Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

Otagan · 2012-09-20T13:58:11.000Z

None of the DLC is necessary, I’d say. The season pass is the only one that adds substantive content, and a couple of the weapon packs can be fun, but absolutely none of it is required to thoroughly enjoy the game and I don’t think I even touched any of the DLC missions or equipment until after the base game was out of the way.

BrianRubin · 2012-09-20T13:59:57.000Z

Cool, good to know. I like how one can try it out for free this weekend too. DEFINITELY giving it a shot.

TranquilityBase · 2012-09-20T16:27:58.000Z

The Shark Attack DLC is a must have. The Money Shot pack is pretty nice too, for the fully auto sniper rifle.

Nightgaunt · 2012-09-21T06:42:31.000Z

Some killer games on sale at GOG.com today:

Outcast (An overlooked favorite)
Master of Orion 1+2
Master of Magic
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Total Annihilation (not a fan myself, but others are)
[B]Colonization /B
Sid Meier’s Pirates! Gold (the definitive “old” version)
Alone In Dark 1+2+3
Desperados

SlainteMhath · 2012-09-21T07:01:22.000Z

Anyone own the GoG version of Master of Magic? Does it play fine in Windows 7/64?

Shellfishguy · 2012-09-21T07:05:16.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Anyone own the GoG version of Master of Magic? Does it play fine in Windows 7/64?

Bought it there ages ago and yes it runs fine.

Jorn_Weines · 2012-09-21T07:05:33.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Anyone own the GoG version of Master of Magic? Does it play fine in Windows 7/64?

I’ve had no problems running in in W7/64.

jaygittings · 2012-09-21T07:06:44.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Anyone own the GoG version of Master of Magic? Does it play fine in Windows 7/64?

I haven’t had trouble with it on my rig. I’ve played around with it for an hour or two.

SlainteMhath · 2012-09-21T07:09:43.000Z

Awesome, thanks guys. At $2.30 how can I NOT buy it?! =)

jaygittings · 2012-09-21T07:16:45.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Awesome, thanks guys. At $2.30 how can I NOT buy it?! =)

You must buy it. It is a moral imperative;)

arrendek · 2012-09-21T07:17:03.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Anyone own the GoG version of Master of Magic? Does it play fine in Windows 7/64?

I know there are already 3 responses to this, but I thought I’d just add that it uses DosBox, so as long as you’ve run a game via that successfully in the past it won’t be an issue. It’s a pretty solid emulator, so I don’t think anyone is having issues with it, but there you go.

I ran the GoG-wrapped-in-DosBox version for a whole game from start to completion on my laptop during a work trip some time ago.

Balasarius · 2012-09-21T07:50:53.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Awesome, thanks guys. At $2.30 how can I NOT buy it?! =)

Because it runs in DOSBOX at 320x200 and it makes my eyes bleed?

Sorry. I just can’t go back that far.

DeepT · 2012-09-21T07:55:20.000Z

If it would run at a high resolution, then everything would be super-tiny and you couldn’t see anything.

SlainteMhath · 2012-09-21T08:10:38.000Z

Darklands is part of the $2.30 super sale on GoG. Talk about a fantastic game that will make your modern-game-playing eyes bleed. Even the screenshots are painful to look at, but man, so much depth and content for the time.

Rock8man · 2012-09-21T08:11:49.000Z

That’s the problem I had with it, that things are represented by so few pixels, I had a tough time telling what things are. Going to a higher resolution wouldn’t help that.

Vesper · 2012-09-21T08:12:28.000Z

Green Man Gaming has a deal for $8 off Xcom. They’re using a trade-in trick. Get Age of Fear for free and trade it in for $8 off the discounted price of $44. Xcom for $36!

http://www.greenmangaming.com/xcom-deal/

Rock8man · 2012-09-21T08:16:38.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Darklands is part of the $2.30 super sale on GoG. Talk about a fantastic game that will make your modern-game-playing eyes bleed. Even the screenshots are painful to look at, but man, so much depth and content for the time.

Is that the game that was talked about briefly on the Qt3 podcast around the time of the GOG release a while back? That sounded really interesting and it is a rare classic that I’d never heard of before the GOG release. How big a part are the graphics? Is the tale mostly conveyed through text or graphics?

Balasarius · 2012-09-21T08:22:04.000Z

Rock8man:

Is that the game that was talked about briefly on the Qt3 podcast around the time of the GOG release a while back? That sounded really interesting and it is a rare classic that I’d never heard of before the GOG release. How big a part are the graphics? Is the tale mostly conveyed through text or graphics?

A fairly even mix? Combat is graphical, iirc, similar to the old Gold Box games.

It’s… it’s rough.

Edit - it’s also deep. You’re going to need to spend some quality time with the manual.

Wo1verine · 2012-09-21T09:04:45.000Z

Balasarius:

Edit - it’s also deep. You’re going to need to spend some quality time with the manual.

Understatement of the year. It’s very deep, even creating a balanced party to stand any chance at the start requires lots of manual reading. However, don’t let that put you off, it’s a classic.

arrendek · 2012-09-21T10:25:42.000Z

I love the look of these games. It really brings me back, makes me reminisce.

Master of Magic still looks awesome to me. It’s low res and wonderful. Played it a year and a half ago last.

Yeah, I might have my rose-tinted glasses on. :)