Good Old Games (buy them!)

[Dasquian Belargic]

https://www.gog.com/

Critically-acclaimed, DRM free, XP/Vista compatible low-price games that you know and love (e.g. Fallout!) I just bought Heroes of Might and Magic :D

[Peter McCoy]

Oooh, Beneath a Steel Sky is free! I'll be getting that one, I've always wanted to play it since spying it on Underdogs.

[Dasquian Belargic]

They are adding to the game selection quite frequently, it seems. You can even vote on which games you want them to stock! Not surprisingly, System Shock is the top of the list.

[Peter McCoy]

System Shock 1, Vista compatible. Now that would be pure awesomeness!

[stevenvdb]

Gandalf apparently likes a good game of chess. (click the Chessmaster 9000 graphic and gander at the header image... looks spookily like Ian McKellan)

[Dasquian Belargic]

:lol I noticed that, but hey.. seems like the kind of game he might play!

[Dasquian Belargic]

I just bought Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six:


The title that started the beloved Tom Clancy's games series is now available on GOG.com to every armchair anti-terrorist.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a tactical first-person shooter by Red Storm Entertainment. What set this game apart from other shooters of its time was its focus on planning, stealth and situational awareness, rather than being the unstoppable tough guy with lots of big guns. Another unique feature was the planning stage before each mission, in which you set up starting positions and waypoints for the anti-terrorist teams under your command, to maximize efficiency and minimize casualties. Of course you can just use a predefined plan and get right to the action. A must-have for anyone looking for that little bit of complexity in his games.

I used to replay the demo of this over and over, years ago, so I thought at $10 why not enjoy the full thing.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/page/duke_promo


During this week, until Monday, June 1 at 11:59 p.m., you can buy Duke Nukem bundle including Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition and Duke Nukem Manhattan Project with a 25% discount. The whole action packed bundle will cost you just $8.98, this week only! To receive the discount you have to buy both games in one order or click here to receive the discount and all those of you who already have one of the games can grab the other one with a $1.50 discount.

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[Crusader]

I just bought Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six:


The title that started the beloved Tom Clancy's games series is now available on GOG.com to every armchair anti-terrorist.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a tactical first-person shooter by Red Storm Entertainment. What set this game apart from other shooters of its time was its focus on planning, stealth and situational awareness, rather than being the unstoppable tough guy with lots of big guns. Another unique feature was the planning stage before each mission, in which you set up starting positions and waypoints for the anti-terrorist teams under your command, to maximize efficiency and minimize casualties. Of course you can just use a predefined plan and get right to the action. A must-have for anyone looking for that little bit of complexity in his games.
I used to replay the demo of this over and over, years ago, so I thought at $10 why not enjoy the full thing.

Now you really make me scared... a woman with a PLAN that does not involve getting married and getting children...spooky!!!
I so hated the planing phase in RS.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/page/strategy_promo/


The battle has begun. Gather your forces, secure your resources, predict your enemies' moves and plan your strategy. This week, GOG.com is the best place for every armchair strategist as we're launching Strategy Week promotion!

Until Monday, June 15 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, you will have a chance to grab 8 strategy games from GOG.com's catalogue with a 25% discount! Test your tactical, combat and resource management skills in these great games:

* Castles + Castles 2 for only $4.49
* Conquest of the New World for only $4.49
* Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising for only $4.49
* Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business for only $4.49
* M.A.X. + M.A.X. 2 for only $4.49
* Sacrifice for only $4.49
* Soldiers: Heroes of World War II for only $7.49
* Perimeter for only $7.49

Just add the games you want to buy to your shopping cart and proceed to the payment screen. There you will automatically receive the 25% discount on all strategy games from the list.

:):thumbup

[Xavier Synik]

Oh man... Jagged Alliance 2... I think I have the JA original game kicking around someplace at home...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Posted by GOG on Facebook today:


Fans of film noir: be sure to visit GOG.com tomorrow!

What could it be! Discworld Noir? Grim Fandango? Max Payne? Blade Runner? :ohno

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/beneath_a_steel_sky/
"Beneath a Steel Sky" point and click adventure, completely free!

http://www.gog.com/en/page/pinball_promo
All pinball games are cheap atm, if you are into that kinda thing.

[Dasquian Belargic]

New releases:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/evil_genius
Evil Genius $10

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ground_control_expansion
Ground Control + Expansion $6

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/page/ubiaction_promo/
Beyond Good and Evil plus Prince of Persia: Sands of Time for only $10 :eek

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/editorial/hidden_gem_of_the_week_broken_sword_2_the_smoking_ mirror/
Broken Sword II , one of my fav point and click adventures. Challenging puzzles, great story and nice visuals.

[General Dan]

I never got to play Jagged Alliance when I was a young lad and I was always intrigued.

[Dragon]

Ahhhh, Descent I and II! They haven't worked on my computer in ages!

I'll definitely have to snag those. And Beyond Good and Evil... And Prince of Persia Sands of Time.

Incidentally, fighter jockeys: Freespace 2 simply must be experienced, even with its now outdated graphics. The battles between capships with their awesome beam weapons are truly a sight to behold.

EDIT: Plus, apparently there's finally been a full campaign released for the Babylon 5 mod of Freespace 2! MUST PLAY! :eek http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=65861.0

[Dasquian Belargic]

If you don't already own this... something is wrong with you!

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/psychonauts
Psychonauts $9.99

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/tex_murphy_1_2

Text Murphy 1 + 2 for free!


The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death. Beginning your investigation you uncover the deaths of several prominent members of the scientific community. Are these deaths coincidental or is there something more sinister going on?

And when you'll end this case, you will have a chance to try yourself in the next one, this time on... Mars!

Experience an Interactive Mystery with Tex.

Pack includes Mean Streets and Martians Memorandum.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/action

25% off Psychonauts, Beyond Good and Evil, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - offer only valid today

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Holy crap, they have advent rising :ohno

And Oddworld!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Yup. Their selection isn't as big as Steam, but there is the benefit that you don't have to run all the games through the Steam UI. You just download, install and play.

[Crusader]

And they are DRM Free!!!

Plus they support the funniest Gaming blog and podcast on the internet:

www.epicbattleaxe.com

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/journeyman_project_2

Journeyman Project 2

The sequel to this game was one of my fav gaming experiences of my childhood, so I really hope they release JP3 too :ohno

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/planescape_torment

Planescape: Torment now available at GoG! I've never played this but I always heard it was a classic.

[Atreyu]

If you get Planescape: Torment (or any other of the older Black Isle/Bioware games for that matter) I strongly recommend you download the Widescreen Mod (http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/) available at the Gibberlings 3 which enables you to run the game at any resolution.

Because let's face it, 640x480 is so 1997. :p

Planescape: Torment in 1680x1050:

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[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/community_favourites

50% off a variety of games this weekend

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/neverwinter_nights_diamond_edition

Neverwinter Nights, complete with 3 expansion packs, for $9.99

[Peter McCoy]

Nevermind - must have been an incredibly delayed email!

[Zereth Lancer]

Aha. Found "Cannon Fodder" one of the games I cut my teeth on, along with Magic Carpet, which is also available. Tempted to buy... but the screen caps look like indistinguishable crap.

[Peter McCoy]

These are, in my opinion, some of the best must-have games currently available from Good Old Games...

Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/another_world_15th_anniversary_edition))

One of the most memorable platformers ever. I think the animations are still impressive even today when you consider some of the awful movement in games that came after this very cinematic game. Cutscenes are awesome and the art-style and setitng are just brilliant! Though I can understand how some people might begrudge the pricetag for such an old game.

Beneath A Steel Sky (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/beneath_a_steel_sky))

Make an account at GOG.com and you get this game free! Simple! Play it. A dystopian sci-fi black comedy withwitty dialogue and interesting puzzles. Again, the sci-fi setting is very well realised and immersive.

Age of Wonders (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/age_of_wonders))

One of my favourites, this one! A turn-based strategy/RPG hybrid with a fantasy setting. As well as a story campaign allowing you to play as either the good guys or the bad guys, skirmish mode allows you to pick from twelve fantasy races including Wood Elves, High Elves, Humans, haflings, Dwarves, Azracs, Lizardmen, Frostlings, Orcs, Goblins, Dark Elves and Undead. Each race have their own unique units to produce from basic foot soldiers to advanced units such as the Orc Warlord, Undead Wraith, Hafling Satyr, and Goblin Bombers.

Gain control of cities and towns of varying size via diplomacy or conquest, then upgrade that city to produce more advanced units while exploring the world. Terrain ranges from grassy planes to forests, hills and mountains, water, rivers, waasteland, desert, tundra and even a cave system up to two levels deep separate from the overworld, with cave entrances linking at various locations. You have a leader as well as other heroes who gain XP from combat as well as over time. Use those points to add skills or increase attributes and even carry out magic research to learn and cast more powerful spells both in and out of combat, such as enchantments to increase your abilities, global spells such as increasing the productivity of a city or summoning magical allies, and direct attack spells in combat sich as ice shards or dark rays, chain lightning, poisons and curses etc.

Overall this is quite an in-depth game and there are even various dungeons throughout the maps to explore - if you defeat the inhabitants you can make off with loot such as magical armour and weapons, rings, cloaks etc that either improve stats or grant special abilities like life stealing or water walking. Even without the campaign, the scenario maps are so big that games can last several evenings, and you can play in classic turn mode and set multiple races to "Human" so you can essentially play as more than one race in a game or play with friends in a hot-seat fashion.

I highly recommend this one! It's on Steam as well but GOG is cheaper.

Dark Reign (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dark_reign_expansion))

A Real-Time Strategy from 1997 that re-tells an ancient war between a rebel group and a corrupt ruling empire. Sound familiar? The Imperium are the evil guys with more advanced-looking units that can really take a beating, while the Freedom Guard's weaker, more specialised units excell at hit-and-run attacks. Again, this is another favourite of mine and fans of Command and Conquer and Starcraft may enjoy it. Infantry, tanks and air units as well as some interesting special units such as a vehicle that can send a subterranean shockwave across the map that devastates structures in its path.

Earth 2150 Trilogy (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/earth_2150_trilogy))

One of the first commercial 3D Real-Time Strategy games of its kind, Earth 2150 is the sequel to the largely unknown 2D RTS Earth 2140. The game and its expansions pit three unique factions against each other; the Soviet-inspired Eurasian Dynasty with their tanks, choppers and nuclear weapons, the United Civilised States with their automated walkers, grenade launchers, plasma weapons and repulsorlift vehicles, and the Lunar Corporation with their advanced solar power, antigravity units, electro-cannons and shielding. Each faction looks very different and has different resource-gathering methods.

You can conduct research to unlock technology and implement it by designing new units. Take a chassis such as the Pamir tank or Tiger walker and then pick a weapon or equipment for its hardpoint such as cannons, rocket launchers or later on lasers and pulse cannons. Some chassis allow multiple hardpoints for heabvy and light weapons that allow for tougher, more powerful but expensive units such as the Ural heavy tank which lets you have two heavy and two light weapons - mix 'n' match or go all out lasers if you like.

Fight on land, sea and in the air on a fully 3D map. And you can even use your construction units to place walls, dig trenches, construct bridges to cross water, or even place a tunnel entrance then descend into the darkness and construct a tunnel network. Placing a tunnel entrance with a construction unit that is in a tunnel will cause the entrance to be built on the surface in a valid location so you can pop up on the other side of an otherwise impassable mountain.

The gist is that Earth os doomed so your faction is constructing an evacuation ship. So each mission is an opportunity to gather as much natural resources as possible to contribute to the construction effort. Just remember that anything you build in a mission is money you can't dedicate to your evacuation effort, so choose wisely. Any unspent resource credits at the end of a mission are lost unless you save them. You always have access to your HQ area where you can research and build in between missions, then when you go on a mission you can switch between maps and ferry units and resources to and from each site. Just be sure to recover everything you possibly can from the mission area before you end the mission otherwise it's a waste. Sell structures, ferry units using the landing pad and make sure you've drained the area of natural resources before leaving! Otherwise you could find yourself short-changed later in the game.

Lots of fun, lots of options, and it still looks great today and should run fine given it's age compared to today's hardware. This one is a steal as you get the two expansions with it.

I've not played Earth 2140 or the sequel, 2160, but they look good enough.

Master of Orion 1 & 2 (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_orion_1_2)) and 3 (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_orion_3))

Not played any of these myself but I've heard nothing but good things about them. Widely considered to be the best 4X turn-based strategy games ever, the premise is that you lead your civilisation to victory across the stars by colonising and conquering systems, dealing with other empires using diplomacy or espionage and sabotage, conduct research to improve your technology and essentially eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate until you win. Very detailed and in-depth with lots of options to consider and I believe you can design your own ships. Fans of Alpha Centairu may like this one, hence why I'm recommending it (I love Alpha Centauri!)

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri))

Speak of the devil. This game is great. Continuing on from Civilisation 2 assuming you won the game by having your ship reach the Alpha Centauri system first, the premise is that upon arriving at their destination, the Unity ship suffers a malfunction and crashes. Beforehand, the crew, who have now split into factions of varying ideologies, abandon ship and make it to the survace of Planet (Charon). If you've played Civilisation, you know the score. From your starting base, you explore the world locating resources and terraform the landscape in order to extract as much as you can in order to grow and expand and develop.

The science fiction setting is very original with fictional technologies to discover such as synthetic fossil fuels and monopole magnets, frictionless surfaces, singularity power and dozens more. And unlike Civvie which gives pre-determined units to build, your new discoveries unlock components to design new units - pick a chassis such as infantry, scout rover, anti-grav tank, cruisers etc, then weapons or equipment, armour, a reactor and special abilities - design the right unit for the job at hand.

Then there's the usual displomacy and espionage, backstabbing and deal-making we all love Civvie for. But the characters of the faction leaders and their various ideologies are what make this game so special. Each leader is different and as a result the factions have different advantages and weaknesses. Find one that matches your playstyle and you can become unstoppable.

I'm hoping GoG.com releases the expansion, Alien Crossfire, as it added 7 new factions, some new technologies and a faction editor that was a lot of fun.

[Peter McCoy]

...continued now that I am home form work.

Total Annihilation (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/total_anihilation_commander_pack))

Another brilliant strategy game here! An immense war that has consumed the resources of an entire galaxy is drawing to a close. With minimal yet effective resource management, you build power plants of either solar, wind or tidal varieties, and a constant stream of energy is produced. The same goes for metal mines. The more plants and mines you have, the greater the rate of resource acquisition. You then build base, starting with your commander and eventually with various construction vehicles. Once your factories are in place you can produce units for attack and defense as well as a huge number of defensive structures from the humble laser tower to advanced gatling lasers, plasma cannons and long-range cannon towers that can shoot from your base to the enemies (depending on map size).

When your defenses fire, it uses energy, so make sure your power plants can support all those guns because if they can't and the enemy attacks, you'll be defenseless after the first few volleys. Obviously your construction efforts use both energy and metal so the more you're generating, the more you can construct at once, and faster too. The number of units you can have on screen at once is insane, and the orchestral score is superb. I'm partial to Battle 2 so if anybody gets it, play that track to get yourself into a warfare frame of mind.

Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/total_annihilation_kingdoms))

Same as above only it's a fantasy setting. Instead of your Commander you've got the leader of your faction who is a powerful sorcerer. They summon buildings which in turn summon/train units. My favourite is the evil undead guys. You can summon skeletal archers, executioners, Death Knights, demons and black dragons, and your defenses range from demons in cages who belch fireballs and mage towers with a mage atop it who shoots lightning down upon attackers.

This one isn't as fast-paced as Total Annihilation but it's still a lot of fun because of the setting.

UFO: Aftermath (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ufo_aftermath))

If you like XCOM, you may like this. It's not as in-depth as XCOM but it's something of a spiritual successor. The situation is that alien spores in the atmosphere killed most of the earths population, turning the bodies into transgenants - horrid alien-human miscreations of varying forms. You are the leade rof the survivors who have banded together to fight back and try to reclaim the earth now that the true aliens have landed. You recruit members into your squad and kit them out and train them for missions, which range form killing aliens, scouting locations, destroying objectives, obtaining research samples and taking control of new bases or defending existing ones.

You can research and develop tech and equipment, and salvage weapons caches from time to time, allowing you to upgrade your squads equipment.

There are two sequels I've yet to play but this first installment alone is a lot of fun - though nowhere near as engossing as XCOM itself.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (link (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/vampire_the_masquerade_redemption))

I still remember when I first bought this game when it was released. I had to upgrade my graphics card to play it, so for a few days I remember commandeering Droo's PC since his ran it fine. Then when I finally got a new card I started again at home.

The Vampire setting should be familiar to some of the guys here. This particular game starts out in the Dark Ages in Prague. You are Christoff, a soldier of the Holy Crusade fighting pagans and barbarians in the holy land when you are wounded and must recover in the convent in Prague. A forbidden romance leads you down a dark path and you are eventually turned into a vampire. With your new undead allies and abilities you journey through Prague and Vienna by night until the story shifts forward 800 years to modern-day London and New York.

A dungeon crawler akin to Diablo but with no randomisation and less replayability, this 3D game allows you to develop up to 4 vampire characters at once, including the protagonist Christoph. You earn experience to spent on improving stats and disciplines, and acquire equipment or the means to buy it. The first half of the game offers broadsowrds, platemail and crossbows, while the second half introduces kevlar riot gear and grenade launchers. There's various potions and scrolls to make use of aside form a large variety of disciplines. lmost all the disciplines appear, from animalism to protean, fortitude, celerity, necromancy, thaumaturgy (including a few of the different paths) even the Setites Serpentis. There are even mods tht allow you to play as other World of Darkness creatures such as werewolves, mages and fae. This is another one I highly recommend if you like WoD!

Other RPGs (link (http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#rpg/))

I haven't played anything else on the RPG page but I have briefly experiences Baldur's Gate 2 and base don that brief encounter, I recommend it. I cannot give specifics but I plan to rectify that by playing through the entire saga as soon as possible. It's Bioware so that says a lot. icewind Dale and Planescape Torment are also well-known storng titles and give the same kind of gameplay with great storylines.

The game also comes with (or you may have to download it) a map editor and a scenario editor. Once you have your maps, one player can be the Storyteller like in the pen and paper version and load actors and props into the scene while the players actually experience the content.

[Judas Voss]

If I were to recommend any games that I've spotted so far it would be the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games. Truly magnificent, but incredibly long and full of side quests. So you have to be buckled down for a long ride. I've only even beaten Baldur's Gate II from that list, and only once at that. Did it with a fail character to top it all off. Apparently I made the mistake of making a Barbarian with low strength >_< thank goodness for Belts of Giant Strength.

The other game I would recommend is Heroes of Might and Magic 3, which is easily the best in the series and one I remember fondly from my childhood. I've downloaded torrents of it over the years but never really sat down and played it in forever. I own the most current Might and Magic, which I think is.... 6, but it's utter bullcrap and not worth your money.

I'm still exploring the large roster for other gems but I do not know if I'll ever purchase any of them. :/

[Peter McCoy]

Might & Magic games are 50% off when you buy the whole lot, or 40% off each individual title.

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/might_magic_universe

[Peter McCoy]

Some deals at the moment in celebration of Gamescom 2011:

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/gamescom_2011

Master of Orion 1 + 2 for just $3.59 - that's £2.17 for two great games. Just got it myself so looking forward to playing it this weekend. I'm very tempted to install right now and play for ten minutes but we all know that's impossible - I'll end up getting no sleep as usual!

[Peter McCoy]

Apogee games are on sale right noew, including...

Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/duke_nukem_3d_atomic_edition) for just $2.99 (about £1.90)

Given how awful Duke Nukem Whatever turned out to be, this is a deal you cannot miss out on! In the immortal words of Duke himself...

COME GET SOME!

[Peter McCoy]

Dungeons & Dragons Promo (http://www.gog.com/en/page/dnd_promo)

Baldur's Gate - The Original Saga (includes Tales of the Sword Coast)
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete#
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Icewind Dale Complete
Icewind Dale 2 Complete
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition
Planescape: Torment
The Temple of Elemental Evil

The more you buy, the more you save.

[Dasquian Belargic]

If you don't own it already, you should really get the Broken Sword trilogy: http://www.gog.com/en/promo/broken_sword_trilogy

Point and click adventures that are so fun. Well, the first 2 at least. I'm not as fussed on the 3rd but hey at that price you can't get vexed.

There's also a Ubisoft 'Action Pack' on sale right now that has PoP:Sands of Time and Beyond Good & Evil in it, just incase you don't own those either: http://www.gog.com/en/page/promo_ubisoft/

[Dasquian Belargic]

New release: Farenheit / Indigo Prophecy

http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_fahrenheit_indigo_prophecy

This is a pretty fun interactive movie/adventure game. The story goes a bit batshit near the end but otherwise enjoyable!

[Crusader]

Indigo Prophecy is like Modern Warfare 3 without the annoying FPS Action... just kidding.

Fahrenheit is really good and unique in its gameplay, although the visuals already looked dated when it came out.

If you like Fahrenheit and you have a PS3, buy yourself Heavy Rain and a PS Move, plus invite a friend over and grab a sixpack of beers because this game will take you to a dark place in the human soul...including the one that is actually playing at that time. We had quite a lot "You did not just do that?" and "I can't do that. Take the controller! You have to do it!" moments.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Here's one for you, Peter:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/crusader_no_regret

Crusader: No Regret is now available at GOG

[Peter McCoy]

Shitloads of games on offer until January 2nd!

http://www.gog.com/en/page/xmas11

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/thief_2_the_metal_age

Thief 2 is now on GOG! Basically one of the best games ever.

[Peter McCoy]

I actually reinstalled my original copy of Thief Gold the other night.

To play it though, I have to open the task manager before loading a game and disabling all but one of my CPU cores. Same for all games using the DarkEngine. I'm used to doing it with System Shock 2.

Been listening to the Irrational podcasts. Ken Levine is a fantastic creative director!

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/en/news/release_journeyman_project_3_the_legacy_of_time

Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is now on GOG! I used to play the demo of this game over and over when I was younger.


Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time casts you as Gage Blackwood, legendary Agent 5 of Temporal Security Agency (a kinder, friendlier TSA), who has saved Earth and time a few times already. The TSA has been closed down as the "powers that be" decided that time travel is too dangerous, but rogue Agent 3 manages to cause a temporal rip and Gage must once again travel back in time to capture her and protect the Earth from an alien invasion. A brand new time-travelling gizmo, the Chameleon Suit, will allow you to disguise yourself as any person you’ve met and wander freely through the mythical cities of Atlantis, Shangri La, and El Dorado. Can you track down the elements of an ancient alien relic, Legacy of Time, before the Alien fleet destroys human civilization, Earth, and time?

Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time was one of the first games ever to be released on a DVD, which accounts for huge amounts of stunning 3D graphics, animations, live-action cutscenes, and absolutely epic plot. Thanks to the Chameleon Suit, the game now features interaction with NPCs, which, along with 360° freedom, allows you to immerse yourself in the beautiful 3D world. The developer of Journeyman series decided to innovate instead of taking the slightly-modify-and-polish approach to making another sequel. They redesigned almost everything (apart from the story and puzzles) and delivered a real treat for adventure game enthusiasts.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The original Fallout is free right now on GOG: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

[Peter McCoy]

Awesome! Got it just now. Thanks for the heads up Jenny!

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.gog.com/promo/interplay_blast

50% off a bunch of Interplay games including Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, and some other stuff that people might be interested in!

[Dasquian Belargic]

New at GOG...

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/legacy_of_kain_soul_reaver

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver :eee

[Dasquian Belargic]

Thief: Deadly Shadows now on GOG for 10bux:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/thief_3

[Atreyu]

Sid Meier's Colonization (the original one, not the Civ 4 version) was made available a couple of days ago for $5.99:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sid_meiers_colonization

[Dasquian Belargic]

Tomb Raider 1 2 and 3 available now as a bundle: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/tomb_raider_123

[Peter McCoy]

Tomb Raider 2 was one of my favourite Playstation titles. Fond memories of running round Venice on the portable TV in the kitchen during the summer holidays.

[Dasquian Belargic]

80% off Telltale Games this weekend - http://www.gog.com/en/promo/telltale_weekend_promo_9_11_12

50% off Interplay's catalog - http://www.gog.com/en/promo/interplay_price_change_promo_09_11_12

[Peter McCoy]

I got myself Syndicate. Retro cyberpunk isometric goodness FTW! Also Theme Hospital because the Theme and the Tycoon games are just awesome.

Btw if anybody played Transport Tycoon from the awesome Chris Sawyer and Microprose, there's a freeware recreation called Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe: http://www.openttd.org/en/

[Peter McCoy]

It's finally here!

System Shock 2 (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2) is available on GOG.com!

[Dasquian Belargic]

How exciting that they finally got it! :eee

[Peter McCoy]

This weekends deal is "Adventures with Activision" (http://www.gog.com/promo/activision_weekend_promo_310513) and it has some great titles in it!

One in particular I highly recommend for the WoD roleplayers here is Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/vampire_the_masquerade_redemption) - a real classic of a game whose story spans 800 years. Admittedly the Modern Nights section isn't as good as the Dark Ages areas, but still - a game that transitions the same character from the 13th to the 20th Century to the Millenium has to be worth a look!

Starting out as a mortal Crusader, you soon find yourself controlling a party of four vampires from various clans as you explore all sorts of sewers, crypts, castles and eventually night clubs and warehouses and even the Tower of London! Fight skeletons, ghouls, wraiths, zombies, werewolves as well as other vampire clans! Harness your vampiric disciplines to grow stronger and faster, throw fireballs, call down lightning, reanimate slain enemies as well as throw the odd fireball. Equipment ranges from things like daggers, broadswords, battleaxes and cavalry shields to the eventual shotguns, gattling guns, rocket launchers, kevlar and riotshields.

Get it now!

[Crusader]

Vampire the Masquerade is one of those few games that get a love story right and its facial animations still look impressive today when you compare it to games like fallout new vegas and then remember that it is over ten years older!

[Dasquian Belargic]

GOG is having their "No DRM Summer sale" right now, which includes a fuckton of discounts

Torchlight is currently FREE (until Thursday, June 20, at 12:59PM GMT) http://www.gog.com/news/nodrm_summer_get_torchlight_free_for_48_hours

[Dasquian Belargic]

Last chance to grab a fuckton of stuff at stupid prices on GOG today. Get em while the goings good.

[Peter McCoy]

The current GOG.com Weekend Sale is on and there are some good gems in there! Two I highly recommend are...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (http://www.gog.com/game/vampire_the_masquerade_redemption) is just $2.39 (£1.49)

WoD fans should definitely check this title out! Starting in Medieval Prague and Vienna, the game jumps 800 years to the turn of the Millenium in London and New York. Controlling up to 4 vampires at once, combat is similar to Bioware's games in that it's real-time but you can pause the action to issue commands and cast spells. With various items to loot and use such as lowly cloth and leather armour up to chainmail and full-plate (later, riot shields and kevlar vests), weaponry ranges from daggars and broadsowrds, warhammers and femurs to the modern-night arsenals of shotguns and grenade launchers. Cast vampiric disciplines such as celerity or even thaumaturgy.

There's an awesome mod that adds a fucktonne of content such as being able to be Tzimisce and awaken the Zulo form, even be a Garou or Mage. It basically turns it from a Vampire: The Masquerade game into an all-out World of Darkness game.

Dark Reign (http://www.gog.com/game/dark_reign_expansion) - $3.99 (£2.49)

With similar gameplay to the Command & Conquer franchise, Dark Reign is a story about a long-past war that decimated a planet. A survivor comes across an advanced probe which will allow him to travel back in time to the final battle that destroyed his homeworld in an attempt to turn the tide and avoid the annihilation of the planet. But first he must prove himself in simulations of the skirmishes leading up to that point. And so the thirteen missions see you being able to play form either the perspective of the Freedom Guard or the Imperium. But the final battle where the survivor travels back in time sees you assemble an army of combined technology to defeat both sides and prevent the destruction of the planet. Aside form a unique story premise, the game introduced at-the-time advanced RTS concepts such as an advanced fog-of-war system that accounted for line of sight and height differences, making reconnaissance limited in densely-forested areas. RTS fans should give this one a go for the price!

Call to Power 2 is on there for buttons! While I thought the original (Civilisation: Call to Power) was better, this is still a good game and fans of 4X games might be interested.

[Peter McCoy]

23-ish hours left to pick up a free copy of Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics on GOG.com! Hurry up if you don't already have these classics!

[Peter McCoy]

The Stalker series has been released on GOG.com and you can currently get all three games for $14.97 here: http://www.gog.com/promo/stalker_series_launch_promo_060214 - that's 70% off, or 50% off if you buy any of them individually. I don't think Steam has ever had as good a deal on all three Stalker games at once.

And if your PC can handle it, check out the Misery 2.0 Mod for an extra-tough challenging experience with an even more oppressive atmosphere and various starting options as well as gameplay tweaks.

[Peter McCoy]

Another awesome GOG.com deal here!

http://www.gog.com/promo/hasbro_weekend_promo_140214

Dungeons & Dragons is the theme here. The weakest titles and likely lesser-known ones on offer are The Temple of Elemental Evil, Dragonshard and Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone. And there's also Neverwinter Nights - Diamond which includes the three expansions, and Neverwinter Nights 2. But the real prizes on offer are the big hitters - Icewind Dale 1 & 2, Planescape Torment (which I can't wait to play!) and one of my favourite games ever, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 with their respective expansions.

The ore you buy, the bigger the saving you'll make. The funny thing is I already have all of them. And you should too! Well, at least the five big'uns I mention last.

[Peter McCoy]

In the aftermath of the Steam Summer Sale and run-up to the next big one, good old Good Old Games are here to lend a hand by offering up some awesome titles that aren't even available on Steam, and at bargain prices too!

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (http://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri) - Was $5.99 | Now $2.39 | Save $3.60 - 60% off

While I'm a huge fan of Civ, this game blows it out of the water. Even the latest incarnation Civ5 cannot stand up to the intrigue and mechanics of Alpha Centauri. Rather than playing as a nation of Earth, you're the head of one of seven factions that splintered apart when a mission to colonise Earth's closest habitable planet goes awry. Each faction has strengths and weaknesses and playing to them is key to success. Rather than pick an arbitrary government type like Democracy or Communism, you make social engineering choices across 4 areas - the choices in each area are mutually exclusive to each other. For example picking Democracy locks out Police State and Fundamentalism; Free Market prevents either Planned or Green economics. Each has it's advantages and drawbacks which will both be influenced by your starting faction and determine your strategy going forward. Free Market reaps massive economic revenue but causes high ecological damage and pisses off the tree hugging Gaian's, therefore it also affects alliances and rivalries. Units are designed by researching new technologies. You don't learn how to build a tank with set statistics - instead you research a hovertank chassis, a Particle Impactor cannon and Synthemetal Armour to make a custom unit fit for a specific purpose determined by yourself. I like setting up new bases in far-away places by strapping a colony pod to a needlejet aircraft chassis.

Civ players will find familiar mechanics to begin with, but as they play they will learn more about the deeper, unique aspects of play. The current GOG.com version includes the expansion, Alien Crossfire which adds 7 new factions and expands on the storyline, adds new tech, unit components, base facilities and map features. And the factions themselves are incredibly well-written and it's a joy to negotiate amongst their clashing personalities and ideologies.

Dungeon Keeper 2 (http://www.gog.com/game/dungeon_keeper_2) - Was $5.99 | Now $2.39 | Save $3.60 - 60% off

"It's good to be bad" is the tagline for Bullfrog's (in my opinion) finest game. Rather than leading a band of Goodly heroes, you are the Dungeon Keeper and must construct a murky, malicious maze full of monstrous miscreants. Your workforce of imps will dig out areas which can be turned into rooms - rooms will attract creatures who train and grow in power and fight for your cause as long as you look after them. A Library attracts Warlocks who will fight with fireballs and research spells; a workshop will attract trolls who are sturdy tanky fighters and will labour away in your workshop to construct traps and doors and other components. Capture defeated heroes and put them in a prison where they'll die and rise again to fight for you as a skeleton. It's a lot of fun and gets better as you play each map and unlock more room types, and Bullfrog's trademark witty writing is present in the form of the narrator whose rhyming fairytale-like comments never get old!

Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger (http://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_3_heart_of_the_tiger) - Was $5.99 | Now $2.39 | Save $3.60 - 60% off
Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom (http://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_4_the_price_of_freedom) - Was $5.99 | Now $2.39 | Save $3.60 - 60% off

Both these games are classics in the Space Sim genre! Right now, Chris Roberts is working on the upcoming Star Citizen which, along with David BRaben's upcoming Elite: Dangerous will be bringing the genre into the limelight once again. But it was Chris Roberts who brought us the Wing Commander games and these two games really are the highlight of the series for me. With live-action FMV sequences fleshing out the plot, actors Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell play player protagonist Christopher Blair and Admiral Tolwyn respectively. They're supported by the likes of John-Rhys Davies as General james "Paladin" Taggart and Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) as Todd 'Maniac' Marshall as well as a host of other actors across both games. Fans of X-Wing and TIE-Fighter (and X-Wing versus TIE-Fighter) will know the score - dogfights in space, lasers flying everywhere, torpedoes screaming towards capital ships. Your wingmen chat amongst themselves and respond to orders you give - Maniac usually responds by disobeying you! The gameplay is fluid and precise but for me it's the story that really shines!

[Peter McCoy]

http://www.gog.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=game_subject&utm_campaign=lucasfilm_second_wave

Good Old Games have done it again! Just one week before the awesomeness that is Grim Fandango Remastered is released, GOG have updated their catalogue with several more classic LucasArts games.

My personal recommendations are X-Wing Alliance and Star Wars Battlefront 2. X-Wing Alliance is a continuation of the X-Wing/Tie-Fighter series but with better, fully-3D graphics. You can fly avariety of ships from Z-95's to X-Wings to Skipray's to YT-1300's!. If only there was a game that had the open-galactic setting of the X-series but the Star Wars license. I'd love to explore the galaxy trading and smuggling, upgrading an initially stock YT-1300 piecemeal as I saved up my credits, fitting a better shield generator here, a missile launcher there... oh that would be fantastic!

Battlefront 2 is a team-based FPS with a decent solo campaign. You can run around as your class shooting and blowing up enemies, or pilot vehicles ranging from AT-ST's and speeder bikes to Y-Wing bombers in the space missions. One cool thing I love about the space battles is that you can land a transport inside the enemy capital ship hanger and then have it function as a spawn point for team-mates.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I don't have a GOG account, but I'm thinking that I need to change that ASAP.

[Mu Satach]

Ooooo I was getting all nostalgic about X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter earlier today. The force is calling me it seems. :)

[Vince]

I picked up X-Wing Alliance, but held off on Battlefront 2. So far, I'm actually quite enjoying these little tedious runs picking up and inspecting cargo. However it's taking me forever to get used to the targeting system and figuring out where things are on the map. I'm no Ben Merasska it seems!

[Peter McCoy]

I forget the keyboard sortcut but there's a way to have your turrets in your YT-2000 to autofire for you.

[Crusader]

^^But there is the fun in that... I most of the time had the turrets aimed to the front and once a fighter got past me I would use the autofire. Once you had to make an escape run I would man the turrets and let the droid fly.

[Peter McCoy]

Yet more from Lucas Arts!!!

Star Wars: Rebellion is now on GOG!!!
Rogue Squadron 3D is now on GOG!!!

Two more great Star Wars games form yesteryear. I believe I've sang the praises of Rebellion (Supremacy to UK and Europe because we can't have the peasants revolting against the Monarchy now, can we!?) in the past and I'll definitely be grabbing both these games along with X-Wing Alliance and Grim Fandango later in the week!

[Captain Untouchable]

Wait. Wait.

"Along with X-Wing Alliance"

GOG HAS X-WING ALLIANCE?? HOW DID I MISS THIS???? :ohno