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Posted October 01, 2015
FPS Immortals are here.

Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. You can pick them up at 33% off in two bundles:
<span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>.





Wolfenstein 3D (with Spear of Destiny) is widely considered to be the first true 3D FPS ever. It single handedly kickstarted a generation of id Software greats, and thus influenced just about every FPS we've played ever since. Its mazes, shades of gray, and blue hues are burned into the collective gaming memory - plus you get to kill a mechanized Hitler. Classic.
In the early days of FPS gaming, Quake II: Quad Damage was the milestone. In a spot-on review from 1997, GameSpot calls it "the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete." It was bigger, better, prettier, and smoother than any clone or predecessor - it also offered one of the most playable, and by far most popular multiplayer experiences of its day.
Quake III: Gold, aka. multiplayer revolution. Despite a controversial removal of the lauded single-player experience the series was known for, Quake III: Arena became a smash-hit and (together with Unreal Tournament) essentially defined arena-style, movement-based competitive gaming for years. The shooter spawned a community that's been living and breathing to this day.
In B.J. Blazkowicz's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, another legend is born. A unique, objective-based multiplayer mode saw immense popularity back in the day - and it was actually pretty okay if you're into that sort of thing. The single-player campaign is a dark, somewhat ridiculous freak show of morbid, scientific fantasy. An ever present sense of dread emanates from the disturbing experiments and cult-like universe, just waiting to be set afire - by you.


As with any Bethesda purchase, you'll also get The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall for free!


Prepare to fight in Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - now DRM-free on GOG.com. Return to the FPS immortals at 33% off in two bundles: <span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>. The promo will last for one week, until October 8, 12:59 PM GMT.



The four titles released today are not available for purchase in Germany. These are legal restrictions that are beyond our control, and we're very sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted October 01, 2015
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moonshineshadow: Yeah, but they are selling Harvester, Mortal Kombat and tons of other games on that list here. So why not Quake. This just does not make sense.

(and just for the record. I am not angry. I don't even want the games, and even if I wanted I could buy them easily) I just wonder about a situation that has no logic.
Well Mortal Kombat was blocked on GOG when the Region locks were introduced. Possible that Quake will be unblocked too although i doubt it....

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omega64: It is allowed in film/books though right?
Indeed. Both are recognised as art form and therefore exempted from the prohibition.
Posted October 01, 2015
Silly pricing. Sillier restrictions. Giving these a miss.
Posted October 01, 2015
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tinyE: Just downloaded and started the Wolf games.

GOG! Care to explain THIS!?
What's there to explain? It's Castle Wolfenstein.

Maybe you were thinking about Spear of Destiny graphics wise?
Posted October 01, 2015
Very VERY nice additions GOG, keep up the good work! :)
Posted October 01, 2015
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tinyE: I expected people to be a little more ecstatic about this.
I think the pricing may have something to do with it. At least, it does for me. Don't get me wrong, the Wolf games are must-haves, but Wolf classic should be a 5.99 game, not 9.99. And $20 bucks for two dead games (Q2&3) is just too much. I'd actually replay the Wolfenstein games (for the millionth times), but Q2 and 3 would mostly just be to run around on my favorite maps for two minutes for the sake of nostalgia, and that just isn't even remotely worth $20 (and definitely not $30 when the sale is over). Especially considering many people own these games already in one form or another. I can't even tell you how many copies of Q3 I purchased way back when. Literally, I lost count. I purchased Wolfenstein 3D + Spear a handful of times each on floppy disks (the disks kept getting destroyed), and I've purchased Q2 and RTCW twice each. Plus, there's always QuakeLive (which is free), if I need that two minutes of nostalgia fix.

This is all just my opinion, though.

(Side note to you personally TinyE, one word: Cardinals. End transmission.)
Posted October 01, 2015
omg the lag
Posted October 01, 2015
Nice releases, but i will not buy them now.. Even with discounts prices are way too high.. Bethesda games are really overpriced here. Maybe there will be 90% off one day...
Posted October 01, 2015
Test, Test. Aaaachtung!

EDIT: Ah, thankfully, it was just the forum acting up and not a regional block of German posts in this thread. ;)
Post edited October 01, 2015 by Leroux
Posted October 01, 2015
Damn, the forum is playing terribly in the game of catch-up. :D
Posted October 01, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: I still don`t get it why a Polish company is bound to dumb German laws!
Well, most likely because, if GOG does not follow the German law for German customers the whole gog.com website would become "unavailable" on the German territory, exactly in the same way as some websites are not available in Russia.
Posted October 01, 2015
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Dray2k: Yet regarding the german entertainment industry...It kind of depends on the message (which is also the generel purpose of art, trying to mean something) the artist intends to convey...but I do know that German government has loosened up quite a bit regarding entertainment value with the second World War. Nowadays almost everything regarding the depiction of "the baddies" is allowed here.

In my opinion I do believe that it is unreasonable to forbid a game like Wolfenstein in nowadays German culture, I mean we know about Iron Sky and Inglorious Bastards (We have that german dubbed, even!) but we cannot have a pixelated Hitler in Battle Armor?
It's not the government who decides what videogames are allowed here, and there's no general issue with the depiction of National Socialism and Third Reich, unless the context is pro-nazi propaganda. The fault is with the civil servants and lawyers who interpret the laws in a way that's unfavorable towards the idea of videogames as an artform and that doesn't properly discern between dangerous propaganda and harmless entertainment. Those bans appear to be based on bias, laziness and disinterest on the part of both officials and publishers rather than irrational laws or government decisions.

But as always the laws have too many loopholes that are prone to be exploited with narrow-minded or even malign intentions. I think there have been cases where anti-nazi movements were sued for logos of stickmen figures throwing the swastika in a trash can or symbols of crossed out swastikas, and that is clearly against the idea of the law that made this lawsuit possible in the first place, a law specifically designed to protect the young democracy from a fascist revival, not to obstruct democratic anti-nazi demonstrations. It's just plain abuse by right wing activists or greedy lawyers, and it's a shame that these loopholes seem to persist.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by Leroux
Posted October 01, 2015
Well holy shit, this is one hell of a release day for GOG, Will buy them all :D

I never had the occasion to play Quake 2 despite burning through Quake 1 and 3 multiple times so I'll start with that first.
Posted October 01, 2015
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SpecShadow: Quake1 on GOG have music (based on description), does Q2 have one (can't find one)?
If your talking in game then yes it has the music. If your talking about music/soundtrack as a extra then I'm not sure since I rarely bother looking at the extras
Posted October 01, 2015
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omega64: I don't know about the MP, but RTCW is one of my favourite games. The campaign is quite lengthy and diverse.
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IronArcturus: [..] The story was changed from interdimensional gates, to fighting an alien war on Stroggos.
Gameplay-wise Quake II is very quick. You get real missions this time, but the player will have to do some backtracking in the levels. In Quake III, it was basically made for multiplayer first, and the “singleplayer” mode is just a bot match.
Thanks to both. +1
I'll wishlist RtCW and think about Q2\3 then.
(btw I didn't receive any notification for your replies)
Posted October 01, 2015
QUAKE2 is my childhood and I still can't believe it is actually here on sale..
RTCW is another one with memories..
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