GOG Deals Thread

Stuck without proper internet for the immediate future, so I have been digging through my GOG installs on this POS netbook.  Currently having a blast with Planetfall.  Think it must have been part of the Zork Anthology, because I don't remember installing, nor purchasing it.  

Kinda wish more of the classic text adventures were still available, but my foggy memory keeps reminding me how frustrating most were back in the day.  Perhaps now that my vocabularily is so more gooder, i are enjoying better.

 
indef said:
Stuck without proper internet for the immediate future, so I have been digging through my GOG installs on this POS netbook. Currently having a blast with Planetfall. Think it must have been part of the Zork Anthology, because I don't remember installing, nor purchasing it.

Kinda wish more of the classic text adventures were still available, but my foggy memory keeps reminding me how frustrating most were back in the day. Perhaps now that my vocabularily is so more gooder, i are enjoying better.
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It's nice that HHGttG is now free courtesy of the BBC, but I doubt I would ever have the patience to finish it. When I read through how hard it was to get a Babel fish on the Vogon ship, I said, "f*ck this" and stopped even trying. Text adventures aren't a bad idea, but I defy anyone to actually play through that one without consulting a walkthrough at some point. I hate games that are written with puzzles that are so deliberately obtuse that you pretty much have to rely on a hint guide.

 
warreni said:
It's nice that HHGttG is now free courtesy of the BBC, but I doubt I would ever have the patience to finish it. When I read through how hard it was to get a Babel fish on the Vogon ship, I said, "f*ck this" and stopped even trying. Text adventures aren't a bad idea, but I defy anyone to actually play through that one without consulting a walkthrough at some point. I hate games that are written with puzzles that are so deliberately obtuse that you pretty much have to rely on a hint guide.
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But you don't have to rely on a hint guide for that section. You just need to attempt to get the babel fish multiple times, each time adding whatever it was that kept you from getting it the time before. That puzzle was actually quite logical, as well as brilliantly showing off the game's humor.

 
Yep.  I started that game, and had a problem with the towel...  Then read about it, saw the difficulty and said - forget it.  Then played some zork.   To this day I still enjoy text adventure games.  :)

 
Special Promo (lasts for 72 hours)

60% or 80% Off Arma Farewell

Arma: Cold War Assault - $2.39 or $1.19
Arma Gold Edition - $3.99 or $1.99
Arma 2: Combined Operations - $9.99 or $4.99
 

From the description for the promo on GOG:

Important note: This is a last chance promo, as Arma Gold Edition, Arma: Cold War Assault, and Arma 2: Combined Operations will be removed from sales on GOG.com on June 22, along with the remaining Bohemia Interactive title: Original War. If you buy (or have already bought) any of these games, they will remain on your account "shelf", so you'll be still able to access and download them.

 
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simpsonps121 said:
Why would Arma be taken off? Is this something I should jump on?
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Probably because Bohemia Interactive has a penchant as of late for making utterly poor decisions, i.e. not giving their fanbase what they desire, and overall just simply not delivering on their word.

Just so you know, I've never ONCE played any of their games, so don't think I'm a "disappointed fanboy;" I just keep up to date on gaming industry news.

 
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Also, depending on what your posts-per-page is set to (mine is 10, I think), the page number for this thread is now at "666."

So, I think this calls for a *little* something special, don't you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9kT37eIkaY

 
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talkinrock said:
Also, depending on what your posts-per-page is set to (mine is 10, I think), the page number for this thread is now at "666."

So, I think this calls for a *little* something special, don't you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9kT37eIkaY
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Mine is set so I only have 67 pages. I got something nasty ready in two more pages.

 
simpsonps121 said:
Why would Arma be taken off?
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The GOG rep in this thread hasn't actually commented on why. The most he will say is that Original War (which is published by Bohemia Interactive), is being removed from the store as well. There are several people on that thread speculating why the games would get yanked. But given that Original War is going away as well, it sounds like Bohemia simply didn't renew their contract with GOG. Why this would be so, is anyone's guess.

It should be pointed out though that the GOG rep confirmed that these games aren't actually being yanked until June 22nd. So this promo isn't your last chance to get these games on GOG. It's just your last chance to get them at a discount.

EDIT : Apparently the GOG rep checked to see if they could do a promo for Original War before it gets yanked from the store, and it looks like this is simply not in the cards. So if you want that game on GOG, it looks like you gotta pay full price for it,

EDIT #2: The wording on the promo description page on GOG has changed since I first posted the deal this morning. Basically they added the thing about the games being removed on June 22nd and the fact that Original War is going as well. I edited the deal post above with the new info. But since most of this post is devoted to relaying that same information, I guess it's a bit redundant now.

 
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Witcher 3 - well done.  Preorder is $59.99... less 20% if you own Witcher 1 and 2.  (Most guys will own both.)  Tons of preorder stuff available.  I wonder about the beta for board game...  

GOG Galaxy - whatever.  Not a big deal to me.  

 

 
And there is the board game...  I have no clue about this stuff...  Hmmm... not sure if that is a big announcement or not...  Why do I get a Beta code if it is given free if I sign up for Galaxy?  

 
I'm totally in favor of the GOG client, but I'm not the biggest Witcher fan and was sad the Stream was mostly all that.

 
I would assume silence means this is on the backburner...  

Does the beta key give you access to the single player component of Witcher adventures?  

 
simpsonps121 said:
I would assume silence means this is on the backburner...

Does the beta key give you access to the single player component of Witcher adventures?
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Because Witcher 3 isn't coming out until February, they're probably devoting most of their resources to it. Or maybe they have a completely separate team working on Cyberpunk but they're not ready to make an announcement yet.

No, the site seems to indicate that the keys are for MP only.

For those, like me, who missed it, here's GOG's new W3 page: http://www.gog.com/thewitcher3/en

It looks like a pretty awesome preorder. The only sticking point for me is that I kinda want a physical copy. I have a Witcher 1 DVD and bought a Witcher 2 physical preorder from a UK site prior to its release and I'd like to have a Witcher 3 in my collection too. Hm.

Of course, CD Projekt Red is probably eventually going to give all buyers of W3 this stuff, but a 20% discount and all the digital swag you can muster is tempting.

Decisions, decisions. . . .

 
Apparently, the CE is already on sale on the Polish site for about 349 Zloty and it's up on a few other international sites too. That price translates to about $115 USD, which is about what the Witcher 2 CE sold for at release. 

That makes me wonder whether I should do a GOG preorder and try to pick up a W3 CE from Newegg or Amazon when the price inevitably crashes. That preorder is a fantastic deal and it does allow you to throw all of your loot directly to CDP.

 
I would love to preorder...  but I am sure the price will quickly come down.  And I certainly have a back log I can work with...  

At the end of the day, am I more a CAG, or a gamer....  Also, I will have to upgrade my computer...  Old school....  

 
I think the sheer functionality of auto patching will make GOG at least a little more appealing to developers/publishers. Steam offers many useful features and that is one of the most important ones. If a company is okay with going DRM-free, but had reservations due to preferring things like Steam's updating, perhaps they'll be more interested in GOG now.

Bring on the GOGworks DRM! :p

 
I don't know that it's enough to make me migrate from my ridiculously large Steam collection over to GOG, but at least they eliminated one of the biggest pains in the ass about buying DRM free. And I had some truly nightmarish experiences patching the non-Steam version of Witcher 2 that made me give up and rebuy it on Steam from a Russian site for $15 but hey give me a break I bought the $125 CE the first time around so this was sorely needed.

I've gone from completely ignoring them now to maybe paying some attention if it's a game I can't get on Steam and a good sale price. Probably not too much is going to fall into that category, particularly now that they are moving further away from old games, but it's a start I guess.

I'm curious to see how their CS is and how they handle refunds and big shitshows like some of the stuff that's been happening on Steam lately. They talk a lot of talk but I don't know that they would really handle things much better when it comes down to it.

I seem to also vaguely recall some rumblings from indies that it's hard for them to get into GOG. You know things have gone crazy when getting into Steam is ridiculously easy and getting into GOG is difficult.

 
Motoki said:
I don't know that it's enough to make me migrate from my ridiculously large Steam collection over to GOG, but at least they eliminated one of the biggest pains in the ass about buying DRM free. And I had some truly nightmarish experiences patching the non-Steam version of Witcher 2 that made me give up and rebuy it on Steam from a Russian site for $15 but hey give me a break I bought the $125 CE the first time around so this was sorely needed.

I've gone from completely ignoring them now to maybe paying some attention if it's a game I can't get on Steam and a good sale price. Probably not too much is going to fall into that category, particularly now that they are moving further away from old games, but it's a start I guess.

I'm curious to see how their CS is and how they handle refunds and big shitshows like some of the stuff that's been happening on Steam lately. They talk a lot of talk but I don't know that they would really handle things much better when it comes down to it.

I seem to also vaguely recall some rumblings from indies that it's hard for them to get into GOG. You know things have gone crazy when getting into Steam is ridiculously easy and getting into GOG is difficult.
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There's a pretty massive library of older games on GOG that aren't on Steam. Granted we're seeing a fair number of them migrate, like the Legacy of Kain series, Freespace 2, etc, but just about all of the more obscure series probably aren't going anywhere (and a lot of them are still really solid games).

I still vastly prefer Steam like you, but I love GOG too, and the client is just gonna make me love it even more.

 
Idiotekque said:
There's a pretty massive library of older games on GOG that aren't on Steam. Granted we're seeing a fair number of them migrate, like the Legacy of Kain series, Freespace 2, etc, but just about all of the more obscure series probably aren't going anywhere (and a lot of them are still really solid games).

I still vastly prefer Steam like you, but I love GOG too, and the client is just gonna make me love it even more.
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With the very rare exception game that gets some update 10 years later out of left field, updates really aren't something that's important for those older games though. I feel like the games that I actually want the updates for I probably already own on Steam or could get there and just add them with the rest of my collection.

The whole reason they need to do updates in the first place is because they've been pushing further and further into new (non-AAA) games.

 
Motoki said:
With the very rare exception game that gets some update 10 years later out of left field, updates really aren't something that's important for those older games though. I feel like the games that I actually want the updates for I probably already own on Steam or could get there and just add them with the rest of my collection.

The whole reason they need to do updates in the first place is because they've been pushing further and further into new (non-AAA) games.
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I'd still like a client regardless of updates, so I guess that's not even what I was getting at.

{elbow shrug}

 
warreni said:
Apparently, the CE is already on sale on the Polish site for about 349 Zloty and it's up on a few other international sites too. That price translates to about $115 USD, which is about what the Witcher 2 CE sold for at release.

That makes me wonder whether I should do a GOG preorder and try to pick up a W3 CE from Newegg or Amazon when the price inevitably crashes. That preorder is a fantastic deal and it does allow you to throw all of your loot directly to CDP.
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Maybe I missed it but, will the PC hard copy be DRM free as well and have a Gog backup? I know the older ones had disc DRM (eventually removed) and Gog backup.

I've only brokem my 75% off and $5 or less digital rule once (SC Blacklist) but I'm almost feeling guilty not supporting these guys and I may have to preorder.

 
 
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Needles-Kane said:
Maybe I missed it but, will the PC hard copy be DRM free as well and have a Gog backup? I know the older ones had disc DRM (eventually removed) and Gog backup.

I've only brokem my 75% off and $5 or less digital rule once (SC Blacklist) but I'm almost feeling guilty not supporting these guys and I may have to preorder.
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Probably not initially. CDP will likely offer the GOG backup, although they haven't made a definitive statement on that point (unless it was in the press conference), but because they're not self-publishing the various physical versions (there are actually a number of different publishing partners for different regions) there will probably be some form of DRM on the initial releases. CDP will probably eventually patch it out like they did with W2.



Motoki said:
I'm curious to see how their CS is and how they handle refunds and big shitshows like some of the stuff that's been happening on Steam lately. They talk a lot of talk but I don't know that they would really handle things much better when it comes down to it.

I seem to also vaguely recall some rumblings from indies that it's hard for them to get into GOG. You know things have gone crazy when getting into Steam is ridiculously easy and getting into GOG is difficult.
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I'm not sure what I think about a GOG client yet either, but I'm cautiously optimistic. And as far as indies having a hard time getting on GOG, I'd see that as a positive thing because it means the Poles have something that seems to be lacking in Bellevue--quality control. Steam used to know what that term meant, but with the advent of EA and Greenlight, it's a damn Wild West show.
 
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indef said:
Kinda wish more of the classic text adventures were still available, but my foggy memory keeps reminding me how frustrating most were back in the day. Perhaps now that my vocabularily is so more gooder, i are enjoying better.
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Read about one awhile ago, not sure if you've tried it but it is playable in a browser. Called Make It Good, I tried it a month or so back and it seemed decent. Got stuck at some point and haven't gone back (I get stuck in adventure games a lot though). You play an alcoholic detective trying to solve a murder case in a house.

Apparently another one called Cypher, never tried or heard about it til today though.

http://www.gamingenthusiast.net/cypher-review/

 
Red_Lizard2 said:
Read about one awhile ago, not sure if you've tried it but it is playable in a browser. Called Make It Good, I tried it a month or so back and it seemed decent. Got stuck at some point and haven't gone back (I get stuck in adventure games a lot though). You play an alcoholic detective trying to solve a murder case in a house.

Apparently another one called Cypher, never tried or heard about it til today though.

http://www.gamingenthusiast.net/cypher-review/
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There are scads of text adventures out there. Amateur game designers have been putting out "retro" text adventures at least since the 90s. Most of them are freeware.

Some of the old classics are readily available freeware at this point, too. You can find Colossal Cave Adventure here.

As for the classics from Infocom, it looks like The Lost Treasures of Infocom, an anthology released for PC back in 1991, was re-released for iOS last fall. Maybe it will see a PC and/or Android release soon. I still have that collection on disc, and good backup disc images as well because the floppies are likely corrupted by now. Still, I do have the floppies, 5 1/4 and 3 1/2, as well as the cool extras, in the box on my shelf.

 
When does gog charge for preorders? Thinking of preordering witcher 3 for $48. Also if you bought the steam version you can redeem the product keys on gog to activate the drm free versions and get the discount
 
Asmith906 said:
When does gog charge for preorders? Thinking of preordering witcher 3 for $48. Also if you bought the steam version you can redeem the product keys on gog to activate the drm free versions and get the discount
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Ask around. The game has quite a bit of a price difference depending on the region, I can get it for $36.

Edit: And they charge when you preorder.

 
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