"Good Old Games"

Paul_cze · 2009-11-05T12:33:44.000Z

Well I just bought Advent Rising darnit.Too bad OST is not included - I hope GOG will be able to get it later.

Quitch · 2009-11-05T13:06:28.000Z

Brian Rubin:

o_O How is it misused, if I may ask?

They had a tendancy to drop the dramatic tracks in when absolutely nothing was happening. Drinking tea dramatic music

And after the excellent space opening, you get that dire space station exposition bit. And then some terrible gun play. Then some terrible character development where you’re instant best buddies with everyone. Urgh, I feel dirty talking about it.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-05T13:09:13.000Z

Quitch:

They had a tendancy to drop the dramatic tracks in when absolutely nothing was happening. Drinking tea dramatic music

Hahahahahah! Sorry, I’m tempted to get it just for that, as it kinda sounds hilarious. DRAMATIC TEA DRINKING! sip

Quitch:

And after the excellent space opening, you get that dire space station exposition bit. And then some terrible gun play. Then some terrible character development where you’re instant best buddies with everyone. Urgh, I feel dirty talking about it.

Wow, that sounds pretty…dreary…

peterb · 2009-11-05T14:55:29.000Z

Rob_Merritt:

Do I dare buy psychonauts…again?

Psychonauts was one of those games that, even eliminating the Couch Factor out of the equation, is just plain more fun on the Xbox than on the PC. The control scheme just works better on the console. That firing course with Sascha Nein was straightforward on the Xbox, and intolerable on Windows, IMHO.

You can download it to your 360 on Xbox Live arcade, which is what I ended up doing.

Spect · 2009-11-06T07:01:33.000Z

Lords of the Realm on sale. 1, 2 and 3, plus Magic for $12.57

Link: http://www.gog.com/en/promo/lords_of_series

Now, I know I’ve played some of these at some point in my gaming lifetime, but I’m getting old and my memory is bad. Someone remind me which of these were good please.

Tom_Ohle · 2009-11-06T07:34:20.000Z

I didn’t actually play the Lords of the Realm games… Lords of Magic was a lot of fun, though.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-06T08:29:29.000Z

Lords of the Realm 2 and its expansion were the best of 'em, IMHO. LOTR 1 was great, I heard LOTR 3 was crap, and Lords of Magic was…meh…

DaveLong · 2009-11-06T08:47:26.000Z

Lords of Magic SE is talked about upthread I think. The SE definitely fixed a lot of issues with the original release and was well received.

For that price, they’re worth it.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-06T08:49:18.000Z

Dave Long:

Lords of Magic SE is talked about upthread I think. The SE definitely fixed a lot of issues with the original release and was well received.

For that price, they’re worth it.

Sigh, and that’s all my wallet needed to hear kaching!

Nawid_A · 2009-11-06T10:09:54.000Z

I just don’t see myself playing them anytime soon.

marxeil · 2009-11-10T05:00:11.000Z

Sanitarium is up. I tried to play this a couple of years ago but didn’t get beyond the 1st room because it was extremely unstable.

Rob_Merritt · 2009-11-10T05:05:55.000Z

Sanitarium is one of the best old school serious adventure games ever made.

intruder · 2009-11-10T05:11:11.000Z

Sanatorium kicks ass.
I finished the game way back and it was a memorable ride for sure!

Best part: Playing “Hide and Seek” with the kids (little brats!)…

antifood · 2009-11-10T05:25:42.000Z

It’s nice to see GOG pick up different developers/publishers. It seems like they have been on a roll recently.

BrianRubin · 2009-11-10T06:27:22.000Z

antifood:

It’s nice to see GOG pick up different developers/publishers. It seems like they have been on a roll recently.

Agreed, one can only hope this momentum keeps going. I know I keep buying their stuff, and will continue to do so. ^_^

Rock8man · 2009-11-10T06:30:32.000Z

Why is Sanitarium by Publisher XS Games? The disc version I bought years ago was by Interplay, wasn’t it? Did they sell the rights to publish it to XS Games I wonder?

nKoan · 2009-11-10T06:38:40.000Z

Ah, I’ve been looking for Sanitarium for years. I lent out my disk copy back in college and never got it back.

LesJarvis · 2009-11-10T06:40:20.000Z

Rock8man:

Why is Sanitarium by Publisher XS Games? The disc version I bought years ago was by Interplay, wasn’t it? Did they sell the rights to publish it to XS Games I wonder?

It’s Interplay, man. They probably sold the rights to pay rent, and then got evicted anyway.

Edit: actually, just looking at Wiki and google, I don’t think Interplay published Sanitarium originally, ASC did.

Rock8man · 2009-11-10T06:48:59.000Z

You’re right. I was mistaken. It was ASC.

Paul_cze · 2009-11-10T07:48:50.000Z

Sanitarium is awesome.One of my favourite childhood memories is playing Sanitarium, walking to a dude and trying to talk to him, when instead he falls down the abyss.Or trying to talk to a guy who keeps smashing his head to the wall.

I am definitely gonna buy it.