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[KallDrexx]

Sacrifice is my favorite strategy game ever, and I wish another dev would do a similar style strategy game. 

[Sir T]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto 9one of the games on the sale) is one of the most genuinely funny games I have ever played. Totally silly gameplay and you just want to play it over again to catch the gags.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDiwUb4fZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbhHX5i54s

If you haven't played it, for the love of your gaming experience pick it up.

[Kail]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto 9one of the games on the sale) is one of the most genuinely funny games I have ever played. Totally silly gameplay and you just want to play it over again to catch the gags.

Yeah, grabbed this a while ago.  It's definitely a unique experience.  Not just the funny dialogue, but everything from the setting (which is strangely unique) to the gameplay (which has fluttered around between "FPS" and "RTS" and "racing game" so far).  I won't say it's the most polished game ever, but it's definitely one of the more unique games I've seen.

[UnSub]

Like most of Shiny's games, Messiah had a great idea that didn't quite get executed to its fullest. Character possession seemed to offer so many possibilities, but actual gameplay limited it.

Giants was also fun and worked its different gameplay types quite well. Plus it has a nude patch. *cough*

Sacrifice was a good game, but I overdosed on it.

[Lucas]

I always compared Shiny to the good old Psygnosis (Shadow of the beast, Ballystix, Chrono Quest, Barbarian and more)  because of the unique flavour  both companies brought to their games. I remember I was quite intrigued back in the day while reading about Messiah and Sacrifice. Purchased the latter yesterday :)

[Lucas]

A couple games released over the last few days:

- "Atlantis: The Lost Tales" : a Myst-like game (released in 1997)

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


- Rollercoaster Tycoon: Deluxe (both expansions included...released in 1999)

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

[Sir T]

Giants was also fun and worked its different gameplay types quite well. Plus it has a nude patch. *cough*

Actually the "nude patch" was the way it was released world wide. They added a bikini patch for the US release. 

[Lucas]

From today 'til July 25th, GOG runs a daily "Hidden Gems" promotion; 60% off some less-known games in their catalogue. Today they have "Sanitarium" ($3.99):

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

[Kail]

I gotta admit, I love the idea behind this kind of a sale, it's perfect for GoG.  The only problem is that some of these titles are just too obscure.  Like today's obscure game from the past that nobody remembers is... er, how do you pronounce this... oon... ooner... Unreal?  Has anyone heard of this game before?  I know I haven't!

[Lucas]

Weekend offer: Topware games 50% discount:

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/topware_games_2

Among them, Two worlds epic edition (original + 2 expansions) at $4.99

[Lucas]

Weekend (05/08-08/08) deal:

50% discount on the entire Might&Magic GOG catalogue (both Heroes and the standard CRPGs):

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/might_magic_universe

[Kail]

This weekend looks like it's The Witcher 2 for 40% off (about $30.00) if anyone's interested.  This is the version without any DRM, I believe.

[Segoris]

Yeah, I'm torn between picking that up or the WH40k complete pack

[ffc]

All versions of Witcher 2 have had the DRM patched out (except for Steam stuff if you get it from Steam); when the installer asks for a key just press ok.  If anyone gets to Chapter 2 on patch 1.35 there's a bug in making monster specific oil to use against some Chapter 2 enemies but a user created add-on fixes it.  Not that oil is even necessary on normal difficulty.

There's a big "enhancement" patch 2.0 coming out for Witcher 2.  General GT details here.  Nice to see "DLC" for continuing game sales and providing longevity instead of horse armoring it up.

[climbjtree]

Apparently the biggest change is the addition of Dark Mode, which is essentially an ultra hard mode. Because Witcher 2 wasn't hard enough, right?

[rk47]

Yeah, it got too easy once you start mixing the right potions together and drinking them before fights.
I recall someone made a video where he focused on nothing but attack boost and killed most enemies including the final boss in less than 5 hits.

[Lucas]

New releases from the EA catalogue:

- Wing Commander 1 and 2 (both for $5.99)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 ($5.99)

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

[Vaiti]

Going to have to maybe bite on the Dungeon Keep 2. My wife has been wanting a working copy forever. We have a CD, can't get it to work. Tried pirating, couldn't get that to work either. AFAIK Gog.com games are presetup to run correctly on most machines right after download. More than willing to buy the game again for that.

[Lantyssa]

I've been having the urge to play it, too.

[Tebonas]

Bought and started Wing Commander. Secret Missions are not included.

And, either those Kilrathi buggers became faster (=Dosbox is configured too fast) over the years or I became slower.

[Montague]

Bought and started Wing Commander. Secret Missions are not included.

And, either those Kilrathi buggers became faster (=Dosbox is configured too fast) over the years or I became slower.

Yeah, I noticed that in other GoG games as well, like BG1. I was zipping around everywhere a lot faster than I remembered. The Wing Commander series was great back in the day. I remember having to uninstall every game I had and make a boot disk in order to run Strike Commander on the lowest settings, but I still played the crap out of it.

[rk47]

Couldn't get WC 1 & 2 to run on dosbox ...ok, so it ran...but man, I didn't remember the controls being very laggy.
Kept dying to rear turrets and head on collisions. :( Rather get back to Freespace 2.

[Tebonas]

You can finetune the Dosbox in the config-file in the game directory. Were the keyboard controls laggy is well or was it just the mouse?

[Sky]

Heretics.

[Lucas]

The First Age of Darkness is now on GOG (that is Ultima I, II and III :P), for $5.99; yeah, obviously they, umm....haven't aged that well, although I still find the third episode very enjoyable nowadays (not on par with the fourth and fifth, of course).

http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_ultima_1_2_3

[Tebonas]

If that means getting Ultima 4-6 down the line as well, I'm all for it and will buy it on that premise alone.

[Lucas]

New EA releases:

- Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (for free)
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4

- Populous ($5.99)
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/populous

Damn, I played the crap out of Populous on the Atari ST back when it was released, such a funny, innovative and great game all around :). Will wait to purchase it, though: a cheap bundle with the expansion and Populous 2 would be great :)

[Lucas]

One more EA release: NOX! ($5.99)

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

[Strazos]

Oh wow, that's a tempting de-disk opportunity.

I loved it when it came out...but unfortunately, gear repair becomes excessive at high levels and I could never finish.

[Sky]

It's kind of amazing looking at how good the graphics for NOX were...like the move to 3D knocked us back ten years in detail.

[Lucas]

Ultima IV + V + VI now available for $5.99 !

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4_5_6

[Tebonas]

Next up, Worlds of Ultima?

Daddy wants to kill a Tyrannosaurus.

[Sky]

I imagine 7/7.5/8 will be next. At least I hope so, my personal favorites. Yes, I liked 8 (after they fixed jumping in a patch). Really want that trilogy in a Windows 7-friendly format.

[cironian]

I imagine 7/7.5/8 will be next. At least I hope so, my personal favorites. Yes, I liked 8 (after they fixed jumping in a patch). Really want that trilogy in a Windows 7-friendly format.

For 7 and 7.5 Exult should be all you need. It even backports the interface improvements from SI to Black Gate.

[Tebonas]

"I shall be your companion, your provider, and your master"

I liked Ultima 8 after the jump patch as well, but the story depressed the hell out of me. My Avatar was a total dick, and after the healing Titan (Stratos?) I felt dirty like the Avatar never should. Here I was, the pinnacle of all that is good and holy, and I fucking take away healing magic from a whole world for selfish reasons?

Edit: Like a Jump Patch would help with THAT mess of a file manager...