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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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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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Khalaq: 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.
but usually give clues when the character is in love ... in the case of squall was his repude to rinoa was exesive during the first 2 game discs ... right at the beginning of disc 3 is when magically falls in love ...
Post edited November 18, 2013 by sharp299
Posted November 18, 2013
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Alien8n: Yeah, I've heard of it, but it's not hit my "must buy this game" buttons yet.

Ironically the only reason I bought the PS3 was for the blu ray and because every FF game prior to the PS3 had been a Sony exclusive...
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RichterSnipes: That's an especially interesting case with this gen, considering the absolute hatred the FFXIII series gets by gamers everywhere.

Also, I hope you're just talking about FFVII onwards as "Sony exclusive." There's a lot of people who convince themselves that the series didn't exist until that game. They'd be missing out on some great times, particularly with the SNES trilogy.
Not to nitpick further, but it was really only IX, X (+ X-2) and XII that were Sony exclusive. VII, VIII and XI were all on the PC. :p

But yes, I'm disappointed that people tend to forget about the SNES Final Fantasy games. I still firmly believe that VI was the best in the series, by far.
Posted November 18, 2013
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howardc007: 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.
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Briareos262: I somehow never had a problem with it as soon as I was able to get the survival guide hintbook. It was like a straightaway walkthrough for the game. The only problems I remember where maybe a few unlucky battles where I had to save cheat I remember. heh I found a way to do that. I think It was just turning off the system right away then just rebooting game if one of my characters died ^_^ However if the whole party died I think you were screwed and had to start all over.
I took backup copies of the saved game, so that if something bad happened, I copied the saved games back. A few times I forgot to do that, and I had to start over from when I last saved the game.
Posted November 18, 2013
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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 ;)
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skeletonbow: 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.
One person had a list up of what had gone, what was left, and what the "groupings" were the first or second time round, but none of those groupings have appeared in the third round. Or at least as long as I've been checking, and that has been most of the last two days. I've not managed to guess correctly, so far, or I'd have had more sleep ;)
Posted November 18, 2013
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RichterSnipes: That's an especially interesting case with this gen, considering the absolute hatred the FFXIII series gets by gamers everywhere.

Also, I hope you're just talking about FFVII onwards as "Sony exclusive." There's a lot of people who convince themselves that the series didn't exist until that game. They'd be missing out on some great times, particularly with the SNES trilogy.
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Planeforger: Not to nitpick further, but it was really only IX, X (+ X-2) and XII that were Sony exclusive. VII, VIII and XI were all on the PC. :p

But yes, I'm disappointed that people tend to forget about the SNES Final Fantasy games. I still firmly believe that VI was the best in the series, by far.
Man, just imagine 9 on PC.
I'd FREAK OUT
Posted November 18, 2013
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Khalaq: 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.
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sharp299: but usually give clues when the character is in love ... in the case of squall was his repudiation rinoa was exesive during the first 2 game discs ... right at the beginning of disc 3 is when magically falls in love ...
please no spoiler for the game. I think I left off on disk 2 or 3!! I really should try to get back and finishing that game >_< However its been so long, I don't really want to restart forgetting where exactly I left off on =P
Posted November 18, 2013
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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
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Cardian: 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
IX was good and Ide dare say it tops VII. IX took it back to the roots along the lines of the GBA vers.
Posted November 18, 2013
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RichterSnipes: That's an especially interesting case with this gen, considering the absolute hatred the FFXIII series gets by gamers everywhere.

Also, I hope you're just talking about FFVII onwards as "Sony exclusive." There's a lot of people who convince themselves that the series didn't exist until that game. They'd be missing out on some great times, particularly with the SNES trilogy.
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Planeforger: Not to nitpick further, but it was really only IX, X (+ X-2) and XII that were Sony exclusive. VII, VIII and XI were all on the PC. :p

But yes, I'm disappointed that people tend to forget about the SNES Final Fantasy games. I still firmly believe that VI was the best in the series, by far.
This.
All and any respect I have towards the series is because of this installment. One of the first games that actually made me cry.
Post edited November 18, 2013 by dedoporno
Posted November 18, 2013
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Cardian: 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
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Uzur9: IX was good and Ide dare say it tops VII. IX took it back to the roots along the lines of the GBA vers.
Does it really must be topic about FF?
Posted November 18, 2013
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Briareos262: I somehow never had a problem with it as soon as I was able to get the survival guide hintbook. It was like a straightaway walkthrough for the game. The only problems I remember where maybe a few unlucky battles where I had to save cheat I remember. heh I found a way to do that. I think It was just turning off the system right away then just rebooting game if one of my characters died ^_^ However if the whole party died I think you were screwed and had to start all over.
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howardc007: I took backup copies of the saved game, so that if something bad happened, I copied the saved games back. A few times I forgot to do that, and I had to start over from when I last saved the game.
I never thought about that method. ah well it seemed alot easier to just flip power off then back on, lol.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Khalaq: 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.
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sharp299: but usually give clues when the character is in love ... in the case of squall was his repudiation rinoa was exesive during the first 2 game discs ... right at the beginning of disc 3 is when magically falls in love ...
Naw, he was already in love with her. He was just afraid of admitting it. That's what all that rubbish in the first two CD's is about is his fear of being abandoned/rejected. It is only after he (finally) realizes he might lose her that he suddenly grows a pair of gonads and stops treating her like a telephone pole.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Planeforger: Not to nitpick further, but it was really only IX, X (+ X-2) and XII that were Sony exclusive. VII, VIII and XI were all on the PC. :p

But yes, I'm disappointed that people tend to forget about the SNES Final Fantasy games. I still firmly believe that VI was the best in the series, by far.
Whoops, I guess I was so focused on my point that I forgot about that! Isn't VIII supposed to get an updated PC version soon the way VII did?

The only game I own and have played in the series is a little bit of IV, which I found pretty enjoyable. I kinda want to wait until I get my hands on the PSP version to continue it, though. Apparently the original US SNES version has some problems/deficiencies.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Uzur9: IX was good and Ide dare say it tops VII. IX took it back to the roots along the lines of the GBA vers.
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zeffyr: Does it really must be topic about FF?
What would you like to talk about then good sir knight?
Posted November 18, 2013
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Fellin: 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.
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BananaJane: Is 12 better than 10?
I got it the day it came out, found out that girl isn't the main character and never even turned on the game.
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CarrionCrow: Outer space is very small in Mass Effect. And of course, whenever you land somewhere new, it usually consists of a building, maybe some minerals, maybe some relic collectable crap, and as a bonus you get to explore it in your own bleeding edge state of the art 2275 or whatever model year PIECE OF SHIT.
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BananaJane: Yeah I really thought the game would be more like star control 2, instead it was like kotor in the future
I personally liked 10 more, but 12 isn't bad. Its not quite so main character based so you can just as easily only use the girl character if you wanted.
Posted November 18, 2013
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sharp299: but usually give clues when the character is in love ... in the case of squall was his repudiation rinoa was exesive during the first 2 game discs ... right at the beginning of disc 3 is when magically falls in love ...
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Briareos262: please no spoiler for the game. I think I left off on disk 2 or 3!! I really should try to get back and finishing that game >_< However its been so long, I don't really want to restart forgetting where exactly I left off on =P
Oh sorry, but when you reach the CD3 you will throw the game out the window I assure you, :P
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