Good Old Games still good

[Keyrock]

3 hours ago, Zoraptor said:

the dlc, of course, ain't available for zero dollars.

All 857 of them?

[Zoraptor]

Now now, there are 'only' 84 of them. They do have dlc bundles for this release, with EUIV you had to choose manually. Amazingly, the discounts on the bundles are actually progressive (albeit slightly) so, uh, the more you buy the more you save.

[bugarup]

And you can get them all with a 60% discount for a low, low price of 101.49 euro! It's like Sims!   

[Mamoulian War]

3 hours ago, bugarup said:

And you can get them all with a 60% discount for a low, low price of 101.49 euro! It's like Sims!   

I was hyped, when I saw, that PDX finally released CKII on GOG, but 100+EUR for a game, which was initially released in 2012... no way... As I know myself, I would be willing to give 30-50 bucks for the full game from 2018, but that is over the top pricing...

[Zoraptor]

That is 100€* for a load of unnecessary guff like portraits and music (though I do like the music). It's 60 odd for the gameplay dlcs. And to be scrupulously fair, the base game is pretty decent by itself from what I remember from ten years ago.

*or 97USD here, which is kind of whacky pricing given that we're meant to have the gst added now.

[Humanoid]

And some of the gameplay DLC is eminently skippable too. Just about everyone skips Sunset Invasion, the fantasy scenario of an Aztec invasion of Europe. I personally disable Jade Dragon too because despite what the name suggests, it doesn't really add China, but only a silly and unbalanced off-map abstraction of it. Besides that, Rajas of India is very niche, and Horse Lords only marginally less so, get them only if you plan to play in those regions.

Of the DLCs that add new bookmarks to the game, Charlemagne adds a new one a century earlier (769) than the Old Gods (867), but it's a very unbalanced game state that I recommend against playing. Note by default the game used to start no earlier than 1066 which made Old Gods the most popular DLC to extend gameplay, but just about the last thing added to the game (alongside Holy Fury) was a new bookmark of 936 which is one of the most interesting starts and in my mind is the better choice.

Edited June 15, 2023 by Humanoid

[Chilloutman]

I would say Old Gods, Holy Fury are best ones even tho Norse is OP as hell with it

[Mamoulian War]

Another giveaway on GOG. This time Sigma Theory. I have watched few let's plays, and it looked interesting. So I have decided to give it a chance and purchased both DLCs for 0.69 EUR.

https://www.gog.com/en/news/summer_sale_special_another_giveaway_2_classic_releases_and_a_new_awesome_collection

[Mamoulian War]

Big news on GOG. SEGA just released first 7 Like a Dragon/Yakuza games on GOG. You can get them all for 33EUR, which is IMHO borderline crimimal steal for few hundreds of hours of unique fun in one of the best (if not the best) open world designed series ever.

Also, new giveaway. Old school isometric RPG Eschalon Book 2 is up for grabs for next few dozens hours.

 

https://www.gog.com/en/news/yakuza_titles_are_here_7_entries_from_the_legendary_series_up_to_75_and_another_summer_sale_giveaway

[melkathi]

I just came on to check if you were doing your duty and informing people of the giveaway

[Mamoulian War]

One more giveaway from GOG Hell Division.

At the moment, it is not on the front page as other giveaways. You have to go directly to the game page, and “buy” it for 0 EUR/USD.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/hell_division

[melkathi]

@Mamoulian War

Have you told people about the Ancient Enemy giveaway yet?

[Keyrock]

1 hour ago, melkathi said:

@Mamoulian War

Have you told people about the Ancient Enemy giveaway yet?

Do I get to pick which ancient enemy I get? Maybe it's selected by culture. I'm Polish so would I be given Holy Roman Empire for free? The entire HRE might be a bit much. Maybe just the Duchy of Bohemia.

Edited June 26, 2023 by Keyrock

[Mamoulian War]

3 hours ago, melkathi said:

@Mamoulian War

Have you told people about the Ancient Enemy giveaway yet?

Pretty long and busy day today

But allow me to remedy myself

Ancient Enemy giveaway on GOG started today!

This one is again needed to put into the cart and “pay” 0.00 of currency to acquire it

https://www.gog.com/game/ancient_enemy?source=news

[Mamoulian War]

Another "hidden" giveaway

Beholder 2

https://www.gog.com/game/beholder_2

[melkathi]

You kinda missed the opportunity to say:

Behold! The Beholder 2 giveaway.

 

 

I mean, how often do you get to use behold in a sentence?

Edited July 1, 2023 by melkathi

[Hurlshort]

4 hours ago, melkathi said:

You kinda missed the opportunity to say:

Behold! The Beholder 2 giveaway.

 

 

I mean, how often do you get to use behold in a sentence?

Well he can't use it now. He'd be beholden to you for suggesting it.

[Mamoulian War]

Another not so visible giveaway on GOG, where you need to "buy" the game for free

https://www.gog.com/game/the_whisperer

until 17th July

[Malcador]

19 minutes ago, Mamoulian War said:

Another not so visible giveaway on GOG, where you need to "buy" the game for free

https://www.gog.com/game/the_whisperer

until 17th July

I suspect it's still not worth the price

[Mamoulian War]

Xenonauts 2 early access has been released on GOG.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/xenonauts_2

[Mamoulian War]

Open season for SEGA games continues

Like a Dragon 7 released on GOG few minutes ago with all DLCs as well

https://www.gog.com/en/news/yakuza_like_a_dragon_its_hero_edition_and_dlcs_out_now_with_50_discounts

[Mamoulian War]

BG3 goodies pack available for free on GOG.

 

https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_3_goodie_pack

[Chilloutman]

1 minute ago, Mamoulian War said:

BG3 goodies pack available for free on GOG.

 

https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_3_goodie_pack

I would rather pre-load being a thing - still no info on that front?

[Chilloutman]

I love GoG but downloading BG3 3MB/s is real pain....

[Gfted1]

^Steam is riding the struggle bus too: Everyone's Downloading Baldur's Gate 3 and Steam Is Having a Wobble - IGN