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[raydeen]

Technically, is it counting purchases or downloads? I have some games purchased that I have yet to download...

Unique downloads per account.

Every once in a while you'll see a jump of 10 or 15 or so. Looks like an average of a download every two seconds. I'm thinking 18 to 24 hours at that rate but it might be sooner. And I might be completely off as I suck at math.

[Thrawn]

Every once in a while you'll see a jump of 10 or 15 or so. Looks like an average of a download every two seconds. I'm thinking 18 to 24 hours at that rate but it might be sooner. And I might be completely off as I suck at math.

It's pretty random, I thought I had it figured out with a rough guess last night before I went to bed just from watching it a few minutes, I get home from class today to find I'm not even in the ballpark. 

[slyborg]

This week at GOG-Darklands. Old MicroProse title, a rpg set in 15th century Europe. I spent WAY too much time playing this,as I recall.

[Yegolev]

Oh, shit... dare I assume they have worked out the bugs?

[koro]

Just came here to post about Darklands as well. I don't actually remember running into many bugs in Darklands when I got it circa 95 or so, which always confused me since I heard nothing but how buggy it was.

Oddly enough, I could even run it in OSes as late as Vista without the need for DOSBox, which always earned Darklands extra points with me.

[Yegolev]

I had a game-stopper, the one where it hung when a demon appeared on the combat map.  It was time for me to encounter one and was unavoidable.

Later I had a hell of a time trying to get sound to work via DOSBox.

[Tebonas]

Oh my god! I'm back home (even of they spelled the name of my old hometown wrong  )

[Ingmar]

Ooooooh, Darklands. Something to play on the laptop while I wait for the real pc.

[koro]

Oh my god! I'm back home (even of they spelled the name of my old hometown wrong  )

I remember in the old Darklands manual there was some errata for the game itself where it mentioned some towns in the game had slightly different names then compared to now. Maybe it was one of those cases?

[Tebonas]

Most likely just an innocent tumbling around of the vocals. I don't think Vienna was ever called Wein. One never knows, though.

But now on to the topic. Lets go save us some merchants. Daddy needs a new high quality weapon!  

[WayAbvPar]

I played it a bunch recently as abandonware. Will absolutely buy it again, especially if it plays with my new PC better now. LOVED LOVED LOVED Darklands.

[slyborg]

Oh, shit... dare I assume they have worked out the bugs?

If GOG runs true to form,the game will run under Windows but have all the original bugs. On the other hand,I can't really remember any game-stoppers in it-some cosmetic stuff (hair changing color) but that's it.

[koro]

I'm tempted to buy the GOG version of Darklands if only because I can't find my original printed-out manual and the only decent online manual I've found doesn't work.

[Yegolev]

I have the CDROM but not really sure where that thick-ass manual went.  I'll buy it sooner or later but if I've misplaced the manual, I will be upset with myself.

[WayAbvPar]

Anyone have a way to alt/tab out of a full screen game and then get back in without the window shrinking to the original resolution size? Or to run it in a larger window? I went to consult the manual, shrunk the window, got annoyed, and went to bed.

[koro]

I have no idea how you can do it with GOG-ified game, but with normal DOSBox using D-Fend, I go and edit the settings for the game (in this case, Darklands), go to Graphics, set the resolution to what I want (1024x768 is pretty good without it looking like ass), then go down to the Scaling options and choose "Nearest neighbor upscaling with factor 3", which scales it up to the aforementioned resolution without applying weird filters or anything.

You can also do it without a frontend through editing cfg files, but I couldn't be arsed to figure out how.

[Kail]

Alt + enter generally works fine for me if you just want it fullscreen again.

[koro]

Been over a quarter of Germany, hitting up as many alchemists and fighting as many witches as I can and I have yet to find a single Essence of Grace formula. Looks like I'm going to have to load up dked and add it.

[Zaljerem]

I have no idea how you can do it with GOG-ified game, but with normal DOSBox using D-Fend, I go and edit the settings for the game (in this case, Darklands), go to Graphics, set the resolution to what I want (1024x768 is pretty good without it looking like ass), then go down to the Scaling options and choose "Nearest neighbor upscaling with factor 3", which scales it up to the aforementioned resolution without applying weird filters or anything.

You can also do it without a frontend through editing cfg files, but I couldn't be arsed to figure out how.

Every GOG game I've seen that uses DOSBox has a .conf file that you can edit right in the root of wherever you installed the game to. I immediately edit it for windowed and 1024x768.

[Yegolev]

I don't want to just assume UFO:Afterlight is the best one of the three.  I also don't want to buy all three.

[UnSub]

Missing out on Heroes of the Lance could be counted as a blessing.

I still remember the feelings of joy I got from finishing that damn game.

The most dangerous opponent you faced was... a hole in the ground. If you screwed up that jump with the only two characters who could make it, prepare to start from the beginning again.

[UnSub]

Sorry if I missed it being posted here, but GOG to start selling new games; aims to take on Origin and Steam.

It's a good evolution for them, but the question is WHICH new games.

[Xuri]

In a fight between Steam, GoG and Origin to get my money for a specific game, Steam would still come out on top - if only for convenience reasons, with GoG in an honorable second place. There would be no prize for third place.

[Kail]

GoG would take it for me, due to my nerd fixation both with no DRM and the addidional little bonus junk they throw in (soundtracks and stuff).  The only downside is no Steam achievements.  But I can't imagine the selection will be all that great, given the concessions they're asking the publishers to make that Steam doesn't.

[Yegolev]

I have a hard time caring about Steam achievements when they are inconsistently updated/uploaded.  I don't really want to have to play something more than once in order to (try to) get some I was cheated out of.

I am probably missing something, but how is Steam more convenient than GOG?  Fewer steps to DL/install/run a game?

[Ingmar]

I have a hard time caring about Steam achievements when they are inconsistently updated/uploaded.  I don't really want to have to play something more than once in order to (try to) get some I was cheated out of.

I am probably missing something, but how is Steam more convenient than GOG?  Fewer steps to DL/install/run a game?

Because it already has everything I already have.

[Yegolev]

Still confused!

[Lucas]

Ultima VII: The Complete Edition now available on GoG (yep, Forge of Virtue and Silver seed too!) for only $ 5.99

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_7_complete

Shut up and take my money!! (again)

[Sky]

Ultima VII: The Complete Edition now available on GoG (yep, Forge of Virtue and Silver seed too!) for only $ 5.99

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_7_complete

Shut up and take my money!! (again)

YUUUUUUP!

That's what I've been waiting for.

[Ingmar]

Ahhh, finally.

[koro]

So GOG will be giving away Empire Earth Gold next Monday to kick off their holiday sales:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_com_s_holiday_celebrations_are_almost_here

Finally, we’re starting our winter sale with a huge bang--we’re giving anyone a free copy of Empire Earth Gold Edition for 48 hours. Starting on Monday 12 December at 11.00 GMT and running until Wednesday 14 December at 10.59 GMT, anyone can add Empire Earth: Gold Edition to his or her shopping cart for free as a holiday gift from us to you!

So there that is.

I'll just say that Empire Earth is one of the very, very few games I actually regret buying. Ambitious but oh so terrible.

[Severian]

48 hour sale on The Witcher II for $23.99 - until Dec. 10 @ 10:59 GMT
Get The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (the first one) for free with the order, just make sure you put it in your cart after adding The Witcher II, and before buying.

They say this is cheaper than it has ever been / will be during their upcoming holiday sale. Also, if you already have the first Witcher you can convert your free copy from this sale into a gift code by contacting support.

F13 thread on the game.

[MisterNoisy]

Almost everything is half off at gog.com currently, and they're currently giving away Empire Earth: Gold for free.

[Sky]

Sweet, Planescape and U7 Complete for under $8.

[Sky]

http://www.kxmode.com/U7map/