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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 18, 2013
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peanutsticks: HOMM3 is a classic of the highest order! (and unfortunately GOG has been going crazy with the #'s on the 3rd round classics)

They'll probably drop 1200 copies and cause it to grind to a slow halt at ~300 left or something crazy.
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GabiMoro: In my opinion Heroes 3 should sell like crazy. I think its the best game ever. Or at least, acording to Total Biscuit „the best turn-based game ever devised. „
http://www.gog.com/mix/totalbiscuits_definitive_list_of_strategy_games

Let me tell you a story about sex and video games.

Many years ago (like 10 - 15 years I guess), when the grass was green and the hormons were out of control, I was going home with some friends. It was in the evening and I was home-alone. Back on those times, when somebody from our group was home-alone we gather to his place to party: getting drunk and getting laid (only the fortunate ones, as the girls were unusually virtuos).

Anyway, a friend of mine seemed to be in luck, he was accompanied by a girl. To my surprise when we passed in front of her place he said good night to her and move along with us.

After a few moments I asked him: „Why didn’t you invite her to come with us, so you could fool around?”

..and he said: „ I'd rather play some Heroes 3!” ... and so we did.

True story, I swear on my beard!
True love. *sniff*
Posted November 18, 2013
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richiev333: Please do...
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wackyanne: I appear to have gambled and won. While IHNM&MS is ticking away faster than some, I'm back with plenty of time to spare.

So, anybody want to speculate on how GOG determines the order in which these games are being rotated? Thoughtful ones, please, and not whining or conspiracy-theories ;)
They probably pre-generated a list in random order, possibly choosing some to start the fire specifically, and possibly adjusting the order manually, and they have looped through that list 3 times in a row from what I recall seeing, so while the order is random, it is repeating the same random order as the first two times and is now more "predictable" than random so to speak. :) If you grab the list of the first pass through you should be able to see what games are coming up next. That's my understanding anyway.
Posted November 18, 2013
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skeletonbow: I don't think I ever played Wasteland but based purely on the demand and word of mouth it gets here it is on my wishlist and I'm going to pick it up when it is on a future sale. I've got a huge stack of graph paper here wasting away might as well put it to use. :)
You will be amazed at the game they created with so little to work with. It still puts many modern games to shame in so many ways.
Posted November 18, 2013
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BananaJane: Yeah I know what you mean, I"ve fallen asleep playing mass effect like 20 times, I keep giving up on the game once I get to the big city
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nightrunner227: I feel you. I never understood what people saw in Mass Effect. I have it, I tried to play it, but I never could get into it. Never tried the second one though, so I may give it a shot to see if it's any better.
Same here, I never understood why Mass Effect 1 was so highly praised. But I liked very much Mass Effect 2. And Mass Effect 3 in fact.
Posted November 18, 2013
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nightrunner227: I feel you. I never understood what people saw in Mass Effect. I have it, I tried to play it, but I never could get into it. Never tried the second one though, so I may give it a shot to see if it's any better.
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Khalaq: Mass Effect starts off slow. You really have to wade through it until you go renegade before the action picks up. Those of us who grew up with the "slow burner" games of the 80's don't find that as big a hurdle as the younger "get me in the action, now" crowd. Also, keep in mind that trying to do every side-quest will slow you down. You can skip them and just focus on the main quest line.
See, I actually play and love tons of "slow-burners." I just didn't enjoy Mass Effect. I ended up just watching my brother play through it (he loved it), and there never was a moment that caught my attention. I guess it just isn't my game.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Briareos262: for me it was Wasteland that blew me away and is among my favorites in top pc games. I also did enjoy Bard's Tale, Ultima, Necromancer, Maniac Mansion, Zak Mckracken, and a couple others. Gosh there was alot of great games, good memories.
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skeletonbow: I don't think I ever played Wasteland but based purely on the demand and word of mouth it gets here it is on my wishlist and I'm going to pick it up when it is on a future sale. I've got a huge stack of graph paper here wasting away might as well put it to use. :)
you won't need the graph paper. It includes everything that was in the original game and it also includes the separate hint book that had to be bought separately if one wanted it for the game. I'm so happy I still have all my originals of it even the hint book even though its in fairly good shape. I wish I kept it mint though that was difficult due to playing the game religiously and being 12 or so at the time =/
Posted November 18, 2013
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masterotaku: Thanks for the info, guys. I've just turned on the PC and bought "I have no mouth and I must scream". I'm feeling lucky :).
You're our lucky charm then.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Uzur9: After giving it another shot I really enjoyed X-2 I think more then X. VIII isnt even that bad either, they tried something new and it didnt work out thats all.
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sharp299: FFVIII is good until CD3....when Squall fall in love for Rinoa, being that he did not feel anything. was an antisocial for the first 2 cds and a romantic guy During the last two. Instant change is what is annoying me ...
Agree :) First time I played it was back in '05-'06 and never finished it, never could get into it. Parts of the story would hook me and thats what kept me going. I did finish it on my PSP I think just last year.

Finished X and X-2 earlier this year. Slacking on my move to XII
Posted November 18, 2013
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skeletonbow: I don't think I ever played Wasteland but based purely on the demand and word of mouth it gets here it is on my wishlist and I'm going to pick it up when it is on a future sale. I've got a huge stack of graph paper here wasting away might as well put it to use. :)
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Briareos262: you won't need the graph paper. It includes everything that was in the original game and it also includes the separate hint book that had to be bought separately if one wanted it for the game. I'm so happy I still have all my originals of it even the hint book even though its in fairly good shape. I wish I kept it mint though that was difficult due to playing the game religiously and being 12 or so at the time =/
Even with the hint book, Wasteland was hard. But I think that's what made the game fun. Plus, it is the spiritual precursor to the Fallout series.

Same with you, I have the original game and manuals and hint books, though they are in storage somewhere. Probably in just okay condition.
Posted November 18, 2013
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skeletonbow: I don't think I ever played Wasteland but based purely on the demand and word of mouth it gets here it is on my wishlist and I'm going to pick it up when it is on a future sale. I've got a huge stack of graph paper here wasting away might as well put it to use. :)
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Briareos262: you won't need the graph paper. It includes everything that was in the original game and it also includes the separate hint book that had to be bought separately if one wanted it for the game. I'm so happy I still have all my originals of it even the hint book even though its in fairly good shape. I wish I kept it mint though that was difficult due to playing the game religiously and being 12 or so at the time =/
Ah. I'm used to having to do graph paper mapping of RPG games from the 80s and some in the 90s so I just assumed. :) Haven't done that in *ages*. Actually there is some software for doing it now that I should pick up as I know some of the games I'll want to play will need mapping and I think I'd actually rather do the mapping on a 2nd monitor using a fancy pants app than use paper. I'm old school but with new school sensibilities too. :)
Posted November 18, 2013
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beyondinfinate: An excerpt from Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

" AM has altered me for his own peace of mind, I suppose. He doesn't want me to run at full speed into a computer bank and smash my skull. Or hold my breath till I faint. Or cut my throat on a rusted sheet of metal. There are reflective surfaces down here. I will describe myself as I see myself:

I am a great soft jelly thing. Smoothly rounded, with no mouth, with pulsing white holes filled by fog where my eyes used to be. Rubbery appendages that were once my arms; bulks rounding down into legless humps of soft slippery matter. I leave a moist trail when I move. Blotches of diseased, evil gray come and go on my surface, as though light is being beamed from within.

Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance.

Inwardly: alone. Here. Living under the land, under the sea, in the belly of AM, whom we created because our time was badly spent and we must have known unconsciously that he could do it better. At least the four of them are safe at last.

AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet … AM has won, simply … he has taken his revenge …

I have no mouth. And I must scream. "
Read the story long ago, never knew till this sale that there was a game based on it.

The story is a masterful work.
Posted November 18, 2013
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sharp299: FFVIII is good until CD3....when Squall fall in love for Rinoa, being that he did not feel anything. was an antisocial for the first 2 cds and a romantic guy During the last two. Instant change is what is annoying me ...
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Uzur9: Agree :) First time I played it was back in '05-'06 and never finished it, never could get into it. Parts of the story would hook me and thats what kept me going. I did finish it on my PSP I think just last year.

Finished X and X-2 earlier this year. Slacking on my move to XII
I found the ending of VIII with the time compression to be really annoyingly complicated.... Loved IX and I also liked X apart from the ending. That's the cliché copout move.

Because of reasons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wu9DnbzB8g
Posted November 18, 2013
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Uzur9: After giving it another shot I really enjoyed X-2 I think more then X. VIII isnt even that bad either, they tried something new and it didnt work out thats all.
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sharp299: FFVIII is good until CD3....when Squall fall in love for Rinoa, being that he did not feel anything. was an antisocial for the first 2 cds and a romantic guy During the last two. Instant change is what is annoying me ...
I always felt that it was less of Squall lacking feelings for Rinoa and more of him being a total pillock. Oh,... I suppose I shouldn't be calling him a pillock. How about a prat? Regardless, Squall suffers from the same flawed writing that is common in Japanese anime, manga, and gaming. The author spends so much time hiding the true feelings of a character that it is something of a shock when it all comes pouring out, later, on.
Posted November 18, 2013
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sharp299: FFVIII is good until CD3....when Squall fall in love for Rinoa, being that he did not feel anything. was an antisocial for the first 2 cds and a romantic guy During the last two. Instant change is what is annoying me ...
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Uzur9: Agree :) First time I played it was back in '05-'06 and never finished it, never could get into it. Parts of the story would hook me and thats what kept me going. I did finish it on my PSP I think just last year.

Finished X and X-2 earlier this year. Slacking on my move to XII
I didn't mind XII, it wasn't that bad once you got used to the controls, having a hard time finishing XIII though myself.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Uzur9: After giving it another shot I really enjoyed X-2 I think more then X.
Story wise, X wins, at least in my opinion. The battle system was good but different in both games. It's hard to decide between knowing the turn order and plan everything (my favorite), or being able to interrupt an enemy turn in real time, transforming in the middle of the battle, etc.
I missed the naive Yuna in X-2, and of course Nobuo Uematsu :(
Post edited November 18, 2013 by masterotaku
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