Good Old Games holiday sale 'nearly all games 50% off'

[Craig234]

Starts Dec. 12. Not sure what time zone.

www.gog.com.

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2Qkx3lN5s

 

[DaveSimmons]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2Qkx3lN5s

:thumbsup: for Planescape Torment, but I have the boxed set and jewel case versions already.

I never played Icewind Dale 2 or Temple of Elemental Evil, maybe I'll finally pick them up despite my huge and ever-growing backlog from Amazon and Steam sales.

 

[Via]

Maybe its finally time to try Freespace and Freespace 2.

 

[spacelord]

Empire Earth free, 48 hours starting tomorrow Dec 12 too.
http://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_com_s_holiday_celebrations_are_almost_here

 

[Craig234]

:thumbsup: for Planescape Torment, but I have the boxed set and jewel case versions already.

Me too, but I might get it again anyway, convenient to have it 'up to date' instead of possible incompatibilities and patching.

 

[Rifter]

Its the 12th and hasnt started yet. Not for me at least i dont see anything about it on their site yet.

 

[Rifter]

Found on the site its 11:00 GMT

 

[Rifter]

Well sale is on now. Can see banner on main page, but nothing else will load for me. Site must be getting slammed or something.

 

[terry107]

I was able to pick up the free copy of Empire Earth Gold this morning.

 

[Chapbass]

Maybe its finally time to try Freespace and Freespace 2.

Yes it is! great games! Check out the FS2 open source mods...they look amazing :O

 

[Bateluer]

Site is getting hammered.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Alpha centauri on sale?
(work firewall blocks the gog site..)

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

Alpha centauri on sale?
(work firewall blocks the gog site..)

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™
$2.99

If you like that, check out: Master of Orion 1+2 - $2.99!! I remember playing MOO2 for hours and hours with my friend. It was a blast.

I wish X-com got re-released with new graphics but classic gameplay. I heard the newest incarnation is an abomination that tries to go FPS? I remember when I started and had no clue what was going on the cities were getting destroyed and I couldn't get very far until I learned to send people out to crash sites instead of just defending lol.

 

[rivethead]

I've been waiting for this sale. Although, I must admit 50% off is disappointing. I guess the 75% and 80% off sales that Steam has have me spoiled. I was hopping to pick up BG1, BG2, IWD1, IWD2, Planescape for about $2-$3/each.

I guess I'm cheap.

 

[Craig234]

I've been waiting for this sale. Although, I must admit 50% off is disappointing. I guess the 75% and 80% off sales that Steam has have me spoiled. I was hopping to pick up BG1, BG2, IWD1, IWD2, Planescape for about $2-$3/each.

I guess I'm cheap.

I guess you are. Steam *never* has an 'everything 75% off' sale, and its starting prices are much higher than gog.com's $6 or $10.

This is a huge sale, with everything $3 or $5.

So think you're right.

 

[rivethead]

Until a month ago, I didn't even know about GoG, so I have no basis for comparison other than Steam......so yeah, I guess I shouldn't be disappointed. And it is cool that everything is on sale vs Steam spoonfuls at a time.

 

[Onita]

I guess you are. Steam *never* has an 'everything 75% off' sale, and its starting prices are much higher than gog.com's $6 or $10.

This is a huge sale, with everything $3 or $5.

So think you're right.

Why are you deliberately misstating his quote?

Only game I'd really like that I can think of is Witcher 2, but I'd like it cheaper than the $24.00 it currently is. Oh well.

 

[Iron Wolf]

I've been looking to get the earlier HoMM games. Just yesterday I was there looking, but I'm glad I waited. I got HoMM2, 3, 4, and Chronicles (already had 1) for only $5 each (half price). Plus, the freebie or course.

One thing I noticed is that if you just browse the games catalog, the prices just appear as normal. If you click on the game for more details or add to cart, the discounted price appears. Alternately, the banner at the top of the page takes you to a list of games with the correct discounted prices listed.

 

[shortylickens]

Heroes 3 complete (Platinum) is all you really need. If you cant find it on sale, pay the regular Amazon price. Its not a waste of money.

 

[Craig234]

Heroes 3 complete (Platinum) is all you really need. If you cant find it on sale, pay the regular Amazon price. Its not a waste of money.

Well, it's the best arguably, but it's good to have more if you like them - 2, chronicles (based on homm 3), and more. I picked up 2 and chronicles today, already had 3.

 

[shortylickens]

3 has everything good that was in 2, and some more benefits.
4 I did not like, not at all. Played the demo and was not enthused. I keep playing 3 over again, go through all the campaigns maybe once every two years.

Dungeon is my fave. Several good flyers, a couple great archers (no melee pentalty, special effects) and one solid walker. Nice town bonuses too, like mana doubling, free 1000xp (great for new heroes just starting out) and artifact merchant, which is good for a quick boost to starting heroes and also selling useless junk. The mage guild goes up to 5 which is nice cuz not all of them do.

Rampart is nice too cuz of the several solid flyers, better than average walkers, an archer that upgrades to double attacks, also resource bonuses like the pond and gold bank.

Wizard is nice because the 1st and 7th tier gain ranged on upgrade, and they have extra spells in the mage guild.

Barbarian and Demon arent great. Too many weak units holding everyone else back.

Swamp is fun cuz they have some annoyingly effective units like serpents with the poison, basilisks with stone, and gorgons with death attack, also hydra with circular damage. But I was never too effective with them. Ditto Undead.

 

[Iron Wolf]

Well, it's the best arguably, but it's good to have more if you like them - 2, chronicles (based on homm 3), and more. I picked up 2 and chronicles today, already had 3.

Yeah, if you are a completionist like me, it is cool to have all the games, and all in a patched state that I know works with Win 7. I've got the CDs for all of them buried somewhere, but I really like having access to them any time I want. I've already got all the games I want from Steam, including some I already owned just for the convenience of the service, and I may end up doing the same with a lot of the older games from gog.

 

[Craig234]

Shorty: you didn't mention chronicles. You might like it if you haven't played yet.

 

[terry107]

I was hopping to pick up BG1, BG2, IWD1, IWD2, Planescape for about $2-$3/each.

In September GOG had a DnD sale. If you bought the whole pack (9 games including BG1, BG2, IWD1, IWD2, NWN, PS:T) it came out to about $3.50 per game. That's the best I've seen so far.