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With 700+ games discounted up to 90% off, daily special Bundle Deals, a constant stream of exciting Flash Sales, and some fantastic surprise giveaways, we launch into the season of gaming joy!

The biggest celebration of DRM-Free gaming this season is right now, right here on GOG.com! It's warm and nice outside, the summer draws ever closer, so let's make sure it's full of fantastic games. There's no one good way to spend your summer, but we know well that gaming can make every single one of them better. So, whether you plan to stay inside, hike into the wilderness, or take a boat into the calm sea, we'll make sure your laptop is filled with great DRM-Free games you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. To that end, we're holding our [url=http://www.gog.com]2014 DRM-Free Summer Sale!

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Mr.Caine: Omerta has a 2 star rating.Is it the lowest rated game on GOG?
That's because the community wasn't happy about the way Omerta DLCs were introduced :)
Thanks for a nice gift, GOG! :) It'll be a nice addition to my low rated games collection :)
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groze: Well, I got the free game by clicking on the box to check on the game page what it was all about and ended up getting it in my library... :/
LOL - that happened to me with Magrunner. I can't stand FP perspective games and I just clicked the link to see what the game was about and what type of game it was. Oh well, I DLed it anyway. Maybe one of my kids will like playing it.
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joppo: Kalypso apparently wanted to ensure that we had reason to move to Steam, who knows why.
What they achieved instead was me having an extra reason to believe I won't be buying any of their games any time soon.
My thoughts as well.
Post edited June 24, 2014 by Coelocanth
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TNGpt: It is true that we, GOG users, were treated as an inferior class of buyers not worthy of the same quality of service provided to those that bought the game at other retailers. I have presented my opinions to Kalypso regarding that matter. On the other hand, I am also disappointed with GOG for not doing more in representing/defending us. Barely any feedback and no solution while apparently shrugging elbows when they are clearly being treated as a second class retailer doesn't sound like the correct way to act.
It kind of sucks for both the customer, GOG and the developer though too. Sucks for us because we end up waiting longer for a patch that we might not ever even see in the end. Sucks for GOG because they know there's a patch that they don't have a version of for their product and they're not going to be happy about that knowing customers are missing out on bugfixes or extra content or whatever. But it also sucks for the developer having to make a custom patch for every single retailer separately because their game is built custom for each vendor that isn't "Steam".

Having said that though, the day that a publisher inks a deal with a retailer, I think they owe it to the retailer and the customers of that retailer to provide timely patches. If not the same day everywhere then within a few days, otherwise it is a great disservice to the end customer who ends up punished just because they bought from their store of choice.

The downside of that though is that a developer may feel that they are simply unable to build and test patches for many different builds in parallel and that it either has to be this way, or they pull the game from the stores where they can't provide parallel patches same-day. It could be a double edged sword in effect.

Look at Postal 2 - latest patches out on Steam over a year ago. We're still waiting for them here which sucks to wait, but the developer is providing updates on the status along with explanations for the time delay and also promising additional free updates and enhancements in the future for a game that is 11 years old. I'm glad they have the game here and while kind of annoyed we haven't got the patch yet, they're at least communicating here in the forums and giving updates and promises that they hopefully will deliver on too.

Sadly, the commitment of different publishers/developers seems to vary widely doesn't it.. ;/
<i>Another</i> dev. failing to provide fixes that exist elsewhere? :-/
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markrichardb: I was going to say no, but then saw Daikatana got two and a half.

Thanks to GoG and Kalypso for this interesting game, I hope it gets fixed before I get around to playing.
Well, Daikatana is often considered the worst game ever... but it's 14 or so years old now and even "worst game ever" is a trophy of sorts which probably boosts sales of the game and makes it more popular now. :) I personally bought the game BECAUSE of it being rated one of the worst games ever (and not because I'm being John Romero's bitch (old joke reference)), and something being bad can end up being rated good specifically for being bad. :)

I played it for a few hours and thought it was alright but never made it far enough to hit any of the big annoyances people spoke about that I read. I'll complete it some day just to have that under my belt. :)
Despite all the equine dentistry being practiced in this thread, i appreciate the gift!

Free is good!

And i hear that the game improved a lot after the DLC's came out.
Can anyone comment on the Japanese Initiative DLC for Omerta? I see 0 user reviews here, is it worth $3.74? Reading some on it, JI DLC appears to be mid-game content.
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skeletonbow: Having said that though, the day that a publisher inks a deal with a retailer, I think they owe it to the retailer and the customers of that retailer to provide timely patches.
This is key right here. It's completely unacceptable that they don't support a product they offer for sale, no matter which channel that may be. I do understand that it may be much easier to provide patching through Steam's platform, but if you're offering your game through other DD services, you need ton support it. Especially is the last patch provided actually breaks the game as is the case here with Omerta.
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whystler2012: Despite all the equine dentistry being practiced in this thread, i appreciate the gift!

Free is good!
LOL it took me a moment to get this "Pulling a horse's tooth? No, that's not it... Oh wait! Looking a gift horse in the mou... arrrgh I'm getting slow!" ;)

And I appreciate it as well - there's a lack of strategy titles on consoles and this is one I actually almost purchased when I was gaming more on mine than on my PC.
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j0ekerr: ...Steam is a money making machine to which GOG cannot compare, so they get first choice of everything. And like a volcano god, those around it are quick to appease its wrath.
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undeadcow: It's likely a fallacy to defend Kalypso given Omerta's buggy state... but I think there is some redemption for them in offering Omerta FREE on GOG (but not Steam). With this move Kalypso has done a lot to elevate GOG aiding with publicity and lending support for the DRM-free format with a high profile freebie.
I am more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt if that's indeed their prime motivation and if they actually manage to squeeze out patch 1.08 anytime soon, I will gladly eat my words.

Seriously, I will print them and eat them with a light oil seasoning and ketchup.

However the opposite is also true.

On an unrelated note, how carcinogenic is printer toner supposed to be?
Post edited June 24, 2014 by j0ekerr
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whystler2012: Despite all the equine dentistry being practiced in this thread, i appreciate the gift!
As do I, don't get me wrong. But if this game is not patched like the Steam version, then I'll unfortunately be personally blacklisting the publisher.
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whystler2012: Despite all the equine dentistry being practiced in this thread, i appreciate the gift!
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Ixamyakxim: LOL it took me a moment to get this "Pulling a horse's tooth? No, that's not it... Oh wait! Looking a gift horse in the mou... arrrgh I'm getting slow!" ;)
Don't feel bad, my first mental image of this was someone giving a horse a silver tooth filling. :D But I sussed it out as well.

And then Father Ted's My Lovely Horse popped into my head and it all went to smash.
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undeadcow: It's likely a fallacy to defend Kalypso given Omerta's buggy state... but I think there is some redemption for them in offering Omerta FREE on GOG (but not Steam). With this move Kalypso has done a lot to elevate GOG aiding with publicity and lending support for the DRM-free format with a high profile freebie.
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j0ekerr: I am more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt if that's indeed their prime motivation and if they actually manage to squeeze out patch 1.08 anytime soon, I will gladly eat my words.

Seriously, I will print them and eat them with a light oil seasoning and ketchup.

However the opposite is also true.

On an unrelated note, how carcinogenic is printer toner supposed to be?
Oh, probably not any worse then the polluted air that you are breathing right now. And before you ask or get mad, I believe that the air ALL OVER THE WORLD is polluted, with the possible exception of Antarctica.
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whystler2012: Despite all the equine dentistry being practiced in this thread, i appreciate the gift!
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Coelocanth: As do I, don't get me wrong. But if this game is not patched like the Steam version, then I'll unfortunately be personally blacklisting the publisher.
And when you read responses like this from Kalypso (in regards to this matter), they are well and truly on my blacklist also.
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skeletonbow: Well, Daikatana is often considered the worst game ever.
Worst game evar? Heavens, no! Nowhere near (and that's coming from someone who left a 1-star-review that wagered potential players might find it "utterly, irredeemably awful beyond [their] worst expectations"). But at least it's a barely functional game that had some great aspirations (and failed utterly at each and every one of them). As far as the gog catalogue is concerned, I'd say that "Kingdom The Far Reaches" is easily the worst of the lot. It's not even a game, it's a pitiful 70s Saturday morning cartoon that occasionally allows you to click on stuff. (Fans of terrible games might still find Kingdom a guilty pleasure).
Post edited June 24, 2014 by fronzelneekburm