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How is American Nightmare? I'm going to get Botanicula, To the moon, Blackwell and Machinarium but I'm not sure about the 5th game. I don't own any of these games.
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Kennel posted:Based on first few levels, Mutant Mudds isn't too exciting (but I think someone said, it will get better). It's the highest-rated downloadable game on the 3DS, last I checked, which suggests that there's a bit more to it than the initial dismissals.
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Nov 20, 2012 14:33
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Five more games I won't be playing, but I that I will purchase anyway because it's too good a deal and this money is burning my pocket. 
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Nov 20, 2012 14:42
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:How is American Nightmare? I really enjoyed it, not too long and doesn't have that many environments, but a pretty solid standalone story and it's a lot more action packed than the original game (more weapons too). For $2 (assuming there is other stuff that catches your eye in the sale) it's a steal, it's worth that price for the villain and the new music tracks alone!
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Nov 20, 2012 14:43
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This sale owns, paying $2 for four Blackwell games, five Geneforge titles, American Nightmare, Gemini Rue, Resonance or To The Moon should be a crime.
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Nov 20, 2012 14:48
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:How is American Nightmare? If you enjoyed the story at all in Alan Wake, American Nightmare is a must. The story continues/concludes the story. It'll be interesting to see where Remedy goes from here but whatever it is I'm 100% on board.
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Nov 20, 2012 14:53
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VisAbsoluta posted:This sale owns, paying $2 for four Blackwell games, five Geneforge titles, American Nightmare, Gemini Rue, Resonance or To The Moon should be a crime. This reminds me; For the few asking what to get; To The Moon. Even as a "eh, why not" afterthought 5th title in your bundle. It's only about 2-3 hours long, but the story is really good. It is also very sad .
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Nov 20, 2012 14:55
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Regarding the sale, does anyone know if you can make multiple purchases, e.g. buy two sets of 5 games for $10 each, totaling $20?
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Nov 20, 2012 15:10
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univbee posted:Regarding the sale, does anyone know if you can make multiple purchases, e.g. buy two sets of 5 games for $10 each, totaling $20? I just bought two quintets myself. You have to buy your 5, check out, then come back and repeat. I already had 8 of the 20 games on that list (kind of narked off that I paid so much for Alan Wake + expansion) and bought two sets of 5. I can still get the last two for $10 (Defcon & Uplink), but I don't think that I will - just doesn't seem worth it.
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Nov 20, 2012 15:15
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:How is American Nightmare? It's more Alan Wake, but with some of the kinks worked out and a better overall presentation. Oh, and the setting is more interesting. Get it if you liked the first one, or get it if you like action games/coverless third-person shooters.
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Nov 20, 2012 15:17
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Holy crap this is a great deal. Being too cheap to shell out for the Geneforge series all these years has finally paid off.  Besides that, so far I've decided to grab Botanicula, Machinarium, and To the Moon...kind of iffy on my last choice, I already have Torchlight and Gemini Rue and the Blackwell games but I've never really heard of any of the others. Any goon recommendations there? SpaceChem and The Ball both look pretty interesting.
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Nov 20, 2012 15:38
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Bats posted:If you enjoyed the story at all in Alan Wake, American Nightmare is a must. The story continues/concludes the story. It'll be interesting to see where Remedy goes from here but whatever it is I'm 100% on board. Too bad Remedy has stated the game is non-canon. So everything that happens has no bearing on the story.
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Nov 20, 2012 16:00
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The Real Texas was just added to GOG's Macside. Thoughts on this? I'm not spending money on any games for the foreseeable future, but I'm making a list of stuff I'd like to pick up once I resume. What are everyone's thoughts on this one? http://www.gog.com/gamecard/the_real_texas
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@PureRok After a quick google search, I found the writer for Alan Wake and AN stating that it is canon on their forum quote:It's canon. quote:I guess it's all in how you look at it. The point is, this is a kind of a side trip for Wake. I'm not saying it's not significant, because it is! But we have also intentionally picked a pretty different tone for the game -- it really is intended to be a standalone thing rather than "season 2" of Alan Wake. Think of it as a TV movie, perhaps?
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Zoe posted:Holy crap this is a great deal. Being too cheap to shell out for the Geneforge series all these years has finally paid off. SpaceChem is really great but it will make you feel really dumb (unless you have a real knack for programming, I guess). Overall, I'd recommend it. You haven't mentioned Trine. I case you haven't played it, it's a neat puzzle platformer (and I normally hate puzzle platformers) and would also be a good buy.
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Zoe posted:SpaceChem and The Ball both look pretty interesting. The Ball is decent, but not particularly great. SpaceChem is a multi-award-winning puzzle game titan. Just expect it to hammer your brain into paste before you're done.
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Imperialism is one of the first games I ever bought for my PC, and it's the first strategy game I ever played. It's a good guiltless "European powers f***ing each other over while stomping on lesser countries" thing going for it, but IIRC, it's more about economy and production than war, although there's plenty of that in the game. There was also an episode of Three Moves Ahead dedicated to it: http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2010/04/20/three-moves-ahead-episode-61-classic-game-analysis-imperialism/
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Nov 20, 2012 17:53
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I keep lowering my price point and now there are all these bundles of 5 4 10. At least I don't have to trade for that one Humble Bundle.
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Nov 20, 2012 18:37
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The only game on there that I don't have is Mutant Mudds. Anyone buying a bundle want to split the cost (I'll pay you the $2 if there's only 4 games on the list that tickle your fancy) and just throw the files my way later? It feels like a waste paying $10 for the bundle to get duplicates, or $9.96 on Desura for just Mudds when I can both Mutant Mudds and The Real Texas for the same kind of money.
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Nov 20, 2012 19:21
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ClownSyndrome posted:@PureRok I guess I can't trust user reviews.
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Ulgress posted:The only game on there that I don't have is Mutant Mudds. Anyone buying a bundle want to split the cost (I'll pay you the $2 if there's only 4 games on the list that tickle your fancy) and just throw the files my way later? Do you own the other games on GoG? If you buy a giftcode and redeem it, only the games you don't own get redeemed. You can then send the giftcode of the other games to someone else. So let's say you buy Spacechem, Uplink, Defcon, Torchlight, and Mutant Mudds and send a giftcode to yourself; if you already own the previous 4 games, only Mutant Mudds gets redeemed. You can then send that giftcode containing the other 4 games to someone else. From there you can probably work out a deal with someone or sell a giftcode for $8
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Nov 20, 2012 19:46
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Bought American Nightmare, Botanicula, Machinarium, Blackwell and To the moon. Saved 50 bucks. That's some great value. Also, it seems you can simply use the promo page over and over, so you can buy all 20 games for $40 if you'd like.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:26
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I already had 8 of the 20 games on this sale, and I picked up two 5-packs this morning, but I'm still missing Defcon and Uplink. Now, I don't want to pay $10 just for those, but if anybody would be willing to toss me a non-special $5.99+ game that I don't have yet, I would be willing to buy those two games, keep them, and give you whatever other 3 you fancy on that special as a gift. I know that this makes me sound like a cheap bastard, and I am. I kind of have a rule when I buy games on GOG, and while 2 for $10 isn't a "good deal" to me, what would ostensibly be 3 for $10 is, so if anyone's keen on that idea, let me know. I'm open to other suggestions as well.
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I'm a bad indie gamer and haven't played any of these. Can't make up my mind between Botanicula, To The Moon, Blackwell, Uplink, Machinarium, and Darwinia, need to drop one. Which of these games would you say is the weakest of the five? I enjoy strategy and adventure games equally well.
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Nov 20, 2012 21:30
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moot the hopple posted:I'm a bad indie gamer and haven't played any of these. Can't make up my mind between Botanicula, To The Moon, Blackwell, Uplink, Machinarium, and Darwinia, need to drop one. Which of these games would you say is the weakest of the five? I enjoy strategy and adventure games equally well. I really, truly wanted to enjoy Darwinia because I thought Uplink was awesome. But I just couldn't get into it at all and gave up on it. I think you'd be OK dropping it.
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moot the hopple posted:I'm a bad indie gamer and haven't played any of these. Can't make up my mind between Botanicula, To The Moon, Blackwell, Uplink, Machinarium, and Darwinia, need to drop one. Which of these games would you say is the weakest of the five? I enjoy strategy and adventure games equally well. Darwinia is great but it's the oldest of the lot and can be picked up for a small price on sale on Steam regularly.
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ChikoDemono posted:Do you own the other games on GoG? If you buy a giftcode and redeem it, only the games you don't own get redeemed. You can then send the giftcode of the other games to someone else. Does this split out the gift into individual titles?
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moot the hopple posted:I'm a bad indie gamer and haven't played any of these. Can't make up my mind between Botanicula, To The Moon, Blackwell, Uplink, Machinarium, and Darwinia, need to drop one. Which of these games would you say is the weakest of the five? I enjoy strategy and adventure games equally well. I haven't played To The Moon or Blackwell, but between the others, I'd consider Machinarium to be the weakest. That said, you should also drop one more and replace it with SpaceChem. 
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Honestly, I've found To The Moon to be pretty lame and overrated. Great premise, but the writing just isn't good enough to pull it off. A shame, really, as I'd love more games to explore such personal themes. Still worth the ridiculously low price, though. Just don't drop anything Wadjet Eye, Spacechem nor Geneforge for it.
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I can't imagine there's anyone out there who doesn't own SpaceChem but if you don't you should get it. It's one of those games that keeps you up at night thinking about it. The puzzles will break your brain. In a good way.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I can't imagine there's anyone out there who doesn't own SpaceChem but if you don't you should get it. It's one of those games that keeps you up at night thinking about it. The puzzles will break your brain. In a good way. I love this game. It was not an uncommon occurrence for me to load up a new level, immediately say 'this is impossible' and close the game. Queue several hours/a day of thinking about the level and then coming back and crushing it. Everyone should play SpaceChem.
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JustJeff88 posted:I already had 8 of the 20 games on this sale, and I picked up two 5-packs this morning, but I'm still missing Defcon and Uplink. Now, I don't want to pay $10 just for those, but if anybody would be willing to toss me a non-special $5.99+ game that I don't have yet, I would be willing to buy those two games, keep them, and give you whatever other 3 you fancy on that special as a gift. I'd be down for this. I was looking to get Resonance, Botanicula and Unmechanical. My email is zeeman800 at gmail.com.
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Ulgress posted:The only game on there that I don't have is Mutant Mudds. Anyone buying a bundle want to split the cost (I'll pay you the $2 if there's only 4 games on the list that tickle your fancy) and just throw the files my way later? Let me know (via PM if you have that capability) if you want to work something out. As of this morning I am just missing Uplink and Defcon from that list, but I don't want to pay the $10 for just those and 3 giftables. Maybe a 3rd party would just like Alan Wake and the expansion? That's an amazing deal for $4 or so.
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I'm really enjoying Resonance so far. It's a proper point-and-click puzzle/adventure game, with a really interesting mechanic and a pretty grabbing plot.
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Okay, I've just recently gotten back into PC gaming and this seems like a pretty sweet deal. The only game I already have out of all of these is Torchlight. So far, based on the chatter here, I've picked SpaceChem, Geneforge, Resonance and the Blackwell Bundle. What should I pick for my fifth? I'm leaning toward Defcon...
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ScottyBomb posted:Okay, I've just recently gotten back into PC gaming and this seems like a pretty sweet deal. The only game I already have out of all of these is Torchlight. I'd do Gemini Rue to round out the Wadjet Eye set.
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I found La Mulana a really fascinating timewaster. A reviewer in a local gaming magazine described it as a mix of Castlevania, Metroid and Dark Souls. I think the description fits very well, it's hard as hell but good.
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ScottyBomb posted:Okay, I've just recently gotten back into PC gaming and this seems like a pretty sweet deal. The only game I already have out of all of these is Torchlight. Defcon is really excellent in two ways: atmospherically, and as multiplayer strategy. The first will get you through a couple hours of single player, then you'll occasionally fire it up to get your War Games feel, and that's it. The latter will be where the majority of the gameplay will be. And that multi gameplay is horrendously intense. Single player, kinda meh. Also if it matters, multi requires a serial (provided by GOG) and goes through authentication servers. Don't know about serial-free LAN play.
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