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GOG News and Updates 2010

Minsc

Gold Member
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What is GOG?: PC games of the past available once more for nostalgia or even those who missed out. Pay a few bucks, download an installer and play! GOG is 100% DRM free.

What is this thread?: Following this post you'll find the 2010 releases (since relaunch), followed by GOG's complete catalog of games. Finally, useful links/instructions for games which benefit from community created mods/patches.

2010 UPDATES:

Week 50, 2010:
- Tyrian 2000, Action

Week 49, 2010:
- Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut, Adventure
- Dream Pinball 3D, Pinball

Week 48, 2010:
- Moto Racer 2, Racing
- Alien Shooter + Expansions, Shooter

Week 47, 2010:
- Moto Racer, Racing
- Chaser, Shooter

Week 46, 2010:
- The Witcher 2 (pre-order), RPG
- Baldur's Gate 2: Complete, RPG [M048]

Week 45, 2010:
- Space Rangers, SCTS (Space Combat Trader Sim)

Week 44, 2010:
- Icewind Dale 2, RPG [M022] [OT]
- Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, TBS [M001]

Week 43, 2010:
- Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition, RPG [M024]

Week 42, 2010:
- Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne, TBS

Week 41, 2010:
- The Temple of Elemental Evil, RPG [M026] [OT]
- Betrayal at Antara (RPG)

Week 40, 2010:
- Icewind Dale Complete, RPG [M021]

Week 39, 2010:
- Planescape Torment, RPG [M025] [OT]

Week 38, 2010 (relaunch):
- Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga, RPG [M015]
 

Minsc

Gold Member
Recommended Games A-M (below) | Recommended Games N-Z

Searchable Alphabetical Index
Code:
A Story About My Uncle
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Age of Wonders 3
AI War: Fleet Command
Anodyne
Another World
Astebreed
Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition 
The Banner Saga
Battle Isle Platinum*
Blackwell Bundle
Blackwell Epiphany
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger*
Blocks that Matter
Broken Age Season Pass
Caesar 3
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Clive Barker's Undying
Consortium - The Master Edition
Crimsonland
Descent + Descent 2
Desktop Dungeons
Din's Curse
Divine Divinity
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity II: Developer's Cut
Door Kickers
Dreamfall Chapters - Season Pass
DROD 1+2+3
DROD 4: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
Dungeon Keeper Gold
Dungeon Keeper 2
Escape Goat
Eschalon: Book 1
Evil Genius*
FRACT OSC
Freespace + Expansion
Freespace 2
FTL: Advanced Edition
Gabriel Knight
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Geneforge 1-5
Giants: Citizen Kabuto*
Gone Home
Gothic*
Gothic 2 Gold
Gray Matter
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Hatoful Boyfriend 
Hogs of War
Icewind Dale Complete
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Icewind Dale 2 Complete
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Infested Planet
Interstate '76 Arsenal, The*
Jagged Alliance 2
Jazzpunk
Journeyman Project 1: The Pegasus Prime*
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time*
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time*
Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass
King's Bounty: The Legend
Kingdom Rush
Kingping: Life of Crime*
Legend of Grimrock 2
Legend of Heroes, The: Trails in the Sky
Lords of Midnight, The*
Lovely Planet
Luftrausers*
Magic Carpet 2: Netherworld*
Mark of the Ninja
MDK
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Myst 5: End of Ages

*recommended with exceptions


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Recommended Games N-Z
 

Minsc

Gold Member
Recommended Games A-M | Recommended Games N-Z (below)

Searchable Alphabetical Index
Code:
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition*
Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
OlliOlli
One Unit Whole Blood
Outcast
Paper Sorcerer
Pharaoh + Cleopatra
Planescape: Torment
Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut
Raptor: Call of the Shadows*
Realms of the Haunting
RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition*
Rise of the Triad (2013)
Risen
Risen 2*
Risk of Rain
Riven: The Sequel to Myst 
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum!
Rogue Legacy
S2: Silent Storm Gold Edition
Sacred 2 Gold 
Sacrifice*
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Sanitarium
Secret of Monkey Island, The: Special Edition
Shadow Warrior Classic Complete*
Shadow Warrior (2013)
Shadowgate
Shadowrun Returns
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Shovel Knight
SimCity 2000 Special Edition
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
SiN Gold
Space Pirates and Zombies
SpaceChem
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: TIE Fighter Special Edition
Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition
Startopia
Steamworld Dig
Stick it to the Man!
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe 
Super Time Force Ultra
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Tales of Maj'Eyal 
Temple of Elemental Evil, The
Terraria
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Teslagrad
Tetrobot and Co.
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Time Gentlemen, Please! + Ben There, Dan That!
To the Moon
Tropico Reloaded*
Tropico 3 Gold Edition*
Ultima 4+5+6
Ultima 7: The Complete Edition
Ultima Underworld 1+2
Unreal Gold
Unreal Tournament GOTY
Unreal Tournament 2004 ECE
Uru: The Complete Chronicles*
Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The
Volgarr the Viking
Wasteland 2 
Where is My Heart?
Witcher 1, The
Witcher 2, The
Wizardry 6 + 7
Wizardry 8
Xenonauts
Z*
Zeus + Poseidon

*recommended with exceptions


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Recommended Games A-M
 

Minsc

Gold Member
MOD INFO A-L [Go to M-Z]:

Here you'll find info and links to help point you in the right place for a game's mods. If you need some help troubleshooting, try checking the GOG forums or support section. Unless indicated, always start a new game once before installing mods! Mods often need files to be generated from starting a new game to work properly. Also never install games to the program files directory, often mods won't work right because of Window's permissions getting in the way.

Advent Rising
Unofficial Patch v1.0 - Restores cut movies from xbox version, fixes movie playback issues​

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Unofficial Patch v1.4 - Highly recommended, compatible w/ english GOG install
Scenarios - Maps galore
E-mail wrapper - Makes play by email games much faster and easier to manage
MP Evolution - Mod featuring classic gameplay and balance of AoW:SM, but extending it with new features.​

Alan Wake
Wiki guide - for bugs, crashes, freezes, fixes, etc​

Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura
Unofficial Patch, HQ Townmaps, High-res patch, HQ Music
Beta Content Restoration Pack - very optional, restored content, mostly animations
Trouble getting a windowed mode to work? Try moving/renaming the ddraw.dll file in the game's installation directory​

ArmA: Cold War Assault
ArmA 2: Combined Operations
Arx Fatalis
Performance / bug fix patch - removes slowdown on questbook page & overall performance gains
Arx-Libertatis - Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis​

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut
conman's guide to fixing Assassin's Creed - How to change your perspective on the game​

Baldur’s Gate: The Original Saga & Baldur's Gate 2: Complete (Volothamp's general guide)

Baldur's Gate - Conservative Guide
(original engine)
Highlights: FixPack v1.1, Text Update v1.1, Widescreen Mod, Unfinished Business, Mini Quests Mod, TweakPack, Herbs & Potions. [alt for broken links]
- Slowdown? Use the MS Application Compatibility Toolkit, works fullscreen and windowed. For help creating profiles, see here (1:45-3:00).
Or try: D3DWindower - Removes slowdown, may not be necessary. Setup help.
- Run config.exe (optional), change framerate/AI updates to 45 or 60 (i find 30 too slow, 60 too fast).​

Baldur's Gate 2 Guide (also gives order to install)
Highlights: Ascension, Fix Pack, Spell Revisions, Item Revisions, Banter Pack, Unfinished Business, Dungeon-Be-Gone, Stratagems II, Widescreen Mod, TweakPack. [alt for broken links]
- Slowdown? Use the MS Application Compatibility Toolkit, works fullscreen and windowed. For help creating profiles, see here (1:45-3:00).
Or try: D3DWindower - Removes slowdown, may not be necessary. Setup help.

EasyTuTu (play BG1 in BG2's engine)
Baldur's Gate Trilogy (BG1 & 2 merged in to single continuous gaming experience)
BiG World Project (installer to "automatically" setup BG1 & 2 using BGT as you see fit, many, many mods or very few)

Blood (One Unit Whole Blood)
One Unit Whole Blood Launcher - Awesome front-end & adds wasd + mouse controls!
Death Wish - 30 level mod for Blood
Fixed OGG files - Removes the error of the beginning of the next track playing at the end of the current track​

BloodRayne 2
Call To Power 2
Carmageddon
nGlide Setup instructions - Better results than Win95 patch
Experimental Windows 95 patch - Allows for higher resolutions, most likely better framerate, but may also be unstable on some PCs​

Colin McRae Rally 2005
Creatures: The Albian Years, Village, & Exodus
Descent 1 + 2
DXX-Rebirth - Adds high resolution support, improves graphics and makes joystick compatibility much easier (simple installer).
General FAQ

Descent 3 + Expansion
Deus Ex GOTY Edition
Lots of modding guides, here's one from GOG, Reddit and one from Steam.
List of mods/missions/utilities

Die By The Sword + Expansion
Divine Divinity
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
Dungeon Keeper 2
Unofficial Patch v1.8 - Fixes issues with movies & adds extras back to game.​

Earth 2150 & Earth 2160
Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum
Evil Genius
Unofficial mod v1.1 - Lots of fixes, adds support for high-resolutions / widescreen​

Fallout
Mod Guide (<- Use this for info) - Highlights: Semi-official patch v1.2.1 (includes children patch), Unofficial patch v1.3.5 [alt], High-Resolution Patch v3.0.5, NPC Mod
Fallout FIXT - Compilation of most popular fixes/mods in one simple package
Troubleshooting:
- Color problems? CHANGE the line "COLOUR_BITS = 8" to "COLOUR_BITS = 16" in f1_res.ini.
- Crashing? Try deleting/renaming the ddraw.dll file and setting your resolution and colour in the ini file
- Make sure in the compatibility tab, the 256-color mode option is not checked off.
- Windowed mode? Try D3DWindower. Be sure to use 8-bit color in f1res.ini. General setup help.

Fallout 2
Mod Guide - Check here for more up to date mods!
Highlights: Killap's Unofficial Patch, Restoration Project (2nd+ playthrough), sfall, High Resolution Patch
Troubleshooting:
- Color problems? CHANGE the line "COLOUR_BITS = 8" to "COLOUR_BITS = 16" in f2_res.ini.
- Crashing? Try deleting/renaming the ddraw.dll file and setting your resolution and colour in the ini file
- Make sure in the compatibility tab, the 256-color mode option is not checked off.
- Windowed mode? Try D3DWindower. Be sure to use 8-bit color in f2res.ini. General setup help.

Fallout Tactics
Far Cry
FCAM & others - Fixes everything, all-in-one mod, high res textures, etc​

Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
Freespace 1 & 2
Ghost Master
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Unofficial 1.5 patch - Bug fixes, gameplay balance changes, graphical improvements and more.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto mods - Largely made obsolete by above UOP.​

Gothic
Mod Listing - Highlights: Gothic Playerkit v1.08k, Unofficial Patch, ThielHater's Texture Patch & Satti Texture Pack, FPS v1.08 (allows 60fps)
Widescreen fix
- Make sure to run GothicFps.exe, select GothicMod.exe to unlock framerate
- Use GothicMod.exe to play. Disable Desktop Composition if necessary (right click exe, properties, compatibility)​

Gothic 2 Gold Edition
Gothic 3
Community Patch - Highly recommended, improves everything (gameplay, graphics, framerate, bugs, etc)​

Heroes of Might & Magic 2: Gold Edition
Free Heroes 2 [alt] - High resolution support + new features
Additional Maps

Heroes of Might & Magic 3: Complete Edition
HoMM3 HD - Higher resolution support, also adds 44khz audio support.
Heroes 3.5: Wake of Gods [alt] all-in-one installer] - Total Conversion, install only on separate vanilla copy of original. Community.
Horn of the Abyss - Another Total Conversion mod, compatible with the above WoG
Additional Maps

Heroes of Might & Magic 4: Complete Edition
Equilibris mod - Mod/fixpack, rebalances game​

Icewind Dale Complete
Mod Guide - Highlights: Widescreen Mod, Unfinished Business, Item Upgrade, Tweak Pack (see guide for help), IWD NPCs (optional, BG-party experience)
- Slowdown? Use the MS Application Compatibility Toolkit, works fullscreen and windowed. For help creating profiles, see here (1:45-3:00).
Or try: D3DWindower - Removes slowdown, may not be necessary. Setup help.
- Run config.exe (optional), change framerate/AI updates to 45 or 60 (i find 30 too slow, 60 too fast).​

Icewind Dale 2 Complete
Icewind Dale 2 Mod Links/Info - Highlights: Widescreen Mod, Tweak Pack, IWD2 NPCs (optional, BG-party experience)
- Slowdown? Use the MS Application Compatibility Toolkit, works fullscreen and windowed. For help creating profiles, see here (1:45-3:00).
Or try: D3DWindower - Removes slowdown, may not be necessary. Setup help.
- Run config.exe (optional), change framerate/AI updates to 45 or 60 (i find 30 too slow, 60 too fast).​

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Independence War Deluxe
Interstate ’76 Arsenal, The
Jagged Alliance 2
JA2 v1.13 [alt] - New resolutions, improved AI, weather effects, new items
JA2 Stracciatella[/URL] - Mostly bug fixes
List of JA2 mods/install guides

Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion]
KaM Remake - Unofficial fan-made mod with new engine.​

Little Big Adventure
Music offset fix
Magicball Network - Modding community​

MOD INFO M-Z
 

Minsc

Gold Member
MOD INFO M-Z [Go to A-L]:

Here you'll find info and links to help point you in the right place for a game's mods. If you need some help troubleshooting, try checking the GOG forums or support section. Unless indicated, always start a new game once before installing mods! Mods often need files to be generated from starting a new game to work properly. Also never install games to the program files directory, often mods won't work right because of Window's permissions getting in the way.

Master of Magic
Insecticide Patch - Fixes bugs, improves AI & UI
Realms Beyond - Modding community​

Master Of Orion 1+2
Master of Orion 1 Unofficial Patch
Master of Orion 2 Unofficial Patch already included in GOG installer​

Master Of Orion 3
MDK
MegaRace 3
Patch 1 - Fixes 1920x1080 resolution support​

Might & Magic 6-Pack: Limited Edition
GrayFace MM6 Patch v1.11 - Includes Mok's & Angel's patches. Adds always run, quick saves, changing controls, mouse look and more​

Might & Magic 7
GrayFace MM7 Patch v1.6.1 - Includes Mok's patch. Adds always run, quick saves, changing controls, mouse look and more​

Might & Magic 8
GrayFace MM8 Patch v1.5 - Includes Mok's patch. Adds always run, quick saves, changing controls, mouse look and more​

Moto Racer
Command line tweaks - Includes removing framerate cap​

Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition
Original War
Outcast
Panzer Elite Special Edition
Planescape: Torment
GOG Mod Guide - Highlights: Bigg's Widescreen mod, Ghostdog's UI mod, DDraw Fix,
Ultimate Fixpack, Unfinished Business, Tweaks Pack
- Problems? Start over (fresh reinstall) and sure to start a new game between each step to isolate where it went wrong.
- Slowdown / artifacts / stuttering? Try DDraw Fix first or
Use the MS Application Compatibility Toolkit, works fullscreen and windowed. For help creating profiles, see here (1:45-3:00). Or try:
D3DWindower - Removes slowdown, may not be necessary. Setup help.

POD
How to setup with dgVoodoo - Alternate, improved glide wrapper​

Postal: Classic and Uncut
Postal 2 Complete
Patch 1409X (already includes many of these Postal 2 mods)​

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Psychonauts
Patch v1.05 - Converted from steam, all changes minus cheevos (including all the bugs/crashes 1.05/06 brings :(... the unreleased 1.07 should fix this)​

Rayman 2
Red Baron Pack
Realms of the Haunting
Rise Of The Triad: Dark War
Sacrifice
Sensible Soccer 2006
Septerra Core
Timeslip's Unofficial Patch 1.02 - Fixes windowed mode, resolution switching and CPU hogging.​

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
SMAC 444 (AI patch) - AI makes good use of the basic LAND terraforming and other tweaks
Widescreen & Alt+tab tweak

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Stronghold
Temple Of Elemental Evil, The
Circle of Eight Modpack - Instructions (start @ step 4) - Fixes bugs, optional new content (NC), better AI, and more (Co8 versions explained).
Troubleshooting:
- Add profile to D3DOverrider to not activate on ToEE.exe, crashes games
- Use toee.cfg to edit resolution, see valid resolutions here (warning: switching resolutions mid-game may be unstable)​

The Witcher
The Witcher 2
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath Mods - Rebalance, Combat mod & more​

UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight Mods - Total rebalance mod & more​

UFO: Aftershock
Ultima Series
Pix's Ultima Patcher - Auto-patcher for GOG's Ultima I-VII (what does this install?)
Portable Ultima Patches - Similar to above, but done manually, no installer​

Unreal Gold
Unreal Tournament GOTY
Unreal Tournament 2004 ECE
Vampire The Masquerade - Redemption
Souls In X-ile Mod - Re-created over 4000 models, including several new characters, items, props, maps, disciplines and textures.​

Warlords Battlecry 3
MOD INFO A-L
 

epmode

Member
Baldur's Gate 2 tomorrow I think, woooooooooo!

NOW JUST GET EA ON BOARD AND I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER GOG
 

Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
Going to have to start keeping an eye on the service on the coming months. At the moment I have to many games on steam to really justify buying games it "normal" prices from GOG ($6! I can't just be tossing that away!), but my hope is that my steam backlog will get to a point where I don't feel guilty about buying more stuff.
 

Minsc

Gold Member
charlequin said:
I love having all the mod details in one place. Like: I didn't even realize Fallout had a hi-res mod! :lol

It even helps me! :lol

I'm going to try test, verify and update all the big titles' mods first like Fallout/Fallout 2 (these in particular can be a huge pain, I remember it taking hours to get rid of the rainbow color problems), IWD, BG (this will have to wait til GOG's BG2 is released for TuTu and Trilogy mods), Torment, etc

For now a little struggling through other people's lists are in order, but better than nothing! :)
 

Servbot #42

Unconfirmed Member
Nice idea! The other thread was starting to get old. Also i wouldn't call Space Rangers a RTS, actually i have no idea what wi would call that game since it has such a weird mix of gameplay.
 

Corto

Member
Gully State said:
Wow...GoG's library certainly has grown. Steam be damned...this is still my favorite DD service.

Hey.. And if you wait long enough you will see Steam's library coming to GOG with no DRM and at excellent prices!:lol
 

Mareg

Member
ZOMG, you sir is a savior amongst man.

I often refrain from buying from GOG because I'm lazy when it comes to modding games in general. Most of there release have aged too much to be enjoyable without mods.

You just single handedly streamlined the one problem I had with making Good Old Games work up to their fullest potential. GG good sir.

My wallet was kind of getting fat anyways, I shall subscribe this thread and live/relive some of the old classics :)
 

peakish

Member
Superb thread Boo!

Are there any criterias at all for recommendations? If we're all let loose on that way too many games may be bolded, but maybe that's not a problem?

If there's no problem I can easily do short writeups for Shogo, Prince of Persia, Outcast and King's Bounty - all excellent games.
 

Minsc

Gold Member
peakish said:
Superb thread Boo!

Are there any criterias at all for recommendations? If we're all let loose on that way too many games may be bolded, but maybe that's not a problem?

If there's no problem I can easily do short writeups for Shogo, Prince of Persia, Outcast and King's Bounty - all excellent games.

Just that the games still work properly and are still quite enjoyable to play today in their respective genres!

So if someone buys a title they're on the fence on because it's bolded, I don't want it to be one of those titles that has all sorts of issues to get running besides just a few patches/mods... unless it's really worth it. Interstate '76 a good example, I loved it back when it came out, but I didn't bold it because the game didn't leave a good impression with me after I installed it, and I'm not sure how well the gameplay holds up any more. I didn't try the glide wrappers though, so that may help, if it did, and the gameplay is still as fun as it was, I'd bold it!

I missed out on Outcast, but figured someone who played it would recommend it to be bolded, haven't gotten around to Sands of Time either, or the Shogo game. King's Bounty is quite fun indeed, I just haven't played the expansions, so I didn't feel comfortable enough to bold it if it turned out the expansions sorta made the original obsolete. I don't think that's the case, but I don't know for sure. An example of that would be Jagged Alliance 2 making the first a much more questionable purchase, since it does everything 1 did but better. If someone wants to argue the first is still worth playing and is convincing enough, I have no problems with that, and will bold it too.

X-COM: UFO Defense is one of the best examples of timeless gaming I can think of (not on GOG though), so don't be scared of old games! The reward/fun is often just as good as newer games if you can take the graphics and UI for what they are.
 

Instro

Member
You know, Im going to have to start buying more games from GoG. I havent really used the service that much but theres quite a few classic titles like Planescape I really want to play and those mod guides are a really nice touch.

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They have Raptor?! I fucking loved that game back in the day.
 

peakish

Member
Minsc said:
Just that the games still work properly and are still quite enjoyable to play today in their respective genres!

So if someone buys a title they're on the fence on because it's bolded, I don't want it to be one of those titles that has all sorts of issues to get running besides just a few patches/mods... unless it's really worth it. Interstate '76 a good example, I loved it back when it came out, but I didn't bold it because the game didn't leave a good impression with me after I installed it, and I'm not sure how well the gameplay holds up any more. I didn't try the glide wrappers though, so that may help, if it did, and the gameplay is still as fun as it was, I'd bold it!

I missed out on Outcast, but figured someone who played it would recommend it to be bolded, haven't gotten around to Sands of Time either, or the Shogo game. King's Bounty is quite fun indeed, I just haven't played the expansions, so I didn't feel comfortable enough to bold it if it turned out the expansions sorta made the original obsolete. I don't think that's the case, but I don't know for sure. An example of that would be Jagged Alliance 2 making the first a much more questionable purchase, since it does everything 1 did but better. If someone wants to argue the first is still worth playing and is convincing enough, I have no problems with that, and will bold it too.

X-COM: UFO Defense is one of the best examples of timeless gaming I can think of (not on GOG though), so don't be scared of old games! The reward/fun is often just as good as newer games if you can take the graphics and UI for what they are.
Agree on XCom, I didn't play it until I got it in a Steam sale a year back - it really holds up great, didn't need any mods, looks good and plays awesome. It feels timeless.

I'll keep the presentations pretty short - since I'm not sure how well SoT works I'll leave that, but I can't imagine it being worse than BG&E technically since it's (I think?) running on the same engine.

Outcast
For action adventuring on the PC Outcast is a real pearl: As veteran commando Cutter Slade you enter a new world in search of a team of scientists and a faulty probe. Complications arise as the world is ruled by a ruthless dictator, stomping on the little man.

Even to this day Outcast does a lot of things that are rare nowadays and it fits the open world to a T: Attack supply convoys en route to camps to weaken the enemy soldiers. Gather the support of the Talan people for them to stop weapons production. Watch friendly AI dive for cover, or flee for their lives, as firefights start - the AI system is fantastic.

If modern games did as much cool things as Outcast for it's time I would be on board for calling this the Golden Years of gaming.

At least for me it worked flawlessly to setup, got music and everything working without looking through config files as with my CD version. And it's still a very good adventure.

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Before Monolith snowed in totally on horror games they were known for creating some of the most imaginative shooters you could get - Shogo was their flirt with sci-fi anime mechas. The melodrama is pretty funny to hear and the op complete with j-pop a great touch.

The gameplay is a mix of parts in one of four chosen mechas and on foot, infiltrating buildings - beware that FPS:es from this era were fast as SHIT and Shogo isn't different. It's howeversreally fun to shoot stuff in it, especially the parts on foot have some great rifles.

It's an action romp through and through, with lots of FPS cliches from the days (wind shafts
etc) but a good one. I'm still waiting for the sequel which will never be made.

 

HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
Why is Another World not bolded!? Its probably the greatest of the Prince of Persia style platformers and one of the most atmospheric games ever made.

Plus the 15th Anniversary Edition comes with higher resolution, redone backgrounds, and just a very pleasing overall art style.
 

Flakster99

Member
Yup. Definitely subbing to this thread, excellent work Boo! Digging the massive amount of mods availavle, holy cow.
 

Lafiel

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Bookmarked. And OH SHIT @ the community patch of Gothic 2. It seems i can finally play the copy i bought off GOG a year ago now.:lol downloading now..

Edit - I noticed how come GK 1 & 2 are recommended but not 3? :lol
 
Minsc said:
Week 45, 2010:
- Space Rangers, RTS

I've only actually played Space Rangers 2: Reboot, but on the assumption it's pretty much the same as the first, it's more of a top down 2D Elite game than an RTS (Space combat trader sim?).

The screenshots certainly don't suggest that there was a massive genre shift for the sequel anyway.
 

Lafiel

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Anerythristic said:
I have said this once in the beginning of every GOG thread as well as the site. Give me fuckin' Silent Hunter 3!
You can get Silent Hunter 3 on STEAM. Although I'm sure it should be up on GOG regardless.
 

Minsc

Gold Member
Few updates, bolded Outcast, Shogo, and Another World per recommendations/requests. Also updated the genre of Space Rangers to not be so inaccurate, though it may have gotten a little too specific now, maybe something like "Action" will do?

Fixed url for Easy TuTu (though it's sorta useless anyway without BG2 being released, unless you already own BG2).

Gabriel Knight 3 is not bolded because I haven't played it recently (or at all for that matter) so I couldn't speak for how it holds up today and need a little more convincing. Same with any other game which is not bolded, if you feel it deserves special mention, do tell! :)

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! In the future, I'll probably just post these maintenance updates along with the week's release. I'll try to process any updates/fixes each morning however, time permitting.
 
Minsc said:
Also updated the genre of Space Rangers to not be so inaccurate, though it may have gotten a little too specific now, maybe something like "Action" will do?

The sequel is a superb game mainly because it is so hard to categorise into any one genre - it actually has a fully fledged 3D RTS built into it as a random mission to accept while doing the main Elite / Freelancer styule flying around shooting and trading, as well as small text adventures and logical puzzles too.
 

Minsc

Gold Member
DennisK4 said:
This thread almost brings a tear to my eye - so beautiful!

Great job, Minsc.

Glad to hear it's useful (from all)! I hope in a few months it will be even more useful as the mod section is updated to be much more straightforward: do 1,2,3 and you're done, as well as being able to say I've personally tested those steps out and they work as indicated; even if that's no guarantee as Planescape Torment's mods have shown the unfortunate among us.

I should also thank our friendly mod charlequin for encouraging me to put the thread together. Hopefully the thread gets carried over to 2011 come January despite the 2010 attached to the title ;)
 
Minsc said:
Gabriel Knight 3 is not bolded because I haven't played it recently (or at all for that matter) so I couldn't speak for how it holds up today and need a little more convincing. Same with any other game which is not bolded, if you feel it deserves special mention, do tell! :)
Reasons why GK3 should be bolded:
+ plot and writing
+ voice acting
+ best puzzle of all time (Serpent Rouge)
+ camera system

Reasons why GK3 should not be bolded:
- 3D graphics not so hot
- poor last part (it just doesn't fit with everything else)
- worst puzzle of all time (dat moustache!)
- camera system (well, you love it or you hate it)

I vote for!
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
Some specifics for the IWD mods

IWD 1:

Widescreen Mod - As the name implies, allows you to run in widescreen (or any unsupported resolution). No extra UI mods needed for it to work right.
Tweak Pack - A collection of fixes and tweaks to the game, highly recommended.
Unfinished Business - The community found unfinished content hidden on the disc and did the work to bring it back to the game. Quests, items, monsters and so forth.

IWD 2:

Widescreen Mod - As the name implies, allows you to run in widescreen (or any unsupported resolution). No extra UI mods needed for it to work right.
Tweak Pack - A collection of fixes and tweaks to the game, highly recommended.
 

Catshade

Member
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Great thread. Gog is the only site i use instead of steam. And they've been killing it with the recent RPG releases

Additional Recommended titles
Interstate 76
Freedom Force
 

RJT

Member
Great OP, BUT... Why isn't Panzer General 2 bolded? If I remember correctly, it's a fucking amazing game!
 
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