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macnbc: Dec 13, 2006; brb, time travelin'

duckfarts posted:

This. Apparently Overseer is a remake of Mean Streets; is the Mean Streets still worth playing then, and is Martian Memorandum good enough to warrant buying?

Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum are only worth playing if you have some VERY rose-tinted glasses.

They were sort of tech prototypes in the early 80s, and they haven't aged well at ALL.

# ? May 29, 2012 04:23

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 06:21

Athletic Footjob: Sep 24, 2005; Grimey Drawer

The Blackwell Bundle is now on GOG for $9.99 (will go up to $14.99 in a week's time).

# ? May 29, 2012 12:01

Wezlar: May 13, 2005

Blodskur posted:

The Blackwell Bundle is now on GOG for $9.99 (will go up to $14.99 in a week's time).

I really want Deception but I already own the first 3 from IndieRoyale :sigh:

# ? May 29, 2012 13:25

antidote: Jun 15, 2005

DrBouvenstein posted:

I just finished a whole play-through of the first 4 today (Mage...best class) and I had exactly two bugs.

In QfG3, I was just walking in the savannah, and the game randomly crashed.

And in QfG4, I had two problems which are "hold overs" from the CD anthology version.

The "Squid Stone" puzzle:
You have to click certain letters twice/three times, and even then, it might not work, so you just start clicking randomly then maybe it works.

And at the end:
This would only affect a Mage play-through. I couldn't get my Magic Staff spell to cast after killing Ad Avis. I kept getting the message "You're too busy to cast a spell right now." I found a solution online, which involves casting Force Bolt a few more times after that first one you kill Ad with, and then trying to summon your staff. That worked on, like, the third try.

Neither of those seemed to be fixed by slowing down the CPU cycles in DOSBox. The first problem I did get it with a slowed-down DOSBox, but it still was wonky and I had to do what I described in the box.

The second one was done with it set at the default.

But the BIG problems that QfG4 had (Error 47 when sliding down the ramp, dieing instantly at the Chernovy wizard part in the swamp, etc... are gone.

God gently caress that Error 47. The staff I definitely remember well too.

Is there still weirdness with the Domovoi not showing up?

# ? May 29, 2012 16:49

DrBouvenstein: Feb 28, 2007; I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

antidote posted:

God gently caress that Error 47. The staff I definitely remember well too.

Is there still weirdness with the Domovoi not showing up?

Maybe? Just make sure to spend a night or two in the inn before day...5? I think?

Edit: Despite just finishing, I'll probably start my Fighter/Paladin playthrough soon...I'm trying to do "straight" runs, so I have to resist the temptation to give my Fighter magic/stealth/climibing/lock picking in QfG1...

# ? May 29, 2012 16:51

dud root: Mar 30, 2008

I always did "pure" runs, ie not giving magic points to fighters/thieves or thieving to non thiefs. I think you can actually miss out on puzzle points by solving some puzzles with a hybrid character. eg if your fighter uses the spell fetch to get something instead of climbing up to get it

# ? May 30, 2012 00:15

Mr E: Sep 18, 2007

Blodskur posted:

The Blackwell Bundle is now on GOG for $9.99 (will go up to $14.99 in a week's time).

I'm going to buy this because that's my last name, and there's no way that it could be bad because of that. Everyone buy it because it must be good. Also, I've heard the series is great.

# ? May 30, 2012 00:25

Dominic White: Nov 1, 2005

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

# ? May 30, 2012 12:05

Mordaedil: Oct 25, 2007; Oh wow, cool. Good job.
So?; Grimey Drawer

Dominic White posted:

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

To watch while at work or when home... Hmm.

# ? May 30, 2012 12:39

HoldYourFire: Oct 16, 2006; What's the time? It's DEFCON 1!

Dominic White posted:

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

Thanks for the heads-up.

# ? May 30, 2012 12:42

Amethyst: Mar 28, 2004; I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
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Dominic White posted:

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

THe whole series of spoony Ultima videos are worth a watch, especially if you can't be bothered playing the games but want to understand their importance anyway.

# ? May 30, 2012 12:54

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

Dominic White posted:

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

How have I never seen this guy's videos before? I have my coworkers looking at me funny and wondering if I'm okay because I'm snickering so much.

Edit: "What's a paladin?" :laffo:

Kyrosiris fucked around with this message at 13:00 on May 30, 2012

# ? May 30, 2012 12:54

Catgirl Al Capone: Dec 15, 2007

Kyrosiris posted:

How have I never seen this guy's videos before? I have my coworkers looking at me funny and wondering if I'm okay because I'm snickering so much.

Edit: "What's a paladin?"

The Ultima retrospective is probably the only decent thing he's done in recent times, and even it has a bunch of questionable moments (unfunny green screen "skits").

His SWAT 4 and Phantasmagoria 2 LPs were pretty great but he seems to have been drowning himself in the painfully unfunny TGWTG part of the internet ever since doing FFVIII.

# ? May 30, 2012 14:07

GrandpaPants: Feb 13, 2006; Free to roam the heavens in man's noble quest to investigate the weirdness of the universe!

dud root posted:

eg if your fighter uses the spell fetch to get something instead of climbing up to get it

Climbing is a thief skill!

# ? May 30, 2012 14:07

Mordaedil: Oct 25, 2007; Oh wow, cool. Good job.
So?; Grimey Drawer

a medical mystery posted:

The Ultima retrospective is probably the only decent thing he's done in recent times, and even it has a bunch of questionable moments (unfunny green screen "skits").

His SWAT 4 and Phantasmagoria 2 LPs were pretty great but he seems to have been drowning himself in the painfully unfunny TGWTG part of the internet ever since doing FFVIII.

I don't understand how or if people really like that stuff at all, but at least Spoony's contribution isn't as painful as Linkara's. They are all terrible actors and they'd be much better off if they just focused on the content of their shows and didn't feel any need to add a dumb gimmick to make themselves standout. Your content is fine, dudes, you don't need to pretend you are being invaded by loving Star Trek to make your dumb review site about comicbooks more interesting.

It actually hurts them more and I've stopped watching pretty much all of their poo poo.

At least Spoony has his Counter-monkey thing which is completely free of that poo poo.

# ? May 30, 2012 14:21

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Mordaedil posted:

I don't understand how or if people really like that stuff at all, but at least Spoony's contribution isn't as painful as Linkara's. They are all terrible actors and they'd be much better off if they just focused on the content of their shows and didn't feel any need to add a dumb gimmick to make themselves standout. Your content is fine, dudes, you don't need to pretend you are being invaded by loving Star Trek to make your dumb review site about comicbooks more interesting.

It actually hurts them more and I've stopped watching pretty much all of their poo poo.

At least Spoony has his Counter-monkey thing which is completely free of that poo poo.

I feel like the That Guy With Classes people would be so much better if they had a huge meltdown and all went their separate ways. The (very) few funny and insightful people feel like they constantly have to have stupid crossovers with unfunny people, lovely gimmick characters, and my god all the circlejerking that goes on is unbearable.

# ? May 30, 2012 14:38

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

Dominic White posted:

This falls under the heading of Old Games (but not Good) and preemptive warning, in case GOG ever release it - Spoony has released the first half of his Ultima 9 review. Just the first half is 45 minutes long.

Think of this as the final send-off for a grand series. Buried in the desert. At sea. In an unmarked grave.

That was horrible.

I think playing Ultima 9 would be less painful than watching his full review.

# ? May 30, 2012 14:42

teethgrinder: Oct 9, 2002

https://twitter.com/thatbarnettblok/status/207828176498475009

Paul Barnett posted:

Very excited, we have GOG love incoming... It's only taken us forever to get to this point, go go ultra resilience and being bloody minded!

Haha I really hope it's not Ultima 9

If so I'll wipe my tears on my cloth map.

# ? May 30, 2012 14:59

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

teethgrinder posted:

https://twitter.com/thatbarnettblok/status/207828176498475009

Haha I really hope it's not Ultima 9

If so I'll wipe my tears on my cloth map.

Finally, Peggle comes to GOG.

# ? May 30, 2012 15:11

hong kong divorce lunch: Sep 20, 2005

teethgrinder posted:

https://twitter.com/thatbarnettblok/status/207828176498475009

Haha I really hope it's not Ultima 9

If so I'll wipe my tears on my cloth map.

They tweeted something earlier about "12 hours from now" about 9 hours ago. I'll be asleep since I'm in Asia. I was hoping for another live convo, but I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see their lame announcement.

# ? May 30, 2012 15:11

Hidden Asbestos: Nov 24, 2003; [placeholder]

I imagine a lot of the fuss today will be less to do with GOG and more to do with CD Projekt Red's new RPG announcement. Probably that it's going to be available on GOG will be the GOG news.

There's a concept art picture on Eurogamer (and I assume many other places and this is probably really old news oh god) here at the bottom of the article: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-29-witcher-2-dev-to-reveal-first-details-on-second-triple-a-rpg-tomorrow. I am excited.

# ? May 30, 2012 15:24

macnbc: Dec 13, 2006; brb, time travelin'

Hidden Asbestos posted:

I imagine a lot of the fuss today will be less to do with GOG and more to do with CD Projekt Red's new RPG announcement. Probably that it's going to be available on GOG will be the GOG news.

I do think it will be more about CD Projekt than GOG (it usually is), but signs are pointing to at least some announcements from GOG today.

GOG.com posted:

around 40 minutes later (that�s around 5.40 GMT!), TheEnigmaticT will tell you about GOG.com�s upcoming plans and release a number of fantastic games live at the show.

# ? May 30, 2012 15:27

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, the new game up for pre-order today, is pretty pretty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXgEqac1op4

I had never heard of it before. It'll be interesting to see if some indies can actually get more exposure from GOG than Steam because of how cluttered the latter's ubiquity has made it.

# ? May 30, 2012 16:40

Sultan Tarquin: Jul 29, 2007; and what kind of world would it be? HUH?!

Conference is starting now! Let's hope they don't have that horribly awkward fedora wearing nerd again.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:04

macnbc: Dec 13, 2006; brb, time travelin'

Sultan Tarquin posted:

Conference is starting now! Let's hope they don't have that horribly awkward fedora wearing nerd again.

I'm pretty sure they will since he's their lead marketing guy.

I look forward to awkward polish antics.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:05

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Link in case anyone needs it. It's started.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:09

macnbc: Dec 13, 2006; brb, time travelin'

As great as Witcher 2 is, I am so looking forward to the day they have a conference where it's not their first item of business.

Edit: These developers are all so awkward.

macnbc fucked around with this message at 18:12 on May 30, 2012

# ? May 30, 2012 18:10

Vlaphor: Dec 18, 2005; Lipstick Apathy

You're welcome.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:13

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

Not a smurf game? Preorder cancelled!

# ? May 30, 2012 18:21

Vlaphor: Dec 18, 2005; Lipstick Apathy

...Shadowrun?

# ? May 30, 2012 18:22

iastudent: Apr 22, 2008

Vlaphor posted:

...Shadowrun?

Not enough dragons. :v:

# ? May 30, 2012 18:23

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Vlaphor posted:

...Shadowrun?

I hope so.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:24

Mq: Jul 7, 2005; Lazy fat bastard

Cyberpunk 2020.

Man, a good year for oldschool RPGs.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:24

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Kickass!

# ? May 30, 2012 18:25

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Mq posted:

Cyberpunk 2020.

Man, a good year for oldschool RPGs.

gently caress yes I love Billy Idol.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:26

Flumpus: Jul 22, 2007

I'm not really into cyberpunk stuff, but I'm going to buy this because of how great The Witcher games are, and this guy's voice...

# ? May 30, 2012 18:28

THE BAR: Oct 20, 2011; You know what might look better on your nose?

Sultan Tarquin posted:

Conference is starting now! Let's hope they don't have that horribly awkward fedora wearing nerd again.

I'm counting on you guys to tell me whether they'll keep clogging up their site with indie titles, or that I'll have to start throwing money at them again.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:28

Humerus: Jul 7, 2009; Rule of acquisition #111:
Treat people in your debt like family...exploit them.

Dude I hope this RPG guy is a voice in the game.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:30

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

It's Fedora time!

# ? May 30, 2012 18:33

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Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

That was a bit sparse on details.

# ? May 30, 2012 18:34

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