Silicon Knights happened maybe?
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GOG News and Updates 2012
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faceless007
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Ubi also published V originally. Wonder if Cyan only got the rights to V back but not III or IV.
TomcatTheLion
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I'm really interested in Soul Reaver. Never got to play it on consoles. PC version is the definitive one, yeah?
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Deleted member 59090
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This made me wonder...
was this a wider release or was it only available in my country? It contains all 5 Myst games as well as the Uru Chronicles, CD with soundtrack, a bonus disc and over 500 pages long guide to all the games.
I could be way off, and I'm at work so I can't check, but I thought Blood Omen was on the legit abandonware sites a few years ago. I remember playing it, and I don't pirate. Maybe it was a demo. Hmmm........
Where can I order this online? Empik, perhaps? I'm not up to date with (online) retailers in Polska.
PumpkinPie
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Can you use a controller with Soul Reaver?
Minsc
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It appears not natively, but xpadder / Pinnacle Game Profiler can usually let you map any keyboard + mouse game to a controller with a little work or if you find a profile for it.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I found it, but it doesn't work. First, there are no story FMVs, then it won't play past the bartender's first line in the opening scene, so you never gain control and have to force exit out of the program. If they figured out how to give it a GOG compatibility servicing and whatever legal issues they needed to sell it, I'd gladly pay $6.
Lord British
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I did when I played it on my Win 98 machine back in the day.
Minsc
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You're right, it does work, I mistakenly read the "it doesn't work well" to be it doesn't work, as people started talking about using profiler software and such. There may be be issues depending on what type of gamepad you have, there's a few of impressions in the thread at GOG.
Weekend deal - These select EA games 50% off, or $2.99 each:
Crusader: No Regret
Crusader: No Remorse
Lands of Lore 1+2
Magic Carpet
Nox
Syndicate
Crusader: No Regret
Crusader: No Remorse
Lands of Lore 1+2
Magic Carpet
Nox
Syndicate
Refreshment.01
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Speaking for myself, Soul Reaver 2 would be more interesting. It has less exposure than Blood Omen and Soul 1.Dice said:
But i wonder how it aged and if i could tolerate that type of game again.
I was waiting on a sale for Nox personally. Bought. And Syndicate as well, to go along with it.
Refreshment.01
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But Soul Reaver 1 was also Intelligent Qube adventures in that sense. Most of the puzzles relied in the push/pull block mechanic. I heard combat was improved in part 2 at least.
Think those are the two I'll be picking up as well. Shame Dungeon Keeper isn't on sale, it's not expensive as it is obviously, but since other EA games are on sale, I'd hoped it would have been.
Heck of a good promo weekend this weekend, I see. Only one I don't already have is Syndicate, but I'll be rectifying that.
archnemesis
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How does it compare to Grimrock? Does it still hold up fairly well?
Shadow Hog
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I really do like Magic Carpet, but sometimes I wish a source port or something existed, since there are a great many issues with it... Game speed being tied to framerate being the biggest (so it'll be obscenely fast one minute but rather sluggish another), which I know they fixed with Magic Carpet 2, but the controls are also rather annoying (Y-axis on the mouse is inverted and you can't change it? Weak).
If it's a DOSBox game, you can remap any key using an in-game overlay. I think it's one of the F keys?
In DOSBox you can hit ctrl + F1 to bring up a key rebinder.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
This is a seriously good sale.
Minsc
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Lands of Lore 1 is great! Buy it for sure if you like dungeon crawlers. Compared to Grimrock, it has great music, less puzzles, more outdoors, more story (including VA), more items (worse UI for them though), and some pleasant animations for a 2D entry in the genre, but Grimrock's 3D beats it.
One of the great things about LoL is you can click on just about everything and get a little description. Shops, and set pieces feature short animations, it's a rather charming game, much more so if you played it back on release too.
archnemesis
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I guess I'll give it a try then. Thanks!
Plus: Patrick Stewart!
Winnie the Pimp
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speaking of GOG announcements, anyone know anything about that LucasArts+GOG rumor that has been going around?
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
If such a thing is going to happen, we better damn well get Outlaws.
It's like staring at a section of my gaming shelf in the mid 90's. Except Nox, never played that one.
it's 2D game, using 60FPS will get you 2x faster everything (animations , spells efects, etc.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
That's because of how the engine was made, not because such is some inherent quality of 2D.
Shadow Hog
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Yeah, if anything, 2D games are more likely to run at 60FPS than 3D ones.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Wait, what, Syndicate has been on GOG this entire time? Bought!
Tread carefully, for you're treading on my dreams.
Last Baron
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That would be fantastic. I'm only missing a few of the classic Lucasarts adventures at this point.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Crusader series, fuck yeah.
I want a Thief sale. Give it to me for five bucks damn it.
I want a Thief sale. Give it to me for five bucks damn it.
Minsc
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Deleted member 59090
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It's not available anywhere anymore as far as I know.
Syphon Filter
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fuuuuuuuuu they got soul reaver but i'm such a steam whore.
If you're to go with a second service make it GOG.
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