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General discussionThe Halloween Sale on GOG.COM has been unleashed!(131 posts)(131 posts)
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Posted October 26, 2020
Halloween comes early this year! On GOG.COM, it rains from the sky accompanied by a lot of tricks and treats, handed to you on purple tentacles that defy the laws of physics. So, get ready to descend into the dimension of discounts, with over 850 game deals, accompanied by new game releases and staff recommendations!

First, let’s take a look at terrifying releases you can now get on GOG.COM:

· Creepy Tale (-15%) is an Indie adventure title soaked with the dark atmosphere of twisted fairy tales like Brothers Grimm.

· Infliction: Extended Cut (-40%) will take you on a journey into a fractured home full of creepy secrets to discover. The discount on this game will last until 9th November 2020, 2 Pm UTC.

· Maid of Sker (-20%) will send chills down your spine as it leads you to a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history inspired by British folklore.

· Othercide (-30%) will give you the opportunity to lead your army to battle with all the skill you can muster.

· Song of Horror Complete Edition (-40%) will make you run and hide from a mysterious, deadly entity that adapts to your every action and decision.

After the maddening tension caused by the new releases begins to fade away, it’s time to take a look at cosmic deals during our Halloween Sale! For starters, you should take a look at the otherworldly, award-winning RPG – The Outer Worlds (-50%). Next, check out thrilling games like Control Ultimate Edition (-30%) and Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition (-70%), as they set you up on a fight against forces beyond comprehension. If you have a huge thirst for chills, titles like Darkwood game (-66%), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (-40%), and classic Phantasmagoria (-35%) will fulfill your darkest desires.

If you wish to save the world from hell or alien swarms, try FPS titles such as Painkiller Black Edition (-80%) and Serious Sam 4 (-15%). Want more action? Games like the award-winning Blasphemous game (-50%) and Warhammer: Chaosbane (-65%) can help you defeat the minions of darkness with a bang. The same task becomes much more elaborate in adventure games such as The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters (-40%) or Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York (-50%). Last but not least, unique titles like A Plague Tale: Innocence (-66%), horror game CARRION (-25%), and Metro Exodus - Gold Edition (-66%) will remind you why you should be afraid of the dark.

We know that venturing into the dark abyss of discounts is no small feat. That’s why we’ve prepared GOG.COM's staff recommendations for you, to serve as a guiding light through the indescribable and decadent corridors of our Halloween Sale:

· In the Tricks collection, you’ll find all the scary, horror-like titles.
· If you look for more cute and funny titles – check out the Treats collection.
· The Ghostly Indies collection consists of some great games from small studios.
· The Spooky RPGs collection is dedicated to the best role-playing games.
· The Scariest Discounts collection features the Halloween Sale’s best deals.

Enter the creepy dimension of the Halloween Sale on GOG.COM before the portal closes on November 2nd, 2020, at 2 PM UTC.

If you want to see some cool gameplay featuring some of the titles present in this Halloween Sale, visit our Twitch channel. Here are the dates from our Stream Team:

· Gabriel Knight 2: the Beast Within played by BraxtonWise - 29th October, 5 PM UTC.
· Iratus: Lord of the Dead played by BiffMcSkylark - 30th October, 2 PM UTC.
· Maid of Sker played by Vlad of TheWeekendSlice - 31th October, 8 AM UTC.
· Sanitarium played by BraxtonWise - 31th October, 4 PM UTC.

The complete schedule can be found here.
Post edited October 28, 2020 by emter_pl
Posted October 26, 2020
Creepy Tales wishlisted for now. I'm having a bad time and Gato Roboto is cheering me up. As for horror games, it would be nice to have more Rusty Lake and Bad Dream series games.
Posted October 26, 2020
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ciemnogrodzianin: Looks like really nice sale (Mafia! -80%, Settlers!), but I hate when they split the list of discounted games into several sub-lists. My script is fooled and interpret it as a different sales. I've made some additional effort to deliver:

One list to rule them all,
one list to find them,
One list to bring them all
and in these posts bind them.
(i.e. 600+ discounted games sorted by price)
Genius! ^ scary genius... :D but Genius! (picture attached)
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Posted October 26, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: It can't be a 'complete' edition given that the Steam version has Achievements and the GOG version does not. Sure would be nice if they actually made it truly become complete by adding Achievements so that GOG customers are treated equally rather than as second-class citizens, again.
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mqstout: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Lack of achievements to taint your gameplay and mindset is a feature, a benefit of its own. It's good not to have achievements break immersion, andor spoil you andor frustrate you andor dictate the way in which you play the game, or make you feel less accomplished.
You still don't know that in almost every case (which means every case in which the achievements are only available if you use Galaxy) you can turn achievements off if you don't like them? So even if achievements are only considered to be necessary for some it does not mean that we should be happy when GOG is (once again) treated worse - at least for those who enjoy achievements.
Posted October 26, 2020
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ciemnogrodzianin: Looks like really nice sale (Mafia! -80%, Settlers!), but I hate when they split the list of discounted games into several sub-lists. My script is fooled and interpret it as a different sales. I've made some additional effort to deliver:

One list to rule them all,
one list to find them,
One list to bring them all
and in these posts bind them.
(i.e. 600+ discounted games sorted by price)
600+ ? Interesting. The banner announces they have 850+, I wonder what's the reason for the discrepancy.

Either way thanks for the list, it helps a lot. (It's still not perfect for me because different regional prices mess up the ordering).
Posted October 26, 2020
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ciemnogrodzianin: Looks like really nice sale (Mafia! -80%)
Wow! Thanks a lot! I didn't see it! Very tempting!
Posted October 26, 2020
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Zoidberg: Quickie, for those games:
Gibbous
Felix the reaper

Is there no missing key rebinds for the keyboard? Just checking, as that critical information is missing from the store description. Cheers!
Those two are controlled with mouse so I don't see why you would need any keybinding for.
Posted October 26, 2020
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mqstout: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Lack of achievements to taint your gameplay and mindset is a feature, a benefit of its own. It's good not to have achievements break immersion, andor spoil you andor frustrate you andor dictate the way in which you play the game, or make you feel less accomplished.
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Mafwek: Mate, as much as Red Dragon's constant nagging about achievements is annoying as hell, and as much as I agree with your sentiment, I still believe he should be allowed to enjoy his games the way he wants.
Look at this, another person trying to be reasonable on the internet. Don't you know we just don't allow that here? If you can't be fiercely extreme in your opinions then just unplug your modem now! (And in case you didn't know, that was sarcasm.)

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ciemnogrodzianin: but I hate when they split the list of discounted games into several sub-lists.
Not only did they split it up into multiple lists, there is overlap between the lists with several games appearing on more than one list. Almost like they went out of their way to make you work harder.
Posted October 26, 2020
Which is the Cthulhu-one on the banner?
Posted October 26, 2020
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MasterofFiction: Not only did they split it up into multiple lists, there is overlap between the lists with several games appearing on more than one list. Almost like they went out of their way to make you work harder.
I always suspected it's some kind of evil marketing strategy to make us browsing the sale harder. Something like an art of arranging shelves in a hypermarket – where they try to make you walk the whole store back and forth even if the only thing you need is bread ;)
Posted October 26, 2020
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MasterofFiction: Not only did they split it up into multiple lists, there is overlap between the lists with several games appearing on more than one list. Almost like they went out of their way to make you work harder.
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ciemnogrodzianin: I always suspected it's some kind of evil marketing strategy to make us browsing the sale harder. Something like an art of arranging shelves in a hypermarket – where they try to make you walk the whole store back and forth even if the only thing you need is bread ;)
I wonder if there are games that are left OUT of these lists?

Also, most likely GOG will add further titles to the sale, so as to keep us on our toes :)
Posted October 26, 2020
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Carradice: I wonder if there are games that are left OUT of these lists?
I remove DLCs etc., but filtering is based on GOG data, which means you cannot rely on that :) I'm aware of this problem but not idea how to solve it easily.

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Carradice: Also, most likely GOG will add further titles to the sale, so as to keep us on our toes :)
That's for sure, but for this – I'm already prepared ;)
I'll let you know in this thread if anything is added to the sale.
Posted October 26, 2020
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Carradice: I wonder if there are games that are left OUT of these lists?
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ciemnogrodzianin: I remove DLCs etc., but filtering is based on GOG data, which means you cannot rely on that :) I'm aware of this problem but not idea how to solve it easily.

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Carradice: Also, most likely GOG will add further titles to the sale, so as to keep us on our toes :)
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ciemnogrodzianin: That's for sure, but for this – I'm already prepared ;)
I'll let you know in this thread if anything is added to the sale.
That would be appreciated!!! :)
Posted October 26, 2020
Didn't realize I have not picked up Amnesia The Dark Decent in the past, *sees it at 90% off* well that's rectified.
Posted October 26, 2020
Ok Gog , Daedalic and Unfrozen . Let me complain :

https://www.gog.com/game/iratus_necromancer_edition 49.49€

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16624/Iratus_Necromancer_Edition/ 34,85€
Posted October 26, 2020
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MarkoH01: You still don't know that in almost every case (which means every case in which the achievements are only available if you use Galaxy) you can turn achievements off if you don't like them?
I covered this in my other post. I use Galaxy, it has good features. And even turning off achievements it nags you "Oh, you have 0% of the achievements for this game!" And especially for more casual players' benefits, off should be the default. Stardew Valley, for instance, is extraordinarily disheartening to people because one of its achievements is beating the one ultra-hard minigame inside it, souring an otherwise great game because of the achievement. And if they're on, it DOES psychologically manipulate people into participating in the systems.

If they were off by default, and, if you have them off, it literally doesn't show that the game even has achievements? Then maybe this would be a different conversation.

And it goes beyond that. Every game's storage page that has achievements lists a "popular achievements" area, encouraging participating in the rat race andor feelsbad from missing out andor spoilers. When I look at a friend's profile, it shows their achievement hunting, without hiding. My own would too [and have to do so again every time I reinstall Galaxy or use a new computer], even though I've turned achievements off. I didn't in the past have them off, and there's no way to clear that data now.

So, no, I can't "just turn off achievements if you don't like them" and yes, their lack of presence is 100% a positive feature.
Post edited October 26, 2020 by mqstout
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