I'll remember that if I should see any post from you in the box outside.

Keep an eye out for daily deals, because they will be better than Christmas deals for single games.

Most of the Christmas really big deals are large compilations. Like last year, I got all of the Might and Magic games for something like $8 or $9. But if all I wanted was Might and Magic 7, I'd be better off to nab it on a daily/weekly deal at 66% off.

Some publishers don't play nice and they will have 0 or very little discount. But Ubisoft is cool, so you should get PoP at least 50% off. And I don't know the initials SMAC -- but you'll probably find it 50% off around Christmas.

In general, GOG has a big compilation deal every day for the sale. But usually before day 5 or 6 hits, they have a mega sale day where they sell every compilation they had and will have at the super-discount. That's the day I do all my GOG shopping b/c I can see everything that will be up for sale.

Welcome to GOG!

And now you have The Witcher, too! That's a good one.

Oh, and I'm not one of the cool kids. :D Back in my day, we learned to type faster, not smarter. Haha.

I'll call The Witcher a bonus here, since I'm really on the fence about it. I respect the games, but I'm not sure whether they're my style.

What's a similar game I might know, just for reference? For example, how does it compare to a game like Skyrim? And by that, I mean qualitatively, like "it's more/less open world" or "it's darker/lighter in tone", not just "is betr cuz CDProjectRED kgoplaynow."

It's built on the same engine as Neverwinter Nights, but heavily modified. (The NWN engine was upgraded a step for Dragon Age 1 and 2 -- essentially the same engine)

It plays a bit like a single-player game of NWN, but the combat requires timed clicking to get the most out of your attacks. Potion making is vital, too. The gameplay mechanics aren't great, but once you're used to them, it's rather fun. Witcher 2 was a vast improvement.

The biggest thing with The Witcher 1 is its story. There are tons of choices that have huge consequences. And those consequences, like Dragon Age, span across all 3 games if you import your save.

Characters have real character. Choices have real consequences. And the story moves more like a book in pacing (compared to some games where you put in 50 hours for almost no story revelation).

Nonetheless, it's yours to try now. So if you ever feel like booting it up, you can get a taste for yourself.


Edit: Not like Skyrim at all. Not open world. It has large open areas, not open world. (Witcher 3 will be open-world. That's not released yet) Much darker than Skyrim. Much darker than everything, really. :) But a really good dark. Not like GTA dark and gritty. But more of a real, tangible dark and gritty medieval fantasy low-magic setting.

I never really got to play NWN or Dragon Age (or any other "classic" RPG, really :C ), so I really don't know what to make of that. Most of my RPG experience comes from a paltry 50 hours in Skyrim, several years of my preteen life wasted on Runescape (shudders), a smidge (maybe 10 hours) of Diablo 1...

... and of course, Costume Quest.

Edit: That's what I thought. One last question: I'm not usually a fan of games that are gritty for their own sake, unless it's very well-done tongue-in-cheek. Would you say The Witcher "earns" the right to be mature, or does it get gratuitous?

Witcher does it right except in 1 aspect. There's almost like a dialog mini-game with certain characters where if complete the side quest or hit the right dialog option, they sleep with you and get a nude lady card. It's horribly immature and CDP recognized that for Wticher 2.

But overall, it really earns the right. It hits it so dead on. The characters feel very real. The bright beam of light characters become even brighter (although nobody is without sin), and the dark characters get darker. The contrast in characters really helps with the emotional connection with the game.

I'm 100% not a fan of dark and gritty stuff. But both Dragon Age and The Witcher pulled it off nicely.

Sounds good! I have a massive backlog of games to play through, but I'll be sure to make space for The Witcher and see how I like it.

The story of our lives. :D I hope someone posts the unplayed backlog of my games at my funeral. Then people can choose one and play it for me.

I bought the first Witcher game on release and I felt like every cent I spent was worth it

Considering that you can get the game now for free with the purchase of a 2 dollar game is amazing because it's unreal how much playtime and goodies that title packs in

They could fence the graveyard in 12-point font with mine.