"Good Old Games"

Alistair · 2009-11-01T14:57:22.000Z

peterb:

I picked up Gothic and Gothic 2 last week…

I don’t remember the G2 interface being espeically painful. Or maybe that was just compared to G1 :) I’m really not sure about the standard advice here about trying it with the expansion installed on a first go. The expansion makes it harder (I think) and it’s already a hard game. If you’re new to the series, maybe you should take it a little easier, and if you want to go back and see more content, and G3 and Risen don’t appeal, then you have NOTR as an option. That was how it was first provided after all - everyone who played it had played through G2 already…

Bethesda might not have completely nailed third person, but they’ve done a better job than PB have of first I think.

malkav11 · 2009-11-01T16:50:17.000Z

I don’t think you can install it without the expansion in the GoG download.

Fugitive · 2009-11-01T17:00:49.000Z

malkav11:

I don’t think you can install it without the expansion in the GoG download.

If you press the Options button while installing it, there’s a checkbox that controls whether NotR gets installed or not.

Tom_Ohle · 2009-11-01T17:04:06.000Z

Rock8man:

You have 68 games from GoG? I didn’t even that had that many games in their catalog already.

Hey, we have some guys who’ve bought all 160 :)

BrianRubin · 2009-11-01T19:12:39.000Z

Tom Ohle:

Hey, we have some guys who’ve bought all 160 :)

That’s freaking awesome, Tom! ^_^ And I’m addicted to GoG too. Great work!

Nawid_A · 2009-11-01T19:44:31.000Z

Tom Ohle:

Hey, we have some guys who’ve bought all 160 :)

If they maximized savings with the deals, that actually wouldn’t be too much.
I looked over past deals and there was a “Complete This Developer’s Collection” deal. Pretty clever. The JoWood one got me for two. And the Ground Control would’ve got me if you guys fixed your system requirements for it :).

zengonzo · 2009-11-02T07:54:30.000Z

Nawid A:

Then my wallet stays a little less anorexic.

Bulimic, I would think.

Cubit · 2009-11-05T06:44:23.000Z

Majesco is on GOG now, with Psychonauts and Advent Rising released today.

Rock8man · 2009-11-05T06:47:37.000Z

Cubit:

Majesco is on GOG now, with Psychonauts and Advent Rising released today.

While that’s awesome, I would actually advise people away from the PC version of Psychonauts. I own both the PC and Xbox versions, and though the PC version looks identical and plays well with a wired 360 controller, all the tutorial messages you’ll see on the screen will be for keyboard shortcuts, even when you’re playing with a 360 controller on the PC. It takes away enough from the overall experience that I’d say it is worth spending a little extra money to get it from Xbox Live as a $15 Xbox Original instead.

Nawid_A · 2009-11-05T06:52:59.000Z

Rock8man:

While that’s awesome, I would actually advise people away from the PC version of Psychonauts. I own both the PC and Xbox versions, and though the PC version looks identical and plays well with a wired 360 controller, all the tutorial messages you’ll see on the screen will be for keyboard shortcuts, even when you’re playing with a 360 controller on the PC. It takes away enough from the overall experience that I’d say it is worth spending a little extra money to get it from Xbox Live as a $15 Xbox Original instead.

Isn’t the tutorial a short part of the game though?

Warning · 2009-11-05T06:53:11.000Z

I’ve always wanted to play Advent Rising. Worth it?

BrianRubin · 2009-11-05T06:54:04.000Z

Rock8man:

While that’s awesome, I would actually advise people away from the PC version of Psychonauts. I own both the PC and Xbox versions, and though the PC version looks identical and plays well with a wired 360 controller, all the tutorial messages you’ll see on the screen will be for keyboard shortcuts, even when you’re playing with a 360 controller on the PC. It takes away enough from the overall experience that I’d say it is worth spending a little extra money to get it from Xbox Live as a $15 Xbox Original instead.

So you’re saying I should buy an Xbox 360 just so I can get this game for $15?

Rock8man · 2009-11-05T06:54:37.000Z

Nawid A:

Isn’t the tutorial a short part of the game though?

Not really. You’re given new abilities throughout the game, and therefore keep receiving new tutorial messages on the screen throughout the game.

Eric_P · 2009-11-05T07:29:13.000Z

Warning:

I’ve always wanted to play Advent Rising. Worth it?

for that price…maybe.

it’s kind of buggy, but I found it enjoyable, especially the opening sequences.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-05T07:31:10.000Z

Warning:

I’ve always wanted to play Advent Rising. Worth it?

I’ve never played it, but the soundtrack is freaking fantastic. ^_^

Paul_cze · 2009-11-05T08:28:24.000Z

Both games are awesome, and both are awesome on PC.Too bad I already got Psychonauts on steam…I would instabuy it on gog if I didnt.

Jab · 2009-11-05T10:03:41.000Z

Warning:

I’ve always wanted to play Advent Rising. Worth it?

I liked it but I remember having a bug with the pc version that the game would not let me load save games correctly a lot. I don’t know if they ever patched the game as I traded the pc version back in after a week or so.

Rob_Merritt · 2009-11-05T10:42:52.000Z

Cubit:

Majesco is on GOG now, with Psychonauts and Advent Rising released today.

Do I dare buy psychonauts…again?

Quitch · 2009-11-05T12:29:58.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I’ve never played it, but the soundtrack is freaking fantastic. ^_^

And totally, totally misused by the game.

Buy the soundtrack, not the game.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-05T12:31:13.000Z

Quitch:

And totally, totally misused by the game.

Buy the soundtrack, not the game.

o_O How is it misused, if I may ask?