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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.
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stg83: The GOG of old would have atleast questioned the publisher's decision, but the way GOG is now they just submit to their every whim similar to the case with regional pricing or just pricing in general for most new releases here. In other words simply following the lead of every other digital distribution store out there.
The GOG of old wouldn't release those games at all. But now that GOG has decided to include regional pricing, all bets are off.
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Grargar: I guess it's on a case-by-case basis by publisher's request.
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stg83: The GOG of old would have atleast questioned the publisher's decision, but the way GOG is now they just submit to their every whim similar to the case with regional pricing or just pricing in general for most new releases here. In other words simply following the lead of every other digital distribution store out there.
How do you know they didn't question the decision?

Just because GoG isn't making everyone a part of their questioning of legal distribution laws and publisher pricing doesn't mean these questions aren't being asked.

Maybe they made the best choice they thought they could in this case.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by TheTome56
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Zoidberg: Wow, those are hilariously overpriced. :P
What are the prices?
I can't see them. :(

Typically, some of my favourite games and not available here... again.
When will those government zombies finally recognize video games as art? :/
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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.
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phaolo: Thanks to both. +1
I'll wishlist RtCW and think about Q2\3 then.
(btw I didn't receive any notification for your replies)
The forums are acting up, I received notifications but could not see any replies. :P
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Grargar: The GOG of old wouldn't release those games at all. But now that GOG has decided to include regional pricing, all bets are off.
Most probably not, as GOG had a standard for pricing old games as $5.99 or $9.99 before but they don't even question the prices set by the publisher at all anymore.
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omega64: The forums are acting up, I received notifications but could not see any replies. :P
Yeah, the servers must be really bogged down. It's taking about 30 minutes to see any updates.

I wonder if we will see the new Wolf and Quake forums in GOG soon...
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IronArcturus: Will the new game forums for Quake and Wolfenstein be uploaded soon?
As soon as our Product Minions get home probably. We had some network problems today at the office.
As a german, i am really happy that my government prevents me from becoming a mass murder and stuff.. -,-
Anyone else having trouble getting Return to Wolf to start?


Sorry if I posted this more than once. My forum setup is all screwed up! :O Post keep vanishing and then reappearing.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by tinyE
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tinyE: I expected people to be a little more ecstatic about this.
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Qwertyman: 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.
From what I could tell, the pricing couldn't be as relative (compared to unreleased games like Dungeon Keeper where GOG can set the initial price because the game hadn't been re-released elsewhere) because the games were already on Steam. As somebody else pointed out, on Steam Wolf3D is 4.99 and Spear of Destiny is 4.99, here they're together at 9.99.

I'm not saying the pricing doesn't suck, just that GOG couldn't be as flexible here. (I do wish it wasn't bundle pricing in this case, though. :-/ )
So when do Heretic and Hexen come?
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stg83: Most probably not, as GOG had a standard for pricing old games as $5.99 or $9.99 before but they don't even question the prices set by the publisher at all anymore.
Yes, they did have a standard. A standard that might have cost them a game like Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. A standard that results in them selling a game like Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee double the price than on Steam. Not all standards are automatically 100% good.
Wow... nice release! :)
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Klumpen0815: What are the prices?
$9.99 for the Wolfensteins (each!), $9.99 for Quake 2 and $19.99 for Quake 3
https://youtu.be/yQdzexzbumc