As CharlesGrey said, it's more that it's not a great first impression. If reviewers say the gameplay's good, then that will outweigh it. It's more that it went from "Sure, why not at the intro discount price?" to "Hmmm, better wait and see," and if something else comes out strike my fancy while I'm waiting, they lost the early sale.

For those that are unsure, there's a demo available here:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/runestone-keeper/downloads

I agree with others that complain that uncovering the maps isn't very strategic.*

GOG should get Oasis:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/oasis/screenshots

Oasis also features a squared map which you reveal tile by tile, but it requires much more consideration. Tiles are suggestive of possible adjacent tiles. Revealing the map is satisfying. There are cities that, once exposed, grow with every turn. Do you spend your limited turns searching, or building roads to interconnect the cities discovered so far, which further increases their growth? You'll need the population, as each map ends with a sweeping barbarian invasion. On the face of it, a conceptually simple game, but polished and a careful thought will serve you very well.

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*To be fair, though, I haven't played for very long.

Mmmh maybe if it had Linux support...

even from the video I still don't understand how this plays ;) any demo available please?

Two posts above yours.

That does look interesting.

oh, blind me, thanks! :)

Ha no that must be an autocorrect thingy going on there. Never played Runescape actually.

Seconded.

Nice game with a great release discount.

Will pick it up when I get home tonight.

is it an older game?
it reads:
Released
Apr 12, 2005

you discover more 'land' as you move on the map
this game looks familiar, it might be possible i played this game or a demo or at least a game that looks very similar, it looks so familiar :D
When i saw the screenshots i got a deja vu feeling....

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yup, i already played this game when it was first released as demo, o its dejavu but a real experience, i played the demo, there is a demo, i found it using google, its 1 hour demo or 59min59seconds

they asked 19.99usd at the moment of the game released demo, that is to high, furthermore its from nevosoft
i have some nevosoft games, they are mainly casualgames designers or they must have changed to also make larger projects, that, i dont know.

For a casual game its a decent game, best list price drm fre would be 9.09 or anything < 10 dollars
ultimate price would be 6 or 7 bucks like the braveland series.
check the image of the start of the demo

bigfish and iwin type games .
you can register the demo after you paid for the key online so theres no need to reinstall, thats typical casuals

Thats why i only buy drm free games and drm free casualgames. :D

i watched 10 playthroughs on youtube and the flashes seem to be little so i gave it a try and bought the game

I played Dungelot for a while, enjoyed it. I'm kinda considering this one (makes me wish our wishlist could be split into "Want" and "Considering").

There's also a PC and Mac version of Dungelot. Played it some years ago and really liked it. Remember that there were some bugs though.