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GOG News and Updates 2011
- Thread starter Minsc
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50% off some Kalypso games this weekend:
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/kalypso...ent=game_subject&utm_campaign=kalypso_games_2
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/kalypso...ent=game_subject&utm_campaign=kalypso_games_2
I have a problem loading gog.com. This only happens with their site, no others. The page starts loading, but stalls on any of the static#.gog.com. it eventually times out, and I get an unformatted page with no css. If I disable my router firewall, it loads fine. No matter what device I use; windows, android,ios, etc.
Any ideas? I can't figure a way to exclude a specific from the firewall. Very frustrating.
Any ideas? I can't figure a way to exclude a specific from the firewall. Very frustrating.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Tempted to get Tropico Reloaded but I don't know how it plays. If it has short term objectives like Ceasar III that would be great. Speaking of which, they really need to get Pharaoh/Cleopatra and Zeus/Poseidon. They were such cool spins on the C3 concept.
SturokBGD
Member
It does.
Versipellis
Member
For those who can't stand Ultima VII (eye-stabbing) font, I found a couple of alternatives here.
The first one is similar to the original one and changes capital letters only.
The second one is a full set (numbers, lower&upper case).
And they also did an unboxing video for Serpent Isle, similar to the one they did for Darklands.
The first one is similar to the original one and changes capital letters only.
The second one is a full set (numbers, lower&upper case).
And they also did an unboxing video for Serpent Isle, similar to the one they did for Darklands.
Do it! It has a cat rescue mission!
Versipellis
Member
GOG.com - Holiday Celebrations (=sales!)
12/8 > 12/10
40% off The Witcher 2 (bundled with The Witcher 1 Enhanced)
12/10 > 12/12
They'll be giving away coupons for games on their forum and social network pages.
12/12 > 12/14
Empire Earth Gold free for all.
12/12 > 01/02
50% discount on almost every game in their catalogue.
12/8 > 12/10
40% off The Witcher 2 (bundled with The Witcher 1 Enhanced)
12/10 > 12/12
They'll be giving away coupons for games on their forum and social network pages.
12/12 > 12/14
Empire Earth Gold free for all.
12/12 > 01/02
50% discount on almost every game in their catalogue.
Minsc
Gold Member
Nice summary. The unfortunate thing is that likely means we're down to the final week now, with just 1 or 2 releases left for the year.
Versipellis
Member
My bad. The 50% discount starts next monday (12/12) not wednesday (12/14). I edited my message.
Mmm tasty.
MehsterChief
Member
Woohoo, I can't wait for the sale to start. may drop more money there than at the inevitable Steam sale. A sjort look at my wishlist shows that I will hardly be able to spend less than 40$.
The thought of playing Ultima 7 over the holidays sounds better every minute...
The thought of playing Ultima 7 over the holidays sounds better every minute...
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
Nice!
I'll get The Witcher 2 and some other games depending on which games are on sale.
Waiting to get the D&D games 50% off, hopefully I'll have some money left from the Steam sales
Who am I kidding, that's not going to happen 
cicero
Member
Waiting to get the D&D games 50% off, hopefully I'll have some money left from the Steam salesWho am I kidding, that's not going to happen
Personally, I would rather fill out my EA wishlist on GoG than overspend on Steam sales.
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, I think GOG will get more money from me then Steam during their sales. There's a lot I've been holding off on.
cicero
Member
My EA wishlist:
Crusader: No Remorse
Crusader: No Regret
Dungeon Keeper 2
Nox
Lands of Lore 1+2
Starflight 1+2
Ultima 1+2+3
Ultima 4+5+6
Ultima 7
Wing Commander Privateer
Wing Commander 1+2
Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
SimCity 2000 Special Edition
Not to mention...
Gabriel Knight
Gabriel Knight 2
The Last Express
Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer
Panzer General 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Star Control 1+2
Swat 3: Tactical GOTY Edition
Settlers 2: The Gold Edition
Caesar 3
Jagged Alliance 2
Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure)
Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)
So many fantastic titles to choose from. Wish the GOG Holiday sales got more respect and hype compared to the Steam Holiday sales.
GOG's prices are well into impulse buy territory at launch so I'm not surprised that there isn't as much interest in a sale.
Fortunately, that sale hits early enough that I can take advantage of it for Christmas shopping, too. Trying to gently nudge my Dad towards GoG, and since he asked for Myst this Christmas I thought I'd take advantage of that.
I wonder if I can create a gift version of that Empire Earth during the free period...
I wonder if I can create a gift version of that Empire Earth during the free period...
charlequin
Banned
whooee, there's gonna be a lot of stuff to buy on here this christmas
Togglesworlh
Banned
No sane person cares if the thread looks pretty as long as it's informative. SO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
Minsc
Gold Member
Gothic 3 released today, not sure where I stand on this one. You don't have the Forsaken Gods "expansion," but there is still the community patch to patch stuff up. I know it's no Gothic 2, but if people want to recommend it, go ahead.
Feel free, it's not like this thread is loaded up with banners and artwork. I'd say start it on the 8th when The Witcher 2 goes on sale, and let people know what's planned. Dunno if you need to list out everything if the whole catalog is just 50% though
Feel free, it's not like this thread is loaded up with banners and artwork. I'd say start it on the 8th when The Witcher 2 goes on sale, and let people know what's planned. Dunno if you need to list out everything if the whole catalog is just 50% though
Dunno if you need to list out everything if the whole catalog is just 50% though
The original news post suggests it's not *quite* everything:
Presumably The Witcher 2 is exempt (from *that* deal, at least; there's the earlier one, of course!), but there may be more. I wonder if it's just worth listing those that aren't?
Wow, amazing. I was waiting with buying The Witcher 1&2, but now i dont have an excuse.
I'll pay 107 PLN for both [i could get it cheaper in Polish retail, but w/e ;p], and i'll get 16$ for other games on GoG? I'm all for it
What a pity that gog doesnt have expansion pack for Alpha Centauri ;\, but i'll find ways to spend those 16$
StoppedInTracks
Member
Ultima 7 is the 2nd best RPG EVER after Deus Ex.
Do not miss it, people.
Do not miss it, people.
StoppedInTracks
Member
For some, yes. For me the worst part is M&M7. Best one is, as always, World of Xeen and Mandate of Heaven on 2nd place.
M&M9 is better than M&M7. It's pretty good to be honest.
M&M is so good and forgotten series. I loved 6 and 7, exploration aspect was close to elder scrolls series and making notes of the map about locations You have visited was awesome [thanks god, they added that in 7 xD, in 6 i had to use pen and paper all the time ;]
StoppedInTracks
Member
M&M series are timeless classics. On par with Wizardry and Ultima for me.
I finished them all and if I were to rate them:
M&M4+5 (World of Xeen) > M&M6: Mandate of Heaven > M&M3: Isles of Terra > M&M8 = M&M9 > M&M7 > M&M2 > M&M1
It seems those games were immensively more popular in Europe than in the US.
Long live New World Computing and Jon Van Caneghem!
I finished them all and if I were to rate them:
M&M4+5 (World of Xeen) > M&M6: Mandate of Heaven > M&M3: Isles of Terra > M&M8 = M&M9 > M&M7 > M&M2 > M&M1
It seems those games were immensively more popular in Europe than in the US.
Long live New World Computing and Jon Van Caneghem!
I've been searching for a games on GOG and noticed comments sections, so i checked HoMM 4 comments to see how flamed it is and guess what? Its not, There is quite good community there and they reminded me how AMAZING soundtrack for HoMM 4 is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVfFUXBAY9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDXNSWJLuo
I need to check if my copy of HoMM 4 had OST included
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVfFUXBAY9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDXNSWJLuo
I need to check if my copy of HoMM 4 had OST included
SturokBGD
Member
I recommend it! It's still kind of janky in true Piranha Bytes style (mostly down to performance weirdness) but with the latest community fixes it's pretty great. It's way more ambitious than Risen. Still not as good as Gothic 2 Gold but it looks much better for what it's worth. Forsaken Gods is standalone, it wasn't developed by Piranha Bytes and it's full of recycled content, so it's not a huge omission.
FlyingTeacup
Member
Witcher 2!!!!!!!!! even though I have witcher1, it's ok since I bought it dirt cheap.
good thing I waited!
good thing I waited!
Minsc
Gold Member
Well, Forsaken Gods was reworked in the Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition, and some of the people who made the community patch for Gothic 3 formed a company (Mad Vulture Games) and were hired and fixed up Forsaken Gods... so in a kinda twisted, indirect way, getting the Forsaken Gods EE + Gothic 3 which isn't part of this release is supporting the efforts of the people who worked on the community patch. Even if they're not seeing any money per sale of Forsaken Gods EE, perhaps JoWood is getting the message their talents and changes/fixes they made are appreciated.
Jowood closed up shop.
How often does Good Old Games give away free titles? I only have like... Ultima and the other free games and seemed to have missed out on that one limited time one earlier this year (forgetting the name). They don't really e-mail about their free giveaways. :/
Minsc
Gold Member
Crap, forgot about that, the 2011 date of the EE threw me off. Well, never give up hope! Maybe Nordic Games cares, a tiny, tiny bit.
Not too often, just a couple times a year. Broken Sword was made temporarily free in celebration of getting 6 million downloaded games, and they had another one last holiday season too I think. They don't release permanently free games too often either, but paid games going free is even rarer than that.
I think there've been three this year; two limited (Broken Sword and the upcoming Empire Earth) and one new game added to the catalogue that was free (Dragonsphere). There's generally one around Christmas, but the other decisions seem to be somewhat sporadic, except possibly for being around when they want to celebrate something.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I know. It's like they expect you to do something for it.
If they were going to go ahead and email everyone about the free game they're giving away, they might as well just automatically add it to the account at that point. But it's not about making sure you get a free game. They don't advertise so much because they want you to get into the habit of checking in on the site occasionally and noticing there is a new, old game you've been dying to play.
Having said that, I don't follow the site as closely as some here, yet I believe I've managed to get every free game they've offered.
Joe Molotov
Member
What's the best first-person, turn-based RPG on GOG? I want something like Wizardry 7, but W7 isn't on GOG. I've been playing Land of Lore 1, but it's not quite turning my crank. I need more stats.
The might and magic series should do you good.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/might_and_magic_6_limited_edition
Anything from Might and Magic 3 onwards is good stuff.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
It would be great if gog managed to get the theme park games out before the sales start.
Versipellis
Member
If you are looking for stats, Realms of Arkania games have lots of them (and some weird ones, like Superstition or Necrophobia).
Explains it. Never know what is going on since they never give a heads up and there is no "for free!" thread like there generally is for stuff like Steam sales.
Minsc
Gold Member
Betrayal at Krondor (the original) is very awesome too, if you get in to it. Not really in the same style as W7, since the battles are done on a separate screen setup on grid like a sRPG (but much smaller scale), but still a first-person, turn-based RPG. I find the graphics kinda charming, despite the archaic 3D used to display the world and live-action captured video/animation. There's also a pretty big emphasis on the story too, with pages of text between chapters, like a book.
TheSeks said:
GOG does post them as news items, so if you have GOG in your RSS reader, you'd see it. We also try to make new threads for bigger news now, like Broken Sword going free had its own thread, and the free give away coming up will be mentioned in the title of the GOG holiday sale thread while it is free, at the very least.
Well I think the point is they want you to keep checking their website. I subscribe to gog's RSS feed on Google Reader and am always informed of everything that's happening on gog.
I just follow this thread, haven't missed a free game or sale yet.