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Posted February 06, 2015
Strategic Milestones: AI War, Capitalism, Jagged Alliance, Warlords Battlecry and more, up to 70% off!

Put on your thinking cap, slip on your business socks - it's business time. This weekend we're leveraging our core competencies with a compelling set of Strategic Milestones pending your review. That's 39 best-in-class products, at a customer-centric up to -70% discount.

Don't be a drone, fight the AI War. Outline your strategic plan in this state-of-the-art blend of galactic grand strategy, 4X, and planetary RTS gameplay. Colonize procedurally-generated galaxies of epic scale, and take on a bleeding edge network of artificial intelligence capable of cross-synergizing across entire star systems to take you down. Sick of drinking the corporate Kool-Aid? Make your own with Captialism Plus and Capitalism 2. Co-opete with laser-focus in the Jagged Alliance series, and... well you get the point.

Over 39 titles with a truly strategic soul are up to 70% off in this Strategic Milestones weekend promo, including Warlords Battlecry, Disciples, Anomaly series and so much more. Empower your thinking today! The promo will last until Tuesday, February 10 at 4:59 PM GMT.
Posted February 06, 2015
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Exoanthrope: ... Wait, I do have a couple games from it. Flatout?!
The publisher being Strategy First is an easy way in. :)
Post edited February 06, 2015 by ZaineH
Posted February 06, 2015
How are the Combat Mission and Enemy Engaged series? Also, did anyone else notice the game links no longer work on the promo page? They don't link to the game cards for some reason.
Posted February 06, 2015
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IronArcturus: How are the Combat Mission and Enemy Engaged series? Also, did anyone else notice the game links no longer work on the promo page? They don't link to the game cards for some reason.
They still work. It's just that the link moved to the popup with the reviews and extras list.
Posted February 06, 2015
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ZaineH: They still work. It's just that the link moved to the popup with the reviews and extras list.
I see it now, but that is kind of confusing. Why did they take out the original links on the left?
Posted February 06, 2015
Only one or two things I'm interested in and none are sounding any klaxons of instapurchasing.
Posted February 06, 2015
I just noticed that you can't click on a games name anymore and open it in a new page to check out a game. That's quite a pain.

edit: ah, they hid the link on the right side of the screen. Not really intuitive.
Post edited February 06, 2015 by Picchia
Posted February 06, 2015
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IronArcturus: Also, did anyone else notice the game links no longer work on the promo page? They don't link to the game cards for some reason.
The games are now mouseovers, and a link and further info appear at right.

However, the mouseovers do not work if your browser window is too narrow. The window doesn't need to be very narrow for them to fail. Mine is about the width of a sheet of paper. Plenty of room to display the descriptive text at right. The text just doesn't update, so I can't link to any of the games.
Posted February 06, 2015
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Random_Coffee: What is excellent in this promo? I already have JA1 and 2.
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JudasIscariot: I myself am partial to Bionic Dues :)
Ghost Master is pretty great as well.
Posted February 06, 2015
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grimwerk: The games are now mouseovers, and a link and further info appear at right.

However, the mouseovers do not work if your browser window is too narrow. The window doesn't need to be very narrow for them to fail. Mine is about the width of a sheet of paper. Plenty of room to display the descriptive text at right. The text just doesn't update, so I can't link to any of the games.
Yeah, I wish they would put the old links back on the left again.
Posted February 06, 2015
This reminds me I should go play Capitalism 1 & 2 which I bought during winter sale. :)

There's plenty of interesting titles here, so many I don't know what to buy! T_T
Any recommendations besides AI War and Capitalism?

Also, it's funny I just realized I had totally forgotten about Tzar. I'm sure I played it but I have no memory of it at all.
Post edited February 06, 2015 by Pardinuz
Posted February 06, 2015
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IronArcturus: Yeah, I wish they would put the old links back on the left again.
Those links were simple and reliable.

It's about time they were enhanced.
Posted February 06, 2015
Has anyone else noticed that if you mouse over a game in the promo the page scrolls up and it's not possible to click on a game's image?
Posted February 06, 2015
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I dislike the "new" interface that showed up at today's sale. It is not intuitive to mouseover and flashload each sidebar just to get a link to the game page. That's horribly inefficient design flow. Just horrible. Why can't I still just rapidly third-click-to-get-tabs for each game for which I want to see the store page? Why purposely make the buying experience more cumbersome?

Also showing only positive reviews on the sidebar is highly cynical.

http://i.imgur.com/z1FpXzB.jpg

Do you really think people are going to believe that Restaurant Empire is a Strategic Milestone? And Supreme Ruler 2010? The first, most broken iteration of a series so outright bad that it can't even sell during Steam sales? Really?

Of course you don't show any reviews in the Supreme Ruler 2010 sidebar, because it only has 2, and they're both 2 stars...

edit: I also notice that the 5 most upvoted reviews for Restaurant Empire are (correcly) devastatingly critical and negative, but none of these are showed in the Promo page. In fact, many of the negative reviews are pondering if the positive reviews are fictional (they might very well be). GOG this sort of shady "dark pattern" advertising is UNACCEPTABLE. I would be outraged of this even if I wasn't a customer with a huge account. I'm just... words almost fail me.

Many times I've been proud of GOG, but today, GOG, you disgust me.
Post edited February 06, 2015 by bigsilverhotdog
Posted February 06, 2015
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Splatsch: In fact you can click on the game name of the game on top of the "summarized reviews" (on the upper right).
But I was a little confused at the beginning too, I made same thing first.
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BreOl72: And thanks to you, too!
You're welcome, it's a pleasure if I can help :)
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Splatsch: Oh, I was talking about Shattered Haven in your previous post, I'm really sorry, I didn't replied at the good post XD (but thanks anyway :))
I already own Bionic Dues and yes, it's a very good "X-Com like" but with it's particuliar feel, like you said :)
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vicklemos: I won't tell you one thing about SH. It would spoil the fun. Give it a serious go and you won't regret it. After many, many hours I finished it and felt immensely proud :P
The way you talk about it increase my curiosity a lot, it looks very interesting, I may take it (I'll have to think about it). I really like the spirit of Arcen : they make very interesting and in a way unusual games. Thanks for your opinion :)
Post edited February 06, 2015 by Splatsch
Posted February 06, 2015
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Austrobogulator: Yeah, that definitely does work, it's just stupid.

I can't fathom why they would make the name on the left unclickable.
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EndreWhiteMane: So the page will work on a tablet properly. ;)
Well, maybe it works on a tablet properly but not in a 4" smartphone...
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