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Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by hinkley »

modeless wrote: post #18
justworkout wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a pretty incredible amount, because there was a point where there were indie bundles making headlines every week and World of Goo was featured in every single bundle imaginable. I feel like every person who played games 15 years ago bought World of Goo intentionally or accidentally in some form at least 10 times.

I definitely have at least three copies. Never bought it intentionally and never played it longer than a few minutes.

I bought 2. It was a pretty good game to play on the Wii. I think piracy is generally a bit lower on the gaming systems isn’t it?

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by yaomtc »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #40
yaomtc wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I can tell, it's because the original game was not updated for newer versions of Android. I went to the Play Store, switched to my older Google account, and found it in "manage apps" by switching to "not installed", selecting the "games" filter, and scrolling to the bottom, where World of Goo (the original) says "not available for device". Tapping it shows the listing, where it says "Your device isn't compa…

Unlikely, because the device I'm referring to here [0] is Android 13, and it plays rather fine on it. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38566303

Maybe it's Android 14 that prevents it from installing? That's what I have. How recently did you install it on that device?

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by hulitu »

muzani wrote: post #7

If anyone wants to play the original before getting this one, it's part of the Netflix subscription on mobile.

Yeah. I installed it. It wanted a Netflix account.

I left a negative review. I uninstalled it.

Looks like an interesting game. Why do companies ruin gameplay by requiring an username ?

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by muzani »

hulitu wrote: post #53
muzani wrote: post #7

If anyone wants to play the original before getting this one, it's part of the Netflix subscription on mobile.

Yeah. I installed it. It wanted a Netflix account. I left a negative review. I uninstalled it. Looks like an interesting game. Why do companies ruin gameplay by requiring an username ?

It originally didn't, but it's part of the Netflix subscription. Someone said there's the premium version out there but I don't see it.

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by joshspankit »

danielskogly wrote: post #24
TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #6

Can’t wait for this one, I remember reading an article in which they say 90% of their copies were pirated. I hope they are able to fix this somehow.

I pirated it too back then, and bought two copies years later. Sent them an email when I did so and got this reply from Ron Carmel almost exactly 10 years ago (2013-12-18): > thanks, daniel! tons of people play world of goo without paying for it, and we're ok with it. we think that sometimes buying the game makes sense (when you can afford it and it doesn't feel like a big expense) and sometimes it doesn't (when you…

I suspect this is a very common pirating story (well, not the email exchange, that’s unique and rad).

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by jcul »

muzani wrote: post #54
hulitu wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. I installed it. It wanted a Netflix account. I left a negative review. I uninstalled it. Looks like an interesting game. Why do companies ruin gameplay by requiring an username ?

It originally didn't, but it's part of the Netflix subscription. Someone said there's the premium version out there but I don't see it.

I don't play games on mobile, so I'm a bit surprised Netflix is in this business at all. I didn't know they were doing mobile games.

Re: World of Goo 2

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

yaomtc wrote: post #52
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlikely, because the device I'm referring to here [0] is Android 13, and it plays rather fine on it. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38566303

Maybe it's Android 14 that prevents it from installing? That's what I have. How recently did you install it on that device?

The device originally had Android 12, and got 13 with the OTA upgrade about a year ago, I think.
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