Another batch! Hell yeah, thanks GOG and Disney! =)

Thats the one i meant.

How did you not play LOOM earlier after an amazing sales pitch like that!

COME ON...

Nostalgia attack. The 1998 versions of Xwing and Tie Fighter are remastered and BETTER, but they been launched later, that's all, is EXACTLY the same game with better textures and engine.

I got all the original Xwing and Tie Fighter versions, even on floppy discs, but the 1998 versions were never sold in my Country, GOG launched the old version of the game from 1993 and later the remastered 1998 versions with the XWING vs TIE FIGHTER engine, and this is BAD????

Seriously... nobody digitally released these games before, when they did, they launched 2 different versions for each package an old one, and a remastered one, and people STILL COMPLAINT!!!

facepalm

Good stuff, I'll add some to the wishlist and might pickup The Dig and Loom, replace my steam / disc copies.

I don't think you understand why people feel the "best versions" aren't available on GOG.

Between the two versions that you call the "old" and "remastered", there was a middle version which included the graphical updates of the later version, combined with the dynamic audio and more extensive voice acting of the earlier version.

As tfishell said, there's nothing wrong with the available versions, but there's a definite case to be made that the middle (not available) version combines the best features of both of them. Maybe people are harping on it a bit too much, but it's not purely nostalgia goggles at work. I think many of those who refuse to let the issue rest are the ones most delighted by GOG selling the titles at all.

One thing that puzzles me is why GOG releases LA games in big batches instead of dripping say 1 title a week to keep people interested for many weeks. Do people buy more that way?

dropping by and seeing releases like those is very nice. Keep it up.

When does Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy come?

Dunno.Perhaps they want to take advantage of the Lucasfilm license(which is bound to expire eventually) as swiftly and efficiently as possible.

Just to elaborate a bit more. The 1998 versions have the best graphics, especially in the case of X-Wing, as the "middle version" of X-Wing is still lores VGA only.

Tie Fighter is a closer call, as the "middle version" has SVGA support. The graphical cap between the two Tie Fighter versions (middle version, and the 1998 version) is much smaller than with X-Wing.

I guess the main reason people still want the "middle versions" is that they have dynamic MIDI music, which changes with the gameplay. The 1998 X-Wing is a bit mixed bag with music as far as I can tell:

- The orchestral music during missions is of higher quality than the MIDI music, but as said, it doesn't change with the action.

- For some reason e.g. the X-Wing 1998 intro music and such are not as high quality, in fact they sound like they are (recorded) General MIDI too. Some of the parts in the 1998 version are oddly out of place, e.g. if your ship blows up and there's the animation where you are picked up... what the heck is that "music" playing in the background?

- Also, at least for me there doesn't seem to be any music when you are on the base etc.? Is that intentional? The earlier versions have music everwhere, when you are on the base, or leaving the base, etc.

Anyway, for my personal opinion, if I would play only one version of both games:

- For X-Wing, I'd play the 1998 version (that GOG has). After all, it is the only PC version with hires graphics, which I consider more important than dynamic MIDI music. (Also I was able to get the 3D accelerated graphics to run too (with Geforce 670M) which is nice too, even though they don't enhance the graphics much over the 16bit SW renderer).

- For Tie Fighter, I'd probably pick the middle version though (that GOG doesn't have currently). It has good enough hires SVGA graphics, and the dynamic MIDI music is pleasant to ears if you have a good General MIDI card (or use a good soundfont).

In case you were not sarcastic: I thought one of the major complaints before from users was how GOG is dripping releases, and not releasing them in bigger batches? Now GOG is doing pretty much that, releasing many games at the same time (and they seem to have speeded up their releases otherwise too, we seem to get more releases per week now, indies included).

I'm fine as long as games keep coming.

How can it expire when Disney owns LucasArts? The only thing that will expire is the contract between GOG and Disney, which will last for years.
Probably to make those releases feel special and build hype till the next wave.

When i say Lucasarts i also mean Disney.But i'll never refer to Lucasarts games as Disney games even if technically that is the case now.
Anyhow yes the contract will expire.I don't know how long it will run.Maybe this contract is a bit shorter than regular.Hence possibly that is why they are releasing the Lucasarts games relatively fast.Or perhaps to create an event character.Maybe both.Dunno.

The thing is that it will not expire due to any license (since Disney has bought LucasArts), but due to Disney not wanting to do any sort of further business with GOG. That's a possibility for every publisher here and there is always the chance that the contract might be renewed/extended instead of letting it expire.

Yeah the contract between GOG and Disney is what enables GOG to publish the Lucasarts games here.Perhaps that contract runs a bit shorter than usual.Perhaps not.And perhaps the contract won't expire at all or will be renewed when the time comes.
But the release pattern of the Lucasarts games has been unusually fast.Which could suggest that they want them out in the open as fast as possible in order to expose them as long as possible.Maybe.Dunno.