Author Topic: GOG.com now has an indie category. (get AI War and Tidalis on the wishlist!)  (Read 1804 times)

Offline Gallant Dragon

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Those of you who've bought anything from GOG know what I'm talking about.

Those who have no idea what I'm talking about, Good Old Games is a website that buys the rights to distribute old games, like Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Fallout, Freespace 2, Empire Earth, Psychonauts, Beyond Good and Evil, Master of Orion, Myst, Duke Nukem, Unreal, and others, and then tweaks them to work on Vista and XP, and then sells them at bargain prices, with zero DLC and often some extra goodies, such as original manuals and soundtracks.  Many of these games are one-of-a-kind, and they have three games that Yahtzee didn't have much to criticize about (Psychonauts, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Painkiller).

Until recently, the only good new games they were selling were The Witcher and The Witcher 2, because GOG is an offshoot of CD Projekt RED, but now they've begun offering indie titles.  What better way to support Arcen than to get their games onto GOG's catalogue?  I've put both AI War and Tidalis on the community wishlist, so if you've got a GOG account go and show your support for those wishes!  If any group of gamers knows that looks do not equal gameplay, it's the GOGers!
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Offline BobTheJanitor

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Because I just spent 10 minutes trying to find out how the deuce to vote for things on the wishlist, let me share where it is to hopefully save others the same frustration:

gog.com > community > community wishlist (on the right) > requested games tab > search box on the left (not the one at the top) > type in AI War or Tidalis > mouse over the number next to it to get the vote button.

They really don't make that intuitive.

Then vote on System Shock 2 while you're there, and then cry because that IP is never ever going to be released.

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Because I just spent 10 minutes trying to find out how the deuce to vote for things on the wishlist, let me share where it is to hopefully save others the same frustration:

gog.com > community > community wishlist (on the right) > requested games tab > search box on the left (not the one at the top) > type in AI War or Tidalis > mouse over the number next to it to get the vote button.

They really don't make that intuitive.

Then vote on System Shock 2 while you're there, and then cry because that IP is never ever going to be released.

Ah, right, forgot about that.  Directions.  Very important.

While you're at it, vote for Age of Kings too.  Classic!
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Offline Bas92

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I'll vote as well.

Slightly off-topic:

GoG.com now has Fallout (1) for free! The download also includes the Fallout bible, some Fallout artwork/avatars/wallpapers and the soundtrack. The Fallout Bible is a very interesting read and Fallout (1) is one of the best RPG's I've ever played and the best FO game in my opinion.

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GoG.com now has Fallout (1) for free! The download also includes the Fallout bible, some Fallout artwork/avatars/wallpapers and the soundtrack. The Fallout Bible is a very interesting read and Fallout (1) is one of the best RPG's I've ever played and the best FO game in my opinion.

FREE?!

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Offline Bas92

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GoG.com now has Fallout (1) for free! The download also includes the Fallout bible, some Fallout artwork/avatars/wallpapers and the soundtrack. The Fallout Bible is a very interesting read and Fallout (1) is one of the best RPG's I've ever played and the best FO game in my opinion.

FREE?!

Downloadingdownloadingdownloading...

Yes. I must've convinced at least a dozen people today who never even played Fallout 1/2 and started with FO3. When something is free people are suddenly a lot happier to give it a try :).

Make sure you download the resolution patch as well:
http://falloutmods.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout1_Resolution_Patch
« Last Edit: April 06, 2012, 03:32:51 pm by Bas92 »

Offline Dizzard

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I voted for all the Arcen games just the other day.

(and I'd like to also make a shout out to "The Movies"....I had a copy of it but I lost it, I'd love to play it again sometime. Oh and also Grandia 2...so many good memories!)

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Also many good memories of Grandia 2.. that was probably one of the first JRPG's i played that did not suck. And yes, I played Final Fantasy 7 before that
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"The Movies"

Oh man. I remember that game. I played it FAR too much back in the day.