GOG Deals Thread

The End said:
Incidentally, this thread over on the GOG forums has been tracking all the flash sales thus far. So if you want to see if a game has been featured as a flash, or simply want to check to see if something has repeated while you were away from the computer, that's probably the best place to go.

EDIT : Here's another helpful resource. Somebody put together a Google docs for the flash sale. Strangely enough though, there are a few games that are listed there which haven't shown up yet. Not sure how they'd know about the games being flash deals if they haven't appeared yet. So I guess you gotta take those entries with a grain of salt.
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Probably a good time to post this again since it's been a week.

Also, one of the users over on GOG (named Pidgeot) made a tracking scrip to track the deals. The most recent deals are at the very bottom. You can do a Ctrl+F search to find the game you're looking for.

 
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GOG Summer Sale Day 11

60% or 80% off Wing Commander Series (Full bundle cost $9.52)

Wing Commander 1+2 - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander 5: Prophecy Gold Edition - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander: Privateer - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander: Armada - $2.39 or $1.19
Wing Commander: Academy - $2.39 or $1.19
Privateer 2: The Darkening - $2.39 or $1.19

60% or 80% off Risen Saga (Full bundle cost $7.98)

Risen - $3.99 or $1.99
Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition - $11.99 or $5.99

 
Motoki said:
You know I'm an Ultima fan from way back but I really can't recommend them. They are just so seriously dated. I mean they were dated in the 90s. I'm almost embarrassed for GOG to even be selling them. The 4th one's even free and the first 3 are even more bare bones than that so I don't get why they would charge for it other than I guess because they can.
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Agree with that. I only bought the entire collection some time ago because I'm a die hard fan and wanted to look at the boxes on the GOG shelf. That being said, I've never played the first trilogy and won't do it anytime soon.
 
Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is back up at $3.

(this contains Riddick: Butcher Bay - Remastered Edition + Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena) 

Just thought I'd throw that out there, since only GOG currently has a DRM-FREE version of this.

Damn shame crap-tastic Tages DRM never got removed from Retail and Steam-versions of this game, for those who already own it elsewhere...

...like myself - got it from Retail.

 
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Jade Empire: Special Edition is back in the stack to be coming up soon...

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And, Jade's up and on sale again.

 
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Man, so tempted by Jade Empire. Don't know why I'm so hung up on having the steam version, especially since even the steam forums say buy the gog version. Just like the ease of Steam, I guess. Although with Galaxy coming out soon...

I will say, GOG is kicking the crap out of Steam this sale.
 
So far GOG has more games for me that I wanted.

Steam has lots of games but not always the sales I want. So far I've bought copies of Monaco, Battleblock Theater (1 for me 2 for friends) and....one indie game...I forgot the name. Not that much...but eh prices have been good for stuff I already own or is quite old, and for newer stuff not great prices.

P.S. I bought Jade Empire to not deal with the Steam high jinks. It's not like there is achievements or cards. If a game works better DRM free from GOG...i'll own it anyday...like I did the Commandos games (these are terrible to get running on Steam...the first one never had the correct speed on mine although I sped it down).

 
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INCyr said:
Man, so tempted by Jade Empire. Don't know why I'm so hung up on having the steam version, especially since even the steam forums say buy the gog version. Just like the ease of Steam, I guess. Although with Galaxy coming out soon...

I will say, GOG is kicking the crap out of Steam this sale.
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...couldn't you just add the game to your Steam library if your only hang up is having it in the client?
 
Souffrir said:
...couldn't you just add the game to your Steam library if your only hang up is having it in the client?
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Its more the ease of installing/organizing through Steam. Chalk it up to what's probably very mild ocd. Also would explain why it "feels" like it should be a steam game, and not a GOG game.

I'm acknowledging its entirely irrational. And somewhat frustrating for me as well.
 
Souffrir said:
...couldn't you just add the game to your Steam library if your only hang up is having it in the client?
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Okay this argument has been made a bazillion times by Steam people to non-Steam people over and over, but it's more complicated than that.

I like knowing that I could go to a completely different computer or upgrade or reformat or whatever and just download all my games from one place. Not having to download this game from GOG and that one from Gamersgate and the other from Amazon and then some from Greenman, Gamestop, Gamefly and then some from Groupees, Indie Gala, Humble, GetGameGo, Shiny Loot, Fireflower, Beamdog and then some directly from some devs and 'where did I get that one from again?' etc. Then going in and adding all the shortcuts.

It's just piece of mind for me to know that (almost) everything is tied to one account on their server and I can re-access that any time, from anywhere. The shortcut is like a cheap band aid but it's not the same thing. Also Steam has been known to forget those manually added shortcuts sometimes.

I admittedly buy way, way too much shit from far too many different sources, but be that as it may, it saves my sanity to just have everything on some cloud somewhere where I can just login and fuggedaboutit.

Once in a while I make an exception if it's something I really want and I can't get it on Steam (or Desura, or I guess Uplay or Origin grumblegrumble) but I just can't make a habit out of it or I would lose track.

As for this whole Jade Empire doesn't work on Steam thing well that's funny because I got it to work for me and I don't recall having these major problems people are reporting. Even with games that I did I've pretty much always been able to find a solution or work around by spending a little time reading the Steam community forums. It's really not as bad as some people want to make out.

Meanwhile there have also been some cases of people reporting having issues getting games on GOG to run so that's not necessarily 100% either.

 
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I like Steam for the convenience of having everything accessible in one place, but it's obvious some people prefer DRM-Free/other clients. Both are fine, game how you like, but it's a bit pointless to try and convince people to change to one view or the other. I'm not exactly sure why the argument always pops up; there's really no need for it, but I guess this is the internet and that's how things go.
 
Well if it helps at all I hate activation limit DRM so much that I agree with MysterD about Riddick and bought it on a previous sale from GOG.

Once in a blue moon I will buy from there, but I need a really compelling reason to. Or a Steam key like Race for the Sun gave me for my GOG purchase. :p

*Edited to clarify: I'm not trying to convince anyone. Buy what you want. I just always feel like I need to constantly justify wanting my games on Steam to the 'Just add a shortcut' crowd because for me it's a bit more complicated than that and I don't think they get that for some of us attaching a game to your Steam client on one computer is not the same thing as attaching it to your Steam account on their servers.

 
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Personally, I only buy games from GOG if 1. They aren't on Steam, or 2. Are better versions than the ones on Steam.

As for the debate, I'm right and that's the end of that.

 
Motoki said:
Edited to clarify: I'm not trying to convince anyone. Buy what you want. I just always feel like I need to constantly justify wanting my games on Steam to the 'Just add a shortcut' crowd because for me it's a bit more complicated than that and I don't think they get that for some of us attaching a game to your Steam client on one computer is not the same thing as attaching it to your Steam account on their servers.
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One of the things I like about Steam is that you can still see all your games without having to have them downloaded. To do the add shortcut thing I'd either have to download everything or add notepad.exe in place of games I don't have downloaded, both of which seem like poor options. Also I have an addiction to posting reviews which non-Steam games don't let me do obviously, so that's often reason enough for me to want a Steam version as silly as it sounds.

And my comment wasn't directed at you personally, just the whole Steam vs DRM-Free argument in general which never seems to go anywhere yet is constantly brought up.
 
Motoki said:
[customspoiler=steamrant]Okay this argument has been made a bazillion times by Steam people to non-Steam people over and over, but it's more complicated than that.

I like knowing that I could go to a completely different computer or upgrade or reformat or whatever and just download all my games from one place. Not having to download this game from GOG and that one from Gamersgate and the other from Amazon and then some from Greenman, Gamestop, Gamefly and then some from Groupees, Indie Gala, Humble, GetGameGo, Shiny Loot, Fireflower, Beamdog and then some directly from some devs and 'where did I get that one from again?' etc. Then going in and adding all the shortcuts.

It's just piece of mind for me to know that (almost) everything is tied to one account on their server and I can re-access that any time, from anywhere. The shortcut is like a cheap band aid but it's not the same thing. Also Steam has been known to forget those manually added shortcuts sometimes.

I admittedly buy way, way too much shit from far too many different sources, but be that as it may, it saves my sanity to just have everything on some cloud somewhere where I can just login and fuggedaboutit.

Once in a while I make an exception if it's something I really want and I can't get it on Steam (or Desura, or I guess Uplay or Origin grumblegrumble) but I just can't make a habit out of it or I would lose track.

As for this whole Jade Empire doesn't work on Steam thing well that's funny because I got it to work for me and I don't recall having these major problems people are reporting. Even with games that I did I've pretty much always been able to find a solution or work around by spending a little time reading the Steam community forums. It's really not as bad as some people want to make out.

Meanwhile there have also been some cases of people reporting having issues getting games on GOG to run so that's not necessarily 100% either.[/customspoiler]
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I actually have been using Steam for a while now. I'm quite aware of the benefits of centralizing one's collection, and that Steam's the place to do it if you do.

The question's intent was more along the lines of "It kind of sounds like the inconveniences of this particular situation outweigh the inconveniences of not owning this one game through Steam, for you, in this one instance. If that's the case, maybe use the 'cheap band-aid' solution." It was not in any way meant as a "OMG stop buying things from Steam forever and if you need Steam to keep stuff organized on the one and only computer you'll ever use OBVIOUSLY just add your games to your library as non-Steam games."

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Souffrir said:
I actually have been using Steam for a while now. I'm quite aware of the benefits of centralizing one's collection, and that Steam's the place to do it if you do.

The question's intent was more along the lines of "It kind of sounds like the inconveniences of this particular situation outweigh the inconveniences of not owning this one game through Steam, for you, in this one instance. If that's the case, maybe use the 'cheap band-aid.'" It was not in any way meant as a "OMG stop buying things from Steam forever and if you need Steam to keep stuff organized on the one and only computer you'll ever use OBVIOUSLY just add your games to your library as non-Steam games."

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Idiotekque said:
As for the debate, I'm right and that's the end of that.
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GOG Summer Sale Day 11

60% or 75% Off Heroes Of Might & Magic Titles (Full Bundle cost $17.44)

Heroes of Might and Magic - $3.99 or $2.49
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Gold - $3.99 or $2.49
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete - $3.99 or $2.49
Heroes of Might and Magic 4: Complete - $3.99 or $2.49
Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Bundle - $7.99 or $4.99
Heroes Chronicles: All chapters - $3.99 or $2.49

60% or 85% off Bullfrog Classics (Full Bundle cost $9.79)

Dungeon Keeper - $2.39 or $0.89

Dungeon Keeper 2 - $2.39 or $0.89

Populous - $$2.39 or $0.89

Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods - $$2.39 or $0.89

Populous: The Beginning - $2.39 or $0.89

Syndicate Wars - $2.39 or $0.89

Syndicate - $2.39 or $0.89

Theme Hospital - $2.39 or $0.89

Theme Park - $2.39 or $0.89

Magic Carpet - $2.39 or $0.89

Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds - $2.39 or $0.89

 
spoderman said:
Apparently there will be more free "flash" deals today, so stay on alert.
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Omerta was one of the games that appeared on the Google Docs list even though it hadn't been a flash deal. It's possible that some of those other games (which haven't been flash deals but appeared on the list) might show up as freebies as well. If so, these are the possible contenders.

Alan Wake American Nightmare

Banished

Outlast: Whistleblower DLC (this makes no sense, but it's on the list, so I'll mention it)

Still Life 2

Torchlight

 
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spoderman said:
Omerta is currently free. You might have to get it from the front page.
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Thanks! This is live until 9AM PDT (16:00 GMT).

To easily find it and search for other free deals, just CTRL-F search the front page for "free"

<grumbles about overpriced Japanese DLC> :mrgreen:

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Whoah if they do Banished that's actually worth something. The rest are kind of meh and/or been cheap a bunch of times but I'll still take them anyway for free even though I already own them on Steam.

 
spoderman said:
Omerta is currently free. You might have to get it from the front page.
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Very sneaky way to toss out a free game. I most likely would not have seen it since I haven't been checking the flash deals as carefully since they seem to be repeats of repeats of repeats...

 
Does anyone know if you can order games from GOG using a mobile browser?  I assume you can?  I'll be out and about most of the day so I hope I don't miss out on any of the games.  

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Does anyone know if you can order games from GOG using a mobile browser? I assume you can? I'll be out and about most of the day so I hope I don't miss out on any of the games.
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The page looks exactly the same on mobile so I don't see why not. I'm planning on doing the same. Because you know I really am in need of another copy of Alan Wake. ;-)
 
I pretty much never check for deals on GOG since I want Steam achievements, but I have been wanting to snag Carmageddon II forever. For $2 I'm in! Super lucky I just happen to check in with the sale page.

 
I am a CAG.  Wherever cheap games are, that is where I go.  Loyalty means nothing to me...  It is all about getting the biggest backlog possible at the cheapest price.  :) 

That being said, I do find a weird satisfaction from merely looking at box art.  So GOG, Steam... anything that gives me a virtual box art... wooohooO!!!!

 
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The End said:
Still Life 2 has appeared in the "Upcoming Deals" section. About 6 minutes off as I type this. Probably our next free game.
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Good guess, you're right. Wish they had given Night of the Rabbit instead though.

 
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