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AdamR: A generous GOGer surprised me with it recently. I've spent several hours playing it (campaign and skirmish modes,) and I think it is really fun. I thought It blended RTS and RPG pretty well.
In the campaign, you control a hero like you would in an RPG - you have an inventory, you level up, use skills, and trade at shops in the world. At the same time, you command an army in traditional RTS-style. Some missions include base building, some don't.
In skirmish/multiplayer mode, you choose at the start of the game whether you want to play as a hero and recruit "neutral" units - or you can choose to trade your hero for a base and build your own army. You can play as 4 different races, and they are all very unique with diverse units and spells.

I'm not very good at it, but I've had a ton of fun playing it.
Since a bit more than half an hour has remained before the end of its flash sale, can you tell me if it's fast-paced or not? I prefer a RTS that doesn't have missions that last hours and hours.
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IAmSinistar: Should be pretty cheap if you already have parts of it. But then, do you want the parts you don't have?
I'm missing only two titles, Real Myst and Myst 5: End of Ages Limited Edition, and my dilemma is exactly that - do I want them?
Do I go for it today, or wait to see what the next days bring, and decide on the encore day? Of course it'd be ironically hilarious (or hilariously ironic?), if GOG doesn't do an encore day at the end.


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Grargar: Do it. Otherwise, I'll utter a terrible pun.
I dare you, perhaps it'll help me make up my mind.
Post edited November 20, 2014 by HypersomniacLive
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IAmSinistar: Should be pretty cheap if you already have parts of it. But then, do you want the parts you don't have?
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HypersomniacLive: I'm missing only two titles, Real Myst and Myst 5: End of Ages Limited Edition, and my dilemma is exactly that - do I want them?
Do I go for it today, or wait to see what the next days bring, and decide on the encore day? Of course it'd be ironically hilarious (or hilariously ironic?), if GOG doesn't do an encore day at the end.

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Grargar: Do it. Otherwise, I'll utter a terrible pun.
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HypersomniacLive: I dare you, perhaps it'll help me make up my mind.
Funny, those are the exact 2 Myst titles I'm missing :) Nice to have completion!
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HypersomniacLive: I dare you, perhaps it'll help me make up my mind.
Don't tell me I didn't warn you. You will be a fool to have myst this opportunity!
Post edited November 20, 2014 by Grargar
Decisions... decisions... What to do?

These are nice bundles. With the exception of RealMyst I have a physical copy of every game on both bundles.
I don't know if I get only RealMyst or go to one full bundle to make backup.
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HypersomniacLive: I'm missing only two titles, Real Myst and Myst 5: End of Ages Limited Edition, and my dilemma is exactly that - do I want them?
Do I go for it today, or wait to see what the next days bring, and decide on the encore day? Of course it'd be ironically hilarious (or hilariously ironic?), if GOG doesn't do an encore day at the end.
I think you're safe waiting for the reprisal, seeing as they've done one already. I doubt they want to alienate customers by not doing another.
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Grargar: Since a bit more than half an hour has remained before the end of its flash sale, can you tell me if it's fast-paced or not? I prefer a RTS that doesn't have missions that last hours and hours.
I've only played I think 6 missions from the campaign. I didn't pay that much attention to the time, so I'm just estimating here... One of them took about an hour, maybe a little more. The rest were all 15-30 minutes.
My skirmishes seem to be around an hour.
Post edited November 20, 2014 by AdamR
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IAmSinistar: I think you're safe waiting for the reprisal, seeing as they've done one already. I doubt they want to alienate customers by not doing another.
True. There is a good chance for this to happen on the last day of sale.
I own all of Myst bundle, and none of Tomb Raider. I think I'll pass on Tomb Raider and hope for bundles I want more in the next few days.
Post edited November 20, 2014 by hummer010
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AdamR: I've only played I think 6 missions from the campaign. I didn't pay that much attention to the time, so I'm just estimating here... One of them took about an hour, maybe a little more. The rest were all 15-30 minutes.
My skirmishes seem to be around an hour.
Then Building/Unit creation didn't take too much time, right?
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Grargar: Don't tell me I didn't warn you. You will be a fool to have myst this opportunity!
At least you didn't say this bundle is Mist! ;-)
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HypersomniacLive: At least you didn't say this bundle is Mist! ;-)
Well, it will subside in 22 hours. :P
Post edited November 20, 2014 by Grargar
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AdamR: I've only played I think 6 missions from the campaign. I didn't pay that much attention to the time, so I'm just estimating here... One of them took about an hour, maybe a little more. The rest were all 15-30 minutes.
My skirmishes seem to be around an hour.
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Grargar: Then Building/Unit creation didn't take too much time, right?
It depends on the race, I think. Each race requires different types and amounts of resources to build stuff.

I've found that building a base seems to take a while, but training units is really fast. You can construct multiple buildings to train units, so you can have hundreds of soldiers in minutes.

*I must emphasize that I suck at RTS games, so you may want to take this all with a grain of salt.
Post edited November 20, 2014 by AdamR
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Grargar: Then Building/Unit creation didn't take too much time, right?
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AdamR: It depends on the race, I think. Each race requires different types and amounts of resources to build stuff.

I've found that building a base seems to take a while, but training units is really fast. You can construct multiple buildings to train units, so you can have hundreds of soldiers in minutes.
Thanks for the info! Bought.
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Grargar: Don't tell me I didn't warn you. You will be a fool to have myst this opportunity!
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HypersomniacLive: At least you didn't say this bundle is Mist! ;-)
Breath in that Gaming Mist.
What a great feeling to buy more games.