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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
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CorranHorn: To get time to pass by, what game do you come to think off if I say DMA Design=)
GTA!!!!!!!!!!!!
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groze: YES! I came back and I didn't miss Omerta.

Not that I want to buy it, just witnessing its presence once again.
Omerta seems like a lion here, it would be awesome to have it, but it is too big and expensive to buy it when there are other choices lokking like kittens in comparisson (Anodyne for example).
Awesome, thank you guys. :D
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BHTrellis: I'm one of the complainers, admitedly, But I have yet to get a free item from anyone. I just hate freebies now since I always miss them. And I'm not stooping to begging for one.
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Coelocanth: I've tried for a ton of the free games and gotten none. No big deal, they're free so all it costs me is a push of the mouse button. But no luck so far. Understandable since there are thousands of others trying as well. I don't get why this makes people hate the sale though. The deals are still outstanding even if you don't get a free game.
Wait til after the sale and see all the whingers not liking this format (yes it needed a timer but aside from that...).Its been good. Bet some of the regulars are stocking up on giveaways for later :)
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JustSayin: Me too. I don't even want the games that are left. Here just because...
Well I might get Neverwinter Nights. Depends on how I feel when it shows up.
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JohnnyDollar: I've put off both that one and Jade Empire in this sale. I might impulse buy them in this last round, I don't know. My understanding is that NWN 1 single player is only worth getting for the mods only, and Jade Empire is mediocre at best. A lot of folks here rate JE high, but I've also read that it's cliche ridden and full of generic stereotypes, very linear (typical Bioware), amongst other complaints.
I'd really disagree about Jade Empire. It's like playing a video game version of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (OK, maybe not quite that good). The setting is fresh and a clever alternative to the typical elves-and-wizards high fantasy stuff you see everywhere else. I find the combat system WONDERFUL, with an easily learned rhythm and a lot of different styles, all of which are viable enough that you can switch up styles without feeling shortchanged by not grinding one up to its full potential.

It has its problems: The story's nothing special (it's ALL about the setting), it IS pretty linear (though I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing) and, while it tries to sell its Closed Fist/Open Palm morality gauge as something other than Good and Evil, it still comes down to the same overblown asshole-or-saint decisions. Also, there's a Vertical Scrolling Shooter minigame that's decent, but feels shoehorned in. I enjoy it, but I'm definitely in a minority. It's pretty optional, however.

I don't want to sound defensive about it, but I really do want to recommend it if you're at all on the fence. I got it back in my Xbox days and loved it. If you don't get it this sale, you really shouldn't pass it up next time on the block.
Post edited November 17, 2013 by UncleOvid
please please please

what games were on sale since torment?
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nijuu:
More vote buying..... SWEET

who is going to start the giveaway where you review and rate certain games to have a chance to win a free game?
Post edited November 17, 2013 by ahab
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BHTrellis: I'm one of the complainers, admitedly, But I have yet to get a free item from anyone. I just hate freebies now since I always miss them. And I'm not stooping to begging for one.
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Coelocanth: I've tried for a ton of the free games and gotten none. No big deal, they're free so all it costs me is a push of the mouse button. But no luck so far. Understandable since there are thousands of others trying as well. I don't get why this makes people hate the sale though. The deals are still outstanding even if you don't get a free game.
I hate the sale because the games I wanted were always up when I'm not here to buy them. Well, two were but the others....

And deoporno, I never expect random gifts. I never asked for anything of the sort. No expectations, no dissapointment.
Let's hope the forum doesn't freeze yet again while I try to post :P
My list got expanded by 1, since I got the Inquisitor Freebee :P

Bought:
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Baldur's Gate: the Original Saga
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete
Book of unwritten Tales
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Icewind Dale Complete
Inquisitor
King's Bounty: Crossworlds GOTY
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition
Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete
Planescape Torment
Sacred Gold
Two worlds 2: Epic Edition

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Gifted:
Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete
Inquisitor

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Freebees:
Space Colony hd
The Chaos Engine
(Inquisitor: gifted)
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BHTrellis: Mainly the beggers looking for free games and those trading them with others.
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Selinea: Yeah, as much as I like the fact that a lot of people on here are very nice and giving, I'm a little bit annoyed that people who complain are often getting rewarded (not even just those posts of, oh darn, I missed this, which I can somewhat understand, but some people actively post stuff like "this sale sucks because I missed blank", and then they get free stuff, like where's the fairness in that? Way to shaft all the quiet/polite people), thus fostering an atmosphere of people constantly complaining.
Thankfully it doesn't appear to be going quite that way. Personally I don't like the keys dropped onto the forum, but that might be mainly because I'm too damn slow. ;)
So, Omerta is still staying...

At least I got some time in playing System Shock 2. The longer I play it the longer I feel Dead Space is a complete Rip off of it.
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deathmyrk:
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ahab: Back when games came in boxes manuals were more than three pages and people would pay the asking price for a good game.....long gone age
I miss those days... I remember even when dos games came with interesting things like maps, code wheels, small artifacts. Some RPGs came with hardcover manuals at no extra charge. Now if you just want an instruction manual and a small cheap trinket you got to buy a special limited deluxe super first day edition for 150 bucks. When I buy a game, I want the game, but all the extra things that came with no additional charge made the experience much grander. I miss those days... Now, you'll be lucky if you get an instruction manual. I am glad that GoG includes a lot of extra freebies with the purchase of a game, especially the strategy guides.
Wow the Omerta sale is actually going quite well considering the reviews. Then again a common complaint seemed to be the steep price so maybe the sale helped a lot?
Really want them to put out Thief 1+2 and Postal 2 sometime soon. They're all I want left from this sale :(
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CorranHorn: Anyone who remembers this game=)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvha_2hAzq0
or this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y6r0m3-ZAs
Yep. I, too, was an Amiga man.