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Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Magnificent Quiver posted:

DON'T BUY REPUBLIC: THE REVOLUTION

That game has transcended time to haunt people again like some kind of biblical demon. It's like a textbook example of temptation - the concept is so amazing and it looks so cool, but playing it will make you want to tear out your heart.

Please tell me more about this. It always seemed really interesting in previews back in 2002.

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 09:08

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Blodskur posted:

Beyond Divinity is now out for $9.99.

Too much for a this one. I'd pay 10 for the first game but not this one.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2009 14:55

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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

That bad, huh?

If you have any good memories of the first, just skip this one.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2009 19:06

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Whatever it is going to be, I'm sure I'll be pleased.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2010 15:04

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spudsbuckley posted:

Well, that was under-whelming.

I think the point is the doors these 2 releases have probably opened.

Edit: "The Month Of Activision"? Cool.

Edit 2: So we can expect, among others:

MechWarrior 2 and Interstate '76?

Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Jan 28, 2010

# ¿ Jan 28, 2010 12:10

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If I'm honest, I'm not that interested in either of the new games but I still got them to make a point. I suggest other people that are on the fence do the same.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2010 15:39

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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So, they're thinking of having higher price points for more recent games (under pressure from certain publishers). Any thoughts? 'Cuz that's just terrible.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2010 22:00

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NOLF huh? I remember playing the demo over and over again. Something involving a plane crash or exploding mid-air and having to snatch a parachute. It's all a bit hazy. But it was awesome.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2010 20:23

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Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption for 6 bucks? Hell freakin' yes.

Oh, and Dark Fall 2. Whatever.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2010 14:03

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frowning posted:

Odd, I thought this was the same one that's been on Steam that has the fan patch. What's the story with this one, worth looking at?

Incredibly atmospheric RPG, Diablo style, where you gain awesome vampiric powers as you progress. The story is a lot of fun. You start out as a crusader and end up in modern times. With guns. Yeah, it's less lame than it sounds.

The story is pretty cool, I still have the thick manual explaining all the different Vampire factions and such.

The less that's spoiled about the little story aspects, the better. It's really cool discovering on your own.

Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Feb 4, 2010

# ¿ Feb 4, 2010 14:20

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It's worth the 6 bucks. That's all that needs to be said.

Gotta give kudos to Activision for not pulling an Ubisoft vis-�-vis pricing.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2010 16:21

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Cybernetic Vermin posted:

All gog needs to be perfect is a small utility which you run once and it adds shortcuts to your steam game list, a play shortcut for all gog games you have installed and an "install" shortcut (which just downloads and runs the installer) for all you own but don't have installed. It is odd how much a central game list means to me as a way of remembering that I even have the games.

Then again, this would be something like a few dozen lines of script to create, so perhaps I should just get on it

?

Can't you just use 'add non-steam game to list'?

# ¿ Feb 9, 2010 16:09

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tonelok posted:

That actress never acted again.

Best news I've heard all day.

e:
"I haven't acted since, some would say I didn't act during, but er,... those would be unkind people. I did my best."

extra e:
"She couldn't actually interact with, you know, with another actor. I've never seen that before, and I've never seen that since. But I've just seen the FMVs, and it looks okay, though."

Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Feb 11, 2010

# ¿ Feb 11, 2010 16:01

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Swamp Zero posted:

That's only true if you assume all spacequest games are worth the same amount of money, and it's still pretty close anyway.

But wasn't the first space-quest like, 4 colors or something? I played most of them and I do play old games but even I don't think I could go back and play 1 ever again.

Edit: Whoops wrong game.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2010 16:29

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ixnay posted:

That's the VGA remake of SQ1; the original Space Quest looked like this:

Yeah, noticed that. :downs:

# ¿ Feb 11, 2010 16:33

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Dudley posted:

Would have got Phantasmagoria at $6, can't quite bring myself to play $10.

Me too.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2010 22:21

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Serious Michael posted:

...Future Cop: LAPD...

This was released on pc?!

# ¿ Feb 18, 2010 17:08

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Now, and this is very important... Did it have co-op?

# ¿ Feb 18, 2010 17:13

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Spatial posted:

Yes.

Simultaneous split-screen and networked.

Now I'll just have to get my hands on it, some way...

# ¿ Feb 18, 2010 19:11

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Rocking.

e: Would I be missing anything if I skipped GK1 and go straight to 2? (Plot wise, that is.)

Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Feb 23, 2010

# ¿ Feb 23, 2010 14:14

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Weedle posted:

If you don't plan to play GK1, the Let's Play is worth reading.

Cool, thanks.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2010 15:42

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So Majesco's catalogue of:

Psychonauts, BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2 and Advent Rising

Are 30% off if you buy them individually or 50% off if you complete the set.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2010 14:17

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Elias_Maluco posted:

Just got the e-mail. Would you recommend any of this games? Ive tried Psychonauts and didnt like it (sorry, SA).

Any of these other games are worth a try?

Back in 2004 or 2005 I had a lot of fun with the first BloodRayne but that wasn't because it was good or anything. It was just crazy.

Leaping into a room, guns blazing, chopping some Nazi heads off before jumping on top of a general and sucking him dry while turning him around and shooting the just arriving reinforcements. All in slowmotion.

It's been about 5 years since I've played it, so this might just be nostalgia talking.

Part 2 isn't supposed to be very good but it was 2 bucks.
Advent Rising isn't supposed to be good but I got it anyway.

So to answer your question... ehm... no, not really.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2010 16:45

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FLX posted:

I know it's not GoG, but they're certainly good games at a great price:

AI War & Zenith Remnant + Gratuitous Space Battles & The Tribe + Solium Infernum all together for $49.99 this weekend only! Get the pack here.

This seems more appropriate to be in the Steam thread.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2010 17:57

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Ansob. posted:

Actually we could probably do with an indie games megathread these days.

Agreed.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2010 19:20

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Outcast.

gently caress. Yes.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2010 16:50

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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I doubt it was on purpose but I think this is pretty funny.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2010 12:05

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AxeManiac posted:

Fantasy Wars has to be one of the most generic titles I've seen for a game. I'm surprised they didn't call it "Fantasy Game".

These any good?

Fantasy Wars is supposed to be surprisingly good. v

# ¿ Jun 15, 2010 20:42

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Guys, don't confront me with what I already know deep down. :smith:

# ¿ Sep 14, 2010 18:09

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Blodskur posted:

But...we have to! What good would a not disappointed owl be?

No good at all :colbert:

# ¿ Sep 14, 2010 20:33

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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^^^^^ Yeah, basically this.

Bats posted:

This is such a goon thing to do I swear. Love love love the service when it's giving them 'good' games, and bitching endlessly when they go through a lul as they are trying to get more games.

I bet it's not anywhere near remotely easy to get these licensing deals as we imagine it to be. There's lawyers involved for christ's sake. I'm surprised at the pace they are getting games.

Goons: We're pissed you aren't taking our money Gog, we're losing faith!

Goon, goon, goon, GOONS!

Thanks for missing the entire point of people's worries though.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2010 14:33

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If this is some sort of Polish marketing joke, well... I don't know why this popped into my head. :psyduck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XI3se9YcE

This does make them look pretty Polish.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2010 21:11

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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Wait, they said that there's a reason that they can't give their paying customers access to their files, right? And they said that it'll be 'fixed' (ie. access will be restored) in a few days, right?

Calm the hell down. I'd hate to see the day Steam goes offline for a week because of some server failure. The internet will run crimson with digital, pixelated blood!

(I seriously doubt this is a PR stunt.)

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 00:48

Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
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^^^^^^ If they have good games for sale and I can just make back-ups (which I can) why wouldn't I buy from them again?

Methodis posted:

No, they never stated a reason. They took it down, backlash was huge, so they were later tweeted and facebook-ed that you could download them in a week.

Industrial posted:

You realize that your comparison is not at all similar to what has actually happened in this scenario, right?

I think the original message on the site stated their intent to make the downloads available again... but I guess I might just be optimistic in thinking this was out of their control and they're doing everything in their power to get us those downloads back :unsmith:

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 00:57

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sethsez posted:

If Steam went down for some technical issue I'd be irritated, but it happens. If GOG is down because of sudden legal or financial issues beyond their controls then it sucks, but that's how it goes. If this is a stunt that's completely within their control or they're purposefully being vague about what's going on to "build suspense" or whatever then they seriously need to fire their PR guy for thinking that messing with paying customers is a good idea.

If a guy who's sick pukes on me then it sucks but I'm not that angry at him. If he sticks his finger down his throat and pukes on me I'm significantly less forgiving.

Agreed, that's why I noted the fact that I'm convinced this isn't a PR stunt.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:04

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Mithaldu posted:

Read the drat thread. GoG themselves confirmed they are not going away and warned other business men that a marketing stunt was coming.

Relax. I'll believe it when I see it. Call me a sceptic.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:06

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Industrial posted:

And..this is what exactly

The smoking gun. :tinfoil:

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:13

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Industrial posted:

What if something happens to your installer file?

What if something happens to your retail disc?

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:29

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Industrial posted:

I buy another one.

Although I have had literally 0 retail discs damaged beyond use, including every cd and dvd I have ever owned. Your HDD will fail eventually.

But you can make as many copies of the file as you'd like :confused:

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:39

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 09:08

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Industrial posted:

Not sure what you are confused about. This company has removed it's customers ability to access files they have paid for. It is telling them one story and telling shareholders (i think?) a vastly different story. If you don't see why that would upset people I don't know what else to say to you.

Ehm, that's not the question I was answering?

doctorfrog posted:

Yep. I already do this with all my data: pictures, work I've done, emo crap I wrote in high school, and Awesome Games of the Past, the whole biz is replicated on portable hard drives at home, and in the homes of friends. I'll probably eventually put a drive in a safety deposit box. It would be overkill for just GOG games, but it's not overkill when you have other irreplaceable data that's important enough.

I'm behind three inches of bulletproof glass. Do your worst.

My point was, you can't back-up a cd as easily as file.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 01:51

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