GOG.com NOT shut down

[Sheepherder]

Same people, new name.

[Trippy]

No Black Isle Studios and BioWare were separate companies. BI was Interplay's RPG studio.

[Sheepherder]

Okay, so what was the deal with them and Bioware concerning the development of all the Infinity Engine games?

[Ingmar]

Okay, so what was the deal with them and Bioware concerning the development of all the Infinity Engine games?

They shared a publisher, and the IE was licensed to BI by BioWare if I'm remembering right.

Black Isle was mostly the same big names that are Obsidian now (Chris Avellone, Feargus Urqhart, etc.)

[ffc]

Note: Save before conversing with party members.  Particularly Annah of the Shadows, Ignus the Pyromancer, and Vhailor the Mercykiller.  The game even warns you that the latter two are really, really fucking dangerous.  Also, every character in your party has a reason that they follow you, and lots of the plot-central NPC's you meet have a past history with you.  Try and discover how it all went/goes down, because it's quite possibly the most disturbing story you will ever find in a video game.

The late game is full of enemies that will rip your shit apart.  Difficulty slider or cheat your way past if need be, you're playing this game for the story.  There is only one ending, and oddly enough it makes sense for any type of character you might play.  So enjoy the ride without repercussions if you so desire, or torment yourself trying to be a good guy if you really feel like it.

Hah this sounds awesome. Starting on the plane soon.

[SurfD]

Note: Save before conversing with party members.  Particularly Annah of the Shadows, Ignus the Pyromancer, and Vhailor the Mercykiller.  The game even warns you that the latter two are really, really fucking dangerous.  Also, every character in your party has a reason that they follow you, and lots of the plot-central NPC's you meet have a past history with you.  Try and discover how it all went/goes down, because it's quite possibly the most disturbing story you will ever find in a video game.

The late game is full of enemies that will rip your shit apart.  Difficulty slider or cheat your way past if need be, you're playing this game for the story.  There is only one ending, and oddly enough it makes sense for any type of character you might play.  So enjoy the ride without repercussions if you so desire, or torment yourself trying to be a good guy if you really feel like it.

Wait, what?  I could have sworn that there was at least 2, possibly 3 endings to the game, but it has been a LONG time since i played it.

Also, I have to say that personally, my favoiurite bit is the scene where he is recalling a past "life" where he was a philosiphical speaker, and he manages to debate some guy into believing himself out of existance.  Gotta love Planescape.

[Ingmar]

There are different ways to resolve the final section of the game, but you could argue back and forth about whether they constituted different endings or not. The results for your companions vary, certainly, but ultimately the central story isn't changed.

[Sheepherder]

End, as in where we leave off.

[bhodi]

What can change the nature of a man?

It's funny; I've played this game 3 times, at 3 different stages in my life, and the answer has been the same each time.



Probably my favorite game of all time. You're missing out if you don't play this game. It's completely playable with the resolution/font hack. Be a mage if you want ez-mode. Spec for the maximum dialog options. This is not a beatemup.

[CaptainNapkin]

I did not play it on release and on two previous attempts I have gotten as far as leaving the Mortuary.

My experience is identical and I'm going to give it another go as well.

I have turned on the "rest anywhere" tweak since I'm most interesting in story and not tedious gameplay. I know it was touched on a few posts earlier but will this make it so easy that it will ruin my experience?

[Sheepherder]

No, you want this mod.  The planes will touch you in even worse places otherwise.

[ffc]

I'm only a few rooms out from the place where I woke up and I'm hooked.  Quite a compelling intro setting up someone so tormented he can't truly die.  The requisite RPG amnesia makes sense in this context and I really want to find out his secret.  It's gotta be something big.  Even more embarrased I never played it before.

Boosting cha / wis / int for dialogue and those stats tie into Mage.  Only small problem is the crash upon quitting in Windows 7 but it just means an extra button press to exit.

Also got a 50% off sale email from GOG: http://www.gog.com/en/promo/community_favourites Myst will be bought, likely a few others.  Flipping through those games makes me want to YouTube Syndicate for some nostalgic reason.

[Ironwood]

Ach, fuck you all.  Don't make me reinstall this again.  I KNOW EVERY INCH OF IT.  It'll be like fucking the wife.

[tgr]

And this is a bad thing ... how?

[Stormwaltz]

It'll be like fucking the wife.

You don't have kids, huh?

[fuser]

Uggg must resist 50% off a bunch of titles: 

ARCANUM: OF STEAMWORKS AND MAGICK OBSCURA
DUKE NUKEM 3D: ATOMIC EDITION
INCREDIBLE MACHINE MEGA PACK, THE
INTERSTATE ’76 ARSENAL, THE
JAGGED ALLIANCE 2
LONGEST JOURNEY, THE
MYST: MASTERPIECE EDITION
PSYCHONAUTS
SYBERIA
TEX MURPHY: UNDER A KILLING MOON

I76/Arcanum for $2.99 each!

[Sheepherder]

I'm only a few rooms out from the place where I woke up and I'm hooked.  Quite a compelling intro setting up someone so tormented he can't truly die.  The requisite RPG amnesia makes sense in this context and I really want to find out his secret.  It's gotta be something big.  Even more embarrased I never played it before.

 

This is going to be a wild ride.

[UnSub]

Ach, fuck you all.  Don't make me reinstall this again.  I KNOW EVERY INCH OF IT.  It'll be like fucking the wife.

"Darling, I just compared fucking you to Torment."

[Mosesandstick]

Random question, do people in Europe have any issues using GOG?

[Thrawn]

Had never tried GOG before, planned on never trying it after reading about this "PR stunt" mess.  Then I see they have Arcanum for $2.99...and I think I lost my discs ages ago....damnit.

Also I take it from this thread I should probably try Planetscape : Torment at some point. 

[Furiously]

Note: Save before conversing with party members.  Particularly Annah of the Shadows, Ignus the Pyromancer, and Vhailor the Mercykiller.  The game even warns you that the latter two are really, really fucking dangerous.  Also, every character in your party has a reason that they follow you, and lots of the plot-central NPC's you meet have a past history with you.  Try and discover how it all went/goes down, because it's quite possibly the most disturbing story you will ever find in a video game.

The late game is full of enemies that will rip your shit apart.  Difficulty slider or cheat your way past if need be, you're playing this game for the story.  There is only one ending, and oddly enough it makes sense for any type of character you might play.  So enjoy the ride without repercussions if you so desire, or torment yourself trying to be a good guy if you really feel like it.

Actually I think there are four endings...with one of them being AWESOME!

[Sir T]

Well, there's one ending where you die straight out before the end and cant complete the game, which is possible but heavily flagged by the game with DON'T DO THIS signs. But you can get to the other ending in various ways by dealing with the end bad guy in different ways.

[Ironwood]

Random question, do people in Europe have any issues using GOG?

Don't know.  When there is a decent game that I want that I don't have the disks lying around for, I'll let you know.

[Sheepherder]

Actually I think there are four endings...with one of them being AWESOME!

You always get the same finale cinematic, wherein Chris Avellone announces his intent to not make a sequel.

[Furiously]

You might check youtube.

[Sheepherder]

Or I could launch NearInfinity and open the game archives to watch the movies.

[Tebonas]

Random question, do people in Europe have any issues using GOG?

Not at all, using it since early beta without problems. Since its a European company thats not really surprising, though.

[Mosesandstick]

Thanks, my only worry was seeing everything in $, I guess that only means we get hit with heinous fx charges?

[Tebonas]

For Planescape Torment I paid 7,50 Euro for 9,99 USD.

[Mosesandstick]

Sweet. Time to go burn more money.

[Sir T]

Holy Crap, they have Independence War! This is one of the best space combat games ever made.  Ka ching!

[MrHat]

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

Temple of Elemental Evil for $5.99.

Looks patched too.

I never got around to playing it because it was so Trokia'd when it was released.

[Yegolev]

Fuck me running.

[Ard]

From what the forums are saying, it looks like it doesn't have the atari patch 3, which means it's compatiable with the Circle of Eight patch that fixes the vast pile of bugs that this game was.  You can find info and links to the mod here:

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/temple_of_elemental_evil/circle_of_eight_modpack/page1

[Ingmar]

Keep in mind you can't patch the writing.