Curse You GOG!

[nukeheal]

What they are trying to do is bring new customers to GOG. Force them to create a account claim few free games and hopefully spend money on the website.. and it will hopefully work but I don't fully support it.

I understand they looked at the recent W2 sell numbers and said "the time has come for us to forget about W2 and use it to benefit the both studio and future CDPR games" Ofc more people play free W2 more likely they will buy W3 and maybe even on GOG instead of Steam or Amazon.

I believe from business point of view you should never treat your games like they dont exist anymore giving them away for free. Instead smarter move would be to encourage people to spend 5-10$ on the GOG and then give them W2 and W1 as a token of appreciation. Maybe even -10% off coupons for W3 and other games if they spend more.

Now future W2 sales from eg. from Steam winter sales and retailers will stop or be reduced. But Its also about respect.. by giving it away for free you make people think its not worth the 14.99 or 9.99. and W3 might be the same.. Some might think why should I pay full price on PC version if value of CDPR games drops so quickly they give them away for free 2-3 years later.

Dunno thats how I feel about it. .

 

[gregski]

Just bought Chronicles of Riddick:Assault on Dark Athena. Such underrated game!

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

What they are trying to do is bring new customers to GOG. Force them to create a account claim few free games and hopefully spend money on the website.. and it will hopefully work but I don't fully support it.

Why not? Better than those people lingering on Steam. Bring more users on GOG!

I believe from business point of view you should never treat your games like they dont exist anymore giving them away for free

Others disagree with you. Lot's of games are free to begin with (example). If some company gives out their games for free as a promotional step, it's perfectly fine. Don't forget many of those games are already pirated. So getting more users interested is useful. Especially since it's not a permanent give away, but just a temporary deal.

Iby giving it away for free you make people think its not worth the 14.99 or 9.99

Measuring respect by the price is a really strange way to do it. Respect has to be earned in this case by making good games and acting decently and not like some DRM jerked control freaks. And CDPR did earn respect.

 

[Aaden]

Plus, what they're doing is actually much more devious than "buy games for $10 and receive TW2 for free". It's "come back to our website every day to look at all those magnificent deals, don't feel bullied into buying anything to get the free game, but spend much more than the forced $10 on the reduced games anyway".

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

A bunch of puzzle games 80% off with 4 out of 5 games having Linux versions:
https://www.gog.com/promo/big_fall_indie_puzzlers_bundle_161114

 

[ShivaSi]

Just got Heroes of Might and Magic bundle, Deponia bundle and Mount and Blade bundle. Wish they all had linux version.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

Actually Deponia games do have Linux versions in some release they call "a complete journey". But it's not available on GOG for some reason.

See http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/deponia-the-complete-journey-released-for-linux.3998/

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Just found this: http://steamcommunity.com/app/214340/discussions/0/613937306615913549#c613939294477994545

So individual titles are coming to Linux as well so they'll probably end up on GOG too.

 

[Glaroug.531]

Played around with the free GOG copy of Mount and Blade in wine. Worked well, was incredibly fun. Apparently Warband is even even better, and its a true Linux game, no wrapper like I thought. Curse your tricksy methods GOG

Holy crap this game is extremely fun and atmospheric! Scores of your mighty comrades charging into battle against a wicked Lord, arrows and javelins wizzing over your head, mighty trumpets blasting. It can be extremely brutal at times. One mintue you have a mighty band of heroes, but it can all be wiped away after a defeat. Very much a Baldur's Gate like difficulty at the beginning. The mounted combat is still giving me trouble but I think I'm gradually improving. Excellent game

 

[schinderhannes.999]

2014 DRM-free Big Winter Sale starts now!

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gog.com/news/2014_drmfree_winter_sale

 

[Kinley]

That S.T.A.L.K.E.R. bundle. Cheeki breeki...

 

[volsung]

Awesome, GOG sale!

I think I will get Age of Wonders 3. Thought about buying Legend of Grimrock 2 but it wasn't cheap enough. Same goes for Divinity OS.

And my backlog keeps growing...

 

[Phinnway]

Oh boy. The Ultimate D&D Collection is on sale again. I just resisted the urge to buy that last time. I haven't even beaten Origin Sin yet so how am I supposed to have time to play all these classics? *sigh* Decisions, decisions.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

That S.T.A.L.K.E.R. bundle. Cheeki breeki...

Just got it I didn't play any of them before and some here said they are quite good.

 

[Aaden]

Remember that Nordic Games decided to leave GoG? Now they're offering one last chance to get their catalogue at a huge discount:
http://www.gog.com/promo/weekend_promo_nordic_special_191214
Just over 3 days left.

 

[EliHarel]

Remember that Nordic Games decided to leave GoG? Now they're offering one last chance to get their catalogue at a huge discount:
http://www.gog.com/promo/weekend_promo_nordic_special_191214
Just over 3 days left.

What here is recommended?

 

[Aaden]

Spellforce is an excellent RPG-RTS crossover. Gothic 2, obviously, absolute RPG classic.

Beyond that, it's a matter of taste, really. Desperados is a very good tactic game - like Commandos in Wild West. Book of Unwritten Tales and Black Mirror are great Point and Click adventures, the former of the funny Fantasy type, rich with references to genre classics like Lord of the Rings, Warcraft, etc, the latter a more serious mystery adventure. The Guild games are outstanding simulations (in case of the Guild 2 go for the "Renaissance" version), where you take control of a dynasty, aspiring for wealth, honor and political office in the late middle ages / renaissance. Painkiller is a very old school shooter, but good at what it is.

 

[Garrison72]

That is a lot of solid games leaving GoG. Shit, I'm gonna have to splurge here.

I just bought the remaining 30 Nordic games I don't own for 31 usd...I have no self control.

 

[Jobbert.907]

Cheeki breeki...

This just made me laugh out loud and gave me a strong nostalgia wave at the same time. Damn, I should play STALKER again some time...

 

[Aaden]

That is a lot of solid games leaving GoG. Shit, I'm gonna have to splurge here.

I just bought the remaining 30 Nordic games I don't own for 31 usd...I have no self control.

Don't feel bad. Right now I have the stuff I want marked in the list for about the fifth or sixth time since yesterday. I really shouldn't as my budget is small and I'm almost certain something nice will be on sale at Steam throughout their christmas sale, but I feel my resistance waning. It is obscenely cheap after all and who knows when, where and it what form these games will be available DRM free again?

It's mostly the collector in me and a bit of nostalgia. E.g., I don't even plan to play Spellforce anytime soon, but I loved that game back then, never got around to play the second one and would like to do so one distant day - and if I'd buy the second one, there's no point in not buying the first one as well. The same goes for Desperados. The Guild is a game I never spent as much time on as it deserves. I didn't finish Silver back then.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

I think this deal with Nordic is caused by them still relying on retail "publishers" and they hate flat pricing.