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Oh right. Got confused because I changed my VPN server to Switzerland earlier and the website is all in German. Just saw the total percentage saved thing on the side and done goofed. 10% off Stunt Island is nothing to get excited about. Why even bother?
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Sdoots posted:Let me tell you about Crusader: No Remorse. It's okay.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:On an unrelated note, I've started playing Populous: The Beginning, and uh, I managed to get it working with dgVoodoo but I'm getting some really odd frame stutters that make the game kind of lovely to play. There is absolutely no way in hell my computer is too old to run the game. Is there a fix, or does the game just run at a weird framerate or something? New page, so I'll ask this again, because seriously 
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I was thinking of starting up Baldur's Gate (the original), but I'd heard there are some mods for it to make it a better experience in TYOOL 2017. Could anyone enlighten me on what I should be looking into? On a related note, should I just skip the original version and get the Enhanced Edition, or are the two games different enough that they're worth two separate playthroughs?
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Jamesman posted:I was thinking of starting up Baldur's Gate (the original), but I'd heard there are some mods for it to make it a better experience in TYOOL 2017. Could anyone enlighten me on what I should be looking into? The one I used most was BG1TuTu, which is essentially a Baldur's Gate 2 install with the assets and maps of BG1 transplanted in. All the good parts of the better engine, none of the homey features of the old one like yawningly slow walk speed and shields that look like they make sense. The other big one was Baldur's Gate Trilogy, which was mainly an effort to bridge the understandable, but still abrupt jump cut between BG1+TotSC ending and BG2 starting, but ended up doing the same thing with the engine and all. Tried that one too, found no bugs or other flaws in either. EE didn't have anything fancier than some extra party member options to my recall. The first reaction in the forums to its release was pretty much a "that's it?" I say unless you're looking to Baldur down the tablet PC lane, you're better off with the originals. Should save you money, too.
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scamtank posted:EE didn't have anything fancier than some extra party member options to my recall. The first reaction in the forums to its release was pretty much a "that's it?" I say unless you're looking to Baldur down the tablet PC lane, you're better off with the originals. Should save you money, too. Well 1&2 EE are like $13 together, so I'm not concerned about the price. If it's faithful to the originals with only a little extra content, I'm totally OK with that. I'm going into these games totally blind, so no nostalgia to be had. If the 20-year-old games are the better versions (with a few mods maybe), then so be it. But if I would enjoy the EE more, I'm totally prepared to lay down some lunch money for them. That's why GOG is so wonderful/horrible.
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Jamesman posted:Well 1&2 EE are like $13 together, so I'm not concerned about the price. If it's faithful to the originals with only a little extra content, I'm totally OK with that. Go with the EE, I don't think you need any mods for a first time playthough, the only must have was a fix pack that's been incorporated in the EE version. There's a tweak pack but it's not really mandatory and if you've never played the game you wouldn't have any idea what you'd want to tweak.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:New page, so I'll ask this again, because seriously Try the GOG forums, there are often people with eclectic setups trying to get games to run.
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kingturnip posted:Try the GOG forums, there are often people with eclectic setups trying to get games to run. My go-to for playing GoG titles that still don't like modern hardware (eg; Starship Titanic) is to fire it up on my 2-in-1 Laptop with its onboard graphics card. Chances are it'll generally run fine.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:New page, so I'll ask this again, because seriously Can't help you I'm afraid, but I recently noticed something similar with Thief Deadly Shadows. Some areas in the game with lots of lighting brings the frame rate down to single digits. Pretty sure my PC would have been at least top-of-the-line back when the game was released. I think 3D games are just harder to move between older and newer hardware.
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Jamesman posted:Well 1&2 EE are like $13 together, so I'm not concerned about the price. If it's faithful to the originals with only a little extra content, I'm totally OK with that. Get the EE versions. The original versions have bugs that not even unofficial patches managed to unfuck fully but the EE versions fixed (like Jaheira's Romance in 2) and have some nice quality of life features that could be implemented by mods for the original versions, but are a pain to install. If you don't like the new content and additions of the EE versions, they're easily ignorable. Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition is also the only way to play the Siege of Dragonspear expansion set between the first two games if that's your thing.
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Seige of Dragonspear seems to have terrible reviews on GOG, so I'll hold off on that until I look further into it and see what exactly the complaints are, but I went and got the EE of both Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, so thank you for the info.
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siege is good, it's all idiots who also hate the enhanced editions because they're can't understand why anyone would touch their precious BG1, which is perfect with 808102381302 mods by the way. it's 99% people complaining about patch 2.0 for BG1 which got again patched to add in options they complained about. play bg1 and if at the end of it you're like "hell yeah I'm hyped as hell" get dragonspear, it flows from BG1ee v easily and goes into BG2ee v easily
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There are few things as awesome as playing BG1 and the expansions, then pulling your char into BG2 and going through that and the expansions. Same char, hundreds of hours.
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Commander Keenan posted:It's okay. The guy with the Crusader avatar saying this really makes me wary about how the rest of this game is going to play out.
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Sdoots posted:The guy with the Crusader avatar saying this really makes me wary about how the rest of this game is going to play out. But that's Boba Fett?
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:siege is good, it's all idiots who also hate the enhanced editions because they're can't understand why anyone would touch their precious BG1, which is perfect with 808102381302 mods by the way. it's 99% people complaining about patch 2.0 for BG1 which got again patched to add in options they complained about. Looking through the reviews, I'm seeing things about bugs and crashes, and the game railroading you into playing the way it wants you to. Also this is apparently THAT game where there's a transgender character and people freaked the gently caress out. Since the expansion alone costs more than both games combined did, I won't feel too bad about skipping it if it's legitimately not good. If I do get sucked into this world though, then I might be willing to take a chance if the price drops a little more.
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they took out the one really bad joke they had in there and i never crashed once or saw any weird bugs and I played day 1  play through bg1 and if you want more bg1 get dragonspear, if you feel like you're getting tired of bg go directly to bg2
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Jamesman posted:Looking through the reviews, I'm seeing things about bugs and crashes, and the game railroading you into playing the way it wants you to. Also this is apparently THAT game where there's a transgender character and people freaked the gently caress out. The bugs and crashes have more or less been fixed now and the railroading only really happens near the end of the expansion sadly, but it happens because it has to lead directly into Baldur's Gate 2. That's kind of the problem when making an interquel set between games that came out 15+ years ago. Also yeah, a lot of the complaints were because there was a transgender character in the game and they're just being assholes about it.
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The Adventures of Willy Beamish!
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I really wish they had all the old apogee/3d realms games gog doesn't feel complete without keen 1-6 and mystic towers mystic loving towers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQhQRPLFmA&t=60s best music in any apogee game not even loving close
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Feels crazy to see that for some reason... When I was in grade 4 or 5 I did a project on computers. The project consisted of setting up a giant full-size computer and taking the metal case off so you could see inside. Meanwhile, I had Willy Beamish running on the system. It was a huge magnet, basically every kid wanted to just watch/play the game to the point that the teachers had me shut the system down. Anyway, not sure if the game is actually good, but man did I love it back in the day. I seem to remember thinking the manual was cool, I believe it was fabricated to look like a beat up school notebook and had coffee stains on it etc.
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Never actually played this game but  older games had no qualms about icing your child character.Reminds me of some of the death scenes from Heart of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyZfME5XYY
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I played this when I was 12 or so and it never occurred to me that depicting adults murdering children in a video game is some pretty harsh poo poo. I wonder what this would be rated now.
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Why does the chest have tubes connected to it Why is he in a chest at all
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ymgve posted:Why does the chest have tubes connected to it You've never seen those fishtank decorations with the chest that occasionally opens and burps out air? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoYRcfaoeGc edit - replaced with a better example
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ymgve posted:Why is he in a chest at all Because Sierra games kill you in thousands of arbitrary ways, because negative reinforcement is the best teacher
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Willy Beamish is really weird in that on the surface it's seems like it's a game meant for kids, but it's really not. Death sequences aside, there's a bit of risque content throughout the game, and some references I don't think younger audiences would get (ex. the villain, Leona Humpford, is based on Leona Helmsly). I originally played it through GameTap, and one of the things that I think really bogs the game down is that you're always on timer. I think the game takes place across three/four days, and you only have a set amount of time to do everything. It's the kind of game where you don't really feel comfortable taking the time to explore. I'm curious if GOG included both the CD & floppy disk versions, since there are some differences between the two. There was also a port to the Sega CD that changed some stuff and added a little mini-game. I also wonder if this means we'll get the other adventures by Dynamix (Rise of the Dragon and Heart of China.)
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Played it to death because it was to only game I had, but even as a 10yr old I found Willy Beamish to be such an odd game. Branching-ish decisions that are never particularly rewarding to make. Weird blend of adult themes in a kids game. From memory there is a day timer so taking your time to explore just gives a mild irritation / fear of missing out of content Interesting concept though. I think the idea was to give as much replay value as possible, where you could make slightly different decisions and see what the consequences are.
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Sdoots posted:Crusader loving rules. If you enjoy Crusader, definitely grab Brigador if you haven't already. If you've been playing Crusader, you've already got the tank controls down, which are the biggest stumbling block for people getting into Brigador. Also, so much poo poo explodes in Brigador. It's amazing. You can Kool-Aid Man your mech through a wall and light up a cluster of dudes with a GAU-8 and banned chemical weapons.
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:I really wish they had all the old apogee/3d realms games 
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:I really wish they had all the old apogee/3d realms games
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Ugly In The Morning posted:If you enjoy Crusader, definitely grab Brigador if you haven't already. If you've been playing Crusader, you've already got the tank controls down, which are the biggest stumbling block for people getting into Brigador. I have been eyeing Brigador, and this just makes me want it more, since I am still a death machine in Crusader despite playing it years ago.
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Twobirds posted:I have been eyeing Brigador, and this just makes me want it more, since I am still a death machine in Crusader despite playing it years ago. Seriously one of my favorite games of last year. It's like the 20 year old games GOG used to specialize in, but with an easier UI. It reminds me of something i would have bought at Babbidge's in a giant cardboard box with a robot on the cover.
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They seem to be posting more of the Activision back catalog, which is fine by me. There's a handful of old Sierra games I'd still love to see.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:If you enjoy Crusader, definitely grab Brigador if you haven't already. If you've been playing Crusader, you've already got the tank controls down, which are the biggest stumbling block for people getting into Brigador. Everything in this post is extremely my poo poo.
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