google, EDuke32 would be spectacularly easy to find.
Fin.
I love Steam just as much as everyone else, I mean jeez - I've been a member since 2004 and have over 450 games on the account, but these older DOS releases seem to just be the same found on GOG.com, only more expensive and with extra DRM.
In regard to older games, I tend to default to GoG, as it tends to be their core competency. They tend to be really good at packaging their products to run easily on modern machines.
Duke is the only game I've come across where I had such issues. If a separate front-end exists, as mynameisEvil tells me, to make running the game easier, it's possible if not likely that the game is just a mess.
I already own it
now that i think about .. i think thats the benefit of digital copies..... u cant lose the CD and have to buy it again
3/10 - Sexist character design. Did this really take 15 years to make?