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Posted April 06, 2014
Play Descent 2, ^_^
Destroy The Reactor, ,,,',,',,,
Escape The Mine, O_O
Save The world... -_^

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tinyE: Besides, I just saw his earlier post where he bought a Settlers game. XD He won't be doing ANYTHING ELSE for a LOOOOOONG TIME! :P
Very true. XD I remember just playing the Demo of one of the Settlers games over and over, there's something about it that keeps sucking you back in... ^_^

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Elinnea: They didn't always used to be, but these days any new account created has them all added automatically. If GOG ever adds a new free game to the mix, presumably all the existing accounts will have to add it manually at that point.
That's a bit of a time saver for newcomers to GOG, -_^
Thanks for the info. ^_^
Post edited April 06, 2014 by SpellSword
Posted April 06, 2014
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Neobr10: You always get a bunch of free games from GOG when you sign up. It's normal.
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SpellSword: The games are automatically added to your account? O_O

I seem to remember having to add them manually, did something change or am I misremembering? >_<

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tinyE: Play Tyrian.
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SpellSword: If you enjoy Tyrian I'd recommend you also take a look at Raptor: Call of the Shadows. ^_^
Almost all of my free games were automatically added to my account, except for and [url=http://www.gog.com/game/flight_of_the_amazon_queen]Flight of the Amazon Queen, which were added to the GOG catalog after I joined, and had to be manually added to my account.

I second the recommendation of Raptor: Call of the Shadows, and I'm even using it in a screenshot to show how to hide a game from your shelf, not that I understand why anyone would hide Raptor.
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Post edited April 06, 2014 by groze
Posted April 06, 2014
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Licurg: Buy Sacrifice . Trust me .
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triock: Don't listen to him, buy Wizardry 8!
don't listen to them (and don't trust him)...buy a pink Tutu!
Post edited April 06, 2014 by Schnuff
Posted April 06, 2014
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Schnuff: don't listen to them (and don't trust him)...buy a pink Tutu!
The pink Tutu may hold you over for now... But you can only resist the siren call of Sacrifice for so long... -_^
Post edited April 06, 2014 by SpellSword
Posted April 06, 2014
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tinyE: Play Tyrian.
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SpellSword: If you enjoy Tyrian I'd recommend you also take a look at Raptor: Call of the Shadows. ^_^
How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?
Posted April 06, 2014
Don't listen to any of them! Buy Nothing!
Posted April 06, 2014
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SpellSword: If you enjoy Tyrian I'd recommend you also take a look at Raptor: Call of the Shadows. ^_^
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Telika: How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?
Aside the aforementioned horizontality, though all three are pretty good games, if you're into SHMUPs, I'd say Tyrian and Raptor are the better ones. Maybe it's because I prefer vertical side-scrolling shooters, rather than horizontal ones, but in this case it also has to do with fluidity and control, both Tyrian and Raptor control way better than Stargunner. I enjoy the graphics in those two titles better, as well, the pseudo-early-3D and the overall art design in Stargunner are not that compelling, to me.
Post edited April 06, 2014 by groze
Posted April 06, 2014
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Telika: How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?
In all three games there is a shop between levels to purchase new weapons/equipment so in that regard all three are similar. Although I believe Stargunner has more options for kinds of equipment that can be purchased. (If I'm remembering correctly.)

Tyrian feels more Arcade like than Stargunner. Raptor has a slightly slower pace to it (Which is not a bad thing) than Stargunner and Tyrian, at least in the earlier missions. (imo)

All three are worth playing. ^_^
Post edited April 06, 2014 by SpellSword
Posted April 06, 2014
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SpellSword: The games are automatically added to your account? O_O

I seem to remember having to add them manually, did something change or am I misremembering? >_<
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Elinnea: They didn't always used to be, but these days any new account created has them all added automatically. If GOG ever adds a new free game to the mix, presumably all the existing accounts will have to add it manually at that point.
That's not true. When GOG adds new free games all accounts receive them automatically. The last ones were Stargunner and Amazon Queen, they were automatically added if I recall correctly.
Post edited April 06, 2014 by vulchor
Posted April 06, 2014
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Elinnea: They didn't always used to be, but these days any new account created has them all added automatically. If GOG ever adds a new free game to the mix, presumably all the existing accounts will have to add it manually at that point.
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vulchor: That's not true. When GOG adds new free games all accounts receive them automatically. The last ones were Stargunner and Amazon Queen, they were automatically added if I recall correctly.
Far out, I didn't even notice that was on there. I'm not really big on side scrollers but I'll give that ol boy a run. :D
Posted April 06, 2014
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vulchor: That's not true. When GOG adds new free games all accounts receive them automatically. The last ones were Stargunner and Amazon Queen, they were automatically added if I recall correctly.
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tinyE: Far out, I didn't even notice that was on there. I'm not really big on side scrollers but I'll give that ol boy a run. :D
Not nearly as fun as Tyrian (which also had one of the best sound tracks) but still fun for a few hours.
Posted April 06, 2014
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Schnuff: don't listen to them (and don't trust him)...buy a pink Tutu!
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SpellSword: The pink Tutu may hold you over for now... But you can only resist the siren call of for so long... -_^ <a href="http://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/more_games_than_i_bought/post19" class="link_arrow"></a></div> wearing a [url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_UFWrGASE4/UvlC4gbLkVI/AAAAAAAAAv0/zVKDQhpmWGQ/s1600/HIPPOs.png]pink tutu you can resist everything infinitely (it also helps against ingrown toenails).
Posted April 06, 2014
I'm pretty sure I still have to add the free games manually, heck, I still don't have Teenagent.
Posted April 06, 2014
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Telika: How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?
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groze: Aside the aforementioned horizontality, though all three are pretty good games, if you're into SHMUPs, I'd say Tyrian and Raptor are the better ones. Maybe it's because I prefer vertical side-scrolling shooters, rather than horizontal ones, but in this case it also has to do with fluidity and control, both Tyrian and Raptor control way better than Stargunner. I enjoy the graphics in those two titles better, as well, the pseudo-early-3D and the overall art design in Stargunner are not that compelling, to me.
I used to be fond of the genre (in my amiga and arcade days) but not anymore, even though St Patrick forced me to play Aqua Kitty, which was actually half-fun. Also, as a Galaxians Space Invaders Galactica fan, I had semi-recently spent a huge lot of time on Warblade, which I consider the best current retro-shoot'em up.

On the other hand, I don't auto-redeem free games, because I don't want to clog my list with stuff just-because-i-can (yaaayy free, benefit, profit, woot, king of the world). So, if I redeem Stargunner, it'd be really to give it a try. Hence my question.

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Telika: How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?
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SpellSword: In all three games there is a shop between levels to purchase new weapons/equipment so in that regard all three are similar. Although I believe Stargunner has more options for kinds of equipment that can be purchased. (If I'm remembering correctly.)

Tyrian feels more Arcade like than Stargunner. Raptor has a slightly slower pace to it (Which is not a bad thing) than Stargunner and Tyrian, at least in the earlier missions. (imo)

All three are worth playing. ^_^
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Post edited April 06, 2014 by Telika
Posted April 06, 2014
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tinyE: Far out, I didn't even notice that was on there. I'm not really big on side scrollers but I'll give that ol boy a run. :D
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vulchor: Not nearly as fun as Tyrian (which also had one of the best sound tracks) but still fun for a few hours.
Hmmm, it won't download for some reason. I thought it might be the downloader so a tried a different game and it worked fine.

Maybe Tyrian has thrown a virus into the system because it doesn't want me spending time with other space shooters.

Maybe I should get a life. :P
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