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

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... ^_^

That's a bit of a time saver for newcomers to GOG, -_^
Thanks for the info. ^_^

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.

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... -_^

How do they (both) compare with the horizontal Stargunner, horizontality aside ?

Don't listen to any of them! Buy Nothing!

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.

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. ^_^

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

Not nearly as fun as Tyrian (which also had one of the best sound tracks) but still fun for a few hours.

I'm pretty sure I still have to add the free games manually, heck, I still don't have Teenagent.

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.

Ok.


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I stress this out.

<span class="bold">DO VOTE FOR WARBLADE</span>