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[Minsc]

Two new releases today (that are actually new):

  $14.99  Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space (2015, Action/Adventure/Sci-fi) ║ 25% off until April 17, at 9:59 AM GMT.

  $19.99  Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today (2015, Adventure/Point-and-click/Sci-fi) ║ 10% off until April 17, at 9:59 AM GMT.

Neither had any recent / |OT|s to reference though, and I have no time to dig up impressions atm.

Edit: Also, the weekend promo, Ubiverse, which has "Up to 75% off Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Settlers 2 Anniversary, Prince of Persia, Rayman Origins, and more." So might be something worthwhile in there if you haven't gotten HoM&M 3 or some other classics.

 

[Tizoc]

Which of the Settlers games are worth getting, and are 'kid friendly'? My nephew liked playing Age of Empires 2 on my PC and I'd like to have a game that's a little easier for him to grasp.

 

[Sinatar]

Which of the Settlers games are worth getting, and are 'kid friendly'? My nephew liked playing Age of Empires 2 on my PC and I'd like to have a game that's a little easier for him to grasp.

The Settlers games are all kid friendly in terms of content, but are all far more complicated then AOE2.

 

[Tizoc]

The Settlers games are all kid friendly in terms of content, but are all far more complicated then AOE2.

Interesting, well if I can only get 1 Settlers game, it'd be Settlers 2 right? What's the overall ranking of the games?

 

[Sinatar]

Interesting, well if I can only get 1 Settlers game, it'd be Settlers 2 right? What's the overall ranking of the games?

1. Settlers 2 10th anniversary <> Settlers 7
2. Settlers 3
3. Settlers 1
4. The rest

 

[Tizoc]

1. Settlers 2 10th anniversary <> Settlers 7
2. Settlers 3
3. Settlers 1
4. The rest

Thanks.
Any major differences between 2 and 3 that are on gog?

 

[Sinatar]

Thanks.
Any major differences between 2 and 3 that are on gog?

Settlers 3 is pretty similar to 2, just added a bunch more resource chains on top of what was already there.

The 10th anniversary version is a remake they did with full 3d graphics. Probably a little more palatable to a kid.

 

[Persona7]

I can finally get the last ubi games I needed.

 

[Tizoc]

So who owns the Dune video game series' license? Dune 2000 was one of my most played games on my dad's laptop back in the day

EDIT: OK I have completely forgotten how to play Zeus O_O

 

[ricki42]

Bundle Tower promo: "Every 24 hours, we'll be unveiling new floors with up to 4 new bundles - some of them will even include fresh GOG.com game releases. "
Current bundles:
Hasbro D&D
Divinity Trilogy
Lucasfilm Adventures
Broken Sword Saga

 

[Ingueferroque]

The Lucasfilm promo is fantastic value!

 

[ricki42]

Second day of Bundle Tower promo:
S#&%, MY PANTS! Outlast, Penumbria Collection, Amnesia: The Dark Descent
SHMUP ATTACK PACK Revolver360, Crimzon Clover, Raiden III, Astebreed
Wacky Indies Consortium: Master Edition, Stick It To The Man, Sir you are being hunted
Indie Platformers Dust: An Elysian Tail, Spelunky, Trine, Trine 2

Might have to finally get Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

 

[Minsc]

Couple releases added to the OP today:

&#8199;&#8199;$19.99&#8199;&#8199;Age of Wonders 3: Eternal Lords (2015, Strategy/Turn-based/Fantasy) &#9553; |OT|

&#8199;&#8199;$14.99&#8199;&#8199;Titan Souls (2015, Action/Combat/Fantasy) &#9553; |OT|

&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;$9.99&#8199;&#8199;REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR (2014, Shooter/Arcade/Sci-fi) &#9553; 60% off until April 19, at 12:59 PM GMT.

No recent threads on Revolver360, but the other two have OTs (Eternal Lords being an AoW3 expansion just links to the AoE3 thread... which is said to be a damn great game that goes criminally unnoticed, of which I'm guilty myself).

 

[Persona7]

guess i'll get revolver 360

 

[titch]

Bundle Tower promo: "Every 24 hours, we'll be unveiling new floors with up to 4 new bundles - some of them will even include fresh GOG.com game releases. "
Current bundles:
Hasbro D&D

Might bite on the hasbro bundle.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

More Paradox games today, and 75% off as part of the bundle deal:

http://www.gog.com/promo/bundle_tower_history_lessons_150415

Comprised of:

Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis: Rome Gold
Hearts of Iron II: Complete

There's also a Men of War bundle of new games, of which I know nothing whatsoever about, also 75% off

http://www.gog.com/promo/bundle_tower_pack_of_war_150415

Comprised of:

Faces of War
Men of War: Red Tide
Men of War: Assault Squad
Men of War: Vietnam

 

[Persona7]

Damn, I wish that slender man game was included in the horror game bundle. I want to try it again but not at full price.

 

[ricki42]

Day 4 of the Bundle Tower promo
Headscratchers at -80% Super Puzzle Platformer, Unmechanical, Gateways, The Adventures of Shuggy
Brick-by-Brick at a 75% LEGO Batman, LEGO Harry Potter 1-7
Geeks 'R' Us and Nerd Central are movie bundles.

 

[Fox318]

Day 4 of the Bundle Tower promo
Headscratchers at -80% Super Puzzle Platformer, Unmechanical, Gateways, The Adventures of Shuggy
Brick-by-Brick at a 75% LEGO Batman, LEGO Harry Potter 1-7
Geeks 'R' Us and Nerd Central are movie bundles.

Was the Nerd movie any good?

 

[Persona7]

Lego games, why not.

 

[ricki42]

New release almost lost under the Bundle Tower: Telepath Tactics (Windows and Mac on GOG - Steam only has the Windows version). Here's a thread about it (somewhat old).

 

[draetenth]

New release almost lost under the Bundle Tower: Telepath Tactics (Windows and Mac on GOG - Steam only has the Windows version). Here's a thread about it (somewhat old).

I backed this.. wonder if it's any good.

 

[Persona7]

apparently I bought the slender man game already ebcause I have a receipt for it...lol

 

[ricki42]

New release Gratuitous Space Battles 2 (Linux, Mac, Windows), couldn't find a thread about this.

Final day of the Bundle Tower promo:
Divinity: Original Sin for $23.99.
Mount & Blade pack
Gothic trilogy
Spatial awareness (Space Colony HD, Masters of Orion 1+2, Galactic Civilizations I)
Cyberpunk pack (Deus Ex, Deus Ex 2, Anachronox, Omikron)

Also, somewhat hidden under the bundle tower, there's a weekend promo: Indie Twenty, as the name says, 20 indies on sale.

 

[Nikodemos]

How do I hold all these bundles

Also, Age of Wonders III 66% off.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Ys: The Ark of Napishtim will be out on April 28th, according to XSEED.

Get HYPE.

 

[Tizoc]

Ys: The Ark of Napishtim will be out on April 28th, according to XSEED.

Get HYPE.

RELEASE
OF
THE FAR WEST
OCEAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5clOwRmevk

 

[Persona7]

I'll get in on the Ys hype.

 

[Nikodemos]

Okay, so final hours. I'm conflicted about a choice I have to make. Do I get a bunch of smaller cheaper games, or a single more expensive game? Should I buy the shmup+puzzle bundles, Age of Wonders III (+ the first add-on), or Divinity: OS?

 

[Kagemusha]

Divinity: OS will have an update to version 2.0 some months from now. Wait for that and the inevitable sale.


Age of Wonders with all DLC will probably be much cheaper in the next sale if you can wait 90 days.

I'd go for bundles or cheap games.

 

[Persona7]

Okay, so final hours. I'm conflicted about a choice I have to make. Do I get a bunch of smaller cheaper games, or a single more expensive game? Should I buy the shmup+puzzle bundles, Age of Wonders III (+ the first add-on), or Divinity: OS?

What do you think you will enjoy more? In that situation I would personally go for the shmup things but that is my personal taste.

 

[Nikodemos]

Divinity: OS will have an update to version 2.0 some months from now. Wait for that and the inevitable sale.

Age of Wonders with all DLC will probably be much cheaper in the next sale if you can wait 90 days.

I'd go for bundles or cheap games.

Very true, but I'd like to support smaller devs like Triumph and Larian, who put out top-notch games (heck, AoW3 is the only big-name classical TBS on the market right now; I absolutely refuse to install UPlay). Then again, my gaming budget this month is rather restricted due to various personal issues.

What do you think you will enjoy more? In that situation I would personally go for the shmup things but that is my personal taste.

I like TBS and TBRPG roughly equally. The packs offer more games, but TBH I'm not exactly a fan of Japanese-style bullet hell shmups. I find them a bit frantic and twitchy. FWIW, my absolutely favourite shmup, unrivalled since, remains Tyrian. The puzzle-platformers look interesting, but I haven't played one in a long while.

 

[Knurek]

Very true, but I'd like to support smaller devs like Triumph and Larian, who put out top-notch games (heck, AoW3 is the only big-name classical TBS on the market right now; I absolutely refuse to install UPlay). Then again, my gaming budget this month is rather restricted due to various personal issues.

Umm, Endless Legend?

 

[ricki42]

New release: Agarest: Generations of War ZERO (Windows), 50% launch discount
Also, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is now up for preorder.

 

[Minsc]

Finally got the OP up to date for the entire year (for a list of all the releases). GOG doing 10-12+ game releases a week vs 3 or 4 really burns through that character limit a lot faster (and makes it a bit more work to catch up when they do their 9 releases in a day thing)!

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Finally got the OP up to date for the entire year (for a list of all the releases). GOG doing 10-12+ game releases a week vs 3 or 4 really burns through that character limit a lot faster (and makes it a bit more work to catch up when they do their 9 releases in a day thing)!

This year has made me pretty optimistic about gog's future. There's now games from multiple Japanese developers, games from Disney and day one releases from smaller devs/publishers. Must be a lot easier for GOG to convince publishers to open up their back catalogues these days(unless they have a competing store).

I think all that's left is for a major publisher to take a gamble and trust drm-free for a day one AAA release.

 

[ricki42]

Finally got the OP up to date for the entire year (for a list of all the releases). GOG doing 10-12+ game releases a week vs 3 or 4 really burns through that character limit a lot faster (and makes it a bit more work to catch up when they do their 9 releases in a day thing)!

That's an impressive list. And thanks for taking the extra time to add the release platforms, I really appreciate it!

 

[Tizoc]

Boop~

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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim GOG Key -- MB-04845322D4DE451F - Taken by Intel. 28 entrants total.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Finally got the OP up to date for the entire year (for a list of all the releases). GOG doing 10-12+ game releases a week vs 3 or 4 really burns through that character limit a lot faster (and makes it a bit more work to catch up when they do their 9 releases in a day thing)!

Nice update, handy way to check everything quickly!

 

[draetenth]

What's the overall verdict on Agarest: Generations of War Zero? Is it better than Agarest: Generations of War (which I have on Steam)? I've heard the series is grindy and mediocre... The reviews seem to say is better, but doesn't really give the impression that it's a good game...

 

[jvm]

I counted 26 GNU/Linux releases YTD. I was all set to be disappointed, and then I remembered what things were like back in the late 1990s...oh how far we've come.

 

[ricki42]

I counted 26 GNU/Linux releases YTD. I was all set to be disappointed, and then I remembered what things were like back in the late 1990s...oh how far we've come.

27, the Linux version of Lords of Xulima finally made it to GOG today!

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Man, it's so tough. I look through my library and see Ys VI sitting there... and I'm like "man, maybe if I click on it, they'll have accidentally uploaded the game and I can play it."

Nope.

April 28th is too far away

 

[Persona7]

Man, it's so tough. I look through my library and see Ys VI sitting there... and I'm like "man, maybe if I click on it, they'll have accidentally uploaded the game and I can play it."

Nope.

April 28th is too far away

gives me time to finish the other YS games I am currently playing...but not enough time most likely.

 

[ricki42]

New release: Transistor (Linux, Mac, Windows), regular $19.99, currently $9.99; the soundtrack has been released separately. Gaf OT is here.
I already played the game on steam and really enjoyed it, can only recommend it.

 

[Tizoc]

Man, it's so tough. I look through my library and see Ys VI sitting there... and I'm like "man, maybe if I click on it, they'll have accidentally uploaded the game and I can play it."

Nope.

April 28th is too far away

28th is also release date of Broken Age Ep. 2 ;D

 

[ricki42]

GOG.com just tweeted that Kerbal Space Program is coming to GOG.com this Monday. Nice!

 

[Persona7]

New release: Transistor (Linux, Mac, Windows), regular $19.99, currently $9.99; the soundtrack has been released separately. Gaf OT is here.
I already played the game on steam and really enjoyed it, can only recommend it.

Nice, I was waiting for this. I got it on PS4 but wanted a PC copy.

Wow, only 15 dollars for the game and OST combined. I love this game.

 

[Geraldo_Ray]

Wasn't expecting Transistor, but I'm glad it's finally DRM-Free (with the soundtrack too).

Wishlisted for now (since I already did two playthroughs of it).

 

[ricki42]

Kerbal Space Program is on GOG now for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Currently $29.99, 25% off from $39.99. Neogaf OT.