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It better be Planescape or they can gently caress off.
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FearOfABlackKnob posted:It better be Planescape or they can gently caress off.
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Jan 22, 2010 18:21
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Honest Thief posted:Maybe EA is finally releasing all the titles it got when ate up Bullfrog, Origin, etc....
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Jan 22, 2010 19:19
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teethgrinder posted:This is my wish. I would buy/rebuy almost everything. Oh man, I remember when I got Syndicate when I was 15, it was bundled with my first CD-ROM (double speed!) and Soundblaster 16 card. I loved that game to bits. I'd rebuy Syndicate fully GoG-ready in a heartbeat.
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Jan 22, 2010 20:28
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Maybe it's Battlecruiser 3000AD  Seriously though, I hope it's Planescape.
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Jan 22, 2010 20:39
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Woebin posted:Maybe it's Battlecruiser 3000AD or the System Shock games. vv there's an import rerelease on gogamer.com which is around 20-30 USD I think. GoldenNugget fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Jan 22, 2010 |
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Jan 22, 2010 21:07
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BigJoe posted:Will unironically cry IRL if it's not. Been wanting to get this for a long time now, and I'm not willing to pay some stupidly high price for it. You can get a new copy on ebay for 25-30$ Canadian. There was a reprint a few months back.
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Jan 22, 2010 21:12
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Perfect Potato posted:You can get a new copy on ebay for 25-30$ Canadian. There was a reprint a few months back. It's UK-only and £20/$30 for some absurd reason (as in, amazon.co.uk/GAME/etc. will not ship it outside the UK, though I'm sure you can find an import copy). I doubt we'll get Torment because they probably want to milk that £20 pricepoint for as much as they can and nothing on GOG goes above £7.
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Jan 22, 2010 22:51
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GoldenNugget posted:or the System Shock games. PLEASE be this. Oh how I want those two, where I can just install them with no hassle on Windows 7 and just play.
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Jan 22, 2010 23:12
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I made a thread about Planescape here. It's gotten alot cheaper, you can get it for around €10 or $20 from US outlets. Definitely worth it at that price, the game is still unique and with a few mods and tweaking, still looks quite good.
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Jan 22, 2010 23:46
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SereneCrimson posted:PLEASE be this. I'm not sure if this is considered :files: or not, but there is a configured System Shock 1 floating around that has dosbox and works almost perfectly. It also has high resolutions and I think it works fine on vista. I'll post it if it's alright.
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Jan 22, 2010 23:56
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Honest Thief posted:Maybe EA is finally releasing all the titles it got when ate up Bullfrog, Origin, etc.... c'mon dungeon keeper.... Goddamn do I regret losing that game.
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Jan 22, 2010 23:59
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Honest Thief posted:Maybe EA is finally releasing all the titles it got when ate up Bullfrog, Origin, etc.... Oh God thisthisthis Wouldn't bee too surprised if it's Lucasarts, though.
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Jan 23, 2010 00:07
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So, I've never touched any Myst(-like) game at all, but I'm kind of curious what the hype is/was all about now. Which games and in which order should I play to get the "most" out of it? Real Myst, Riven and Uru? How long are the games in general by the way? Edit: Obligatory guess at what the big GOG surprise will be: Morrowind Edit2: V V V Or this! I lost LBA2 and I'm afraid to put my age-old LBA 1 CD in my computer and attempt to play this brutal game again. I don't know how I finished this back then. Das MicroKorg fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Jan 23, 2010 |
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Jan 23, 2010 00:12
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If it's EA, I hope we get the Little Big Adventure series.
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Jan 23, 2010 00:13
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I'm hoping for Theme Hospital. I never finished the drat thing but it was a hell of a lot of fun (and the multiplayer was pretty fun for tycoon style games) But I honestly wouldn't mind Planescape I suppose (I haven't played it yet)
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Jan 23, 2010 00:31
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I'm really hoping for Jazz Jackrabbit and Halloween Harry. I played the poo poo out of those games. Of course they'd put a big timer up on the site for them 
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Jan 23, 2010 00:42
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FLX posted:So, I've never touched any Myst(-like) game at all, but I'm kind of curious what the hype is/was all about now. Which games and in which order should I play to get the "most" out of it? Real Myst, Riven and Uru? How long are the games in general by the way? Real Myst is just Myst with realtime 3d graphics (the original is entirely prerendered) I haven't played Real Myst myself but I've heard both positive and negative opinions about it compared to the original. Everything in the game is the same though, except it apparently has a bonus level.
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Jan 23, 2010 00:58
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FLX posted:So, I've never touched any Myst(-like) game at all, but I'm kind of curious what the hype is/was all about now. Which games and in which order should I play to get the "most" out of it? Real Myst, Riven and Uru? How long are the games in general by the way? The original two are Myst and Riven, and should be played in that order. After that the original developers fell out with each other and a new company picked up the franchise and made Myst III, IV and V, plus Uru. Basically play (Real-)Myst first; if you don't like that you won't like any of the others. If you like that game then try Riven, then maybe look at Myst III and IV (though these aren't available on GoG yet). Myst V is a piece of poo poo and you really shouldn't play it. I can't really comment on Uru since I never played it. It's kind of an odd one - an online game with some offline content that was never all that popular. It's only tangentially related to the main Myst storyline.
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Jan 23, 2010 01:00
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FLX posted:So, I've never touched any Myst(-like) game at all, but I'm kind of curious what the hype is/was all about now. Which games and in which order should I play to get the "most" out of it? Real Myst, Riven and Uru? How long are the games in general by the way? Riven takes place after Myst so you have to play Myst or RealMyst before you play Riven. I have never played Uru so I don't know. Though I would assume that it would be a good idea to play Myst before hand RealMyst is a 3D version of Myst that has a bonus age that you do not need to play. The original Myst is 2D still images with FMV scenes. I haven't played too much of RealMyst (I only played the bonus age a few years ago on GameTap) but it is gorgeous, although Myst still looks fairly good despite its age. Myst is actually pretty short once you figure out the puzzles. Although some of the sound puzzles can be frustrating however. (The Maze, anyone whose played will know what I am talking about) I haven't played much of Riven either but from what I have heard the world is much larger and the puzzles are more involved. And like Myst, still looks good after all this time.
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Jan 23, 2010 01:02
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raezr posted:Real Myst is just Myst with realtime 3d graphics (the original is entirely prerendered) I haven't played Real Myst myself but I've heard both positive and negative opinions about it compared to the original. Everything in the game is the same though, except it apparently has a bonus level. Personally, I prefer RealMYST, but nobody should let the "bonus level" be the deciding factor between that and classic MYST. It's more of an extra room jammed into the game than a real extra Age.
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Kreeblah posted:Personally, I prefer RealMYST, but nobody should let the "bonus level" be the deciding factor between that and classic MYST. It's more of an extra room jammed into the game than a real extra Age. Actually, I found the whole realMYST experience very relaxing. The atmospheric sound and environments were something you couldn't find in other games at the time.
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Jan 23, 2010 01:04
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OptimusShr posted:Myst is actually pretty short once you figure out the puzzles. Although some of the sound puzzles can be frustrating however. (The Maze, anyone whose played will know what I am talking about) Oh, that reminds me. Only look at this when you start unlocking other places, but the rocket ship area has a puzzle that is much easier if you've done the gear area first.
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FLX posted:Edit: Obligatory guess at what the big GOG surprise will be: Morrowind Morrowind is on Steam, so there's no reason for it to be released on GoG outside of competition. And since it's $20 on steam, I doubt they're going to sell it on GoG. Whalley posted:I'm really hoping for Jazz Jackrabbit and Halloween Harry. I played the poo poo out of those games. Of course they'd put a big timer up on the site for them Halloween Harry is freeware at this point. It might go by a different name though. I'm less certain of Jazz Jackrabbit's status. Me, I'm hoping for the old Bullfrog games (getting a working copy of Dungeon Keeper 2 would be amazing, since it doesn't like Windows XP for me), the old Maxis games (the stuff released before The Sims took over Maxis' team was great), or something like the first two thief games, or any other game that's nearly impossible to find these days.
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flatluigi posted:Oh, that reminds me. Only look at this when you start unlocking other places, but the rocket ship area has a puzzle that is much easier if you've done the gear area first. What's in the Mechanical Age that makes the Selentic Age easier?
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Jan 23, 2010 01:25
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The PS:Torment re-release is, at least according to John Walker of Rock Paper Shotgun, a mystery to everyone who might actually own the rights. So it might just be someone flogging it on Amazon trying to make money before anyone notices what they're doing. And if they are? loving awesome stuff.
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Thanks for the replies concerning Myst! I guess I'll go with realMYST then, because it's probably more accessible due to the free movement aspect. EDIT: Aw screw that. I'll be hardcore and go with the original MYST + RIVEN for $3 less (or actually $2.98 more than just realMYST v  v) with the current weekend promo.
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Jan 23, 2010 01:37
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DoctorTristan posted:The original two are Myst and Riven, and should be played in that order. After that the original developers fell out with each other and a new company picked up the franchise and made Myst III, IV and V, plus Uru. Oh, and I liked Myst V. 
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Im still waiting for them to add all of the classic Tomb Raider games. The Pc version are miles better than the console versions.
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Uru is a beautiful game but the controls are absolute garbage. Imagine playing the early Tomb Raider games except instead of Lara moving in predictable 5' squares every time you press forward making environment interaction easy, your avatar has to be situated perfectly to interact with an object and the camera doesn't know what the gently caress to do. Thankfully you can play it in 1st person mode which doesn't have the retarded camera but to interact with most objects requires you to switch back to third and properly "position" yourself in the exact pixel perfect location to look through a para-scope or pull a lever. But I cannot stress enough the beauty and attention to detail. Myst as a whole has the most unique and interesting world in video games and Uru jacked up the production values ten-fold. It's just a shame the programming department was apparently made up of one guy who was completely burned out when the multiplayer aspect was cut.
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Jan 23, 2010 02:13
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OptimusShr posted:What's in the Mechanical Age that makes the Selentic Age easier? The sounds in the maze come from the sounds attributed to the different directions you can turn the thing on top of the elevator . Details are slightly fuzzy; I haven't played the games in a long time.
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Has anyone played Real Myst without having played regular Myst? One thing I've wondered is if the puzzles are any harder since you're able to look at anything from any angle, and originally the game restricted you to only viewing specific things from optimal angles.
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Jan 23, 2010 02:17
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AG3 posted:Maybe I'm just severely dyslexic, but to me it seems to say "Expect the unexcelled" Did they do much to the fallout games to improve their playability? I probably haven't fired up my originals in a couple of years, but I recall they had mods and whatnot out there to help them play better at higher rez and whatnot. Tell me about the Fallout updates please. PS: Psychonauts was the most awesome loving game.
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Jan 23, 2010 19:04
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SneakySneaks posted:The background of the timer reminds me of the Jedi Knight box art, so who knows maybe they have struck a deal with Lucas Arts. Oh god OUTLAWS! Hey, has anyone got any guess that specifically ties into the wording? Unexcelled is an odd word to throw out there.
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glug posted:Oh god OUTLAWS! Oh god. They're going to branch out into Good Old Applications and will release Lotus 1-2-3! Which is un-Excel-ed! (Stop hitting me!)
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Jan 23, 2010 19:08
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They're selling the easter egg from Excel 97 where you could fly around the purple mountains and poo poo
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Jan 23, 2010 19:17
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I hope to god its Encarta '97
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Rabhadh posted:I hope to god its Encarta '97 I would buy MindMaze if they sold it as its own product
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I finished MYST:ME in one session just now, without the need to consult hints/walkthroughs  Looks like playing Professor Layton was a good training. Unknowingly, I did the spaceship/desert world first, so when I finished the maze I was still motivated. The only other part that dragged on a little too much in my opinion was the tree-world, because I never knew where I was since all the huts looked the same to me, so finding that small switch took me forever. All in all I enjoyed the game a lot though and got immersed really fast, even though the writing and acting in the live-action scenes was ... well, quite horrible at times  Gonna start Riven tomorrow.
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glug posted:Did they do much to the fallout games to improve their playability? I probably haven't fired up my originals in a couple of years, but I recall they had mods and whatnot out there to help them play better at higher rez and whatnot. Tell me about the Fallout updates please. I'm not sure if GoG did much with the Fallout games, although I recall a couple of decent (some would say essential) fan patches that fixed various bugs with the games. While I bought both Fallout games from GoG, I haven't actually played them since I kinda played them both to death with the originals.
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