Four more games added this week, and now we're caught back up again with all recent releases.
First is maybe one of the biggest (non-exclusive and new) releases for GOG this year,
Divinity: Original Sin. I think we're going to see this one on quite a number of GOTY lists, and it's an RPG that took many by surprise. Huge, open-ended and perhaps one of the best battle systems in an RPG, you're definitely getting your money's worth and more out of this game. And if the community latches on to the extensive editor provided, that's just icing on the cake. So if you like RPGs and aren't playing this, you're doing something wrong.
Xenonauts is next, and I wasn't quite sure if I'd put this one without a warning or not, but I think it holds its own going by the impressions. Sure, it's not perfect (main complaints being the lifeless style to the game and lack of excitement the original X-COM had going for it), but it's still said to be one of the most faithful reincarnations of X-COM to date, and a very solid strategy / tactics game once you get past the shortcomings.
Z one the other hand does get a warning attached to it, partly because it's not the exact same Z you remember playing 20+ years ago (rather a port of the recent mobile recent)... the UI had some rather serious issues at launch on GOG/Steam that made controlling with a kb+m quite unfriendly, though they have been since patched to some extent. Also I saw mention the AI does not act the same way as the original did too, your units would walk all the way around an obstacle the long way instead of just destroying it with grenades when you issued a move command past it. Despite those things, Z still carries many positive impressions, and a rather brutal difficulty that will probably have you cursing at the computer.
Finally,
Gray Matter joins the list, bringing Sierra fans a new Jane Jensen adventure game worth looking in to. Except for the final chapter, impressions are overall very positive, citing the game's fun puzzles and mysterious and engaging storyline. Not quite up to the level of the earlier Gabriel Knight games, but not far off either from the impressions.
As for what didn't make the cut, there's a few this week (games that just recently released get a second chance for impressions if you're wondering):
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Quest for Infamy (not enough impressions, revisit in a few weeks)
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DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale (not enough impressions)
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Schein (not enough impressions, revisit in a few weeks)
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Monster Bash (not enough impressions)
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Anomaly Defenders (not enough impressions)
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MouseCraft (not enough impressions, revisit in a few weeks)
