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OptimusShr posted:So how is the new Bard's Tale game? It seems like it has some decent humor and Tony Jay as a narrator is always a good time. I bought it just for the original trilogy, to be honest.
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I hated it at first, but it grew on me pretty quickly. The summons are pretty good, and the voice acting really goes a long way to selling the writing. It's actually pretty funny!
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Oct 15, 2013 16:08
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New Bard's Tale has great music, fun dialogs and a lot of snark from Elwes and Tony Jay. Hell it would be worth it just for the voice acting, the fact that it is playable (and has hilarious songs) makes it absolutely worth getting.
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Oct 15, 2013 16:44
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Hakkesshu posted:There's seriously a tentacle thing on one of the other screens too. It's a giant deadly sea monster, it uses its tentacles to tear apart fleets of military ships. Just because it's anime style art and has tentacles doesn't mean the tentacles are going to be used for sex.
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Oct 15, 2013 16:55
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Deakul posted:It's not an h-game by any means before you run away.
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Oct 15, 2013 17:02
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There's a demo of Long Live the Queen if you want to try it before you buy it. It reminds me of Princess Maker 2, a game I loved playing when I discovered it but could do without the creepiness and awkward RPG bullshit. I also enjoyed The Bard's Tale remake when I played it. The Bard reminds of Ash in that he's a bad rear end character (voiced by Cary Elwes!) but a total goof off who fucks everything up and gets kicked in the nuts as many times as he does something right. I was expecting a fairly standard Diablo-clone like the Dark Alliance games but it's actually closer to an adventure hybrid with some secret areas. It's a pretty challenging game, too. I found myself dying a few times. There's also a group of minstrels who sing of your misadventures Brave Sir Robin style. Sylphosaurus posted:I'm probably going to get this game since I'm a total sucker for these kind of management RPG's. I just wish that this "genre" came with more flavours than "raise a cutesy anime girl". I definitely agree. When you think about it, King of Dragon Pass falls under the Japanese style of visual simulation games although we call it a strategy game here. I always liked this style of game but most of them just fall under that "anime as gently caress" generalization. al-azad fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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Oct 15, 2013 18:02
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Bard's Tale is worth it for the three old games alone. So is Corsairs Gold basically just a generic version of Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold?
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Oct 15, 2013 18:22
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You don't really play Bard's Tale for any riveting gameplay, as it's pretty much your bog-standard hack-n-slash, you play it for the funny dialog. People who enjoyed the Princess Bride would like this game.
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al-azad posted:There's also a group of minstrels who sing of your misadventures Brave Sir Robin style. I'd say it's more Oompa Loompa style, but both work.
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al-azad posted:There's also a group of minstrels who sing of your misadventures Brave Sir Robin style. Sold. Jamesman posted:I'd say it's more Oompa Loompa style, but both work. VERY sold.
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If anyone wants some more detail of what we're talking about with Bard's Tale; The game plays with the trope of there being a fateful hero who is meant to save the day. The Bard is "the chosen one" and tasked with a quest, but you keep running into OTHER "chosen ones" on your journey who were told the same thing. A kind of "throw a bunch of poo poo at the wall and see what sticks" kind of situation. So these other guys keep dying, and the lowly goblin-type enemies come out and sing about how it sucks to be them and what was their undoing, kind of like the Oompa Loompas singing about how all those kids were assholes.
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Oct 15, 2013 22:23
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al-azad posted:I would go through as a wizard. It's the hardest class but they get a bunch of cool powers and their game is more puzzle/environment oriented. Later you'll start fighting instant death monsters but you get a reversal spell that flips that poo poo around. Sounds good. A wizard it shall be!
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Oct 16, 2013 00:01
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Just because it's anime style art and has tentacles doesn't mean the tentacles are going to be used for sex. I gotta tell you, betting on tentacle sex when you see tentacles and anime girls ain't exactly gonna have poor odds.
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Oct 16, 2013 00:06
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Hanako Games make stuff aimed at teenage girls. The worst you'll find in their games is some very girlish light romance.
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Oct 16, 2013 00:12
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How is it that we don't have Jones in the Fast Lane? GOG what you doin?
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al-azad posted:How is it that we don't have Jones in the Fast Lane? GOG what you doin? I second this. It's been far too long since I've lived off a diet of nothing but french fries, and spent the weekend inspecting my body underneath florescent lights. I think I still have my original disc around here somewhere, but it's been tossed around through so many moves I doubt it's still in any kind of working order.
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Oct 16, 2013 01:50
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al-azad posted:How is it that we don't have Jones in the Fast Lane? GOG what you doin? Not sure how it compares to the original, but a quick search brought up a pretty decent flash port. http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html
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Oct 16, 2013 03:09
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Got the gift coupon for being longer with GOG than 99.99% of all users. 
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Oct 16, 2013 09:54
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Sweet! Mine arrived too. I'd given up hope.
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Oct 16, 2013 15:33
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al-azad posted:How is it that we don't have Jones in the Fast Lane? GOG what you doin? There are so many lesser-known Sierra games they need to add it isn't funny. 
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Oct 16, 2013 17:40
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Fallom posted:I gotta tell you, betting on tentacle sex when you see tentacles and anime girls ain't exactly gonna have poor odds. Which is exactly the sort of game you'd expect to see on gog.
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Oct 16, 2013 18:11
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Peas and Rice posted:There are so many lesser-known Sierra games they need to add it isn't funny. From looking up Jones videos on YouTube I found some Sierra game called "Shivers" - genuinely never heard of it until today.
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Oct 16, 2013 18:18
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Fil5000 posted:From looking up Jones videos on YouTube I found some Sierra game called "Shivers" - genuinely never heard of it until today. A decent late-era Sierra game! There was even a sequel too if I remember correctly. The key ones they're missing are: Manhunter 1+2 Gold Rush Conquests series (Camelot / Longbow - PLEASE GOD LONGBOW) Codename Iceman (which is a genuinely awful game but I'd buy it because  )Freddy Pharkus The Dr Brain series The Dynamix adventures (Willy Beamish, Heart of China, etc.) I tweeted at them about what it would take to get these games on GOG but no reply.
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Oct 16, 2013 22:21
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They're missing of great Dynamix titles. They were one of my first favourite studios, before I got into Origin. Off the top of my head:
I have a feeling they're not forgotten. A bunch of their stuff has shown up, like Red Baron, and Incredible Machine. Might just be in the "todo" column.
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Peas and Rice posted:Gold Rush Looks like the rights for Gold Rush went to the original developers, or at least a group calling themselves The Software Farm, who re-released the game in 2000(!) under the name "California Gold Rush". Their website suggests you can still buy it in a fancy wooden box, or for a budget option you can get it in an envelope, but considering they're asking for $20 for the cheap option for a game released in 1988 which is unplayable on modern systems, you'd really have to be on a nostalgia kick to get it. Plus, their website says "copyright 2000", so it's doubtful if they're still selling it. Also, I guess they're not key, but let's not forget Laura Bow series (Colonel's Bequest / Dagger of Amon Ra). I really enjoyed DoAR back in the day. And EcoQuest 1 & 2 (hey, it's good for kids).
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It breaks my heart that the HERCs part of Starsiege is a dead franchise, especially with MechWarrior in the shitter. Non-Anime stompy robot fighting is a damned hard itch to scratch this decade. Good thing I still have my old Starsiege CDs 
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Moof Strydar posted:Looks like the rights for Gold Rush went to the original developers, or at least a group calling themselves The Software Farm, who re-released the game in 2000(!) under the name "California Gold Rush". Their website suggests you can still buy it in a fancy wooden box, or for a budget option you can get it in an envelope, but considering they're asking for $20 for the cheap option for a game released in 1988 which is unplayable on modern systems, you'd really have to be on a nostalgia kick to get it. Plus, their website says "copyright 2000", so it's doubtful if they're still selling it. There's contact info on this page. Maybe shoot them a politely-worded email asking if they still, you know, exist.
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Gold Rush was so great. Difficult with too many Sierra quest ending moments, but a great and atmospheric game with three ways to get through it. I'd love to get Heart of China and Rise of the Dragon again... I think these games would play very well on DOSBox on my Android 7" tablet.
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I'd kill for GoG to get Imperium Galactica II, in all its 5-6 CD glory. I'd beat the snot out of younger me for not treating those discs right if I could.
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Oct 17, 2013 09:34
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Oh dear God yes, Imperium Galactica 2 was loving amazing, and I think someone ought to be prosecuted for not putting it up for digital download already.
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Oct 17, 2013 09:50
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Charlie Mopps posted:Got the gift coupon for being longer with GOG than 99.99% of all users. What's up, 0.01% buddy? I used mine to finally get a copy of Baldur's Gate 2.
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Oct 17, 2013 10:01
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New releases! Some Cyanide Studios game that's probably mediocre at best and  CARMAGEDDON 2!!!
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The Kins posted:New releases! Some Cyanide Studios game that's probably mediocre at best and That "Aarklash" seems rather cool, but I never heard about it. Does anyone here ever played it?
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The MSJ posted:What's up, 0.01% buddy? I used mine to finally get a copy of Baldur's Gate 2. I have a problem. 
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Oct 17, 2013 14:53
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Hell yes. Shame I "got it" and finished it earlier this year. Although, since multiplayer is listed on the game page, that means it works without any fiddling right? I've never tried that and I hear it's spectacular. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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The Aarklash games has been getting some very solid buzz. Several people over in the Steam thread really liked it, saying it was like strategic single player WoW style raids.
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Oct 17, 2013 15:16
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I signed up like a day or two after the site launched and I didn't win the coupon. How early did you people sign up? 
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Oct 17, 2013 15:47
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I saw a thread about it shortly before they launched, and signed up the moment it was available. I wanted Fallout, having never played it, and a legit copy of Freespace 2.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1on3na/iama_developer_of_the_carmageddon_franchise_ama/ Free GOG Carmageddon key at reddit. Involves PMing a bot.
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ChikoDemono posted:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1on3na/iama_developer_of_the_carmageddon_franchise_ama/ They sent me a code ten seconds after I PMed it. Nice 
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