Good Old Games

[Gizmo]

Witcher 3 at 50% off... tempting, but I did promise myself not to buy more of those until I finally can bring myself to slog it through Witcher 2. It just fails completely to interest me the same way the first game did (which I replayed quite a few times). Might be the crappy interface, the even worse combat, not sure what it is that makes me want to forget about the game, like some unpleasant memory you want to repress.

Same here. The Witcher was fantastic, but Witcher 2 lacked most of what I liked about Witcher; including the multiple cameras, multiple combat styles, detailed alchemy, and pragmatic potion use. I didn't care for the updated dice game, or the Whack-A-Mole [press the letter key QTE] bar fights that replaced the original system.

 

 I stopped playing [W2] just after the Kraken fight (I think), and I haven't ever really picked it up in earnest since; (though I plan to).  Witcher 3 I won in a contest, but have scarcely explored past the tutorial. 

Edited August 20, 2016 by Gizmo

[Fenixp]

Whelp, GOG just introduced a store wallet, which'll allow such fun features as in-game purchases (yup, microtransactions). I'm not entirely sure whether I should be happy about this - well, aside from the fact that a company with a track record of technical ineptitude may now directly receive access to large chunks of money from their customers.

[Mamoulian War]

Something unexpected happened. At least for me

 

Titan Quest has been released on GOG

 

https://www.gog.com/news/release_titan_quest_anniversary_edition

 

Complete (Anniversary Edition) with expansion and new features as multiplayer in-voice chat.

Edited August 31, 2016 by Mamoulian War

[Zoraptor]

Devs said TQ would come to GOG once the round of update on steam was (close to) finished. It was semi officially announced in March, iirc. Good release though.

 

..well, aside from the fact that a company with a track record of technical ineptitude may now directly receive access to large chunks of money from their customers.

 

Eh? Valve has had a wallet feature for years and they're the past masters of half arsing features and products, way more so than GOG. They've got the attention span of a kitten in a disco.

 

For the vast majority of people using it their game collections will be worth far more than an amount in their eWallet anyway. Gamersgate has had blue coins for ages, and they worked pretty well despite GG being far smaller than either steam or current day GOG.

[Fenixp]

Eh? Valve has had a wallet feature for years and they're the past masters of half arsing features and products, way more so than GOG. They've got the attention span of a kitten in a disco.

Well, I never claimed I'd put that kind of stuff in the hands of Valve nor that they're any better. And true, your library does have far greater value than virtual money you'd usually send in GOG's general direction - however, your library can't really be manipulated in any way, not even by the owner really (as in, you can't exchange games or buy anything in exchange for games).

[Humanoid]

Something unexpected happened. At least for me

 

Titan Quest has been released on GOG

 

https://www.gog.com/news/release_titan_quest_anniversary_edition

 

Complete (Anniversary Edition) with expansion and new features as multiplayer in-voice chat.

 

Don't know anything about the game, but perhaps a useful guinea pig for testing Galaxy's multiplayer implementation before I commit to getting GOG keys for D:OS2.

[Drowsy Emperor]

Witcher 3 at 50% off... tempting, but I did promise myself not to buy more of those until I finally can bring myself to slog it through Witcher 2. It just fails completely to interest me the same way the first game did (which I replayed quite a few times). Might be the crappy interface, the even worse combat, not sure what it is that makes me want to forget about the game, like some unpleasant memory you want to repress.

 

Witcher 2's problem is that it has no heart.

 

The Geralt from Witcher 1 was an ugly mutt that snuck in a granny's pantry while ****faced to steal pickles and lard. Geralt from Witcher 2 is a fantasy equivalent of Daniel Craig, single highhandedly slaughtering armies while swollen from his own self importance and the profanity laden "maturity" of everything going on in a story that is about as needlessly convoluted as the average anime. From a relative nobody on the streets of Vizima he goes straight to bro-terms with every important individual in the in game universe.

 

It was quite the Michael Bay treatment.

[Mamoulian War]

Shadow Warrior 2 presale on GOG. Shadow Warrior Classic for Free and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux for very very cheap. All on GOG

[Gorth]

Being an old lover of Rogue, Nethack,, Angband and what have you their likes, I bought "The Curious Expedition" today. It looked like it would be something just up my alley. If not, it wasn't expensive

[Fenixp]

Oh, Curious Expedition, not Renowned Explorers. I'd say it's weird I keep confusing the two, but it's actually not. Anyway, Renowned Explorers is great!

[Mamoulian War]

Necropolis Brutal Edition arrived on GOG as well.

 

https://www.gog.com/news/necropolis_brutal_edition_update

[Mamoulian War]

Comedy RPG Zenith got released on GOG.

 

https://www.gog.com/news/release_zenith

 

Maybe someone here will be interested in that kind of game

[Nonek]

Sale on chaps, few interesting titles, i'm getting Cossacks personally.

[Mamoulian War]

And another wave of GOG Connect up as well.

[ShadySands]

Nothing for me this time around

[LittleRose]

Don't cheer too soon, they're going to add new games to the sale in round about 16 hours. It's not like I was drowning in unplayed RPGs or something because I want to have them already when I'm finally ready to play them.  

[Labadal]

And another wave of GOG Connect up as well.

Link, please?

[ShadySands]

https://www.gog.com/connect

[Humanoid]

Anyone familiar with the GOG version of Bloodlines able to compare it to the disc version? Other than that there's nothing to catch my eye just yet. I know a fair few of you are positive about Grim Dawn, but then it's the current Humble Monthly where for less money you get that and a bunch of other mystary games.

 

GOG Connect only yielded me X Gold. Makes me think of XTree Gold.

[Labadal]

I just saw the GOG connect games. No game for me but no biggie.

[Keyrock]

The first batch of games had nothing I was interested in, but they updated with new games and I see Dex for 67% off.  Has anyone played that?  Is it worth a five-er?

[Labadal]

The first batch of games had nothing I was interested in, but they updated with new games and I see Dex for 67% off. Has anyone played that? Is it worth a five-er?

It's a bit clunky but it was a fun 2D Deus Ex. Payed €18 or something for it and was fairly happy with that.

[Keyrock]

 

The first batch of games had nothing I was interested in, but they updated with new games and I see Dex for 67% off. Has anyone played that? Is it worth a five-er?

It's a bit clunky but it was a fun 2D Deus Ex. Payed €18 or something for it and was fairly happy with that.

 

2D Deus Ex, eh?  Color me interested.  Can you ghost it?

[the_dog_days]

 

 

The first batch of games had nothing I was interested in, but they updated with new games and I see Dex for 67% off. Has anyone played that? Is it worth a five-er?

It's a bit clunky but it was a fun 2D Deus Ex. Payed €18 or something for it and was fairly happy with that.

 

2D Deus Ex, eh?  Color me interested.  Can you ghost it?

 

 

I haven't played very much of it, but it's kind of like SNES Shadowrun mixed with a beat 'em up. I'm not using the stealth approach, though. Mostly been using the 'punch anything that moves' approach.

[Keyrock]

 

 

 

The first batch of games had nothing I was interested in, but they updated with new games and I see Dex for 67% off. Has anyone played that? Is it worth a five-er?

It's a bit clunky but it was a fun 2D Deus Ex. Payed €18 or something for it and was fairly happy with that.

 

2D Deus Ex, eh?  Color me interested.  Can you ghost it?

 

 

I haven't played very much of it, but it's kind of like SNES Shadowrun mixed with a beat 'em up. I'm not using the stealth approach, though. Mostly been using the 'punch anything that moves' approach.

 

But you can stealth at least some of it?  You don't have to kill everyone?