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WMain00 posted:Honestly anachronox is an instant buy for me. I did have it installed not that long ago but the build was pretty crashy. Hopefully the gog version will be fine. quote:Either way, Anachronox is a game you play for the writing, and... that's about it.
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OneEightHundred posted:The unofficial later patches improved stability a lot. I was able to run everything great in the last one except for Doorlord, who would crash as soon as he fired up some attack he performs at 50% health. I modded his script to not cast that and then it crashed after I beat him so gently caress it. I love how Anachronox has that "Use World Object" command or whatever during the fights, to flip switches and whatnot, and as I recall, literally the only time you can actually use it is during the tutorial for it.
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Jan 26, 2012 01:50
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Crappy Jack posted:I love how Anachronox has that "Use World Object" command or whatever during the fights, to flip switches and whatnot, and as I recall, literally the only time you can actually use it is during the tutorial for it.
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Jan 26, 2012 01:55
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Songbearer posted:However, unlike Icarus, who fell out of the skies due to flying too close the the sun, these games were taken out around the back of the house and shot in the head because nobody wanted to pay attention to them. If it helps, the people who made those games were probably crying when they did it. At least they cared about their product which is more than you can say about 90% of devs now. I would gladly play an experimental game that's not very good but has something super awesome to me than a super produced type thing. It just feels more genuine to me. I hate elitist stuff like that, but that's how I feel.
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Jan 26, 2012 01:57
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My favorite detail about Anachronox is how Sly Boots has some gum permanently stuck to the bottom of his shoe. You can only ever see it by carefully positioning the camera during the run animation, but it's just there. He stepped in some gum. I still can't decide if that's a gumshoe pun or if it's just funny that he's too out of it and lazy to clean his drat shoe.
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Jan 26, 2012 01:59
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So this was posted on their Facebook: "In just twelve hours two classic heroes from our new publisher will join GOG.com - DRM-free classic PC games. Cheap. Hero 1 is a futuristic freedom fighter and hero 2 is a stealthy assassin. The image is a reference to one of them but tells you who the other is ... What kind of hero will you be in 12 hours?" The image is this:  The barcode decodes to 33.22 -97.13 which is the location for Denton, Texas.
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Jan 26, 2012 05:07
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jvempire posted:So this was posted on their Facebook: I am glad to see Eidos join them, but I really hope the first two games are not Deus Ex and Hitman. I already both on Steam, so it's the least interesting games to put up on day one.
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Jan 26, 2012 05:10
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Rirse posted:I am glad to see Eidos join them, but I really hope the first two games are not Deus Ex and Hitman. I already both on Steam, so it's the least interesting games to put up on day one. edit: On the other hand I wonder what extras Deus Ex will come with? Purple D. Link fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jan 26, 2012 |
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Jan 26, 2012 05:15
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All that matters is that by the time the xmas sale comes along again the game you wanted will probably be on the site by then, and they will be also be cheaper.
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Jan 26, 2012 05:21
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Hah, that's pretty clever. A bar code for Hitman, and Denton for Deus Ex. Too bad I already have them on Steam. Maybe I'll buy them on GOG if they have some nice extras.
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Jan 26, 2012 05:53
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I'd say Deus Ex for sure. Do you guys know if the PC port of Soul Reaver was any good? I have some serious nostalgia for the Dreamcast version. The PC version is a port of the PlayStation version. Just play the Dreamcast one, it's the best by far.
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Jan 26, 2012 07:25
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At the very least they should come with the soundtracks. Hitman's first soundtrack is pretty good, with Hitman 2's being much better. Deus Ex's soundtrack isn't as good, but I like it because it's reflective of PC game music of the time (IMO), especially for Unreal Engine games. It has that synthy Unreal Engine sound, and I think the sound format for Unreal was sort of like MIDI that included its own sound font, a bunch of sounds and instructions for how they should be played. The remix album, The Long Night, is a pretty good listen for fans of the game. If Omikron shows up, you're in for a major treat, especially if they can get the David Bowie songs to be included (doubt it). The bitrate of these was fairly low, though. Startopia has around six tracks, and they're all excellent, poppy, and upbeat. Anachronox has a lot of music, and quite a bit of variety in it. Top picks for me are the track that plays when Stiletto shows up, and the unexpected jazzy piano suite in Hephaestus. Seriously, this destination is a holy place, it's taken you hours to get here, one of the most important parts of the game... and you're greeted by monks hawking crap in a carnival overlooking a volcano and a jaunty, jazzy piano. Just some really great music all around.
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There's a few gems in the Deus Ex soundtrack. This my personal favorite track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP-h2aNrzNA , especially since it goes so well in the Morpheus scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw (warning: major spoilers).
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Jan 26, 2012 07:45
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Guess I'm going to buy deus ex, for a third time.  jvempire posted:There's a few gems in the Deus Ex soundtrack. This my personal favorite track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP-h2aNrzNA , especially since it goes so well in the Morpheus scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw (warning: major spoilers). This one gets me everytime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJUsOP0T1o. Spoilers obviously
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Jan 26, 2012 08:14
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Well that sucks. Deus Ex? Hitman? Really Gog? You'd have to be living under a goddamn cave to not have a copy of both. Give me my Anachronox! 
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Jan 26, 2012 13:01
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Yeah I was hoping for thief and anachronox today, next tuesday hopefully? Glad they have these guys onboard though.
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Rabhadh posted:Yeah I was hoping for thief and anachronox today, next tuesday hopefully? Glad they have these guys onboard though. They always draw out the ones people really, really want for a week or two.
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Jan 26, 2012 13:17
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Official announcement of Square-Enix on GOG with the first games being Hitman and Deus Ex.
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Jan 26, 2012 13:56
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$9.99 for Deus Ex is simply too much. Unjustifiable given the age and that it has been available for cheaper from other sources. Sorry GOG, I love you guys but that price is too much, sirs.
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Jan 26, 2012 14:44
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BadAstronaut posted:$9.99 for Deus Ex is simply too much. Unjustifiable given the age and that it has been available for cheaper from other sources. Sorry GOG, I love you guys but that price is too much, sirs. Also, you know, if any game on GOG is worth the higher price tag it's Deus Ex.
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BadAstronaut posted:$9.99 for Deus Ex is simply too much. Unjustifiable given the age and that it has been available for cheaper from other sources. Sorry GOG, I love you guys but that price is too much, sirs. But that's the same price as it is on Steam  Plus you get all those GOG freebies for the same price.Granted, I already have it on Steam so I won't buy the GOG version yet but once it goes on sale I probably will, just for the extras as well as having a DRM-free version backed up somewhere.
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Jan 26, 2012 14:48
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AxeManiac posted:Anachronox was a lot more interesting to me as a concept than a game. This pretty much describes the entire Eidos library. I mean, it could be worse (at least there's more variety than LucasArts), but all of Eidos's games have this weird sort of pastel-smelling ennui surrounding them. They're not bad games, just somewhat dull and lifeless. If someone describes the basic game mechanics of Hitman or Gangsters, it sounds really intriguing, but once you realize they're talking about Hitman or Gangsters, you either lose your game-boner or you play the game and then lose your game-boner. It's difficult to put into words - it's just really hard to get excited over a single game in their catalog. Besides Daikatana, of course. 
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I knew my post was going to be unpopular, but hey. I'll probably get it at the sale price. Thing is, I bought a hardcopy for about half that amount :|
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BadAstronaut posted:I knew my post was going to be unpopular, but hey. I'll probably get it at the sale price. Thing is, I bought a hardcopy for about half that amount :| I think I paid $10 for my non-GOTY edition a decade ago, then I picked it up again on Steam for $2.50 on sale. I'm with you that this is absurdly overpriced, but it's $10 or $6 baseline at GOG as it is. Here's hoping they bring DaiKatana though. I tried the game once and it was a crashy mess of a game that was impossible to play. Using their wizardy, I'd pay... maybe $3 on sale for it if it worked. For all the flack is totally deserves, its ambition was unheard of at the time. Each new area has entirely different texture and enemy sets, not just palette swaps.
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I just don't understand why they would lead with 2 games that regularly drop to 2.50 on Steam. How could they possibly stay competitive like that? Is it the publisher trying to figure out exactly how much they can milk out of those games before putting up stuff that people actually don't have/want?
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Yay, games that are already out elsewhere. I thought this would happen. Call me when you release something not already on Steam, GoG. 
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BadAstronaut posted:$9.99 for Deus Ex is simply too much. Unjustifiable given the age and that it has been available for cheaper from other sources. Sorry GOG, I love you guys but that price is too much, sirs. Deus Ex is easily worth $10, the problem is that everyone who wants it already bought it on Steam for $2.50. Ditto Hitman. This is a really puzzling choice to open with when Eidos has loads of games that people want that aren't already easily available on Steam. WiredStnkyPusyLuvr posted:This pretty much describes the entire Eidos library.  Are you seriously describing Thief and Deus Ex as "dull and lifeless"?
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ToxicFrog posted:Deus Ex is easily worth $10, Yes, yes, I never doubted that ToxicFrog posted:the problem is that everyone who wants it already bought it on Steam for $2.50. This is what I am getting at. You could buy it on Steam for stupid cheap, or get it on disc for maybe $5-ish YEARS ago. So, yes: Dear GOG, You're awesome and I love you. But please don't release stuff that is and has been available elsewhere, with a higher asking price than many of us have already paid for the games. Love, BadAstronaut
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Jan 26, 2012 15:18
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I love the end of the email I got about the new games up. "Stay tuned! More Square Enix classics to follow!", you know SE classics like Deus Ex!
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Jan 26, 2012 15:19
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Eh, I'll buy these two when they go on sale eventually...in the mean time, I'm gonna buy myself Syndicate.
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I think the only things I am *really* looking forward to is: 1. Privateer 2 2. Final Fantasy 7 3. Quest for Glory series 4. [help me out here goons, what else?]
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BadAstronaut posted:I think the only things I am *really* looking forward to is: Speaking of... Are the first 2 Wing Commander worth playing through as more than historical curiosities or should I just jump into Wing Commander 3/Privateer? I remember playing Wing Commander 1 a while ago and being too distracted by everything being sprites and the cockpit being huge and constantly crashing into the mothership because trying to "land" on the right part of a huge sprite is stupid.
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BadAstronaut posted:Dear GOG, I got Deus Ex for free, actually. I never paid a single cent for my copy of the game! How did I get away with such trickery? It came on the first DVD issue of Computer Gaming World. Yup, they included the full game as an advertisement for the second Deus Ex game. I miss those days of computer magazines.
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Al! posted:Speaking of... Are the first 2 Wing Commander worth playing as more than historical curiosities or should I just jump into Wing Commander 3/Privateer? I remember playing Wing Commander 1 a while ago and being too distracted by everything being sprites and the cockpit being huge and constantly crashing into the mothership because trying to "land" on the right part of a huge sprite is stupid. I say skip them and go onto 3 first. If you really love the game world go back and play them. They are still playable, I beat them last year. They also give you some background on the characters in the later games, but I didn't really mind missing those beats when I played 3 ages ago around the time it came out and my computer could barely handle it.
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BadAstronaut posted:I think the only things I am *really* looking forward to is: Thief 1/2, Legacy of Kain series, the old Tomb Raider games, Anachronox, Omikron, Revenant, Carmageddon series (I think), Daikatana if you like ambitious-but-heavily-flawed shooters, Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move series (Square-Enix owns Taito!), and probably at least a couple more that I can't think of.
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Is Deus Ex available on any other DD site with a lower set base price than $10? It seems to be the RRP on the major services I've looked at. Because I'd imagine SE had some input on the pricing and comparing it to retail copies or Steam sales is just silly. And with Deus Ex in their most requested top ten and Hitman being a high profile series leading with those two as publisher launch titles really isn't much of a surprise.
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I've said it before, but the Eidos game I absolutely most want to see on GOG is Startopia. It runs great on modern machines, has barely aged (beyond the lack of native widescreen support), and is seriously one of the best 'light' management games ever. Great art direction, music and writing too. It's a classic that just failed to sell, so if it pops up on GOG, I'm going to beat you all with a sock full of pennies until you buy it. I promise there will be few regrets!
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Lame, two games I already have elsewhere. Knowing our luck next week, we will get Deus Ex 2 followed by Flora's Fruit Farm.
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