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Up to 75% off Pillars of Eternity, Satellite Reign, Legends of Eisenwald, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty and more!



Gaming sins are a regrettable thing. Whether they come from games you shamefully put aside without finishing them, from questionable methods you used while trying to finish them, or from borrowed discs that you claimed were already scratched - they might all give you trouble sleeping. But the worst offenders are always the games you should have picked up and never did. Well, worry not, fellow sinners, for our Weekly Staff Picks: <span class="bold">New Year Absolutions</span> will help you settle the bill with the Gaming Gods and venture into the rest of the year as a whole new person!

If you've missed out on Pillars of Eternity, ten "Hail Marys" will hardly cut it. After all, this is the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, some of the most celebrated RPGs of all time, we are talking about here. Complete with meaningful customization, real-time-with-pause combat, a captivating story, and memorable NPCs, it's not hard to see why this one is strongly favored by the Gaming Gods.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, a captivating exploration adventure, has recently reappeared in all its reduxed glory. You investigate the recent murders on sleepy Red Creek Valley as a detective summoned there by the young Ethan Carter. But once you piece together the nebulous clues, a horrifying discovery will make you question your very perception of reality.

A war is going on in the neon-lit streets of Satellite Reign. The mega-corporations keep citizens under their thumb, dictating the rules of democracy in this cyberpunk, dystopian future with the strong Syndicate vibes. You control a customizable band of defiant troublemakers, and infiltrate, hack, kill, or bribe your way towards upsetting the status quo. Will you prove yourself a liberator, an alternative evil, or just an opportunist?



The more gaming sins, the more <span class="bold">New Year Absolutions</span> needed to wash them away. Thankfully, our Weekly Staff Picks offer a delectable selection of over a dozen winners, like Legends of Eisenwald, Grim Fandango Remastered, Transistor, and Tales from the Borderlands, going for up to 75% off. Get, play, love. The promo will last until January 29, 10:59 AM GMT.
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Random_Coffee: D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die is amazing :D But keep in mind that the story probably won't be continued in a while, as the developer is taking a break from game development.
How would you rate the mouse and keyboard controls? I'm tempted to get it but from the gameplay video it looks like you'd need a wii remote or something like that.
high rated
C'mon, average backlogger, say it: "meh promo" or "nothing for me this time"

I DARE YOU
I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!
Those are quite good games in that selection. If my backlog was a bit shorter, I would have bought a few ones :)
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vicklemos: C'mon, average backlogger, say it: "meh promo" or "nothing for me this time"

I DARE YOU
I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!
"meh promo" "nothing for me this time" :P
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vicklemos: C'mon, average backlogger, say it: "meh promo" or "nothing for me this time"

I DARE YOU
I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!
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Yezemin: "meh promo" "nothing for me this time" :P
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Great selection of games, thanks!
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catpower1980: mmm, some interesting stuff here but I can't afford them (or I already have them)...

BUT what's interesting me is the Grim Fandango remastered as it's cheap and back in the days I had technical problems with it so I couldn't play it. What bothers me is that I recall a lot of shitstorm when the "remastered" game came out (I don't even remember why....).

So: Yay or Nay?
nay!

vote with your $

show them you won't support art that has been blasphemed

there's a fine line between respectfully upgrading something (like SS or noctropolis) and changing fundamental aspects to a game (Grim Fandango re-recorded music and changed it and you can no longer hear the original score, etc., I fear DotT and Full Throtle will see the same sort of fate, where you can't get "as close as possible" to the original intended experience because they thought it'd be "cool" to change stuff.)
Hmm, I have everything I want on other platforms, and I've resolved to stop buying things from GOG until they stop ripping me off and add CAD pricing...
I enjoyed Satellite Reign very much, but it's not Syndicate. It certainly has some Syndicate vibes but don't expect the same game with new graphics. Still, great game.
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vicklemos: C'mon, average backlogger, say it: "meh promo" or "nothing for me this time"

I DARE YOU
I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!
Let's see... a few "spiritual successors" to games I didn't like to begin with. Some Point n' Click adventures for licensed properties that I'm not familiar with. A few indie games I've never heard of and therefore don't really care about.

Meh..nothing for me this time.
Is the New & Tasty save system the same as the original Abe?
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catpower1980: mmm, some interesting stuff here but I can't afford them (or I already have them)...

BUT what's interesting me is the Grim Fandango remastered as it's cheap and back in the days I had technical problems with it so I couldn't play it. What bothers me is that I recall a lot of shitstorm when the "remastered" game came out (I don't even remember why....).

So: Yay or Nay?
I say "Yay," most definitely. The remaster made the game more playable with added point'n'click controls. And from what I remember most of the problems were fixed.
Post edited January 25, 2016 by WesleyB
That satellite reign is coming home this week. And since I'm on a bit of an JRPG mood, I might give that neptunia a chance too.

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Daliz: I enjoyed Satellite Reign very much, but it's not Syndicate. It certainly has some Syndicate vibes but don't expect the same game with new graphics. Still, great game.
I agree, although the other way around. I never played the original syndicate, and I enjoyed Satellite Reign a lot. I wanted more after beating it, so I grabbed my GOG copy of Syndicate and gave it a go, but it was way too dated for me to play. Not talking about graphics, it was things like having to move each character one by one that put me off after less than ten minutes. So I'm taking the chance to ask if Syndicate had any distinct mechanics that would offset its aging and make me consider giving it another chance?
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P1na: So I'm taking the chance to ask if Syndicate had any distinct mechanics that would offset its aging and make me consider giving it another chance?
Setting people on fire is always fun.
Also I really think you can select multiple agents at the same time.
It's been a couple of decades since I played it last, but I'm pretty sure you could.
I think you had to do it via the HUD and not in-game.
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Niggles: wondering about this as well.
I really liked it, but as per my previous post, I didn't play Syndicate so I can't really compare. I found the open city quite interesting and enjoyable, and the real time earning and research was quite OK too (as long as you didn't want to cheat the system and leave the game running all night to get loads of money)