So much news today: Over 30 games now have their OSTs in FLAC.
GOG News and Updates 2014
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I didn't know this was out today. Both new releases are mine.
randomengine
Banned
Man, they are adding FLAC lossless soundtracks? That is seriously hardcore.
Jawmuncher
Member
I wonder how hard it would be to see more FMV games on GOG.
Would love stuff like Ripper, Black Dahlia, and Johnny Mnemonic.
I suppose the biggest question would be related to the actors. But then again we have stuff like Wing Commander and Phantasmagoria on there.....Maybe i'll just start my own company to grab the rights to those games. Though I probably won't have any money to actually buy them.
Would love stuff like Ripper, Black Dahlia, and Johnny Mnemonic.
I suppose the biggest question would be related to the actors. But then again we have stuff like Wing Commander and Phantasmagoria on there.....Maybe i'll just start my own company to grab the rights to those games. Though I probably won't have any money to actually buy them.
Awesome, I was hoping for that.
The hint is the b&w grainy video, right? It definitely has a STALKER or Metro 2033 vibe...
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
I'm 90% positive it's a scene from the Stalker movie.
The Clip is from the Andrei Tarkovsky movie Stalker which the game is inspired by (you can watch it legally now on youtube with subtitles by the way):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYEfJhkPK7o&t=48m
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944
A DRM-free S.T.A.L.K.E.R. release would be most welcome.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
You all should watch this movie by the way.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
That absolutely has to be STALKER.
I didn't think the first one was all that great... lots of good ideas, but a painful lack of polish, even after the patches finally made it playable.
The second game sucks.
Call of Pripyat, though? Oh yeah. That game kicks ass. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
I didn't think the first one was all that great... lots of good ideas, but a painful lack of polish, even after the patches finally made it playable.
The second game sucks.
Call of Pripyat, though? Oh yeah. That game kicks ass. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
I wonder if all the mods/patches will be compatible right out of the gate.
Minsc
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Bunch of new games added to recommended games this week (well five once again, this time the blame goes to gaf being somewhat unusable tues/wednesday not allowing me to hunt for quotes). Got our two most recent requests in (Ultima 4-5-6 and Battle Isle), and I rounded out the rest of the Ultimas (1-2-3, 8, 9, and the freebies don't make the cut, 8 and 9 while each having some positive impressions are hugely dwarfed by negativity). Both Interstate '76 and Battle Isle carry warnings, mainly due to lack of impressions, but also perhaps having aged quite a bit / possibly having issues to get running. There was definitely no shortage of impressions for Ultima 4-5-6, 7 and Ultima Underworld 2 though, so that was nice, those games all come very strongly recommended.
Zero-Crescent
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Yeah, it's probably good to have a warning for I'76. Apparently, it stopped working reliably on modern hardware a few years back, and Activision refuses to fix the problems. Looking at the GOG forum, there's a fan-made launcher that automatically does most of the rigamarole required to get it to run, but it sounds like it doesn't work for everyone. That's probably why I'76 was sort of the poster child in GOG's money-back guarantee video.
Yeah, I have a bunch of them on my mp3 player.
randomengine
Banned
I find it extremely disappointing that the Gabriel Knight series of games lack soundtracks. One of the releases of the game had a soundtrack bundled with it. Plus, the music is amazing. Such a glaring omission.
randomengine
Banned
I picked up King's Bounty: The Legend and Crossworlds GOTY in the wargaming sale. Too bad they don't have the new expansion, Warriors of the North, but then again they will probably have it eventually. I am not much of a wargamer, but I do enjoy these games quite a bit.
I finished Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within this weekend. I started GK 3, but might give it some time first. I think the next game on my plate is Beneath a Steel Sky. I made out like a bandit in the Time Machine sale, so I have to work on beating these games before my backlog becomes larger than the number of stars in the galaxy.
I finished Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within this weekend. I started GK 3, but might give it some time first. I think the next game on my plate is Beneath a Steel Sky. I made out like a bandit in the Time Machine sale, so I have to work on beating these games before my backlog becomes larger than the number of stars in the galaxy.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
GK3 has some of the most infamously famous puzzles in adventure game history, but it's still really good. And gives a certain famous book more than a run for its money and properly cites its sources.
randomengine
Banned
While I was playing through GK 2, I recalled many memories around the time of its release. I remember seeing it on the shelf. I think I was into consoles at the time, so I never got around to playing it until now (thank GOG!).
But just thinking about this game on the shelf and me not buying it at the time makes me very melancholy. It is a classic and yet it had its time and then is gone. Why can't games be more like books, where the classics stick around on the shelf for decades. It is just so sad that great games don't linger but get pushed off the stage to make room for new stuff constantly. I love going into a book store and seeing well over 100 years of literary history (and in some cases thousands if you read philosophy) on each shelf. The classics with the new stuff. I wish games could be like that.
Physically, I know I will very likely never get that, but at least we have GOG. GOG is the closest thing we have to that and I absolutely love it for that reason. It is like the Library of America for American books, or like Criterion Collection for film.
Well, you're kind of in luck here...
Works best with a good softsynth (I'd suggest BASSMIDI personally, YMMV).
I am guessing within the next few days.
My guess is another hint tomorrow, game release Wednesday or Thursday.
One indie, one mid-2000s (Does that count as old these days?)
Risk of Rain ($9.99 normally, $6.69 launch promo)
Depths of Peril ($9.99)
Risk of Rain ($9.99 normally, $6.69 launch promo)
Depths of Peril ($9.99)
Minsc
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From the GOG release thread, it sounds like Depths of Peril is made outdated by Soldak's follow up game, Din's Curse, hopefully that shows up on GOG eventually as well.
Also we're enough weeks in now that I added the second section of the year's releases where the images will fall off, to keep the OP from being too too long. Also added a section at the very end of the OP for the year's releases which make it to the recommended game's list, to highlight the noteworthy additions to GOG in 2014.
Also we're enough weeks in now that I added the second section of the year's releases where the images will fall off, to keep the OP from being too too long. Also added a section at the very end of the OP for the year's releases which make it to the recommended game's list, to highlight the noteworthy additions to GOG in 2014.
Minsc
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There's BiG World Project, but I wouldn't go in to that expecting it to be easy, most impressions I read are you really need to do your homework first.
The GOG forums have sticky'd threads with a summary of the simpler approaches to modding the games.
The GOG forums have sticky'd threads with a summary of the simpler approaches to modding the games.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks!
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Big World Project is a good way to waste like 56 hours patching a game only to find out it doesnt work right 4 hours in.
I always keep a clean install, start with the Recommended preset in BWI, and start a whole new game. Otherwise, numerous glitches will appear at random times (Item lore will appear in Map screen, and so on)
It's much easier to just use BGTutu if you plan on playing the first game, it works flawlessly. It's not like having to run a different game after beating the first one is such a giant put off or something, both bigworld and and trilogy seem wildly pointless to me.
Looks like Banner Saga is finally available to buy DRM free on GOG
http://www.gog.com/news/release_the_banner_saga
$22.49 until the 12th Feb
http://www.gog.com/news/release_the_banner_saga
$22.49 until the 12th Feb
If I had known it would be on Gog, I wouldn't have bought it on Steam. Is there an upcoming release list for Gog to avoid such mistakes in the futute?
Gog's Facebook has the same teaser picture as before, but with a caption that I think is new:
Without looking it up, I assume 16:00 Moscow time is normal release time (i.e. in an hour and a half from this post), and I'd say that the use of Moscow time confirms - as we suspected - STALKER. Wonder if it's the first game, or multiple parts of the family.
Without looking it up, I assume 16:00 Moscow time is normal release time (i.e. in an hour and a half from this post), and I'd say that the use of Moscow time confirms - as we suspected - STALKER. Wonder if it's the first game, or multiple parts of the family.
Oh, interesting. I assumed it was 11GMT, given that GoG usually releases at 11GMT, but I hadn't checked the timezone.
STALKER series is now available for 70% off
http://www.gog.com/promo/stalker_series_launch_promo_060214
http://www.gog.com/promo/stalker_series_launch_promo_060214
SOLD
Been wanting to play these games for years, and I can't argue with DRM free for £9
Looks like my guess was right, even though their timezones were wrong!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
For the launch, they're running a promo; buy any game at 50% off, or all three at 70% off.
Normal prices:
Shadow of Chernobyl: $20
Clear Sky: $10
Call of Pripyat: $20
Current individual promo prices:
SoC: $10
Clear Sky: $5
Call of Pripyat: $10
All three bundled: $15
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
For the launch, they're running a promo; buy any game at 50% off, or all three at 70% off.
Normal prices:
Shadow of Chernobyl: $20
Clear Sky: $10
Call of Pripyat: $20
Current individual promo prices:
SoC: $10
Clear Sky: $5
Call of Pripyat: $10
All three bundled: $15
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Call of Pripyat is an excellent game and absolutely worth owning. Even as someone who typically finds open-world games boring as shit, I adored it.
I do need to play through the original again sometime. I didn't really like it that much the first time around, due to it feeling very unpolished, but maybe I'll dig it more this time around...
Either way, Pripyat is where it's at. Buy it, kids!
I do need to play through the original again sometime. I didn't really like it that much the first time around, due to it feeling very unpolished, but maybe I'll dig it more this time around...
Either way, Pripyat is where it's at. Buy it, kids!
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