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Elias_Maluco posted:And while you are getting into turn-based strategy, grab the legendary Jagged Alliance series, also avaliable on gog.
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FLX posted:I would just get Jagged Alliance 2. The first one is terribly dated and the expansions of the second are nothing compared to playing JA2 with the free v1.13 mod/update. This alone will make you come back every couple of months even if you already beat the game a thousand times. JA2 is the best, no discussion. But I also played JA to death before JA2. Might be dated in comparission with JA2, but is still an awesome game on its own merits. And gives you background to love JA2 even more (I remember the pleasure that was meeting the old characters again in JA2, after spending so much time woth then in JA. It was almost as meeting an old friend several years later)
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Mar 23, 2010 15:40
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Blodskur posted:Gobliiins Pack is now on GOG for $5.99. For $2 a game, you can't go wrong. The games are beautiful and funny.
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Swamp Zero posted:Oh god...... I have happy memories of racking my brain trying to get a chicken to lay an egg in these games. For me the puzzles were way more satisfying than MI's puzzles because the humour was as much about incorrect solutions as correct ones. Awesome animation too. So buying these.
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Mar 23, 2010 16:08
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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is pinnacle game of the genre.
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HoMM3 is a true classic game, and it belongs in any gamer's library. JA2 is pretty classic too, a ton of fun, and pretty sandboxy and challenging. It's more of a turn based tactical RPG than a turn-based strategy; kind of like X-Com UFO Defense meets Baldur's Gate in the modern world, would be the simple and ugly analogy. Also one of the best-modded games around with the community 1.13 patch.
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Grawl posted:For $2 a game, you can't go wrong. The games are beautiful and funny. You guys are not tricking me on this one. A wizard goblin had to blast a skeleton with magic, twice, once to get him to move, then another to make one of this bones turn into a flute. Then the other goblin had to go play the flute by the snake to make it stretch up and reach the platform about 15 feet above it so they could climb it like a rope... Somebody call Roberta Williams.
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Are those goblins games more along the lines of the nasty hard sierra games or the lucasarts games? I mean, are there ways to gently caress yourself over or is it just some tough puzzlin'?
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hogswallower posted:Are those goblins games more along the lines of the nasty hard sierra games or the lucasarts games? I mean, are there ways to gently caress yourself over or is it just some tough puzzlin'? I'ts been a long time since I played them but the games are more like tough puzzle games than traditional adventure games. In each one, the gameplay generally takes place on self-contained screens and the puzzle is about using what you have on the screen to solve your problems and move onto the next one. There really isn't any way to backtrack or screw yourself. The first one is a lot less forgiving since your goblins have a life bar and screwing up depletes it. 2 & 3 don't have this though and you are free to experiment and see what kind of wacky results ensue. Personally, 2 was my favorite of the 3 games.
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Thanks for the info, I love buying from GOG and I'd always been sort of curious about the games so I gave in.
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hogswallower posted:Are those goblins games more along the lines of the nasty hard sierra games or the lucasarts games? I mean, are there ways to gently caress yourself over or is it just some tough puzzlin'? Ive played 1 and 2 and I remember the puzzles being hard as gently caress. Lots of frustration and endless hours of trying the most absurd things you can possibly do until something clicks and you realize that is pretty loving unfair to expect people to think of something like that. But I was around 13, so I guess it was probably not that hard.
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I've been having some glitches in running it on win7 but I've put about 30 minutes into the first game and yeah it takes a little head scratching but it's not as bad as some p&c games I've played...so far. Don't regret the purchase at all.
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Just picked up Soldiers, Heroes of WW2. It is loving awesome so far. There seems to be some good mods out there like Storm Over Europe, which looks like making a hard game even harder. Are there any recommended mods people use?
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Elias_Maluco posted:Ive played 1 and 2 and I remember the puzzles being hard as gently caress. Lots of frustration and endless hours of trying the most absurd things you can possibly do until something clicks and you realize that is pretty loving unfair to expect people to think of something like that. It actually was that hard. If you have archives, Nidoking LPed the first 2 games in the series.
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V for Vegas posted:Just picked up Soldiers, Heroes of WW2. It is loving awesome so far.
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Figuring out the obscure puzzles in the goblins series is pretty hard, but the thing that makes you want to punch a hole in your monitor are the timed puzzles.
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Thanks all for the recommendations, will pick up some JA2 and one of the HoMM games methinks.
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Never played a HoMM game before, which one would you recommend to start with? I have no problem playing games with outdated graphics, but I have no interest in playing anything just for the "historical interest".
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MW posted:Never played a HoMM game before, which one would you recommend to start with? I have no problem playing games with outdated graphics, but I have no interest in playing anything just for the "historical interest". HoMM 3. If you enjoy it, try 5. If you want something a little different, try 4.
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I thought HOMM 5 was pretty bad, though to be fair I never finished it (due to it being bad). I agree that 3 is the high point of the series.
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kissekatt posted:I thought HOMM 5 was pretty bad, though to be fair I never finished it (due to it being bad). I agree that 3 is the high point of the series. While 3 is the high point, Heroes 2 is a pretty solid game as well.
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kissekatt posted:I thought HOMM 5 was pretty bad, though to be fair I never finished it (due to it being bad). I agree that 3 is the high point of the series. 5 is pretty good too, I actually think is better then 3. Its HoMM 3 revamped, with more variety on gameplay between the factions, more advanced hero development and improved balance (I also like the new magic schools better). HoMM 5 Tribes of the East introduces the awesome orc faction and 2 upgrade options for each unit, which greatly improves the variety in army and strategy. Too bad it has a terrible AI and is heavily bugged, and 3D actually gets in the way. But still a great game.
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Atari in April.
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Blodskur posted:Atari in April. I just literally spat out my coffee all over my desk. Those three games alone are some of the best PC games ever made. Master of Magic! Outcast doesn't even work on any of my computers anymore so this is awesome. Entorwellian fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Mar 25, 2010 |
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Blodskur posted:Atari in April. Well, whoever wanted Outcast a couple of pages ago got their wish. I missed it at the time and heard it was good, so I'm also looking forward to it. In the same style, I hope they can get Omikron/Nomad Soul. Lemon-Lime fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Mar 25, 2010 |
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Mar 25, 2010 13:42
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Yes! this is going to be great!
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Syberia is now on GOG for $9.99. Syberia 2 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy are coming soon for the same price.
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Hell yes. A lot of people should be happy with Master of Orion II. And by my count, GOG's next release will be it's 200th game. Awesome! Charles Martel fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Mar 25, 2010 |
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I hope we get Temple of Elemental Evil out of this, although who knows whether licensing issues with D&D will prevent that.
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Blodskur posted:Atari in April. Holy gently caress. Goddamn that's awesome. 
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Master of Magic fans really need to track down Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, and play the random scenario generator. That really needs to be on GOG. Check out the wiki article for its gameplay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Wonders:_Shadow_Magic
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Christ, that's really weird. I had an urge last night to play MoO2 so I came here to see if GoG had Atari games. I'm pumped.
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Blodskur posted:Atari in April.  This is the best news ever! I own both Master of Magic and Master of Orion 2, still have the discs and everything (scratched to hell, but still readable), and I'll still buy them on GoG when they arrive. Master of Magic is probably tied with Transport Tycoon Deluxe as the game I've spent the most hours of my life on. Well, after World of Warcraft, but that doesn't count and is not something I'm proud of 
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Wow, the last time I tried to play Master of Magic, I had to set up a Pentium 166 next to my regular computer because I couldn't get it to run in XP. This is exciting. MOO2 I've played to death, but not in a few years. I'll be getting that too.
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Blodskur posted:Syberia is now on GOG for $9.99. Syberia 2 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy are coming soon for the same price.
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I got Master of Magic working on Dosbox a few years ago in XP but it was exceedingly slow. Still played the poo poo out of it.
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Outcast. gently caress. Yes.
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Blodskur posted:Syberia is now on GOG for $9.99. Syberia 2 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy are coming soon for the same price. Ooh! Great to see Benoit Sokal games showing up on GoG. They are a bit too pricey at $9.99 each, though; I suggest waiting for a sale.
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Blodskur posted:Syberia is now on GOG for $9.99. Syberia 2 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy are coming soon for the same price. As awesome as that is, you can get the whole Syberia series from Amazon for $7.19 http://www.amazon.com/Microids-Syberia-1-2-DJC/dp/B0017HLYNC It might as well be DRM free since you don't need the disc to play once you install.
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