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Posted November 13, 2013
Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
Posted November 16, 2013
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Selinea: Yep. Got me wondering what exactly about it makes it twice as big as the first one. (Haven't played it yet and won't until I finish the first one.)
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Ungunbu: maybe ultra-high res textures - who knows
Ok, back from my 7 hour train ride.... had to use my mobile to check the main page, so no forums for me. What did I miss? Here in the forums, I mean, as I checked on the games.
Posted November 16, 2013
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kc7wzl: for the price for a bowl of soup you can get wing commander 4... that will keep starving kids in Uganda playing for about 5 mins (when they get board with is or the batteries run dry on there solar charger )

heheh /jk
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mm3n: I'm not sure I get the joke here, lol.
oh Sally Struthers was on TV saying for the cost of cup of coffee I could feed the starving children in Uganda.. and well I was just eating a Progresso soup that I paid 1.49 for so I did a game sale soup spin..


yea I know my brain is well miss wired but there are some fun to be had LOL
Posted November 16, 2013
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Minmataro: Valve is working on a pure 100% offline Steam mode.

basically you only ever need to connect to their servers to buy/download or activate a game key. Once you do that you can make a short cut to your game and play them without the client even being open.

Just give them some time, they get that people hate DRM.
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Shendue: Still DRM. You can't borrow the game to a friend. If they shut down Steam your games are gone. And you still don't own them.
The problem with DRM has nothing to do with needing to be online or not.
DRM has nothing to do with ownership of said item. You don't own the games you buy on GoG, either. You are buying a license to use the software. DRM is just a way of enforcing it.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Minmataro: Valve is working on a pure 100% offline Steam mode.

basically you only ever need to connect to their servers to buy/download or activate a game key. Once you do that you can make a short cut to your game and play them without the client even being open.

Just give them some time, they get that people hate DRM.
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Shendue: Still DRM. You can't borrow the game to a friend. If they shut down Steam your games are gone. And you still don't own them.
The problem with DRM has nothing to do with needing to be online or not.
I get it. Many people dislike DRM. Im sure anything i say you will counter with something Anti-DRM. Its cool man. My issue is not every game is DRM free and i personally would hate to miss out on good games because i refused to use those services. In this day and age everything is digital, its all licenses and no one owns anything, music, movies, games, books digital DRM it dominates everything.

For me imo Life is too short to shut myself out of great experiences because one day a service might close down and ill lose access. As for giving something too my friends, those bastards are in their 40s they can afford their own shit.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Minmataro: Valve is working on a pure 100% offline Steam mode.

basically you only ever need to connect to their servers to buy/download or activate a game key. Once you do that you can make a short cut to your game and play them without the client even being open.

Just give them some time, they get that people hate DRM.
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Shendue: Still DRM. You can't borrow the game to a friend. If they shut down Steam your games are gone. And you still don't own them.
The problem with DRM has nothing to do with needing to be online or not.
Steam are trialing a feature where you can learn lend games to each other, But I believe it's just within families at the mo as in same IP address
Posted November 16, 2013
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johnnygoging: Steam gets a lot of hate and its not entirely deserved. it wouldn't have become as popular if it just sucked.
You should have been around when they introduced Steam during CS 1.6 times. It was a pile of... suboptimal software thats what it was. This of course was what feels like decades ago so today Id say Steam is more "established" than anything else.

The problem with talking about Steam is that there are ALOT of people out there who already have a significant amount of monsies invested into Steam games. Therefor saying Steam is sh*t also directly insults these people because it degrades the value they draw from their stash of Steam games. This makes discussing Steam a tricky subject.
Posted November 16, 2013
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siddham: Many users do write reviews on Metacritic.

Personally I pay more attention to the users reviews on Metacritic than the press reviews.
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Velgor: Same here. But you've got to take it ALL with a grain of salt. There are people who give out a 10 rating because they're a company drone, or have a low threshold. The same goes for all the negative reviews. Read the middle ones and those that actually say more than "IT'S AMAZING BUY BUY BUY" and "IT SUX DIE DIE DIE".

The all caps are a dead giveaway. ;)

What I find interesting is when there's a WIDE margin between the critics and user ratings.
Have to be cynical of critic reviews though.Its their job to review games - they get free copies from publishers to review them... i assume in the best light.. so many might not be as objective as they can be and u end up with great game scores for average or shit games and bad scores for those games which might not look the best but have much better gameplay (lets face it graphics sells especially in AAA games).
Posted November 16, 2013
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Ungunbu: i just noticed witcher 2 dl is about 15gb
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Selinea: Yep. Got me wondering what exactly about it makes it twice as big as the first one. (Haven't played it yet and won't until I finish the first one.)
Bigger and more divergent narrative (really really divergent, all over the show), graphics that are enhanced by a magnitude of at least 10, animation based on mo-cap. The size is justified believe me.
Posted November 16, 2013
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HaydenRead: I have a free copy of Batman Arkham Asylum on Humble Bundle if anyone wants it...
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legitster: I can take it off your hands if you still have :D
Sorry, already gone.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Velgor: What I find interesting is when there's a WIDE margin between the critics and user ratings.
Point and case: CoD: 109883948.....
Posted November 16, 2013
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mjros: cmon sci-fi fans, buy it chip!
I like sci-fi, but I hate shooters.

Anyway, this will be over in less than 9 minutes from now, so just chill for a short while.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Shendue: Still DRM. You can't borrow the game to a friend. If they shut down Steam your games are gone. And you still don't own them.
The problem with DRM has nothing to do with needing to be online or not.
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Minmataro: I get it. Many people dislike DRM. Im sure anything i say you will counter with something Anti-DRM. Its cool man. My issue is not every game is DRM free and i personally would hate to miss out on good games because i refused to use those services. In this day and age everything is digital, its all licenses and no one owns anything, music, movies, games, books digital DRM it dominates everything.

For me imo Life is too short to shut myself out of great experiences because one day a service might close down and ill lose access. As for giving something too my friends, those bastards are in their 40s they can afford their own shit.
+1 to that, mate.
Posted November 16, 2013
500 copies already sold, good job people buying this game. Although the 1.49 price point helps lol.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Selinea: Yep. Got me wondering what exactly about it makes it twice as big as the first one. (Haven't played it yet and won't until I finish the first one.)
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Ungunbu: maybe ultra-high res textures - who knows
Game is much bigger, really liked it.
Posted November 16, 2013
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legitster: I can take it off your hands if you still have :D
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HaydenRead: Sorry, already gone.
No problem! Thanks for offering! :D
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