You should just try to start the game: TWP had much higher requirements than actually needed. Ron just wanted to play it safe.
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Better than getting a really bad framerate. 
Edit: but TWP says Intel HD 3000 or better. Thatās a very distinctly lower requirement.
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For reference, Phoenix Wright left, RtMI right:
On my Intel Iris Graphics 540, Phoenix Wright runs in nearly 4k (3200x1800) perfectly fine, perhaps the occasional minor framedrop you can barely notice because itās not an action game. I should point out itās some 2-4 times as fast as that listed minimum, but a GTX 660 is another 3-4 times faster than that!
Anyway, past experience with Ron Gilbert leads me to believe that if this were a Capcom game, the minimum and recommended would be virtually identical to that Phoenix Wright game, but because itās Ron Gilbert recommended is minimum and thereās no recommended.
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I only have a couple of old machines, too. I have frequently thought about buying something new for years, but never did. So, if both of my machines turn out to be too slow for RtMI, the time has finally come for me to upgrade. 
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If the PC pre-orders can be made with a more reputable distributor. Valveās history of denying pre-order customers their consumer rights speaks for itself. You shouldnāt have to appear in court and then have the book thrown as you for wilful misconduct in consumer commerce before complying with the law!!
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No, but I might ifā¦
it comes on GOG.
Actually Iāll order it from Steam anyway but I prefer to buy stuff on GOG as my adventure collection is all there.
Iām out of the loop, is there any official position on GOG publishing for RtMI?
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No, they have not shared any information about shops other than Nintendo eShop and Steam. I donāt think that they can do it, at the moment.
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The (older) Disney and Devolver games are available via GOG. So I hope that RtMI will appear on GOG at some time.
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Oh, but thatās sure. Itās just that I donāt think they can announce anything right now.
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Even if they didnāt say anything on the subject, I feel that Steam and Nintendo Switch are platform exclusive.
Like Terrible Toybox did with Thimbleweed Park and Microsoft: 3 months Exclusive.
GOG itās only a store, true, but adversary of Steam.
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It was only Microsoft exclusive, not Steam. I got TWP first day from GOG - but it might be that only backers got a GOG keyā¦ 
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Thatās not the only information that they donāt want to share explicitly in their official (so, no tweets) communication material.
For example, the game will be available for macOS and the Steam page confirms it, but they never mentions any operating system in their trailers or the official website. They simply write/tell āPCā or āSteamā, which may be ambiguous.
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Competing web storefronts is a concept I intellectually grasp, but emotionally donāt understand. The web can provide an infinite library. Why did things have to go this way (rhetorical question)?
And WHY canāt I just download an exe from returntomonkeyisland dot gov.
I also donāt like GOG lol.
Itchio is my personal favourite web storefront. I also think itchio sucks, but will always pick itchio first if its an option. Because it gives the best profit split to the game devs.
RTMI on itchio make it happen make it happen make it happen 
(it wont happen :(
)
Hierarchy for PC games:
- Direct download from the developer.
- Itchio.
- Steam/GOG/Epic/Origin/Whatever.
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GOG has only DRM free games. So I wouldnāt put it in the same group with Steam, Epic, Origin.
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GOG (tbf alongside Steam and others, but also mostly GOG) took abandonware games and put them up for sale again. This made things harder for abandonware enthusiasts, as it makes old games no longer abandonware.
At least archive.org has all the coolest games which are too weird and bad (positive) for GOG lmao.
Also CD Projekt sucks, I just donāt like 'em.
As for the new games they sell, I definitely do appriciate DRM free. I will even buy from GOG, I have no principles as stated above lol. But before that, I prefer getting my DRM-free games from;
- Direct download from the developer.
- Itchio.
Am I lumping GOG in with the others? Iām just saying its low on my personal storefront hierarchy for these reasons.
I understand wanting a DRM-free RTMI, and I do too.
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They arenāt abondanware because the owners of those games are selling them.
GOG is a platform which helps old games to be available again.
Without any DRM.
They arenāt taking anything away.
In contrary, they ensure they are playable on modern PC systems by normal players who donāt want to tweak their autoexec.bat.
Keeping old games alive this way is a good thing and encourages developers to keep creating games.
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Nope. I bought it on March 30th 2017 on GOG. That was the official release day.
Though itās (as of yet) not showing SteamOS/Linux support. Another reason not to rush and preorder. Iām sure itāll run (natively or otherwise), but best to let someone else confirm this first.
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I saw that too. I wonder what engine they are using (Delores had of course Linux support).
Dinky, I suppose?
I mostly agree, but from a preservation perspective they do sometimes take things away. For example the original executable, leaving only data files and ScummVM. Also Iām not sure if their Warlords II Deluxe comes with the sprite & level editor but thatās because I donāt really feel like rebuying it.
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