Congrats on the new job and your second child!
Hope everything goes well with you and your family.

This is a very good reason to not spend any money in games :P

Just use 2 cigarettes for twice the amount of ends... life does not need to be complicated. Pricey yes! Prices will go up and the salary of the masses will not catch up, so at a certain point this bubble will be doomed.

If life gets harder... more resources needed and if more resources needed life gets even harder, this is worse than a burning end... it is just insane.

Thank you! I hope as well! :) Likewise for you and your family! ^_^

I did, however, commit a little sin there after posting... got Gear.club Unlimited 2 on Steam. As a fan of Test Drive Unlimited 1 and 2, I was curious to play Eden Games' latest racing game since becoming aware that it was available on PC a few months ago. I still haven't played it, though.

I wouldn't worry about that. When you die, you'll probably forget those games ever existed. It is like you never had them in the first place.

I am not so sure about this. Depends if someone goes to hell or heaven. In hell money and anything you own could still be very important. In heaven there is everything free of charge and free "to own"... so, no need to become attached of anything related to "ownership". iI you want to play anything, it will be available to everyone... even the most loveable partner, and they always will act in favor of you as they simply act "united" and with high integrity.

In hell... someone will only turn a little finger if you got might, coins, material and resources... if you got a status or if you already got a certain integrity handed out by society or some elitists. Every good game need to be "owned", almost no one... with the exception of a few angels in human disguise... are presenting free games, and if so... just in order to "lure you into actually buying something else"...

Can we even create heaven on earth? Well... maybe in a very small limited shape and environment... your small little family... although even that one is still affected by "outer forces" trying to destroy this... peaceful place with selfish thoughts and rules trying to benefit anything except the one in front of them... garden of eden as i say.

Anyway... there is definitely enough to play for 2024, more than i am actually capable of. Yet i wish i could focus more on stuff away from "materialistic approaches", as it seems i still experience to less of it. Most of the environment is just... full of dirt and the run for coins is like "run for your life, or give love or take it", so i hope i can slowly deplete this sort of unhealthy condition, as it may not be a true benefit.

Sure, someone might not necessarily need it "themself" anymore but some other being might still need it. We rarely are considering it... because our eyes simply can not view far enough, our brain not think hard enough and our heart... most likely is already numbed.

- FPS games: all Rainbow Six entries from Rogue Spear to #3 with all expansion packs, plus another tactical FPS, The Regiment: Close-Quarters Counter-Terrorism, and Gunman Chronicles

- a bunch of RTS games, small/large scale, military/fantasy/sci-fi:
Shadow Company: Left for Dead
Korea: Forgotten Conflict
Rise of Nations: Gold Edition (includes Thrones & Patriots)
Rising Kingdoms
Kingdom Under Fire Gold
Armies of Exigo
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis
ParaWorld: Gold Edition
The Show

- others:
Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
Drakensang - Phileasson's Secret
Midway Arcade Treasures

all inexpensive and easy to find, save for one or two. The most costly one was Natrolis, but only because I had to have it shipped from USA (and within reason anyway, for me at least). And it's true that some of them were actually still new and unsealed. Indeed, the only times I had to spend more than I would have liked have been when buying from UK, or Spain, because of shipping costs; games themselves were cheap. I've noticed that German versions are, on average, cheaper and easier to find; unfortunately I can't speak German...
I started looking for physical copies a couple of years ago, mainly because I was getting tired of waiting for, and increasingly skeptical about, some highly desired games ever appearing on GOG. I started with Prey, Future Cop LAPD, Project IGI, among others. I had refrained from doing that previously because I thought old games were all very rare and expensive, and very difficult to get working. Well, I'm happy to have been proven wrong on both counts: so far I've been able to find pretty much everything I've been looking for (save for the occasional ultra-rare title, or sold for millions on eBay), and everything has worked reasonably well. Plus you can find find plenty of hints and guides on the internet. I was afraid games with SafeDisc wouldn't function but I found out I can run them as well. Having access to an old-ish PC really helps, of course - I just hope it doesn't die like your laptop...
I'm not a "serious" collector and I will gleefully overlook big box editions in pristine condition with all extras etc. in favour of budget reissues or even loose discs. This obviously helps in paying less.
Of course, it's entirely possible that some of those games actually end up on GOG after all - indeed, it's already happened a couple of times.
Unfortunately some games are perennially off-limits: all those requiring online activation of some sort. And so far, I haven't mustered the courage to try games with StarForce, as I'm afraid they could make a real mess (but maybe I'm exaggerating...)
(FYI: there are workarounds for SafeDisc. You might want to take a look at www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Digital_rights_management_(DRM)#SafeDisc if you haven't already)

Congratulations from me, too.

So far, I've bought:
* Realms of Antiquity
* Whispers in the Moss
* SKALD: Against the Black Priority (with DLC)
* DLC for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (specifically, Classic Mode 2)

Thinking of buying Bloodstained's "cosmetic" DLC, since it actually provides some unique combat options with the new equipment. (It's an interesting way to do "pay to win" DLC; yes, it gives you an advantage (particularly if you equip the Succubus set, from what I understand), but it does so in an interesting way, rather than just by tweaking numbers.)

(Classic Mode 2 is an entirely separate game mode, one that, I'm thinking, could have been released as an entirely separate game.)

Thanks for the SafeDisc tip. On Windows 7 there were a few ways to restore the driver, one of which was to simply uninstall the Windows update which removed it. I’m wary of downloading cracks, even from the long-established sites which provide them. It would be great if there is a tool to restore the driver. I shall investigate. People should not be prevented from playing these games.

I haven’t heard of a number of those games you listed, but the early Rainbow Six titles certainly interest me, if it’s possible to get them working on W11. I also picked up a new, sealed copy Prey (2006) without any difficulty and used the official patch to remove the DRM. As you say, it seems possible to find most titles from the past on EBay and most of them are reasonably priced except for the super-rare ones (e.g. original copies of Diablo 2 & Lord of Destruction, I forget the exact version number now). I tend not to buy an old retail game unless I’m confident I can get it working though. That’s what GOG was originally all about !

Sadly, I doubt we’re going to be getting too many more games from the SafeDisc era on GOG. We’re more likely to get remasters or remakes a la Nightdive. I would jump for joy if we got the NOLF games or the early Total War games,

On topic : I’ve still only bought one game this calendar year for the reasons I already gave. Alpha Protocol was an instabuy, though. That’s what I consider a “proper” GOG release. If Hooded Horse would actually finish Old World I would buy that as well.

Edit : meant as a reply to cosevecchie (made a mess of replying !)

On GOG only one game I think, the Great Naval Battles collection. I think I bought the new Wingspan DLC this year as well, one of my favourite games of all time.

I'm mainly interested in East Asian-made games these days though, and GOG is not very good with that.

So on Steam I've bought maybe 10 or so games, all Indie games from China and South Korea, and of-course the new American Truck DLC for Nebraska.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3 (Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, Alpha Protocol, God of War)

Since I have more games than I can play in my lifetime, I won't be buying many anymore.

Was this the thread to brag about one's recent GOG purchases?

Good, because I need to update my earlier message. 30 minutes ago I went to buy these, for reasons unbeknownst to me, as Shakespeare would probably say if he was still alive, but he is not! He is dead, D-E-D dead!

Alone in the Dark Digital Deluxe Edition 45.99€
My Lovely Family Deluxe Bundle 13.69€
Outcast - A New Beginning 29.99€
The Legend of Tianding 7.99€

EDIT: Awww shit, I forgot these which I also bought after my earlier message (9th of June):

Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Raising Hell 7.79€
Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Urban Onslaught 10.69€
Space Trader: Merchant Marine 4.49€ (this I picked after someone mentioned it in the "Bad games you love"-thread)
Owlboy Collector's Edition 10.59€
Stronghold: Warlords - Special Edition 10.00€
Stronghold: Warlords - Rise of the Shogun Campaign 3.19
Stronghold: Warlords - The Art of War Campaign 3.19€
Stronghold: Warlords - The Mongol Empire Campaign 3.19€
Stronghold: Warlords - The Warrior Queen Campaign 3.19€
Cult of the Lamb: Sinful Pack 3.79€
Master of Magic: Rise of the Soultrapped 10.89€
Sovereign Syndicate: Digital Deluxe Edition 28.09€
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness 9.99€

And now you made me buy this game too. Reviews seem great etc.

GOG is like a Pokemon game: Got to catch them all!

How on earth do you keep all these games updated, assuming you are an offline installers kinda guy ? That’s partly (but only partly) why I’ve slowed down buying games tbh. Especially if you buy games which seem to get updated every few hours (Hello, Tunguska : Visitation !)