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Posted November 16, 2019
I recently googled "best games of 2009" which by convention would mean "Old enough for "Good Old Games", and (except for the shock that I considered some as "pretty new") I was surprised that actually a whole bunch of those already are here:

Top 40 (Metacrtic):

1 Street Fighter IV Fighting 91 8.7
2 Batman: Arkham Asylum Action, Adventure 91 8.8
3 Dragon Age: Origins RPG 91 8.5
4 Left 4 Dead 2 Action, First-Person Shooter 90 8.8
5 Braid Platform 90 8.8
6 Empire: Total War Strategy 90 6.6
7 DiRT 2 Racing, Driving 90 10.0
8 Football Manager 2010 Sports, Simulation 88 9.4
9 Plants vs. Zombies Action, Strategy 88 9.2
10 EVE Online: Apocrypha MMORPG 88 8.7
11 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Racing, Driving 87 8.1
12 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 First-Person Shooter 86 2.1
13 Resident Evil 5 Action, Adventure, Horror 86 8.1
14 Sims 3, The Simulation 86 7.5
Although it falls short of its predecessor, it's the top non-sports sim of the year
15 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The Adventure 86 9.7
16 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Strategy 85 8.2
17 Machinarium Adventure 84 9.3
18 Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy Adventure 84 n/a
19 Torchlight Action, RPG 84 9.3
20 AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity Action 84 8.6
21 Time Gentlemen, Please! Adventure 84 9.1
22 Out of the Park Baseball 10 Sports, Simulation 83 8.3
23 Need for Speed SHIFT Racing, Driving 83 5.1
24 Red Faction: Guerrilla Third-Person Shooter 83 8.8
25 Dawn of Discovery Strategy, Simulation 82 8.7
26 King's Bounty: Armored Princess Adventure, Strategy, RPG 82 9.2
27 Borderlands First-Person Shooter, Action, RPG 82 8.0
28 Football Manager Live Sports, Simulation 82 2.9
29 Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan Adventure 82 9.2
30 Gridrunner Revolution Shooter 82 8.4
31 DCS: Black Shark Simulation 82 7.7
32 Battlefield 1943 First-Person Shooter 82 7.7
33 Osmos Puzzle 81 9.0
The best-reviewed PC puzzle game of the year features a hypnotic score and can't-miss price
34 Sims 3 World Adventures, The Simulation 81 9.0
35 Fallout 3: Broken Steel RPG 81 6.8
36 League of Legends MMORPG 81 9.5
37 Mirror's Edge Action, Adventure 81 8.3
38 Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The First-Person Shooter 80 7.2
39 Left 4 Dead: Crash Course First-Person Shooter, Action 80 6.2
40 AI War: Fleet Command
Posted November 16, 2019
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toxicTom: I recently googled "best games of 2009" which by convention would mean "Old enough for "Good Old Games", and (except for the shock that I considered some as "pretty new") I was surprised that actually a whole bunch of those already are here:

Top 40 (Metacrtic):

1 Street Fighter IV Fighting 91 8.7
2 Batman: Arkham Asylum Action, Adventure 91 8.8
3 Dragon Age: Origins RPG 91 8.5
4 Left 4 Dead 2 Action, First-Person Shooter 90 8.8
5 Braid Platform 90 8.8
6 Empire: Total War Strategy 90 6.6
7 DiRT 2 Racing, Driving 90 10.0
8 Football Manager 2010 Sports, Simulation 88 9.4
9 Plants vs. Zombies Action, Strategy 88 9.2
10 EVE Online: Apocrypha MMORPG 88 8.7
11 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Racing, Driving 87 8.1
12 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 First-Person Shooter 86 2.1
13 Resident Evil 5 Action, Adventure, Horror 86 8.1
14 Sims 3, The Simulation 86 7.5
Although it falls short of its predecessor, it's the top non-sports sim of the year
15 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The Adventure 86 9.7
16 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Strategy 85 8.2
17 Machinarium Adventure 84 9.3
18 Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy Adventure 84 n/a
19 Torchlight Action, RPG 84 9.3
20 AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity Action 84 8.6
21 Time Gentlemen, Please! Adventure 84 9.1
22 Out of the Park Baseball 10 Sports, Simulation 83 8.3
23 Need for Speed SHIFT Racing, Driving 83 5.1
24 Red Faction: Guerrilla Third-Person Shooter 83 8.8
25 Dawn of Discovery Strategy, Simulation 82 8.7
26 King's Bounty: Armored Princess Adventure, Strategy, RPG 82 9.2
27 Borderlands First-Person Shooter, Action, RPG 82 8.0
28 Football Manager Live Sports, Simulation 82 2.9
29 Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan Adventure 82 9.2
30 Gridrunner Revolution Shooter 82 8.4
31 DCS: Black Shark Simulation 82 7.7
32 Battlefield 1943 First-Person Shooter 82 7.7
33 Osmos Puzzle 81 9.0
The best-reviewed PC puzzle game of the year features a hypnotic score and can't-miss price
34 Sims 3 World Adventures, The Simulation 81 9.0
35 Fallout 3: Broken Steel RPG 81 6.8
36 League of Legends MMORPG 81 9.5
37 Mirror's Edge Action, Adventure 81 8.3
38 Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The First-Person Shooter 80 7.2
39 Left 4 Dead: Crash Course First-Person Shooter, Action 80 6.2
40 AI War: Fleet Command
"A whole bunch"? I actually see very few there. Nothing against GOG though. I've found my interest waning in their new offerings for some time. I'm not really a fan of the new indie games, but I understand that they have to expand their selection for commercial success. Personally, I've already bought everything I could possibly want from the GOG catalog, but I continue to check back (less often) for new releases of classic games.
Posted November 16, 2019
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RottenRotz: Was this the worst year for classic games on GOG?Will this become a trend now as GOG already signed as many publishers as they could.Thoughts?
Worst year? Certainly not since we got first two Warcraft games and Diablo with Hellfire addon. There might be a worst year next time because it's even harder to bring more old school games after 10 years of pushing the IP rights limit.
Posted November 16, 2019
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RottenRotz: Was this the worst year for classic games on GOG?Will this become a trend now as GOG already signed as many publishers as they could.Thoughts?
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Cadaver747: Worst year? Certainly not since we got first two Warcraft games and Diablo with Hellfire addon. There might be a worst year next time because it's even harder to bring more old school games after 10 years of pushing the IP rights limit.
I know I love those releases (warcraft 1 and 2 and diabilo with hellfire) I think we have had a great year on gog in terms of releases, I haven't agreed with every game coming here as good (such as paid doom 2 mods) but each to their own as it comes down to a matter of personal taste at the end of the day.
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RetroPopz: "A whole bunch"? I actually see very few there.
There are more than that if one goes outside their comfort zone era/genre and tries something new.....and I don't say this to belittle your tastes or anyone's tastes.....it's just that most of us stick to what we grew up with and little else, and bye doing such we prevent possible finding something new to love for the first time, just like we did as kids/teens.

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RetroPopz: Nothing against GOG though. I've found my interest waning in their new offerings for some time. I'm not really a fan of the new indie games, but I understand that they have to expand their selection for commercial success. Personally, I've already bought everything I could possibly want from the GOG catalog, but I continue to check back (less often) for new releases of classic games.
Again, old games are limited/finite.....I get that it's what you are used to/like, but think of all the possibilities there are waiting to be tried.....heck, most things we like were new to us at some point until e tried them for the first time. :)

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David9855: I know I love those releases (warcraft 1 and 2 and diabilo with hellfire) I think we have had a great year on gog in terms of releases, I haven't agreed with every game coming here as good (such as paid doom 2 mods) but each to their own as it comes down to a matter of personal taste at the end of the day.
The problem with personal taste is that instead of adding to it(as I said to the other user just above this reply) as time goes on, many of us get a particular genre/era ingrained in our preferences/likes and don't deviate from it much, thus stagnating us in one set era/genre instead of trying new possibilities(usually, there are exceptions to this obviously).

As for me: I like my era primarily, same as most of us, but I also like stuff from my parents and grandparents days(and even before that), and also newer stuff as well. I used to be stuck in the "one era" loop/quagmire but then I broke free and opened my eyes to all the possibilities there are out there(or more of them at least).
Post edited November 16, 2019 by GameRager
Posted November 16, 2019
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RetroPopz: "A whole bunch"? I actually see very few there. Nothing against GOG though. I've found my interest waning in their new offerings for some time. I'm not really a fan of the new indie games, but I understand that they have to expand their selection for commercial success. Personally, I've already bought everything I could possibly want from the GOG catalog, but I continue to check back (less often) for new releases of classic games.
Are you mostly interested in games not on Steam / exclusive to GOG?

also I think it was like ~13/40, so it could be worse
Post edited November 16, 2019 by tfishell
Posted November 16, 2019
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toxicTom: ...snip
Unfortunately the really good ones on that list are not here however, Arkham series, dawn of war series, resident evil series, borderlands, left 4 dead...
Posted November 16, 2019
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RottenRotz: Was this the worst year for classic games on GOG?Will this become a trend now as GOG already signed as many publishers as they could.Thoughts?
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Cadaver747: Worst year? Certainly not since we got first two Warcraft games and Diablo with Hellfire addon. There might be a worst year next time because it's even harder to bring more old school games after 10 years of pushing the IP rights limit.
I was thinking in numbers.very few got released here.in terms of quality it was pretty solid
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