GOG News and Updates 2013
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Just wanted to say that Sacrifice and Unreal Tournament GotY Edition should probably be bolded on the complete list. Sacrifice is an incredibly unique action strategy hybrid with awesome voice work and Unreal Tournament is one of the best multiplayer shooters ever.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
UT still has an active online scene? HMMMMM!! If it does, I would definitely recommend it. I spent THOUSANDS of hours playing that and Quake 3 back in the day. Comparing it to Q3 I would say it is less pure and more dynamic. Quake is more about raw shots and direct aim, where UT has a lot more mindgame to it with general area control, multilevel and corner play. A lot of people don't get to that level and just stick with the easy guns, but if you learn the true strengths of all of the weapons and when to switch for the advantage, it's completely crazy and awesome.
As for other games that need to be recommended...
Nox is an incredible ARPG with a cinematic feel even during normal gameplay. A lot of games have fantasy worlds and creatures, but come off as characterizations of something more genuine. Nox is like the GENUINE MAGICAL feel the whole time. It's like hopping into a storybook or something.
MDK 1&2 also really, really need to be on there. They are fantastic action platformers with a lot of style and personality. I feel like they were really ahead of their time, and the genre they are part of became a lot more scripted and too interwoven with adventuring elements (climbing and stuff) in later years, so they are one of the more advanced examples of the old arcade shooter feeling brought into full 3D levels.
As for other games that need to be recommended...
Nox is an incredible ARPG with a cinematic feel even during normal gameplay. A lot of games have fantasy worlds and creatures, but come off as characterizations of something more genuine. Nox is like the GENUINE MAGICAL feel the whole time. It's like hopping into a storybook or something.
MDK 1&2 also really, really need to be on there. They are fantastic action platformers with a lot of style and personality. I feel like they were really ahead of their time, and the genre they are part of became a lot more scripted and too interwoven with adventuring elements (climbing and stuff) in later years, so they are one of the more advanced examples of the old arcade shooter feeling brought into full 3D levels.
I concur. Sacrifice is a great genre hybrid (not as good as Battlezone, but still very, very good) and UT is Hall of Fame worthy (obviously).
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Still waiting for Syndicate Wars. Do it, GOG.com!
Unlike Quake, UT is still pretty fun against bots. There's an active online scene in the sense of being able to join populated servers at any time of day, but you likely won't have much fun unless you already know the game or are generally skilled at arena FPS.
Weekend promo: RPGs. Lots of them. I *think* all 50% off, but I can't see the discounts for some reason.
Witcher series
Divinity series
Gothic series
Geneforge 1-5
Torchlight
Darklands
Septerra Core
Probably a very smart promo from a marketing standpoint; I'd imagine that there's a fair amount of crossover between the audience for SS2 - some of whom will be new to GoG - and folks interested in these titles.
Witcher series
Divinity series
Gothic series
Geneforge 1-5
Torchlight
Darklands
Septerra Core
Probably a very smart promo from a marketing standpoint; I'd imagine that there's a fair amount of crossover between the audience for SS2 - some of whom will be new to GoG - and folks interested in these titles.
Gothic 1&2 are the best games in the series..
Beyond Divinity is a big step down from Divine Divinity, so no. Divinity 2 is an entirely different, but fun, beast. Hokey, but fun.
Tizoc
Member
Mind elaborating about Divnity 2 please? I don't mind sequels being different so long as they are good in their own way.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
First off, Beyond Divinity is uninspired and very cookie cutter. you're also stuck with another character, effectively controlling two characters but the interface and the combat doesn't jive with this set up. It's also not an open world game like DD. Also, horrible voice acting.
Tizoc
Member
What about 2? I was actually asking about 2 mainly ^_^;
A lot of so called freeware or abandonware isn't actually freeware legally speaking.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
GOG truly is like being at a candy store.
cicero
Member
I hope they stick with promos like the "Pick 5, Pay $10" promo instead of these new 40% price drops. Unless these prices stay permanent and then also get 50-60% off the lowered prices during Weekend/Holiday/Classic Gem promotional sales, it is better off waiting until those sales.
A Black Falcon
Member
Lords of the Realm (Royal Collection there) was one of my favorite games of the '90s...
Releases:
Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sail
I think - someone will be able to correct me if I'm wrong - this was the last 'proper' Larry.
Hocus Pocus
One of Apogee's later-published titles - indeed, I *think* this was one of their last platformers before they went full-on 3D Realms, isn't it? Perfectly competent, as far as I recall, but nothing that special. I assume the shareware version is still out there somewhere if you want to try before you buy.
Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sail
I think - someone will be able to correct me if I'm wrong - this was the last 'proper' Larry.
Hocus Pocus
One of Apogee's later-published titles - indeed, I *think* this was one of their last platformers before they went full-on 3D Realms, isn't it? Perfectly competent, as far as I recall, but nothing that special. I assume the shareware version is still out there somewhere if you want to try before you buy.
Holy crap LSL7!! I was disappointed when the previous release only had 1-6, so I decided to wait. Now I can have the full collection. Thank you GOG!
Minsc
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It is, right on 3D Realms' own website, along with the sale of the game for the same price as GOG.
You can even download the shareware version in a pre-configured DOSBox GUI from D-Fend Reloaded's site (just scroll down), along with a dozen other old platform games, in the platform games package.
Cyberquake
Member
Wow! Spent hours playing the shareware version when I was a kid!
Shadow Hog
Member
Friggin' loved Hocus Pocus as a kid. Still have the jewel case, disc and all for the full version, amongst my other jewel cases of PC software near my computer.
It's a pretty good game. It gets a bit samey once you realize that, bosses notwithstanding, there are basically only three enemy types (those that walk on the ground and charge at you, those that walk on the ground and shoot at you, and those that fly and shoot at you) despite them having a different coat of paint every two levels. Still, it's solid enough.
It's a pretty good game. It gets a bit samey once you realize that, bosses notwithstanding, there are basically only three enemy types (those that walk on the ground and charge at you, those that walk on the ground and shoot at you, and those that fly and shoot at you) despite them having a different coat of paint every two levels. Still, it's solid enough.
A Black Falcon
Member
Apogee's last platformer was Realms of Chaos. Hocus Pocus is a good game, though, of course.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Oh man, Hocus Pocus :3
A Black Falcon
Member
Yeah, someone needs to convince Epic to start supporting GOG already...
Shadow Hog
Member
They'll probably get all indignant and go "what? You have the Unreal series already! What more could you possibly want from us?"
Well, probably not, but it kinda feels like it sometimes
A Black Falcon
Member
Hah... yeah, maybe. They certainly don't seem to have any respect at all for their great '90s shareware history, making them quite the opposite of Apogee/3DR, sadly. I really wish that wasn't the case; sure, I preferred Apogee to Epic, but Epic MegaGames published some pretty good games too.
And on that note, my favorite games published by Epic are Epic Pinball, Traffic Department 2192, and the first Unreal Tournament. TD2192 is freeware now (the developer made it freeware a few years ago), but Epic Pinball... yeah, they really need to re-release that game, with all of the tables!
SteveWinwood
Member
cause drm free = company sanctioned piracy duh
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I wonder if they'll release Apogee's edutainment titles?! :O
Word Rescue kicks major ass.
Edit: This is what's left of Apogee/3DR:
iD, available elsewhere
Commander Keen: Vorticons
Commander Keen: Galaxy
Wolfenstein 3D
Remedy, remake on Steam/iOS
Death Rally
Apogee/3DR, only available through 3drealms.com
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crystal Caves
Math Rescue
Monster Bash
Mystic Towers
Paganitzu
Realms of Chaos
Secret Agent
Wacky Wheels
Word Rescue
Freeware
Adventure Fun Pack
Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry
Arctic Adventure
Beyond the Titanic
Bio Menace
Caves of Thor
Dark Ages
Kroz
Major Stryker
Monuments of Mars
Pharaoh's Tomb
Puzzle Fun Pack
Stargunner
Supernova
Word Whiz
Trivia Whiz
Xenophage.
Word Rescue kicks major ass.
Edit: This is what's left of Apogee/3DR:
iD, available elsewhere
Commander Keen: Vorticons
Commander Keen: Galaxy
Wolfenstein 3D
Remedy, remake on Steam/iOS
Death Rally
Apogee/3DR, only available through 3drealms.com
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crystal Caves
Math Rescue
Monster Bash
Mystic Towers
Paganitzu
Secret Agent
Wacky Wheels
Word Rescue
Freeware
Adventure Fun Pack
Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry
Arctic Adventure
Beyond the Titanic
Bio Menace
Caves of Thor
Dark Ages
Kroz
Major Stryker
Monuments of Mars
Pharaoh's Tomb
Puzzle Fun Pack
Stargunner
Supernova
Word Whiz
Trivia Whiz
Xenophage.
Shadow Hog
Member
Yes. Yes it does.
Your list omits some other titles, though, like the Catacombs Quadrology (Catacombs 3D, The Catacomb Abyss, etc). Wouldn't mind revisiting that, honestly... Softdisk, technically, but I think some of the first GOG Apogee lineup was SoftDisk, too.
If you're talking about the Amiga version, then yes. The version of SuperFrog on GOG isn't the Amiga version, it's the DOS version. So, find something called Amiga Forever from Cloanto, buy whichever version you need, and then find the SuperFrog Amiga disk/CD images and away you go.
'one of'. I don't recall many around it!
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I did some more reading on the subject and it looks like Apogee retained absolutely no IP for the external games that they published. So Word Rescue, for example, is retained by Redwood Games (who still have a website where they are selling it!) rather than Apogee. Looks like Catacombs and Dangerous Dave are now owned by Flat Rock Software, which seems to have taken over Softdisk's legacy software?
Don't forget that ZZT is Epic, too. Tim Sweeney's finest hour, and that was something of a minor phenomenom when I was a teenager. I wonder how many of the old (and in many cases, hideous) ZZT sites I frequented at the time are still up.
Actually, the DOS version is pretty good, and that's coming from an Amiga fanatic.
Though there's a HD remaster on the way, so maybe wait to see how that turns out first.
Current promo: Retro City Rampage (currently at 50% off, $7.50).
I'm tempted. What say you, gog-gaf? Worth the money?
I'm tempted. What say you, gog-gaf? Worth the money?
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