fronzelneekburm: Look, I get that people like themselves their VNs, their hidden object games and their horror-themed phone simulators. I don't mind. And I get that gog like themselves the mad cash that these products (presumably) bring in. But variety is the spice of life, so it would be nice if the """""curators""""" would accept some games that are more in line with the stuff they used lure their original audience here in the first place.
I wonder when exactly some people will realize that "curation" is and always will be completely subjective. Is it fair? No, but it is the way curation is working.
"Why didn't they accept this great RPG?" "
"This is a great looking game - why was it rejected?"
"I have been waiting for THIS game since years and GOG rejected it?"
"Why did they reject those point and click games?"
"Why did they accept this VN and this phone simulator?"
I cannot answer you those questions but I can tell you that nearly everytime GOG accepts a game many people are posting how glad they are that they did. So how can we say that their decision was wrong? They rejected those adventure games you mentioned but they just accepted "Whispers of a Machine" which is afaik a retro point and click adventure - so there you have somthing for you needs as well. Yes, the Opus Magnum case was a strange one because not only has it been successful already, the devs wanted to be here, they are already here and a big part of the community begged GOG to get it here ... but in all other cases - imo it is a 50/50 chance if the game will be rejected or not. Also we still don't know anything about what's going on behind the scenes so who are we to decide if their decision was reasonable or not? I am pretty sure we don't even know the complete story. Again, I agree that GOG could be much more transparent in giving us reasons ... well, I think GOG could finally START to really talk to us ... but this is a store and a business and - no matter if we like it or not - it is not OUR store and it is not OUR decision to make.
Also, it is not the case that we only get VNs or HOG or Phone Sims (actually this is the first one of the latter) - just make a list with everything GOG is releasing during a few weeks and tell me if tere is no variety in it.
Last but not least: If they had rejected this they still would not have to accept the two games you mentioned. I tell it again - those two things are independent. GOG is able to accept and reject whatever they want if we want it or not. They don't have to follow rules they try to follow demands - that's the way the market is working.
Kunovski: while NOBODY exclaims that this is in fact a STALKING simulator, where you need to go through someone else's personal stuff :D I guess nobody cares as long as it's changed from portrait view to panorama and gets better, non-mobile graphics ;)
You are not completely wrong. When I played it actually felt a bit like stalking - but then again, you are not doing it for the sake of it or your own benefit, you are trying to help the woman.