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GOG News and Updates 2011
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mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Wow, I just saw that they had all the last Zork games. I put up with RTZ when it came out because it was an interesting new experience but looking back now it wasn't that great. Are Nemesis and Grand Inquisitor much better? I think I heard great stuff about GI but I can't remember.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
mattiewheels said:
Nemesis is a very dark, wonderful game. One of my favourite adventures of all time... but really has nothing in common with the light-hearted, funny Zork games you're used to.
GI is closer to an older Zork game.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Thanks...did you like RTZ too? That game seems like such a weird multimedia relic to me.Stumpokapow said:
Minsc
Gold Member
Slipstream 5000 today, the biggest surprise for me is that it is already being sold on gamersgate for under half the price, DRM free.
Never heard of it, but the corny slogan "Feel the speed, feel the freedom, feel the danger" looks to fit it perfectly.
Never heard of it, but the corny slogan "Feel the speed, feel the freedom, feel the danger" looks to fit it perfectly.
I remember this way back, when I was an Amiga only user. I remember that time, because it was very late in the life of the Amiga, but still having faith that it could come back from it's slumber. And then I would play games on the Amiga that was much better than the crap pixelized mess that was PC games (I didn't know about the free anti-aliasing with playing games via RGB connections).
Always wanted to try this one out.
Always wanted to try this one out.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
mattiewheels said:
The one time I played RTZ I enjoyed it well enough, but yeah it was a bit ahead of its time. Even Zork Nemesis, which is more contemporary to something like Spycraft, is a little infuriating to play now despite how excellent it is as a game
Edit: Now, the other thing is I remember RTZ having some sort of dumb adventure-game-logic type puzzles. I can't remember which ones in specific and I don't have my adventure game notebook anymore to see what notes I took, ahahaha.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Okay, I am getting sick of games I want to go on sale not going on sale at GOG.
I bought my first non-sale game yesterday, realMyst for $5.99. I just couldn't wait for it to go on sale anymore. Just think of all the stuff you buy on PSN/XBLA/Steam for $5-10. Is paying full price on gog really a worse value? The sales will still be good for games you are only mildly interested in.
Conciliator
Banned
Man I thought GOG would have a huge hot streak with the Interplay deal, but after the first run it's been a bunch of nobodies. I hope they still deliver on Dungeon Keeper 2, plz take my money GOG.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
coopolon said:
It's the principle of it all. You know how it is.
When you have a huge backlog, there really feels like no reason to buy the game unless you want it right now at full price, whether it be a classic from GoG or a new release you were hyping up for the past month. If I didn't have a giant backlog, I would probably buy them one at a time or something and go through em, but the last game I bought on GOG right as soon as I could was P:ST a few months ago and started and finished it.coopolon said:
archnemesis
Member
I beat it for the first time recently and it hasn't aged that well. First of all, it's locked at a specific resolution (1024x768, IIRC). There is a game-breaking bug that might prevent you from completing the game and it has a difficulty curve like a roller coaster. The sequels are a bit more polished. That being said, it is still worth playing if you're an old X-Com fan. It's not perfect, but at least they try to do something different and some of the ideas aren't half bad.plc268 said:
Sinatar said:
It'd be nice if they went with the two SKUs in a similar way to how the original title was originally planned to go; release the white version at the $9.99 pricepoint and the black version at the $5.99 pricepoint, with the difference going to Child's Play or similar.
As a random aside, on the EA front: Is anyone else surprised that the majority of EA's output is going at the cheaper pricepoint? I was half expecting everything to be at the $9.99 figure.
mclem said:
After how the freakin' Activision priced most of their GOGs sensibly, I'm not that surprised anymore.
On that note, everyone should get Arcanum now if they inexplicably haven't.
Current weekend deal is Might and Magic Universe up to 50% off (if you get them all, or 40% off if bought individually):
Heroes Chronicles: All chapters
Heroes of Might and Magic®
Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic® 4 Complete
Might and Magic® 6-pack: Limited Edition
Might and Magic® 7: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic® 8: Day of the Destroyer
Heroes Chronicles: All chapters
Heroes of Might and Magic®
Heroes of Might and Magic® 2: Gold Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete Edition
Heroes of Might and Magic® 4 Complete
Might and Magic® 6-pack: Limited Edition
Might and Magic® 7: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic® 8: Day of the Destroyer
Minsc
Gold Member
StuBurns said:
Higher profile games like that go on sale usually just once a year or twice a year, if you want to catch sales you have to add GOG to your RSS reader and pick up games whenever there's something you wanted, they do sales every weekend generally, on a few games. Otherwise, if you wait for the holidays, there's a pretty good chance nearly everything will go on sale. Though as many people will say, you're only saving a few dollars in the end, so waiting 1/2 year for it isn't exactly the best idea if you want to play it sooner rather than later.
archnemesis
Member
I'm pretty sure it hasn't been on sale yet. Games are normally 30 to 60% off during sales, which occur at least every weekend. This summer they've had two larger sales. One with Interplay titles and another one with hidden gems.StuBurns said:
Everyone should be buying at least Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete, and the Might and Magic 6-pack if they haven't already! No excuses at $5.99
The whole pack is a pretty good deal. The only completely redundant game is perhaps HOMM1, and the extra 10% off will get you that for free. Others range from decent (HOMM4, M&M8) to excellent (M&M4-7, HOMM3).
The whole pack is a pretty good deal. The only completely redundant game is perhaps HOMM1, and the extra 10% off will get you that for free. Others range from decent (HOMM4, M&M8) to excellent (M&M4-7, HOMM3).
Given GoG's demographics, I wonder if they could afford to do small print runs of classic feelies for popular games? I think it's pretty safe to say that Ultima will be on the service at some point, and I'm pretty sure I'd be willing to pay a small extra premium to get, say, a cloth map in the classic style.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
mclem said:
One problem is that GOG is a company from Poland, and GOG's audience is largely not, so that'd be a major pain for them. Another problem is that there exist quite a few budget reprints of games in Europe that don't exist over here--Theme Hospital, for example, has long been out of print over here and isn't even on GOG yet, but has an active budget reprint in the UK/some of mainland Europe (I think it's 9 euro or so?)
charlequin
Banned
Catshade said:
So bought.
archnemesis said:
All of the Infinity Engine games were on sale last Xmas.
archnemesis
Member
I got Planescape: Torment gifted to me by a friendly GAFer, but I would totally have bought the Baldur's Gate games if I'd known. How much off were they, do you remember?charlequin said:
archnemesis
Member
Oh, that might explain it. I have a hard time buying digital distributed games unless they're at least 50% off.
nincompoop
Banned
I have all of those M&M games (except Heroes Chronicles) on disc but I've had trouble getting some of them to run in Vista in the past. Does gog update the games in any way to ensure their compatibility?
nincompoop
Banned
HOMM3 complete - it has the most depth, the best balance and literally thousands of hours of content when you throw in all of the user-made maps and campaigns. For the classic M&M series I prefer 7, it essentially feels like an expansion to 6 but it has 3 extra character classes and much deeper character development, and I thought the story and game world were more interesting than 6 or 8. (I couldn't tell you much about 1-5.)Fewr said:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hrm, why 3 and not 4?
nincompoop
Banned
4 added a bunch of stuff to shake up the formula, but most of the stuff they added (like fog of war, heroes participating in battle, wandering monsters that moved around and attacked you, simultaneous damage when a monster attacks, probably some other stuff I can't remember) ended up making the experience worse imo.firehawk12 said: