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That was Bullfrog which was mismanaged into the grave by EA.

 

EDIT - the subsequent desecration of that grave which was the mobile version of Dungeonkeeper packed to the gills with pay 2 win microtransactions was just pissing on its grave in so many ways... sigh.

 

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Did a mission that took me to a beached ship and lighthouse earlier that had quite a cool ending. I've stopped creeping around the town and just started running everywhere and it feels a little less empty that way, encounter more enemies than when I was sneaking everywhere (obvs). It's still not a game I'd be rushing to recommend to people, but some of the reviews are total hyperbole. I'm so tired of everything being AMAZING or TOTAL SHIT with no middle ground.

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17 hours ago, Clipper said:

yeah Sony shuttered Evolution and Sony Liverpool/Psygnosis (to name two really good devs whose games I loved and so really hated them closing) but they rarely get the same ire for "mismanaging" those studios as MS get for closing, say, Lionhead (again shutting the creators of Fable is a disgrace and Lionhead got shafted).

 

deserved ire in all cases dammit!

 

And another one (although this one was tiny, but still...)

 

https://kotaku.com/pixelopus-shut-down-playstation-studios-sony-closure-1850410532

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I pumped a huge number of hours into Populous and Syndicate on the Amiga, such a fantastic pair of games but almost their whole catalogue is win after win. there are obviously devs/studios that have strong lineups but Bullfrog were amazing.

 

I have an A1200 setup so I can play these with no issue but is Good Old Games still the place to go to buy these old PC games so they are playable on modern hardware?

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8 minutes ago, Clipper said:

I pumped a huge number of hours into Populous and Syndicate on the Amiga, such a fantastic pair of games but almost their whole catalogue is win after win. there are obviously devs/studios that have strong lineups but Bullfrog were amazing.

 

I have an A1200 setup so I can play these with no issue but is Good Old Games still the place to go to buy these old PC games so they are playable on modern hardware?

 

GoG is definitely the best bet. Things like Syndicate Wars don't really work very well otherwise.

 

In fact I think I'm off to grab Magic Carpet...

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3 minutes ago, Benny said:

Says a lot about Redfall really that it's driven people to fiddly old games on GoG instead.

Oh you....

 

I played Redfall last night and it was just fine :P

 

Syndicate replay might be something I do in my "official breaks from work at my desk - not playing when working oh lordy no" time.

 

EDIT - also if I it is fiddly then I'll be booting the Amiga instead :D

 

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18 hours ago, Clipper said:

yeah Sony shuttered Evolution and Sony Liverpool/Psygnosis (to name two really good devs whose games I loved and so really hated them closing) but they rarely get the same ire for "mismanaging" those studios as MS get for closing, say, Lionhead (again shutting the creators of Fable is a disgrace and Lionhead got shafted).

 

Off topic but Sony didn't shutter Liverpool, they just moved HQ from the old site to a new one in the city centre. Only know this as I used to work at the old Sony Liverpool site. I think it was primarily cost saving, the old Psygnosis building was bloody massive and whilst I was there at least they weren't using a lot of the space. 

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I'm still playing it: in fact I think I've gone from perverse interest to genuinely enjoying it quite a bit. 

 

However the only people I'd actively recommend playing it (over one of Arkane's other, better games, anyway) are people who make games: as an example of how to hide a pretty fun game concept behind a lot of barriers.

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2 minutes ago, Jamin said:

 

Off topic but Sony didn't shutter Liverpool, they just moved HQ from the old site to a new one in the city centre. Only know this as I used to work at the old Sony Liverpool site. I think it was primarily cost saving, the old Psygnosis building was bloody massive and whilst I was there at least they weren't using a lot of the space. 

Sorry I was referring to the PSygnosis/Liverpool studio that produced Wipeout et al. When they moved Liverpool studio they also restructured and cancelled some projects (Allegedly a wipeout) and made some staff redundant (some of whom were interviewed by Eurogamer at the time)

 

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-closes-wipeout-developer-sony-liverpool-report

 

 

The press release seems to have been bungled but it confirms that it is closing part of the Liverpool campus - the part that did Wipeout it seems.

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