"Good Old Games"

Murph · 2012-05-14T14:28:43.000Z

CLWheeljack:

In QFG1, at least, the thief sign comes with the lock pick skill. Only the thief starts with a lock pick, but you can apparently acquire one.

Oh I see! I suppose that makes sense. Good to know.

KaoFloppy · 2012-05-17T08:19:25.000Z

Far Cry 2 Fortunes Edition released for USD 9.99.
…(runs off to check Steam) It’s the same price as Steam, but with no DRM!

Torin’s Passage released for USD 5.99.
point/click adventure by Al Lowe, of KQ3 and Leisure Suit Larry fame. I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

Paul_cze · 2012-05-17T08:37:35.000Z

Wow FC2, would not expect that.
Too bad I already have CE version.

Giaddon · 2012-05-22T05:05:20.000Z

Dreamfall is now on GOG. $15

Chuck · 2012-05-22T06:04:10.000Z

Wow, I’m surprised by that price. It’s an okay game, but for 15 dollars?

Reminds me of the price creep of Kindle novels.

Razgon · 2012-05-22T06:07:45.000Z

Dreamfall is for some reason pretty expensive everytime I tried looking for it. Thank god I have both a PC and an xbox version now…although…those are disc based… ARRGGGHHH

Rock8man · 2012-05-22T06:10:22.000Z

I have it in digital form on both formats. I have it both on Xbox (as an Xbox Live Original) and on PC (on Steam). But I’ve never got around to playing it. I skipped it when it originally came out because of mixed reviews. I always did regret that, since I feel like I missed the window on that game sometimes. I loved the first game so much, so I really should have been more loyal and played the second one when it came out.

Catshade · 2012-05-22T09:02:51.000Z

It’s $20 on Steam. I guess GOG has done all they can to cut the base price as much as possible.

Giaddon · 2012-05-24T05:09:45.000Z

Pharaoh + Cleopatra are now $10 on GOG! Probably the most atmospheric of the Impressions builders. Still excellent, despite the irritating employment walkers. Building the great monuments of Egypt is so awesome!

Shimarenda · 2012-05-24T07:24:02.000Z

Giaddon:

Pharaoh + Cleopatra are now $10 on GOG! Probably the most atmospheric of the Impressions builders. Still excellent, despite the irritating employment walkers. Building the great monuments of Egypt is so awesome!

Walkers are much more fun and atmospheric to me than games that use the magic aura of goods and services.

BrianRubin · 2012-05-24T09:36:32.000Z

Yeah, I like walkers. Stuff it, Giaddon. Plebs are fucking needed. ;)

Giaddon · 2012-05-24T09:43:54.000Z

I think the game itself doesn’t really account for slum management. Just dump a few houses down near your work site, watch as they get sick, decay, burn down, then shovel it all up and build more. Could have been more interesting. But Pharaoh is amazing.

Much better than Zeus.

quarryman · 2012-05-24T10:10:42.000Z

Giaddon:

Much better than Zeus.

WRONG!

Nightgaunt · 2012-05-24T10:10:51.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Plebs are fucking needed. ;)

Haha!

Sorry, Giaddon, but Zeus was ultimately better. An Egyptian-themed-Zeus is the unrealized pinnacle of historical city builders.

Pharaoh was still pretty great—nothing beats building a pyramid—but those employment walkers were no good.

Good gracious, do I love those games…

BrianRubin · 2012-05-24T10:51:21.000Z

Giaddon:

Much better than Zeus.

You are so god damn wrong it hurts my dick.

Giaddon · 2012-05-24T10:53:08.000Z

I can have that effect on people. Hence my superhero identity, “The Blue-Baller.”

BrianRubin · 2012-05-24T10:56:21.000Z

More Like “The Wrong-About-City-Builders-Er”

Shimarenda · 2012-05-24T12:10:23.000Z

It’s interesting that the next SimCity uses walkers. They’re invisible and are called “agents”, but still walkers.

Nesrie · 2012-05-24T18:12:37.000Z

Shimarenda:

It’s interesting that the next SimCity uses walkers. They’re invisible and are called “agents”, but still walkers.

Yeah but those “walkers” are not going to be required to be corralled into a circle to make sure they pass everything in even intervals.

Razgon · 2012-05-24T23:41:13.000Z

Does GOG Ever release their sales numbers? I’d be very interested in the Flight sim sales numbers, due to the recent Tie Fighter discussions and whether there still is any playerbase left to play these games.