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Posted October 16, 2015
50-75% off Shantae: Risky's Revenge, Recettear, Jade Empire, Dungeon Keeper, Unreal Tournament and more…

Have you met the GOG.com #StreamTeam yet? They're a fantastic bunch of gamers, game lovers, entertainers. They're also on Twitch.tv/GOGcom every single day to bring you great gaming content with love. We asked them to pick out some of their favorite titles from the GOG.com catalog to include in this week's <span class="bold">Weekend Promo: #StreamTeam Selection</span> - all from 50-75% off.




And here's what they have to say about their favorite picks:
MegapiemanPHD
A freelance voice actor and YouTuber of other stuff, features Skulls of the Shogun - Humorous with nice artwork and a good amount of depth for it's simplicity, as well as Raiden 3 - the classic Shmup that offers fast paced in your face action at a reasonably high skill level.


ScreamingJoypad
A games critic, fanatic, freelancer, blogger, and way more. He's "just a dude who loves games". He also loves streaming Surgeon Simulator. A lot: "Oh my days! How much fun is Surgeon Simulator?! In a world where simulators always fell short of feeling realistic - Bossa studios took it upon themselves to create a hyper-realistic simulator that puts you in the shoes of an untrained janitor who fancies himself a surgeon. Personally, Surgeon Simulator is a lovely change, it's stupid, the actions you take lead to usually hilarious outcomes and under all of this there is an actual challenge there that needs completing. Buy the game, like the game, tell your friends, tweet me your best screenshots @ScreamingJoypad and most of all - Stay Awesome!"


Flaose
Teacher by day, dreamer by night, streamer somewhere in between. One of the favorites is Wacky Wheels: "Sick of your kart racing games being console exclusives that feature overweight plumbers and anthropomorphic testudines? Start your engines for this DOS classic that stars a cast of escaped zoo animals and (extremely) live ammunition! Wacky Wheels is a classic kart racing game that features a plethora of racing tracks, two-player racing (featuring both split-screen, and modem/serial cable multiplayer), a shooting gallery, and a deathmatch mode. While racing you’ll be able to pick up a variety of weapons to slow down the other challengers, including a pair of demonic balls, and poor pack of porcupines that you blast out your front end! While Wacky Wheels won’t challenge most experienced gamers, it’s perfectly suited for all ages and as the first full-priced game that I ever purchased as a kid is easy to recommend to you wonderful members of the GOGcom family!"


MatCat
The dynamic streaming duo, colliding in the most awesomely awkward of gaming relationships - one of their favorites is Unreal Tournament 2004 "Often touted as the best of the Unreal Tournament series (although some may argue UT99 wins this due to its originality), Unreal Tournament 2004 is classic Arena FPS in every sense of the word. Weather you love it for its fast-paced nature, its unique and fun match types (like Onslaught) or the sheer detail the developers put into every aspect of the experience, UT2004 still continues to make a mark on gamers today. Personally, my relationship with Unreal Tournament started with 99, but 2004 made me decide to it was time to exchange vows with the franchise... a vow to Monster Kill!!"


Memories in 8bit
A filmmaker, photographer, writer, and of course, streamer features Dungeon Keeper 2: "Have you ever dreamed of conquering a whole kingdom? Do you want to spread terror and darkness over the land? Then Dungeon Keeper 2 is the game for you. By uniting elements of a building sim and strategy game it was far ahead of its time and yet it is accessible even to newcomers to the genres as well!"


VideoGameCarnage
A YouTuber, and lovably radical streamist, happens to also be a big fan of 'Gray Matter: "Jane Jensen is on fine form in this often overlooked point and click adventure game for both newcomers and seasoned veterans alike. An evocative story, gorgeous artwork, and a haunting soundtrack contribute to an overall amazing experience. It also contains the only Street Magician known to humankind that I don't want to repeatedly punch in the face."


Piran Jade enjoys many things. Those include 90's cRPG, jRPGs, Hoppity Hops and Creatures Exodus. Like, a whole lot. "Creatures Exodus is THE sandbox-virtual life sim for me. You set the goals yourself, you modify the world with all the great user-created content out there, and do whatever you want. Want to breed colourful Norns? Do it. Longliving? Fighters? Illness-resistant? Go for it. Or just let the game run overnight and have a look the next day at what happened. By the way: Creating a proper biome can be just as exciting as breeding Norns. You can also breed Grendels, or Ettins, or rainbow sharks..."


TheWeekendSlice
For him, Gemini Rue is a winner. "A mysterious tale that will have you take charge of two separate characters: Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin on a dangerous mission on the planet Barracus, and a man called Delta-Six who wakes up in a hospital with no memory. Best played on a rainy Sunday with a nice, hot cup of tea in hand, this is a sci-fi point & click must-have; a pitch perfect blend of Blade Runner, Noir and Orwell’s 1984 with amazing retro style graphics, phenomenal sound design and voice acting."


Outstar
She's a game dev, concept artist, animator - and even pitched in on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Unsure sure if she's a vampire or zombie, Outstar recommends Theme Hospital: "This is probably the worst game to educate your children about healthcare. As a 6 year old, I was sure hydrocephalus can be treated with a head-popping machine. Thanks, Theme Hospital! Arguably the best "Theme" game ever made, making shooting rats and kicking patients out of hospital viable ways to get awards for Best Hospital In Town. Must-have."


<span class="bold">Weekend Promo: #StreamTeam Selection</span> is an awesome collection of titles, by a team of even awesomer streamers including Classicor, PantslessAaron, E___A, Donis, Reitanna, RerezTV, ArvanEleron and Unraveller. Pick and choose your favorite games at 50-75% off until Tuesday, October 20, 3:59 AM GMT, join us on Twitch.tv/GOGcom, and check out the hilarious first episode of the StreamTeam highlight reel:

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Post edited October 16, 2015 by Konrad
Posted October 17, 2015
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phaolo: Thanks for the comment, but have you played SR2 and\or SR4?
Does SR3 have a good\fun story and ending?
I'd like to get only the "best" game and skip the rest.
Unfortunately, I have not played SR2 or 4, so I can't talk about any kind of first-hand experience with them. However, from what I can gather, all of them are quite different from one another, anyway.
And while Saints Row 2 seems to have very similar gameplay to The Third, the latter is way more concentrated on being wacky and humorous. SR2 is also quite infamous for its terrible PC port, although the GOG release is supposed to be something of an improvement.

For what it's worth, I quite enjoyed the story in SR3. While it does have entertaining twists and turns, it's not exactly complex, but all the creative situations and silly characters make it engaging.
I also liked the endings (mostly the "good" one), partially because the mission leading up to them is a lot of fun.
Posted October 17, 2015
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KasperHviid: For instance, there's a lot of people who like to watch other people play football.
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Crosmando: Very different, seeing as playing sports actually requires you to be in decent shape, and be in some sort of minor league. Pretty much anyone can play a video game on equal footing.
But people being in good physical shape is not what makes others watch sports, I'd say. They watch it because they feel entertained by it.
And what entertains people is quite different from person to person. Some like reading, others like PC games, the next likes opera, or building stuff out of matches, one sits for hours and watches birds do their things, and so on. And yes, there are some who like to watch others play and comment games. *shrugs*
To each their own. :-)
Posted October 17, 2015
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Crosmando: Doesn't really change the reality that a fat slob on his computer can't be a soccer pro but he can be a "pro gamer", does it? Basic dexterity, reflexes and awareness are something that every human [without disability] on this planet has as default.
You make it sounds like some kind of binary able/disabled thing, as if everyone who is considered 'able' has exactly the same capabilities.

No, not everyone has the same dexterity and/or reflexes, if you'd stopped and thought about what you were writing for 10 seconds I'm sure you'd have realised how obviously wrong it was. There's no such thing as 'basic dexterity', just average dexterity. Some people will fall above this and some below.
Pretty much anyone can play a video game on equal footing.
Bollocks. This isn't even about defending eSports. I don't actually give a crap about eSports, I find it just as pointless as 'real' sports. However, I take exception to your idea that everyone has the same capabilities.
Posted October 17, 2015
Sport is competitive physical activity within a set of rules. So playing a video game is NOT sport in the traditional understanding of the word. However, because of the physical action taking place inside the gaming world, it makes sense that it have gotten the name e-sport.

Language is a strange beast. Words are not just litteral, clear-cut labels. There is often some hidden depth.

For instance, the term 'torture porn' does not imply that the genre is a subgenre of pornography. But the word still make sense - even people who don't like the word understands its message.
Posted October 17, 2015
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Crosmando: Doesn't really change the reality that a fat slob on his computer can't be a soccer pro but he can be a "pro gamer", does it? Basic dexterity, reflexes and awareness are something that every human [without disability] on this planet has as default.
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SirPrimalform: You make it sounds like some kind of binary able/disabled thing, as if everyone who is considered 'able' has exactly the same capabilities.
I know right, it's almost like I'm assuming that homo sapiens are....a single species!
Posted October 17, 2015
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Zoidberg: Some people do, yeah... damn abandonware sites and stupid people. :P
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SirPrimalform: Oh right. Actually, most good abandonware sites take games down if they get a legit re-release but I don't doubt that there are bad ones. I thought you were making reference to some particular controversy specific to Theme Hospital, like maybe some one was kicking up a fuss about it on these forums.
Well, I'm kinda making a fuss, but for opposite reasons. :P
Posted October 17, 2015
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phaolo: Oh no, not another discussion about "why watching other play" and "e-sports are not sport"... -_-'
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IwubCheeze: This isn't the first time? How did I miss them all then?
I mean in internet. I've seen it too much.

Anyway, all the long debate is useless because:
- Are e-sports sport? --> No, they're e-sports. XD
- Why watching other play? --> If you like it, do it, otherwise don't. :P
Posted October 17, 2015
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IwubCheeze: This isn't the first time? How did I miss them all then?
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phaolo: I mean in internet. I've seen it too much.

Anyway, all the long debate is useless because:
- Are e-sports sport? --> No, they're e-sports. XD
- Why watching other play? --> If you like it, do it, otherwise don't. :P
Good point, thing is what you said can be said about other topics too. Personally, I'm a little tired of the Mac vs PC for an example. Console wars get ridiculous too, the "debates" are akin to monkeys flinging feces at each other but then when you get a guy smashing a brand new PS4 in front of a huge line up of people wanting to buy a PS4, you just have to wonder.........just......why?

Anyways, I've opted out of the "debate".
Posted October 17, 2015
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KasperHviid: Sport is competitive physical activity within a set of rules. So playing a video game is NOT sport in the traditional understanding of the word. However, because of the physical action taking place inside the gaming world, it makes sense that it have gotten the name e-sport.
You've hit the nail on the head. I am neither defending nor denigrating the idea of "e-sports", but it's not really a sport in the normal sense; nor is chess. I think it's something to do with people seeing the appellation "sport" as some sort of badge of honor to aspire to: "Why, this hobby I'm interested in is no mere activity -- it's a sport!"

That said, watching someone else play a video game is no different than watching someone else play a sport -- in both cases, you have nothing to do with what's going on on the screen (livestream chat notwithstanding).
Posted October 17, 2015
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stryx: How about chess? It's also just a game, right? Can everybody play that at the same level without much effort?
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Crosmando: Everyone has roughly the same cognitive ability
And there's your wrong assumption. :-)
Posted October 17, 2015
This is actually a nice weekend sale, imo!
Posted October 18, 2015
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HunchBluntley: ... but it's not really a sport in the normal sense; nor is chess.
Interestingly, it is according to the etymology of the word:
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Late Middle English (in the sense 'pastime, entertainment'): shortening of disport.

Sport comes from a shortening of disport (Middle English), formed, via French [*], from Latin dis ‘away’ and portare ‘carry’ used in much the same way as the expression ‘to take someone out of themselves’. Sport meant any kind of entertainment, and only started to be used in the modern sense of physical activities with set rules in the late 18th century. The sport of kings (mid 17th century) once referred to war-making but was later applied to hunting and horse-racing.
Source: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sport

*Old French (se) desporter meaning 'to seek amusement', literally 'to carry oneself in the opposite direction'.
Post edited October 18, 2015 by Lemon_Curry
Posted October 18, 2015
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HunchBluntley: A couple of minor issues I noticed when browsing the games on sale:

- The option to sort the games on the promo page by "Date Added" actually sorts them by original release date (as listed on the GOG store pages, anyway... ;) ), not the date they were added to the GOG catalog. Not actually a huge problem, but the sort option should be re-labeled to reflect that.
I wish this bug/feature worked on the games browsing pages. I'd love to sort by original release date, but as far as I can see, you can't. :-(
Posted October 18, 2015
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Lemon_Curry: Interestingly, it is according to the etymology of the word:

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*Old French (se) desporter meaning 'to seek amusement', literally 'to carry oneself in the opposite direction'.
Interesting, yes, but not all that relevant. =) After all, how many words in the current versions of various languages (not just English!) have meanings or usages very different from how the word started out. Look at the changes in meaning over the centuries to the English word "nice". It could be that at some point in the future, the use of "sport" to apply to any random avocation, regardless of requirement of any minimum level of physicality or skill, could be entirely unobjectionable; that day isn't here quite yet, though.

Also, I could retort that the literal meaning of "disport" in Old French involves "carrying oneself away" -- itself a physical activity! =P
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zlep: I wish this bug/feature worked on the games browsing pages. I'd love to sort by original release date, but as far as I can see, you can't. :-(
Well, there are a lot of inconsistencies and errors with the release dates displayed on various games' store pages, so it might not be all that accurate a sort anyway. (For example, for some games' "gold editions" or the equivalent, the stated release dates are for the original base game, while in other cases, they use the actual release date of the "gold edition".) If you want to sort this way, though, just use MaGog. As far as I know, it just uses the release dates GOG puts on the store pages, though, so the same problem will apply.
Post edited October 18, 2015 by HunchBluntley
Posted October 18, 2015
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Crosmando: I know right, it's almost like I'm assuming that homo sapiens are....a single species!
Ah, and species=clone? You and I may be of the same species, but I'm fairly certain we don't have precisely the same DNA. What makes you think that every member of a given species has exactly the same ability? Surely it is obvious to all that different people are better and worse at different things, falling above and below averages.
Post edited October 18, 2015 by SirPrimalform
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