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09-23-2011, 12:11 PM
monroeski

GOG Sales

GOG has had a lot of pretty damn good sales lately, so I figured I'd start a thread on it.

Currently, they're having a sale on all of their "classic D&D games." That means the Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale series, Planescape: Torment, Dragonshard, Demon Stone, Temple of Elemental Evil, and Neverwinter Nights: Diamond edition. Most everything starts at $7.99 (ToEE is $4.79), but they get cheaper as you buy more:

Quote:

"We're starting with a 20% discount if you buy one game from the offer. Every another game from the promo that you add to the order increases your discount with another 5%, so 2 games get you 25% off, 3 games get you 30% off and so on, until you get a 60% discount on your order of the whole D&D collection. Of course if you already own some of the games from the promo they will count towards your final discount!"

So, one game is $7.99, but if you add another they BOTH go down to 25% off and thus each becomes $7.49. If you buy them all each game is ultimately ~4 bucks. I already have all the infinity engine stuff, and they apply the discount to games you already own, so anything I decide to buy now starts at 45% off.

I have grown to really love GOG. No client needed to run the games like Steam; you just download the files and they're yours forever, DRM free. They also give lots of extras to d/l like manuals, art, avatars, soundtracks, etc.

Will keep this thread updated as their deals change. There's usually a weekend deal, plus some random stuff throughout the week.

DND deal link: http://www.gog.com/en/page/dnd_promo
09-23-2011, 12:55 PM
Area51

They're also running a big thing for their 6 millionth download. Once they hit 6 million, everybody can download Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut for free for 48 hours. I have no idea what that game is, just passing the info on.

But more importantly, if you are the lucky person to be download # 6,000,000, you win the entire GOG catalog of games. As the article mentions, that's downloads, not purchases. So you can participate even without spending a dime because you get some free games just for signing up.

http://www.destructoid.com/good-old-...Destructoid%29
09-23-2011, 02:19 PM
taggart6

Quote:

Originally Posted by monroeski

GOG has had a lot of pretty damn good sales lately, so I figured I'd start a thread on it.

Currently, they're having a sale on all of their "classic D&D games." That means the Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale series, Planescape: Torment, Dragonshard, Demon Stone, Temple of Elemental Evil, and Neverwinter Nights: Diamond edition. Most everything starts at $7.99 (ToEE is $4.79), but they get cheaper as you buy more:

So, one game is $7.99, but if you add another they BOTH go down to 25% off and thus each becomes $7.49. If you buy them all each game is ultimately ~4 bucks. I already have all the infinity engine stuff, and they apply the discount to games you already own, so anything I decide to buy now starts at 45% off.

I have grown to really love GOG. No client needed to run the games like Steam; you just download the files and they're yours forever, DRM free. They also give lots of extras to d/l like manuals, art, avatars, soundtracks, etc.

Will keep this thread updated as their deals change. There's usually a weekend deal, plus some random stuff throughout the week.

DND deal link: http://www.gog.com/en/page/dnd_promo

Tempted to jump on the BG and ID series as well as planescape torment. Not sure when I can play them though. When does this deal end?
09-23-2011, 02:25 PM
Kamakazie

Quote:

Originally Posted by taggart6

Tempted to jump on the BG and ID series as well as planescape torment. Not sure when I can play them though. When does this deal end?

Ends Monday. I say go for it! I already owned most of the games from today's sale, so I bought the two that I didn't - Dragonshard and Demon Stone.
09-23-2011, 02:39 PM
monroeski

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

Ends Monday. I say go for it! I already owned most of the games from today's sale, so I bought the two that I didn't - Dragonshard and Demon Stone.

I'll probably be getting those two + ToEE. I also don't already have Neverwinter Nights, but for some reason I doubt I'll ever get into it.
09-23-2011, 02:46 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by monroeski

I'll probably be getting those two + ToEE. I also don't already have Neverwinter Nights, but for some reason I doubt I'll ever get into it.

ToEE is pretty good. Insanely hard game, I can never even get my characters to level 2. :O
09-23-2011, 02:54 PM
taggart6

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

Ends Monday. I say go for it! I already owned most of the games from today's sale, so I bought the two that I didn't - Dragonshard and Demon Stone.

Bought them. I'm not a huge fan of RTS so I passed on dragonshard. I enjoyed Demon Stone and I recommend it.
09-23-2011, 04:57 PM
monroeski

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Originally Posted by Kamakazie

ToEE is pretty good. Insanely hard game, I can never even get my characters to level 2. :O

I started it years ago but didn't get too far (not due to difficulty, just stopped playing). Want to say I just played an hour or two.
09-24-2011, 07:42 AM
mikeysg

Bought three games from GOG recently, they are -
Enclave
Giants Citizen Kabuto
The Witcher 2

Love that they don't have DRM, not that I'd give mine with anyone.....I'm gonna install them in all my three rigs.
09-24-2011, 11:09 AM
fastitocalon

Giants: Citizen Kabuto is top 5 game of all time for me. So funny.
09-24-2011, 12:17 PM
Spaceman Spiff

Everyone keeps saying Planescape: Torment might be the best RPG ever, at least as far as storyline goes.

Even though I probably won't have time for it, I'm likely going to pick it up anyway.
09-24-2011, 03:13 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

Everyone keeps saying Planescape: Torment might be the best RPG ever, at least as far as storyline goes.

Even though I probably won't have time for it, I'm likely going to pick it up anyway.

If you're a fan of story-driven, dialogue-heavy RPGs with great characters, you will love Planescape Torment. The setting is awesome, much more interesting than (the imo boring and overplayed) Forgotten Realms.
09-24-2011, 04:35 PM
monroeski

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

Everyone keeps saying Planescape: Torment might be the best RPG ever, at least as far as storyline goes.

Even though I probably won't have time for it, I'm likely going to pick it up anyway.

It's less about story being great and more about fantastic writing and setting IMO.
09-24-2011, 06:15 PM
Timman_24

I had some problems running Torment when I tried a few months ago. Are GoG games patched to work natively?
09-24-2011, 11:03 PM
dyne

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeysg

Bought three games from GOG recently, they are -
Enclave
Giants Citizen Kabuto
The Witcher 2

Love that they don't have DRM, not that I'd give mine with anyone.....I'm gonna install them in all my three rigs.

God Enclave brings back memories. I remember at the time playing it on Xbox and there being some crazy difficulty spikes.

Do the hi-res/widescreen mods work with the GoG's versions of the Baldurs Gate and Planescape games?
09-24-2011, 11:29 PM
taggart6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timman_24

I had some problems running Torment when I tried a few months ago. Are GoG games patched to work natively?

I believe so. They also have forums to help with settings for various OS options.
09-25-2011, 05:02 AM
Snakespy

Thought you said COG sales. Guess I should return to GoW.
09-25-2011, 10:30 AM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by dyne

Do the hi-res/widescreen mods work with the GoG's versions of the Baldurs Gate and Planescape games?

Yes. Here's a screenshot I took of BG1 in widescreen:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/91198/Screenshots/bg1w.jpg
09-25-2011, 02:59 PM
Timman_24

That actually looks pretty good.
09-25-2011, 06:54 PM
dyne

I remember trying it once with a non GOG install and never had luck. I may have to pop back in here if I can't get it working.
09-26-2011, 12:24 AM
monroeski

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timman_24

I had some problems running Torment when I tried a few months ago. Are GoG games patched to work natively?

Another one of the great things about GoG is that they work hard to make sure the games run well, no matter how old. There will always be problems, of course, but the answer is yes, it should work natively without doing anything else.

For Torment in particular, though, I would look around for some of the widescreen mods and such. Lot of great fixes for that game.
09-26-2011, 05:27 PM
Spaceman Spiff

Went ahead and bought Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment.

So far, only PS:T seems to work.

IWD loads just fine, but upon selecting "new game" it just minimizes and hangs, and task manager says it's "not responding".

I guess that solves the question of which I'm going to be playing first... :\
09-29-2011, 04:49 AM
Spaceman Spiff

Just a heads-up for anyone experiencing a similar problem to what I was having above, I apparently have solved it by simply running it as Administrator. PS:T had no problem, but Icewind Dale apparently needs to be launched as admin.
09-30-2011, 04:20 PM
taggart6

For any one looking to play PS:Torment for the first time:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/mod_spotl...nt_mods_guide/
10-05-2011, 03:46 PM
taggart6

ANy one know how to increase the menu size? Its so small even with the mods i've added.

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