It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
General discussion (archive)2014 DRM-Free Winter Sale Tracker Thread(5252 posts)(5252 posts)
(5252 posts)
Pages:
1
26
27
28
29
30
75
150
225
300
351
This is my favourite topic
Posted December 04, 2014
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Wait...
As someone who is not part of Secret Santa, I'm confused. How is this sale conflicting with it?
Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
Post edited December 04, 2014 by Grargar
Posted December 04, 2014
avatar
adaliabooks: Mine came at 6.41PM... After my free AoW email and the receipt for Banished (which if the tutorial is anything to go by is going to be good fun, thanks for the suggestion everyone :) )
avatar
LynetteC: My receipt for AoW came in at 14.21 (the sale started at 14.00 GMT) and my sale notifiication is time stamped 19.59. SIX HOURS LATE, GOG!!
My sale notification emails are always late. I don't think I've ever got one before a sale started or at the time a sale started. I usually find out about the on here :D
Posted December 04, 2014
avatar
adaliabooks: My sale notification emails are always late. I don't think I've ever got one before a sale started or at the time a sale started. I usually find out about the on here :D
Same here, though this one will probably go down in history - I suspect it'll arrive when the sale's over. ;-)
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
foxworks: shoulda, coulda, woulda, gouda!
avatar
HypersomniacLive: You silly cheesy fox! He likes Emmental - so do I, btw! ;-P

Is it correct that there haven't been any repeats yet?
I haven't witnessed repeats yet. I could be mistaken, but don't think so.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Stilton: Xenonauts has been on my maybe list for a while... but the gameplay is r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-w, too much so for me.
avatar
Ixamyakxim: Did you ever play and enjoy the original XCOM? I'm most likely pulling the trigger on Xeno but I haven't looked at gameplay beyond the video here, and the reviews / comments.

I'm curious because if you never played XCOM, I won't worry too much about you thinking it's slow... but if you played and loved XCOM I might have to take a look at a few gameplay videos myself...!
I haven't played XCOM, unfortunately. I wouldn't be surprised if its a better game than Xeno. If Xeno was a little cheaper I'd probably go for it, but it feels lacking in much that involves, beyond getting into a slow-paced strategical to and fro that doesn't (apparently) lead anywhere exciting. It feels wrong to write off a game without even playing it, but my gut (which is fairly substantial) is saying wait until the price comes down a little more. I'd still check out some videos yourself, though, just to be sure.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Wait...
As someone who is not part of Secret Santa, I'm confused. How is this sale conflicting with it?
avatar
Grargar: Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
At this point, wouldn't only apply to the early Santa's? I think the rest of us still have until the 15th to finalize our wishlist.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
hummer010: At this point, wouldn't only apply to the early Santa's? I think the rest of us still have until the 15th to finalize our wishlist.
Indeed, but given the unexpected change of the sale's date, everyone might end up becoming an early Santa.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Stilton: It feels wrong to write off a game without even playing it, but my gut (which is fairly substantial) is saying wait until the price comes down a little more. I'd still check out some videos yourself, though, just to be sure.
I'm the exact same way with games in my "maybe" category. And like you I'm inclined to listen to that gut feeling when it comes to an "almost but not quite there yet" feeling!
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Wait...
As someone who is not part of Secret Santa, I'm confused. How is this sale conflicting with it?
avatar
Grargar: Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
You could always (and this might get tough) have a post-Christmas Secret Santa "regifting" party. Or a Yankee Swap with gifts that people that bought games on their wishlist. It might be fun. It might also be a huge pain / letdown for the gifter who got a gift only to have it be regifted. Or fun ;)

I was curious about doing the Secret Santa but by the time I saw it, it was already HUGE! LOL - good luck Momo! (I think? Who was running it?).
Post edited December 05, 2014 by Ixamyakxim
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
AgentBirdnest: Wait...
As someone who is not part of Secret Santa, I'm confused. How is this sale conflicting with it?
avatar
Grargar: Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
So... If I want to send someone a gift, I should make sure they don't have it on their Secret Santa wishlist. Right?

(I have always sucked at group activities with instructions.)
Post edited December 05, 2014 by AgentBirdnest
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Stilton: It feels wrong to write off a game without even playing it, but my gut (which is fairly substantial) is saying wait until the price comes down a little more. I'd still check out some videos yourself, though, just to be sure.
avatar
Ixamyakxim: I'm the exact same way with games in my "maybe" category. And like you I'm inclined to listen to that gut feeling when it comes to an "almost but not quite there yet" feeling!
Same here. Lots of my long-term wishlist is on sale here, but 20-50% on $20+ games is a lot tougher than 80% on $5.99 games.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Grargar: Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
avatar
AgentBirdnest: So... If I want to send someone a gift, I should make sure they don't have it on their Secret Santa wishlist. Right?
Yup. Otherwise, you might end up gifting a game that the Secret Santa would also gift.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Grargar: Simple. You post a wishlist to your Secret Santa, which you're not allowed to remove games from it (because you purchased them in this sale for example), otherwise you risk being gifted a game you already own.
avatar
AgentBirdnest: So... If I want to send someone a gift, I should make sure they don't have it on their Secret Santa wishlist. Right?

(I have always sucked at group activities with instructions.)
Basically yes. :)
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Ixamyakxim: I'm the exact same way with games in my "maybe" category. And like you I'm inclined to listen to that gut feeling when it comes to an "almost but not quite there yet" feeling!
avatar
budejovice: Same here. Lots of my long-term wishlist is on sale here, but 20-50% on $20+ games is a lot tougher than 80% on $5.99 games.
And like everyone here who's number of GOG games well exceeds anything even remotely related to normal (I can't quite believe I've got as many as I have) I've been stung enough times by impulse buys to pull back and let my brain resume control before leaping for the Add To Cart button.
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
budejovice: Same here. Lots of my long-term wishlist is on sale here, but 20-50% on $20+ games is a lot tougher than 80% on $5.99 games.
avatar
Stilton: And like everyone here who's number of GOG games well exceeds anything even remotely related to normal (I can't quite believe I've got as many as I have) I've been stung enough times by impulse buys to pull back and let my brain resume control before leaping for the Add To Cart button.
It is a difficult skill to learn and/or implement, but I may just be getting a little bit better with each sale. You know, now that I own most of the catalog... :)
Posted December 05, 2014
avatar
Stilton: And like everyone here who's number of GOG games well exceeds anything even remotely related to normal (I can't quite believe I've got as many as I have) I've been stung enough times by impulse buys to pull back and let my brain resume control before leaping for the Add To Cart button.
avatar
budejovice: It is a difficult skill to learn and/or implement, but I may just be getting a little bit better with each sale. You know, now that I own most of the catalog... :)
Trying to beat Barry? ;)
Pages:
1
26
27
28
29
30
75
150
225
300
351
This is my favourite topic
Community
General discussion (archive)2014 DRM-Free Winter Sale Tracker Thread(5252 posts)(5252 posts)
(5252 posts)