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Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

BKPR posted:

Since there's some NWN chat in here, here's a question: I own the whole D&D game collection on GOG. Which game in that pack should I give priority to? (Minus Planescape, already having a go at that.)

Baldur's Gate 2 is probably the best of the bunch after Planescape. Make sure to download and install the fixpack: http://www.gibberlings3.net/

# ¿ Nov 16, 2013 04:24

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 06:46

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Kangra posted:

Grabbed a copy. I probably have at least some of the songs already -- that's an impressive amount of bands, too.

Given that it has Jack Black and is described as a driving game, does Heat Vision make an appearance?

No, though you can melt the faces of your enemies using the power of Metal.

Also it's primarily an RTS.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2013 20:25

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

King of Dragon Pass is up, 1200 copies

# ¿ Nov 18, 2013 20:41

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Xotl posted:

The description of this game makes it sound at once odd and interesting. Can anyone give a quick run-down?

It's an odd strategy title where you make decisions for your clan on a seasonal basis by distributing your clans allotment of magic. You can make a peaceful tribe that subsists through trading and diplomacy, or a warlike tribe that preys on the weak through raids.

You make sacrifices to the gods, raid your neighbors, deal with a multitude of strange events/decisions, and send members of your council on spirit journeys to gain the gods' favor.

And there are duck people. Be wary of the duck people.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2013 20:46

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Looks like Sacrifice is finally on sale. Been waiting to pick that one up.

It'll be nice when the site stops collapsing and I can actually purchase something.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2013 17:47

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

macnbc posted:

No, it's just the end of week 1. There's still at least 1 more week left.

The sale goes until December 29th.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2013 16:48

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

JustJeff88 posted:

I've played PoE1 a bit but not 2, and I just now found out that this latter has the choice between (I presume) RTwP and purely turn-based combat. I've always liked RTwP as a kind of best-of-both-worlds approach, but this really surprised me.

I presume that Original Sin is fully turn-based in both the first and second opus, but at this point I wouldn't be shocked to hear otherwise.

PoE 2 added turn-based in a recent patch. Apparently there were some people on Obsidian's staff really passionate about the idea or something, or maybe they thought it would help spur some more sales since PoE 2 apparently sold below expectations.

D:OS is all turn-based.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2019 18:22

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

GOG Does What Steam Diablon't

# ¿ Mar 22, 2019 05:22

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Pretty sure Myth the Fallen Lords is abandonware you can find around online at this point. IIRC the rights to the game are a tangled snarl lost to the mists of time so I don't even know who GOG would approach to release it.

Edit: and apparently you can get the discs for the first two games on Amazon for twenty bucks, though I doubt that includes the manuals, which are manuals from the good ol' days when the developers filled them with art and lore.

Wicked Them Beats fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Apr 12, 2019

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 08:02

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

The Kins posted:

Take-Two own the Myth series.

Weird, I tried to figure out who owned it a few years ago and it seemed up in the air. Maybe they updated the paperwork since then or maybe I'm just dumb.

Ok Take Two give me my digital game I'm tired of using my discs.

Hannibal Rex posted:

If you're a Myth fan and haven't read Glen Cook's Black Company books, you need to correct that mistake stat.

Yeah Myth is basically "Black Company: The Game."

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 18:27

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

I remember Hellfire not being particularly fun but it's included for free so whatevs. Dive into the weird hive/dungeon thing and kill some weird looking monsters.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2019 17:46

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

JustJeff88 posted:

Two questions though: Is the Obsidian edition the "absolutely bloody everything" edition? I think so, but correct me of I am wrong. Secondly, are Obsidian planning any further content? Again, I don't think so, but I wanted to ask. PoEII is by most accounts even better than the original and I don't see it getting any cheaper, so perhaps now is the time.

Yeah that version has everything.

And PoE 2 has released all the planned DLC, and the recent 5.0 patch seems to be them closing the book on updating the game.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2019 07:41

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

JustJeff88 posted:

Thank you. That's what I thought, but I wanted confirmation.

It's a good game and it has gotten better and better with the updates. I should probably do another playthrough now that everything is out.

And Larian doing Baldur's Gate 3 is definitely some news. Between Kickstarter and GOG I wonder where the greatest responsibility for resurrecting this style of RPG lies. Though maybe nostalgia guaranteed it would happen in some form regardless.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2019 18:21

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Ugly In The Morning posted:

That�s asking a lot for Wasteland 2, jeez.

(Seriously, though, if you get it, you really have to read a character creation guide, the whole character creation system is intensely broken. That�s just the first part of how the game design for that is slavishly devoted to having learned nothing since the 80�s)

Yeah navigating the skill system definitely requires some research. Something like three speech skills, six lockpick skills, two trap disarm skills, seven different combat skills of which half are functionally useless, etc etc etc. And each of your characters need to be hyper-specialized to hit the higher checks so there's no spreading your skills around to try things out unless your goal is to fail miserably at everything you attempt.

That's not getting into the awful UI, poorly communicated gameplay systems, or the too-slow combat. And of course sometimes the game just kills you for no reason. First combat encounter first time I played was running into an ambush where I was outnumbered two to one and gunned down mercilessly. I just reloaded and the encounter didn't happen the next time I traveled but it didn't bode well.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2019 19:34

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Saoshyant posted:

PSA: the giveaway version is actually a more recent, Director's Cut edition. KS backers have an older version, so redeem this one.

I thought they gave everyone who already owned it the Director's Cut when it came out. Did KS backers get left out of that?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2019 01:02

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Myth and Myth 2 are amazing RTS games with fun storytelling. If you want to read the books the games are ripping off wholesale you can check out The Black Company series; they're pretty alright reads if you like gritty fantasy.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2020 20:51

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

I had heard that Mankind Divided was pretty poorly optimized/runs pretty bad. That still the case?

Also if I thought Human Revolutions was just ok and not mind-blowing or anything, is Mankind Divided more of the same? Anything notably better or worse about it compared to HR?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 23:17

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Jade Empire is dead and probably never coming back. Ignoring that the initial release didn't sell all that well, Asian Stereotypes: The Game is not likely to be getting a remaster or a sequel in the current political climate. Maybe if they put together a team with a lot of Asian devs to "do it respectfully" or something, but even then the attempt seems like an invitation for a PR disaster.

El_Elegante posted:

Well, now I feel like a dumbass

And now you know how that typo made it past QA :v:

# ¿ Jun 7, 2020 19:29

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Vegetable posted:

Does the developer gonna earn more when I buy from GOG vs from Steam? I'm trying to find a good place to buy Desperados 3.

Nope, they take the same cut. The best deal for the dev is if you buy it through Epic Game Store.

Edit: according to this article GOG negotiates individual revenue shares with each dev/publisher but since they don't actually publish that info assume a 30% cut goes to GOG.

Wicked Them Beats fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Aug 7, 2020

# ¿ Aug 7, 2020 18:58

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Best RTS games ever made. All that bundle is missing is a hard copy of the Homeworld manual, which was a favorite toilet read of mine for a decade+. Dammit, now I want a Homeworld novelization.

Still have my copy of that manual. A prized possession.

But I still contend that Myth: The Fallen Lords is the best RTS series.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2020 22:04

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

davidspackage posted:

To be fair, "no DRM" is GOG's thing, isn't it?

It's always been part of their marketing, yes. From their About page:

quote:

A selection of great DRM-free games, from modern hits to all-time classics, that you really shouldn't miss.

But apparently in the last year or so they've started talking about how they don't count things like cosmetics or online-only modes that require always-on connections and the like.

Edit: found a reply someone got from GOG customer service on the matter

quote:

All games available on GOG have offline installers available. We stay in touch with the partners and do our best to keep them up to date. However, video games continue to evolve with many titles offering online modes, cosmetics, and incentives for completing certain actions by players. This might be subjective, but as long as these additional features and rewards do not affect the single-player offline experience in a major way, we believe that the developers and publishers should be free to design and sell their games in a way they choose.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2021 19:42

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

It is actually impossible for anyone to be upset about two things at the same time. If you are mad at GOG you support the death of democracy, this is a fact.

lol it's not like they're going to go spend their days living in a tree outside CDPR headquarters with protest signs, a boycott of a video game seller requires virtually no effort and doesn't foreclose the possibility of someone engaging in other activism or discussing other causes

# ¿ Sep 24, 2021 20:14

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Lol gog just sent me an email advertising their hentai offerings.

quote:

UNWIND AFTER A HARD DAY
It�s time for some fully animated StudioFOW-quality rewards! Experience a diverse array of scenes from

-F/F pairings
-F/M pairings
-F/whatever the gently caress that thing is pairings

all animated by the same team that brought you such cinematic classics as �Bioshag Trinity� and �Mila Red Riding Hood�

Ah, yes, just like Bioshag Trinity, this product is only for the most discerning of adult consumers. And yes the same email is advertising the amazing discount on the anime rape game mentioned in the posts above.

You'd think they'd at least pretend to be ashamed of offering this stuff, Steam never shoves anime porn titles in my face when I boot up the service.

Edit: nevermind, Steam just advertised a game named "Fetish Locator" to me. Did I end up on the world's shittiest mailing list this week?

# ¿ Oct 26, 2021 19:06

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Ok that's even worse than I was expecting, jesus christ

# ¿ Oct 26, 2021 20:26

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Alpha Protocol is back, in GOG form: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alpha_protocol

# ¿ Mar 20, 2024 17:38

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 06:46

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

I ran through the tutorial mission in the Steam and GOG editions earlier today. The GOG version automatically detected my display's native resolution while I had to go into the options to set it in the Steam version, but other than that I didn't encounter any differences in performance. If you aren't experiencing any crashes or other performance issues with your Steam copy then you probably don't need to pick up the GOG version.

And since it hasn't been posted in thread here's the mini-doc from youtuber Raycevik about recovering the game:

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

# ¿ Mar 21, 2024 01:00

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