GOG is having a summer sale. Mostly I ignore these, but some discounts
are beyond my ability to resist... and it's a dead certainty I'm going
to be spending some money when the price drops beneath $1USD.

Which, for dozens of games, it has.
https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd

Yeah, most of these games are old, but that doesn't mean they aren't
any good, and at $1 (or less!) each it's a great opportunity to pick
up a few games you may have missed.

Some highlights include the various Deus Ex games, the Tomb Raider
games, a few classic Apogee titles, and more.

Give it a look; it's not as if you're gonna break the bank with these
sales.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:29:55 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>GOG is having a summer sale. Mostly I ignore these, but some discounts
>are beyond my ability to resist... and it's a dead certainty I'm going
>to be spending some money when the price drops beneath $1USD.
>
>Which, for dozens of games, it has.
>https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd
>
>Yeah, most of these games are old, but that doesn't mean they aren't
>any good, and at $1 (or less!) each it's a great opportunity to pick
>up a few games you may have missed.
>
>Some highlights include the various Deus Ex games, the Tomb Raider
>games, a few classic Apogee titles, and more.
>
>Give it a look; it's not as if you're gonna break the bank with these
>sales.
>
>

*--

The Mansion looks interesting and only 69 cents. But it is in early
access. What?? I do not see a release date for it.

Bought it any way, along with Thief 3 Deaadly Shadows for 98 cents.

i have all the Dus Ex titles. Don't feel like looking through all 7
pages. Gotta watch out. Most are DLC and books.

Thanks!

-pw

On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 5:30:00 PM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> GOG is having a summer sale. Mostly I ignore these, but some discounts
> are beyond my ability to resist... and it's a dead certainty I'm going
> to be spending some money when the price drops beneath $1USD.
>
> Which, for dozens of games, it has.
> https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd
>
> Yeah, most of these games are old, but that doesn't mean they aren't
> any good, and at $1 (or less!) each it's a great opportunity to pick
> up a few games you may have missed.
>
> Some highlights include the various Deus Ex games, the Tomb Raider
> games, a few classic Apogee titles, and more.
>
> Give it a look; it's not as if you're gonna break the bank with these
> sales.

A lot of space RTS in there, I had no idea there was even that many.

Blake Stone - I think I actually played that back in the day. Sort of
James Bond vs. Alien monstrosities in the Wolf 3d engine. Fun game
if you can get past the ancient controls & graphics.

Sorted by rating, and dlcs removed for convenience to look at what
might be worth it:
https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd?order=desc:reviewsRating&hideDLCs=true

- Justisaur

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 5:30:00 PM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> GOG is having a summer sale.
>> Give it a look; it's not as if you're gonna break the bank with these
>> sales.

>A lot of space RTS in there, I had no idea there was even that many.

>Blake Stone - I think I actually played that back in the day. Sort of
>James Bond vs. Alien monstrosities in the Wolf 3d engine. Fun game
>if you can get past the ancient controls & graphics.

Honestly, I always found Wolf3D the far better game. The Blake Stone
series had awful level design (and when Wolf3D comes out favorably in
that comparison, that's saying something!) and were a bit too much
'kitchen-sink' in their design (for example, you could revisit levels
and it had a currency system where you could buy supplies). Add to
that some unbalanced combat and using tech that was already behind the
curve, and you ended up with a game that felt dated and a lot less fun
than it could have been. Wolf3D at least benefited from its novelty
and simplicity. The "Blake Stone" games were an interesting experiment
whose various pieces and features never came together well.

>Sorted by rating, and dlcs removed for convenience to look at what
>might be worth it:
>https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd?order=desc:reviewsRating&hideDLCs=true

Oh, that's a better link; thanks. Beyond page 3 or 4 it's really not
worth scanning the list unless you like DLC for more expensive games.

Of course, I have a self-admitted soft spot for older games. I often
enjoy the game for themselves although, as noted, many of the games
are, by nature of their age, fairly rough compared to modern titles.

But I also like these older games for their historical worth, whether
that is a reminder of what gaming was like in 1987 (or whenever) or
where ideas and features in modern games that we take for granted
originated. And - rarely these days, given the size of my library - I
play games just because they are a cultural touch point that (somehow)
I missed playing when they were new (it's like trying to understand
the zeitgeist of younger gamers and never trying Roblox or Fortnite).
If I want to remain part of the conversation, I like actually knowing
what I'm talking about.

So I think sales like these are a great opportunity for gamers to add
missing titles to their library... even though in this case it doesn't
benefit me very much. The games I'm buying? I'm getting them not
because I don't have them yet, but simply for the convenience GOG
offers; a nicely packaged self-installing DRM-free installer that I
can download at will (or stash on an external drive) and play without
the need to worry about CD-ROMs or floppies. That's definitely worth a
few pence to me.

On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:29:55 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>GOG is having a summer sale. Mostly I ignore these, but some discounts
>are beyond my ability to resist... and it's a dead certainty I'm going
>to be spending some money when the price drops beneath $1USD.
>
>Which, for dozens of games, it has.
>https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_the_gog_sale_1usd
>
>Yeah, most of these games are old, but that doesn't mean they aren't
>any good, and at $1 (or less!) each it's a great opportunity to pick
>up a few games you may have missed.
>
>Some highlights include the various Deus Ex games, the Tomb Raider
>games, a few classic Apogee titles, and more.
>
>Give it a look; it's not as if you're gonna break the bank with these
>sales.
>
I saw this previously.

The Thief and Jagged Alliance games are worth a look. I bought all of
them years ago, though.

The Star Wolves series is also worth a look, but I have several similar
games that I'm not playing, so I'm going to pass. I'm sorely tempted at
$3 for the entire series though.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

>GOG is having a summer sale.

$4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity

rms

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
<rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:

>>GOG is having a summer sale.
>
> $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
>
>rms

*--

I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!

On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:12:44 PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
> <rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
>
> >>GOG is having a summer sale.
> >
> > $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
> >
> >rms
> *--
>
> I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!

I think it was a giveaway by someone at some point, epic maybe?

- Justisaur

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:28:57 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I saw this previously.

>The Thief and Jagged Alliance games are worth a look. I bought all of
>them years ago, though.

For whatever reason, the "Jagged Alliance" games and I never gelled.
They are - by all accounts - games I should love; they are essentially
old-school XCom with a different skin - but there was something about
them that kept me from engaging.

>The Star Wolves series is also worth a look, but I have several similar
>games that I'm not playing, so I'm going to pass. I'm sorely tempted at
>$3 for the entire series though.

I broke down and (re)bought a bunch of Apogee platformers. I'm pretty
sure I owned most of these but - again - the convenience of GOG's
downloads is appreciated.

I remember buying games from Apogee. It was a more innocent age; I'd
actually send them CASH in an envelope and they'd send back a disk. I
remember the excitement of opening the postbox and seeing one of those
big 5.25" disk-mailers crammed inside (because, of course, the mailmen
had no idea that bending a disk wasn't good idea ;-). But oddly
enough, the disks always worked.

(Even if it didn't, I recall Apogee had excellent customer service and
they probably would have replaced the disk. As I said, it was a more
innocent time).

The best part of buying games from Apogee? You got the cheat codes on
a handy-dandy sheet. Even with the Internet/BBS, cheat codes for games
often weren't readily available, so this little extra from the
publisher was always a welcome bonus! ;-)

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:12:44 PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
>> <rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
>>
>> >>GOG is having a summer sale.
>> >
>> > $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
>> >
>> >rms
>> *--
>>
>> I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!
>
>I think it was a giveaway by someone at some point, epic maybe?
>
>- Justisaur

*--

I looked there, after I bought it from GOG. You are right. I
remember it being a freebie from Epic. I just booted up Epic. Am
surprised I didn't grab it.

I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.

-pw

On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:40:53 AM UTC-7, PW wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
> <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:12:44 PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
> >> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
> >> <rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >>GOG is having a summer sale.
> >> >
> >> > $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
> >> >
> >> >rms
> >> *--
> >>
> >> I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!
> >
> >I think it was a giveaway by someone at some point, epic maybe?
> >
> >- Justisaur
> *--
>
> I looked there, after I bought it from GOG. You are right. I
> remember it being a freebie from Epic. I just booted up Epic. Am
> surprised I didn't grab it.
>
> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.

I played one of them, it was kind of cool for a short bit. Defiantly not
something I would pay more than a couple bucks for though.

I did see a new Evil Dead game advertised and a new Saint's Row, both
of which I'm interested in. I think they're preorder only at this point, and
no way am I going down that road.

- Justisaur

On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:35:12 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:40:53 AM UTC-7, PW wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
>> <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:12:44 PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
>> >> <rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >>GOG is having a summer sale.
>> >> >
>> >> > $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
>> >> >
>> >> >rms
>> >> *--
>> >>
>> >> I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!
>> >
>> >I think it was a giveaway by someone at some point, epic maybe?
>> >
>> >- Justisaur
>> *--
>>
>> I looked there, after I bought it from GOG. You are right. I
>> remember it being a freebie from Epic. I just booted up Epic. Am
>> surprised I didn't grab it.
>>
>> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
>> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.
>
>I played one of them, it was kind of cool for a short bit. Defiantly not
>something I would pay more than a couple bucks for though.
>
>I did see a new Evil Dead game advertised and a new Saint's Row, both
>of which I'm interested in. I think they're preorder only at this point, and
>no way am I going down that road.

Dunno about the Evil Dead game, but I'd be wary; games in that
franchise have never been all that good. Honestly, it was Bruce
Campbell that made the franchise, and digital representations of him
were never quite equal to the task of the real thing. Plus, as much as
I loved the movies, they're sort of a one-trick pony and all the
attempts to draw out the franchise have been stretching the humor far
beyond the point of being funny.

"Saints Row", on the other hand, is available already, albeit not on
Steam (they're doing that exclusive thing on Epic) and has received
less-than-stellar reviews. Apparently it lacks the verve and
originality of the earlier games, instead coming across as a rather
characterless GTA-clone; it's more "True Crimes: LA" than "Saints
Row".

On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 3:47:26 PM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:35:12 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
> <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:40:53 AM UTC-7, PW wrote:
> >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
> >> <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:12:44 PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:30:22 -0600, "rms"
> >> >> <rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >>GOG is having a summer sale.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > $4.50 for a very good game https://www.gog.com/game/singularity
> >> >> >
> >> >> >rms
> >> >> *--
> >> >>
> >> >> I thought I had it via Steam or GOG but I didn't!
> >> >
> >> >I think it was a giveaway by someone at some point, epic maybe?
> >> >
> >> >- Justisaur
> >> *--
> >>
> >> I looked there, after I bought it from GOG. You are right. I
> >> remember it being a freebie from Epic. I just booted up Epic. Am
> >> surprised I didn't grab it.
> >>
> >> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
> >> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.
> >
> >I played one of them, it was kind of cool for a short bit. Defiantly not
> >something I would pay more than a couple bucks for though.
> >
> >I did see a new Evil Dead game advertised and a new Saint's Row, both
> >of which I'm interested in. I think they're preorder only at this point, and
> >no way am I going down that road.

> Dunno about the Evil Dead game, but I'd be wary; games in that
> franchise have never been all that good. Honestly, it was Bruce
> Campbell that made the franchise, and digital representations of him
> were never quite equal to the task of the real thing. Plus, as much as
> I loved the movies, they're sort of a one-trick pony and all the
> attempts to draw out the franchise have been stretching the humor far
> beyond the point of being funny.

I enjoyed the old one set in Deerborn, it had BC doing the voice (I think)
so that made it good to me.

I just watched Army of Darkness with my son Sunday. I'd forgotten just
how cheesy and silly it was. My son commented "What is this,
Loony Tunes?" I still thoroughly enjoyed it and he said it was good.

>
> "Saints Row", on the other hand, is available already, albeit not on
> Steam (they're doing that exclusive thing on Epic) and has received
> less-than-stellar reviews. Apparently it lacks the verve and
> originality of the earlier games, instead coming across as a rather
> characterless GTA-clone; it's more "True Crimes: LA" than "Saints
> Row".

Ugh. Probably pulling back from Saint's Row IV which is more like
Matrix or Superheroes or something. I like SR IV, but yeah it went
a bit too far. Since the new one isn't getting good reviews, I'll
wait until it's on deep discount - or given away free.

- Justisaur

On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:40:49 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW
wrote:

> Just kidding.

I hope and pray that wasn't intentional.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:13:50 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:40:49 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW
>wrote:
>
>> Just kidding.
>
>I hope and pray that wasn't intentional.

*--

Go bleat yourself!
:-)

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:13:50 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:40:49 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, PW
>wrote:
>
>> Just kidding.
>
>I hope and pray that wasn't intentional.

*--

That is what the sound that goats make is called, btw :-)

-pw

PW wrote:
> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.

Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> I played one of them [...]

Goat Simulator 3 will actually be the second game in the series once
it's released.

--
l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU
[oo][oo] rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
-()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca:11068/
db //

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Saints Row", on the other hand, is available already, albeit not on
>Steam (they're doing that exclusive thing on Epic) and has received
>less-than-stellar reviews. Apparently it lacks the verve and
>originality of the earlier games, instead coming across as a rather
>characterless GTA-clone; it's more "True Crimes: LA" than "Saints
>Row".

The reviews I've read describe it more as a characterless Saints Row
clone that doesn't innovate over the previous games. It still sounds
destinctive from the Grand Theft Auto games, just not in anyway different
than the preivous games.

I'm still interested in playing it eventually, I was never going to
buy it at full price anyways, just for the fact you can customize your
own character. I wish more open world games did this, even if Saints
Row already did it.

--
l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU
[oo][oo] rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
-()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca:11068/
db //

On 9/1/2022 7:23 AM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> PW wrote:
>> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
>> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.
>
> Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I played one of them [...]
>
> Goat Simulator 3 will actually be the second game in the series once
> it's released.
>
???

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 8:30:31 AM UTC-7, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 9/1/2022 7:23 AM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> > PW wrote:
> >> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
> >> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.
> >
> > Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I played one of them [...]
> >
> > Goat Simulator 3 will actually be the second game in the series once
> > it's released.
> >
> ???

Huh, that explains why I never heard of GS2 and didn't play it, there isn't one. It's
a joke by the devs that it goes straight to 3.

- Justisaur

On Thu, 1 Sep 2022 14:23:57 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
(Ross Ridge) wrote:

>PW wrote:
>> I noticed that Goat Simulator 3 is coming soon. I am going save my
>> money for it as the first two were classics :-)) Just kidding.

>Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I played one of them [...]

>Goat Simulator 3 will actually be the second game in the series once
>it's released.

Al Lowe must be rolling in his grave; he did that joke first!*

(Or he would be, if he were in a grave. Or dead.)

=================
* The Leisure Suit Larry series jumped from 3 to 5, skipping 4
entirely, way back in 1991. Which not only proves that all the good
jokes have already been done, but the bad ones too ;-)