Agreed, you should see screens and videos of Pop2 before buying it. It was a classic in his time, but decades have passed.
Telefrog
4702
stusser
4703
The Bard’s Tale for iOS is free today only. Great deal.
For some reason it needs a lot of space to install, even though the game itself only consumes 1.3GB. I had to clear over 3.
Manresa
4705
I was about to ask if this is the trainwreck action-rpg from 2004, or the classic turn-based dungeon crawl. The iTunes store answered my question–It’s both! The original trilogy essentially defined my taste in RPGs. The reboot is awful.
The reboot kicked ass. And free is a seriously kickass price.
stusser
4707
I kinda liked the reboot. It was nothing like the originals, obviously, and it wasn’t much of a game, but the voice acting was top notch and it was quite funny. And you can’t beat free.
Every single title I’ve bought from GoG has been exactly the same. 5 minutes of nostalgia, followed by…wow…games really sucked back then.
At the time all of those games were released, many of them were cutting edge, and there wasn’t anything better to compare them to. For me, every one I have bought just hasn’t held up. Whether its annoying interface layouts, or repetitive slide show gameplay. At the time it was fairly amazing, because it wasn’t something you had seen before, but the nostalgia goggles are very strong with these titles, at least for me.
I have to throw my hat into the ‘these titles are not worth what they are charging’ category, especially given the massive amount of games that are available today either for free or for a buck or two.
I don’t begrudge anyone enjoyment of these relics, and I understand the allure of it all. I just haven’t found a game yet that I’ve bought that I really got back into other than a very short trip down memory lane.
I don’t mind a $5 price if that’s the baseline and I can wait for a sale and get it for half that. I guess $6 for older games like MoM isn’t so bad either since I can get them for $3 on sale. I don’t like all these games getting the $10 treatment, however.
So I just choose not to buy for the most part. I’d rather get newer games I have yet to play on sale at Steam for $5. For example I got Borderlands last year on sale for $5 I think, or maybe $7.50 with DLC included. And I just got F.E.A.R. at GMG for $2 with the 35% off code. It makes those ancient GOG games at $5.99 seem overpriced.
Not every game holds up as well as any other. But I have to disagree with this. There are good games on GOG that I still enjoy playing for hours, and not for nostalgia’s sake. Castles. Ultima: Martian Dreams. Stronghold. And, of course, Star Control 2.
What games have you tried revisiting?
stusser
4712
Right on their front page, they’ve got alpha centauri, the longest journey, ultima7 (the Best Game of All Time), neverwinter nights, and fallout. They all hold up, although you’ll need to run ultima7 in Exult.
liminal
4713
This rumor originated from NeoGAF, so who knows. But MS has had a generous and comprehensive sale every other Christmas season, so why not. We’ll find out if it’s true next Tuesday.
The prices aren’t listed, but XBLA titles like Mark of the Ninja and the new Trials + DLC will supposedly all be on sale. And the Borderlands 2 season pass (!). Come on, Borderlands 2 season pass.
stusser
4714
Steam Sale should be coming up on 12/20 also.
Wow, very cool if that’s true. I’ll at least be getting Mark of the Ninja, Jet Set Radio HD, Trials Evo DLC, and probably more.
Steam Sale should be coming up on 12/20 also.
I didn’t get a single thing in the Thanksgiving sale. I might actually have all the games I want on Steam now. It’s reached that kind of saturation point. The obvious exception is newer games, of course, but newer games tend not to come under my $10 impulse purchase range either.
Trials HD + Evo is going to be released on PC via some new Gold edition, so I’m debating whether I should hold out for that. Hopefully it gets released on Steam.
nogwart
4717
I find this very interesting. I never thought of myself as unique in the way I use GOG, but perhaps I am (?). I don’t buy GOG games to “recapture the magic” by (re-)buying games I played when they were new for the nostalgic feeling of replaying them. With very few exceptions, I still have every game CD (and some floppies) I’ve ever bought, so if I want to replay an old game I liked, I do. For example, I still play Rainbow Six (all versions), Thief, Stronghold, Disciples 2, and quite a few others when the mood hits me, even though I’ve “beaten” them many times.
While the GOG repackaging for easier, no-CD playing (11th Hour, Realms Of The Haunting, Psychonauts) has been a draw occasionally, I buy GOG games for one primary reason: To try out supposedly great games I missed out on when they were new. This has proven to be hit-and-miss, but out of the (currently) 118 games I’ve bought for this reason on GOG, I have found some that I am genuinely glad I found on GOG, and probably would never have played otherwise (Silent Storm 2, Nox, Enclave, Freespace 2, Might And Magic, Warlords: Battlecry 3, to name a few).
Admittedly, however, more often than not, the “Good Old Games” I missed out on the first time around turn out to be better left missed. That list is quite long.
Giaddon
4718
GOG has some indie RPGs for 3.74 today, including the interesting-looking The Real Texas.
True, but I bet some of those newer games will drop down to $37 or even $20 for a day there, stuff that came out back in September and earlier. I’m hoping to snag Borderlands 2 for something around or under thirty bucks, for example, or a Dishonored for the same. Just maybe!
Giaddon
4720
Dishonored for sure, it’s already been under thirty. Borderlands 2 is a safe bet for at least 50% off, mayybeee 66%, even.
