How do these differ from the GoG versions?

[pneumatic gnosis]

I already own all of these games on GoG. Is there any reason to buy them again on Steam? Are there any QoL additions that would warrant another purchase?

[ljrittle]

These appear less functional than the GOG releases since the steam release doesn't support mac or linux...

[Rorque]

Originally posted by ljrittle:

These appear less functional than the GOG releases since the steam release doesn't support mac or linux...

no one care about mac and linux

[TheDirtyLep]

Lol, @rorque at least not for gaming, you're right 😄

[eric.hanuise]

Actually you're wrong. Not only are there Linux Steam users (I'm one at least :p ) but also the new steam deck runs SteamOS, which is Linux.

Regrding this release, I hope they'll have fixed the nasty bugs that prevented EOBIII to be finished at the time. (didn't try the GOG version, only the initial release, a very long time ago...)

[Assailer]

Originally posted by eric.hanuise:

Actually you're wrong. Not only are there Linux Steam users (I'm one at least :p ) but also the new steam deck runs SteamOS, which is Linux.

Regrding this release, I hope they'll have fixed the nasty bugs that prevented EOBIII to be finished at the time. (didn't try the GOG version, only the initial release, a very long time ago...)

Ahh thanks, this is good info, almost preordered a steamdeck LOL

[eric.hanuise]

Originally posted by Assailer:

Originally posted by eric.hanuise:

Actually you're wrong. Not only are there Linux Steam users (I'm one at least :p ) but also the new steam deck runs SteamOS, which is Linux.

Regrding this release, I hope they'll have fixed the nasty bugs that prevented EOBIII to be finished at the time. (didn't try the GOG version, only the initial release, a very long time ago...)

Ahh thanks, this is good info, almost preordered a steamdeck LOL

You can reformat and install whatever you want on it.
This being said all games should work on the steamdeck.
See linus tech tip videos on the topic.

[Firebrand]

They don't. These are DOS games run via DOSBox. Most likely Steam will literally copy the files from the GOG version (as they've done before) & release them without any modification whatsoever.

[HARDENTH60]

Dah sucks damn copy and paste just to make money goodness dont think about peoples what they want

[KDM 16AAB]

And who is this publisher, SNEG?

[Hidron]

Originally posted by KDM 16AAB:

And who is this publisher, SNEG?

Don't know much, but it looks like their earliest Steam release was December 2020. I see a couple of older SSI war games they rereleased last year and a couple of other titles.

[Stinkflipper Incarnate]

SNEG was apparently formed by GOG-veterans.

[Pancakes11]

Does the Gog version have the All Seeing Eye mod as a toggle option at startup for the three Eye of the Beholder games? Its a great addition that adds an auto filling map and info about enemy name/health in this collection.

[Nudenoggin]

Can't play them full screen with a dual monitor setup, with the game on one and All seeing eye on the other. GOG version I can do that.

[Greed Is Addiction]

Originally posted by Rorque:

Originally posted by ljrittle:

These appear less functional than the GOG releases since the steam release doesn't support mac or linux...

no one care about mac and linux

This. More and more game devs are leaving linux in the past due to it making up less than 3% of the sales and 40% of support issues. It's only a major headache for game devs.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by ljrittle:

These appear less functional than the GOG releases since the steam release doesn't support mac or linux...

Linux is solved by Proton. I mean lets be frank. As I recal these games are running out of DoSBox

Originally posted by DC UN1:

Dah sucks damn copy and paste just to make money goodness dont think about peoples what they want

That's the pub/devs and really there's not a lot they can do otherwise friend. Be damned if anyone could even find the source code for these games now.

Originally posted by No Known Stereotype:

Originally posted by Rorque:

no one care about mac and linux

This. More and more game devs are leaving linux in the past due to it making up less than 3% of the sales and 40% of support issues. It's only a major headache for game devs.

Developing for LInux is a process in of itself if you want to do it properly. SO yeah it's a rather costly prospect that increases the complexity of support and at the end of the day does not lead to much of a boost.

To be fair the original games were not Linux compat either.
Buut i since these games are just wrapped in dosbox, if you download the OSX, or one of the varuiouis linux DOsbox versions you should be able to run it just fine.