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[Joe Shlabotnik]

Are the Oddworld games great?
I heard lots of good things about them back in the day, did they age well?

I kind of want to buy Rayman Forever out of nostalgia, but that game's really hard.Rayman 2 tempts me as well...(is this the superior or inferior version?Compared to the PS2 version)

The Oddworld games are very imaginative and nicely animated. Their game design is for specific tastes, though.

They prefigure the indie "maso-core" genre of today--Super Meat Boy, etc. They are not nearly as brutal and are more puzzle-oriented, but they have that die/instant-respawn/die rhythm to them.

Very close in design and spirit to the '80s Prince Of Persia, or Flashback, but with much more dying, basically.

 

[TheMan]

they added crusader: no regret!

Will bite.

 

[Benedict]

Thinking of removing one of these titles:
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale 2 Complete

So far I think Icewind Dale or Baldurs Gate 2 will not be bought.
Or maybe remove both and only buying Planescape and Arcanum.

 

[peakish]

Mainly RPGs and Adventure games. Though, I wouldn't mind to try some of other genres' best. Also, I'm most interested by games that have either a really good story or are really fun.

I think everyone should give Outcast a shot. Great adventure at the time (been a few years since I played it though, even if I own it on GOG). Shogo was still a fun if basic FPS when I replayed it, from the good times when Monolith didn't just make horror games.

Edit: A bit of clarification: Shogo is by no means an essential game, it's just a ton of fun so if you feel like an FPS might suit you, go for it.

 

[Kurtofan]

The Oddworld games are very imaginative and nicely animated. Their game design is for specific tastes, though.

They prefigure the indie "maso-core" genre of today--Super Meat Boy, etc. They are not nearly as brutal and are more puzzle-oriented, but they have that die/instant-respawn/die rhythm to them.

Very close in design and spirit to the '80s Prince Of Persia, or Flashback, but with much more dying, basically.

Thanks.
Are they long games?For a puzzle platformer I mean.

About Arcanum, I looked on wiki and I saw that Troika also made Temple of Elemental Spirits, does it have the same Fallouty spirit?

 

[Fjordson]

Mainly RPGs and Adventure games; Though, I wouldn't mind to try some of other genres' best. Also, I'm most interested by games that have either a really good story or are really fun.

For RPG's:

Fallout 1 and 2
Baldur's Gate II
Planescape Torment

For adventure games:

The Last Express


There are more great adventure games in there I'm sure, but I'm not too familiar with the sales list personally (other than TLE).

 

[EviLore]

Thinking of removing one of these titles:
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale 2 Complete

So far I think Icewind Dale or Baldurs Gate 2 will not be bought.
Or maybe remove both and only buying Planescape and Arcanum.

In order of importance:

Planescape: Torment / Baldur's Gate 2
Arcanum
Icewind Dale 2

 

[Benedict]

In order of importance:

Planescape: Torment / Baldur's Gate 2
Arcanum
Icewind Dale 2

Thanks for your input.

Managed to trim down the final list to these games:

Ultima™ 7 The Complete Edition
Planescape: Torment
Outcast
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™
Descent 3 + Expansion
Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey)
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Still have the following titles on my wishlist:
Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure)
Icewind Dale 2 Complete
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete

My User on GOG is Arkeologen by the way

 

[Dizzy-4U]

How's the PC version of XIII?

 

[Dorfdad]

Only if you plan on playing it in the next few weeks... $24 is above my impulse purchasing price anyway, to add to the backlog. It was $16 on Amazon a few weeks back. $24 is still a great price for TW2 (and even more so w/ TW1 added in), but I don't think you'll be hard pressed to find it around $25 again. You also won't get a gift code from GOG for TW1 to give away unless you own it on GOG, so you're out of luck there having it on Steam.

The D&D games will give you the best bang for the buck, and you'll probably be able to hold off til the end of the sale to buy them, so you can wait it out and make sure nothing better comes up on the Steam sale. This package is a pretty great value too, but I prefer having them tied to GOG & backed up than a retail box.

Thursday its going 40% off hold out a few days!

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

For RPG's:

Fallout 1 and 2
Baldur's Gate II
Planescape Torment

For adventure games:

The Last Express


There are more great adventure games in there I'm sure, but I'm not too familiar with the sales list personally (other than TLE).

Any other thoughts on The Last Express?

 

[Dorfdad]

Ultima VII Complete edition $2.99 your fucking crazy not to do this...

 

[Kurtofan]

Ah shit, my antivirus is picking up false positives on Rayman and can't install it

 

[Peff]

Any other thoughts on The Last Express?

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lastexpress/lastexpress.htm

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Thanks, here's my final list:
FALLOUT
FALLOUT 2



BTW I already played Fallout 2, will Fallout hold up in comparison?

Fallout 2 doesn't dwarf the first in any way, may as well have both.
If you haven't you should also get Planescape Torment.

Mainly RPGs and Adventure games; Though, I wouldn't mind to try some of other genres' best. Also, I'm most interested by games that have either a really good story or are really fun.

Broken Sword, 1 and 2, (3 dollars each)
There like if the west made animations for adults.
Amazing art, music and my favorite use of voice acting ever, a dark plot but with a nice fun narrative.

Gabriel Knight
Pretty much same as above, be warned dialogs can go on for tens on minutes so go in with the right mood.

The Last Express,
All of it is based on a single train, NPC's talk with each other move around and as a player you have to figure out a mystery while the world keeps going about its own business.
Very short, but at 3 dollars it makes sense as at least a little curiosity.



psychonauts
As close to a Point and Click platformer as you can get.

Ultima VII Complete edition $2.99 your fucking crazy not to do this...

Call me crazy.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Mmmm, the Tex Murphy games seem pretty cool. I'm a sucker for fmv games, I think I'm gonna bite on those.

 

[Polk]

7 (8 rather) great games for less then $21. Little over my limit $20, but what can I say. I'm weak.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

I fucking love GOG's wood shelf collection look.

 

[kai3345]

Anyone's GOG downloader not working?

also here's my what my sexy gog library looks like after this sale

 

[Jomjom]

Just bought Wing Commander 1+2 and Wing Commander 3. This adds to the two Freespace games I bought a little while back. Time to buy a flightstick?

Would a Thrustmaster Hotas work well for these 5 games?

 

[Nelo Ice]

I fucking love GOG's wood shelf collection look.

I swear I'm tempted to pay extra for the allD&D games just so they show up on my gog library gah lol.Otherwise it seems like I should just get Planescape and Baldurs Gate 2.

 

[kai3345]

I swear I'm tempted to pay extra for the D&D games just so they show up on my gog library gah lol.

Do in now while theyre half off!

 

[Stet]

Mmmm, the Tex Murphy games seem pretty cool. I'm a sucker for fmv games, I think I'm gonna bite on those.

Do it. Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive are obviously the best ones. Overseer is okay, but felt less like a Tex Murphy game and more like actual detective fiction. Not that that's such an awful thing.

 

[Tomat]

So Empire Earth, is it any good?

 

[Sinatar]

So Empire Earth, is it any good?

It's alright.

 

[sfried]

Wing Commander 1, 2 & 3
Wing Commander: Privateer
Freespace 1 & 2
Independence War 1 & 2
Descent 1, 2, & 3

Glorious flightstick master race! Death to mouse and keyboard controls!

 

[Iadien]

So Empire Earth, is it any good?

It was awesome with friends 10 years ago... The games can last for a long ass time though.

 

[Llyranor]

Ok, will grab:
- Darklands
- Ultima 7

Maybe:
- Crusader No Remorse, No Regret
- Star Control 1+2
- Icewind Dale 1+2 (only had the 1st one without xpac)
- ToEE (my disc copy doesn't work on my system)
- PS:T (tempted just to get a copy that's not 4 bloody CD's)
- Might & Magic 1-6 (never really played this series); maybe 7? 8?

Please comment on which of these space sims are actually still worth playing (not completely outdated):
- Wing Commander 1+2
- WC 3
- WC Privateer
- Independance War
- IW 2
- Freespace
- Freespace 2

 

[MNC]

Am I the only one finding the gog site beastly sexy?

 

[epmode]

Please comment on which of these space sims are actually still worth playing (not completely outdated):
- Wing Commander 1+2
- WC 3
- WC Privateer
- Independance War
- IW 2
- Freespace
- Freespace 2

It's been mentioned many times in this thread but fuck yeah @ Freespace 2. While it doesn't have the rad Wing Commander or X-Wing universe, it's technically the best space sim, especially with Freespace Open.

I've been holding off on a Wing Commander replay until GOG sorts out the expansion rights so I can't comment there.

Am I the only one finding the gog site beastly sexy?

GOG is probably my favorite DD site for games that are no longer being actively updated by the developers. It's so hassle-free and stylish.

 

[carbonbased]

i could see myself going crazy if i had any money to spend.

might end up just getting Blood. been on an old school fps kick, and hearing jim-jam and some others praise it has me feeling like i am missing out on something great. glossed over it countless times on the store shelves of best buy/eb games way back when and i should probably rectify that.

plus, Monolith!

Spoiler

oh...oh yeah rip

 

[kswiston]

I have not purchased any of the EA titles so far, and would like some input on what to buy.

I am getting Ultima 7. What 3 other EA titles would you recommend?

I like rpgs, adventure games and strategy games.

 

[goober]

Hey GAF, you guys recommended these action RPGS/hack n slash type games.
Any other recommendations for me to pick up?
Thanks!

These three are quite good:

Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption (just don't expect it to be anything like VtM: Bloodlines though)
Nox
Sacred Gold

 

[SteveWinwood]

Now I'm all excited to play some space sims! Hopefully it plays nice with bindings. And it was only 20 something bucks. I remember paying way more than that for something that had two buttons and was super stiff in the mid 90s. So a good shopping day.

Just gotta wait for microsoft flight sim to come to steam (yeah cause thats going to happen).

 

[TheFightingFish]

Please comment on which of these space sims are actually still worth playing (not completely outdated):
- Wing Commander 1+2
- WC 3
- WC Privateer
- Independance War
- IW 2
- Freespace
- Freespace 2

You have to give Freespace 2 a try if you are interested in space sims at all. It holds up really well, especially since the space sim genre pretty much died after it came out leaving Freespace 2 as the end leaf node on the X-Wing family tree. It's a fantastic game, I have the disc myself, but I'm considering GOGing it anyway to have it around.

Personally I'm going to wait to the end of this sale (to see what I spend on the Steam holiday sale) and nab some at the end. Currently thinking about HoMM3 and Age of Wonder: Shadow Magic for strat gaming on the netbook, as well as maybe Planescape for a replay.

 

[sfried]

*Salute*

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I have such fond memories of Empire Earth. And now it is my chance to play Planescape Torment in English for the first time, oh and psychonauts too!

 

[larvi]

Hey GAF, you guys recommended these action RPGS/hack n slash type games.
Any other recommendations for me to pick up?
Thanks!

Divine Divinity and to a lesser extent the sequel Beyond Divinity.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Personally I'm going to wait to the end of this sale (to see what I spend on the Steam holiday sale) and nab some at the end. Currently thinking about HoMM3 and Age of Wonder: Shadow Magic for strat gaming on the netbook, as well as maybe Planescape for a replay.

I was going to try and do this as I've been wishlisting a bunch of stuff... but now my wishlist won't load at all

 

[Narag]

I was going to try and do this as I've been wishlisting a bunch of stuff... but now my wishlist won't load at all

Site is having issues I guess. Sale page wouldn't load for me nor will it let me check out.

 

[goober]

Do you guys think the Witcher 1 will be at a lower price somewhere?

 

[Narag]

Do you guys think the Witcher 1 will be at a lower price somewhere?

It was 2.50 on steam a couple weeks back. Might be that low again during the steam xmas sale.

 

[Llyranor]

Wait, a lot of these space sims are not compatible with Win7 yet. Maaaaaaaan.

 

[Cudder]

Sorry if it's been asked but, nothing for Mac?

 

[goober]

It was 2.50 on steam a couple weeks back. Might be that low again during the steam xmas sale.

Wait, so steam has the daily wishlist deals AND is going to have an xmas sale? wow. my wallet.

 

[The Return of]

So anyone who had played Freespace 2 would you say it has aged well?

 

[teiresias]

Now I'm all excited to play some space sims! Hopefully it plays nice with bindings. And it was only 20 something bucks. I remember paying way more than that for something that had two buttons and was super stiff in the mid 90s. So a good shopping day.

Just gotta wait for microsoft flight sim to come to steam (yeah cause thats going to happen).

I'm debating between one of these single stick setups or a HOTAS stick, probably the Thrustmaster for the price:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CXYMFS/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Just can't decide, and I've had Freespace 1 & 2 and all the Descent games sitting in my GOG library since the last sale and haven't touched any of them because I can't decide on a stick, haha.

 

[epmode]

Wait, a lot of these space sims are not compatible with Win7 yet. Maaaaaaaan.

I can't even think of a single Win7-incompatible GOG game. Everything I own works, even the stuff that isn't listed as Win7 compatible.

As for a flight stick, I'm very happy with a newly-purchased USB Sidewinder Precision Pro: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000JDFT/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Wedge7]

Hey guys, excuse the silly question, but figures I might as well ask.

I'm not too familar with GOG, besides the fact that it is another digital type store like Steam, cept for older games obviously. Yet unless I'm mistaken, do they actually change the actual game files around or something? Like, slightly altered, IE, no drm etc.

A big concern I've always had when playing alot of my older RPGS, ala BG2, Planescape is that they run like shit or always crash when I try to play them on my newer systems that have Vista or Win7. Are these GOG versions actually different and altered so that they run on those OS's?

I remember borrowing Planescape years ago from a buddy, but quitting after about 5 hours, due to it constantly crashing in Vista.

 

[Minsc]

Wing Commander 1, 2 & 3
Wing Commander: Privateer
Freespace 1 & 2
Independence War 1 & 2
Descent 1, 2, & 3

Glorious flightstick master race! Death to mouse and keyboard controls!

Let's keep this a happy holiday, and leave the master race jokes behind, for good.

Their time has long past.

Wait, a lot of these space sims are not compatible with Win7 yet. Maaaaaaaan.

I wouldn't really go by that too much, lots of / most people have no troubles with games that don't officially say Win 7 yet. Check the game's forums, and google, chances are almost every time it will work fine even if it's not listed. All that really means is you probably won't get your money back if you have problems.

Hey guys, excuse the silly question, but figures I might as well ask.

I'm not too familar with GOG, besides the fact that it is another digital type store like Steam, cept for older games obviously. Yet unless I'm mistaken, do they actually change the actual game files around or something? Like, slightly altered, IE, no drm etc.

A big concern I've always had when playing alot of my older RPGS, ala BG2, Planescape is that they run like shit or always crash when I try to play them on my newer systems that have Vista or Win7. Are these GOG versions actually different and altered so that they run on those OS's?

I remember borrowing Planescape years ago from a buddy, but quitting after about 5 hours, due to it constantly crashing in Vista.

The games are not without bugs, but if you use the GOG version with the unofficial patches, don't install to program files\, and keep lots and lots of saves, you shouldn't expect to encounter any impossible-to-get-around game breaking bugs. I don't even really encounter crashing bugs at all myself when replaying the games with the unofficial patches anymore, but there's usually a way around it if you search.

To more directly answer your question, the versions are the same performance wise. As for running like shit, there are a few tools you can use to get perfect performance in the games, if you are encountering slowdown / visual glitches, like this one for Planescape Torment.