Another note about the Galaxy front end. It is only used for management. You don't have to have it running once your game is installed in order to play your games. Just a bit of fyi.
It isn't "blind" speculation. Did you read the response of the guy who replied to the thread you started you on GOG's forum?I'm not interested in blind speculation. If you don't have any specific information to prove that these changes were intentional, and to explain exactly why they were made, then you're playing as much of a guessing game as I am, and you might as well save it.
So how does this summer sale work, is it similar to humble bundle where you get free game the more money you spend? If so I really miss out.
Well the usual sales and bundle discounts. They do have an offer for a free game if you spend
$1 - Simcity 2000
$20 - Stalker Clear Sky
$50 - Xenonaughts
Looks like this is the end of the sale. Everything that was on sale for a limited time previously, is now on sale again.
I'm tempted by the original HOMM3 for $4 but I've been spoiled by the more relaxed pace of the King's Bounty series. It's nice not having to rush the enemy castles as quickly as possible before they get too powerful to overcome.
They had the new Kings Bounty on sale a few days ago, for some ridiculous price. Dark Side I think it was called....I enjoyed it.
Do you guys think telltale game walking dead and the wolf among us is worth the price at 75% off? It still feel too expensive for such as short but amazing game.
I wouldn't even call those 'games'. There's no real gameplay, they're just semi-interactive cut scenes. For that reason I don't believe they are worth purchasing, because you can just watch someone else "play" them on youtube and get the same - or better* - experience. You're not really missing out on any compelling gameplay, because there is none.
I'm tempted by the original HOMM3 for $4 but I've been spoiled by the more relaxed pace of the King's Bounty series. It's nice not having to rush the enemy castles as quickly as possible before they get too powerful to overcome.
Quick question for you GOG users: Do you often buy games you already own on GOG instead of trying to get the ones you have to work on newer systems?
I'm specifically thinking about games like the ones in the Baldur's Gate series and HOMM2&3 on something like Win 7...
I wouldn't even call those 'games'. There's no real gameplay, they're just semi-interactive cut scenes. For that reason I don't believe they are worth purchasing, because you can just watch someone else "play" them on youtube and get the same - or better* - experience. You're not really missing out on any compelling gameplay, because there is none.
*Cut scenes laden with QTEs is one of the things I hate most about modern games, and that's essentially all TWAU is. Therefore, there's a good incentive for me NOT to purchase it, and watch it streamed instead. To be honest, I'd have been more inclined to purchase it had it been a regular non-interactive movie.
There are multi-choice outcomes, but I wasn't really concerned about those in the first place, and the person who's stream I was watching made exactly the same choices I would have anyway.
TWAU is actually very well done (story, voice, dialogue, art), but personally I wouldn't spend anything on it. It's worth less to me on my PC than it is watching someone else play it on youtube.