GOG.com

[Turjan]

Fuck's sake this isn't rocket science GOG.

If I think of Origin, rocket science is peanuts compared to a game client . The gog.com downloader still doesn't work properly after all these years, either. The last version is worse than the one before.

Anyway, I think it's a good move. More than half of Steam's success is the ease of use their client offers. That's a big thing for consumers.

 

[Crooked Bee]

What's wrong with GOG's downloader? It works fine for me.

 

[St Antony of Padua]

It used to fuck up with me all the time a year ago. The files would always stop near the end of downloading with an error. After an update on the downloader I never had a problem since.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Strange World Weekend Sale. Some RPGs in there:

Darkstone: $1.80
Thunderscape: $1.80
Rune Classic: $3
Depths of Peril: $4
Rogue Legacy: $5

I never played any of them, so I cannot speak on quality.

http://af.gog.com/promo/explore_strange_worlds_weekend_promo_060614?as=1649904300

 

[St Antony of Padua]

Rune is a mindless third person hack-n-slash. It is fun for what it is. Like a Blades of Darkness Lite.
Depths of Peril is a Soldak hack-n-slash with 4x elements. The ideas for the game make it intriguing but it was poorly implemented.
Think of Darkstone like a prototypical Fate/Torchlight game.

Never played Thunderscape nor Rogue Legacy. Rogue Legacy just seems like a typical boring Rouge-lite that everyone seems to be making these days.

 

[tuluse]

The Swapper is great. If you enjoy puzzle platfomers, I highly recommend it.

Rune is a great LAN game.

I've also heard great things about Scratches, but haven't had a chance to play much myself. I believe Jaesun is a big fan.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Thunderscape was one of my first RPGs.


Can't really say how it holds up, though. It's still on my to-replay list.

Rogue Legacy is alright, actually, but grinding for money gets old eventually.

 

[St Antony of Padua]

I'm might grab Thunderscape. It looks fun.

 

[Turjan]

What's wrong with GOG's downloader? It works fine for me.

It leaves a long list of allegedly unfinished downloads in the list as "paused". Those entries are untouchable (clicking "remove" doesn't do anything), and they get checked every time I want to download something. That happened after the last update. I guess I should uninstall it and try to reinstall a fresh version.

 

[DalekFlay]

Grabbed Rune. Always heard it was "good for what it is."

 

[Astral Rag]

Grabbed Rune. Always heard it was "good for what it is."

It's very good for what it is.

it's even better with http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/

Rune's multiplayer was great as well and I believe it's still active.

Edit:

Looks like Rune "Classic" is incompatible with Kentie's renderer so scratch that.

I just loaded up the game and there are indeed a few active MP servers.

 

[codexian reject]

Man, a fucking dinky client so my GOG games auto-update took them years to announce and now 6 more months to launch, maybe? Fuck's sake this isn't rocket science GOG.

They didn't care until they've realized, they cannot into early access market without it.

 

[Keshik]

What's wrong with GOG's downloader? It works fine for me.

For me I find it really hammers my system, though I suspect that's a problem with my machine. I do know the option to open the location I downloaded the game to doesn't work right as it opens a different folder than the one I specified. Not really a huge deal as I can navigate a file system and it does do what I expect it to - download the game.

 

[catfood]

Rune is fucking awesome in multiplayer. Get a few friends together and grab a few beers.

 

[Metro]

Grabbed Rune... for $1... when it was in a Groupees bundle a year or so ago...

#GOGDealzYo

 

[belated]

Obviously grabbed Thunderscape when it was released on GOG. And have Swapper on Humble, so might skip the promo.

 

[belated]

Seven Cities of Gold today

http://af.gog.com/news/release_seven_cities_of_gold_commemorative_edition?as=1649904300

 

[JudasIscariot]

We released this little gem today

 

[Infinitron]

JudasIscariot Wow, now that's old. A relic from EA's early "rockstar age". What's next, M.U.L.E.?

Digital Antiquarian articles:
http://www.filfre.net/2013/08/seven-cities-of-gold/
http://www.filfre.net/2013/02/dan-bunten-and-m-u-l-e/

(Bunten was a tranny btw )

 

[Metro]

Dan(i)! Great game but doesn't quite hold up well today. Heart of Africa actually one-up'ed it a couple of years later.

 

[belated]

Hourly flash deals in the summer sale now. It's almost like insomnia all over again!

 

[DalekFlay]

Finally got Blackguards for $15. Worthy price.

Debating the Leisure Suit Larry remake for $4.

 

[Eyeball]

Worth it at that price. It's aged quite poorly, but hey, it's nostalgic.

 

[Abelian]

For those who missed the December sale, D&D titles have a 60% sale (80% when all games are bought).

Rollercoaster Tycoon also has a 60% sale (75% when purchasing all three games).

 

[KoolNoodles]

They really should change their name.

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