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Astral Rag
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Indeed, they even run on the same engine (Glacier) as Blood Money, sadly the Death to Spies games don't have a first person mode 
They're definitely worth trying out if you enjoy the Hitman series though.
They're definitely worth trying out if you enjoy the Hitman series though.
Telengard
Arcane
Noctropolis wasn't the best programmed of games, so the below quote may well be accurate.
This was a long time ago, but from memory it wasn't built in the classic mode with interesting, unavoidable deaths (though it does have fatalities) and gotcha traps, but was the more modern (for the time) storybook, always-win style of Adventure, in the vein of Lucasarts. Though don't assume that this game is on Lucasarts' level, 'cause it's not. Game was interesting enough that I still remember some moments, but I also remember giving away the game soon as i finished, since I didn't care about it at all.
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Honestly I just remember it being a very poor game, 100% style and 0 substance. Puzzles weren't great to begin with and it had IIRC this weird interface where if you had a multi-step puzzle that required using different items together, simply using one of the items in your inventory automatically solved the puzzle.
In terms of story/atmosphere it was what we typically now call grimdark, except ahead of its time.
In terms of story/atmosphere it was what we typically now call grimdark, except ahead of its time.
pippin
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Weekly staff picks: PoE, Wasteland 2, Satellite Reign, Legends of Eisenwald, Grim Fandango Remastered, etc. 50%-75% off.
http://af.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_pick_new_year_absolutions_250116?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_pick_new_year_absolutions_250116?as=1649904300
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Lucky
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Order of the Thorne: The King's challenge released. From the same people who did Quest for Infamy.
Thea: The Awakening upcoming: https://af.gog.com/game/thea_the_awakening?as=1649904300
Thea: The Awakening upcoming: https://af.gog.com/game/thea_the_awakening?as=1649904300
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Finally! Though it's still
as hell that games like Thea actually require the community to kick up a ruckus before it gets past their lolcuration.
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tormund
Arcane
GOG's "standards" are getting more and more bizarre... Bunch of shovelware gets released there, and on the other hand bunch of good games that could use GOG release remain Steam only, sometimes even with devs saying that they were downright refused by GOG.
Examples of these good games that got refused by GOG?
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Is this about Pony Island drama?
http://af.gog.com/forum/general/pony_island_apparently_coming_up_on_gog/post34?as=1649904300
The hell is Pony Island?
http://af.gog.com/forum/general/pony_island_apparently_coming_up_on_gog/post34?as=1649904300
** UPDATE ***
Bad news so I edited the first post
I'm quoting the dev directly with its permission:
"I don't have an account on GOG so maybe you can quote me on this:
I work with a publisher for the non-Steam stores and I expected before release that they would be able to get me on GOG. Recently they informed me that GOG rejected my submission (I do not know on what grounds) and that they were going to try re-submitting. I trust the publisher. They have gotten the game on almost every other store so I don't think the issue is with their submission. I am going to remove the GOG button from the website for now to avoid further confusion.
If I were to release on GOG, it would be with a DRM-free version only. This is mostly because the work required to integrate the Galaxy API doesn't seem worth it when GOG users don't want it."
The hell is Pony Island?
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pippin
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Hatred was a weird case, considering GOG used to be proud of selling uncensored games (unlike Steam). Sometimes, when a game is heavy on microtransactions, GOG will refuse it as well. There are also devs who would refuse to put their games on GoG because they think having a DRM free version will allow it to be pirated more easily.
tormund
Arcane
Recently, remake of The Quest was unable to get on GOG, and so was The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians. Explanation for the later one was that it looked "too niche" which is bizarre coming from them (unless the dev is lying, which I doubt).
Both games look exactly like the kind of game that could benefit from GOG release...
I can see why they said it's too niche. If these games got only 68 and 110 reviews respectively (AoD for example has around 700 and sold 28k copies on Steam) then it must sell like shit (just checked SS and The Quest sold only around 2k copies). And GOG sells always only a small fraction of what Steam sells. Although from the screens these games look like just another dungeon crawlers.
This happens often, actually, and that's all I have to say on the subject.
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You want more examples? Here's another example for you:
http://af.gog.com/forum/general/unreal_world_coming_to_steam_but_not_gog?as=1649904300
R00fles!!
http://af.gog.com/forum/general/unreal_world_coming_to_steam_but_not_gog?as=1649904300
R00fles!!
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Cerulean
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Any thoughts on Never Alone? The graphics look beautiful, and I find the Native Alaskan stuff to be intriguing, but I don't want to contribute to another "Gone Home", so to speak.
Was thinking of that plus Transistor and the OST.
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I got Never Alone way back since I also liked the way it looks and I found the setting to be intriguing. But back then at least, the gameplay was pretty fucking shitty. If you can play it coop with someone, that's probably the way it was meant to be played. It was a bit of a pain to play it singleplayer, though may have been better with a controller (didn't have one when I first played it).
I was pretty disappointed in it but it may have been improved now, not sure.
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Blackstaff
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GOG is doing Early Access now :
http://af.gog.com/game/starbound?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/ashes_of_the_singularity?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/terratech_deluxe_edition?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/curious_expedition_the?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/project_zomboid?as=1649904300
Some nice games in there
Would be cool to see the new Torment later.
http://af.gog.com/game/starbound?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/ashes_of_the_singularity?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/terratech_deluxe_edition?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/curious_expedition_the?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/game/project_zomboid?as=1649904300
Some nice games in there
Would be cool to see the new Torment later.
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