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You must succeed where the greatest of heroes has failed.

It’s been a while since there has been a new RPG on GOG.com shelves, but today we offer [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/soulbringer]Soulbringer on GOG.com for only $5.99.

Let’s conduct a little thought excercise here: If you were an average person living in the mystical world of Rathenna and your father was killed and your uncle Adrus turned out to know a lot about magic, ancient warriors, and demons, would you rather:

a) ignore your crazy uncle, live on a farm, raise a family, and live a long and boring life or,
b) learn magic, learn sword-wielding, awaken your powers inherited from your past lives, and slay ancient demons, preserving the world for all?

Those of you who decided that option “a” sounds a little too dull have a chance to jump into the fantasy world of Soulbringer, an action RPG in the spirit of other classic hack and slash games of the era.

Soulbringer is one of those “hidden gems” that we love to bring up to the surface here on GOG. It was buried in an avalanche of other fantastic cRPGs released in the year 2000 (Diablo II, Icewind Dale, and Baldur’s Gate II all came out that year!), but if it had been released in a different year, it would likely also be one of the classic RPGs we all know and love. The things that make a well-crafted piece of action fantasy gaming, like a unique combat system, well-constructed magic, a long and involving storyline, and the indefinable ‘joy factor’ are all here and make Soulbringer the perfect addition to your fantasy/RPG shelf.

Soulbringer is the kind of RPG that offers a lot of action and fun and is definitely worth buying on GOG.com for only $5.99.
Unexpected release was unexpected? Will have to look a bit more for this...
Got this one elsewhere. I don't know how much into details the people on GOG has gone with testing. But my DotEmu-copy didn't work for me until I copied files from the Catalyst10.4 drivers into the game library. Hopefully it's been fixed. But otherwise I've got the files and can supply them quite easily.
This should please quite a few people.
Interesting release.

I heard some of the Staff behind Realms of the Haunting worked on this one. Supposedly it has quite a few similarities to ROTH, despite being a completely different genre.

I will check it out, since I like Realms of the Haunting so much.
It looks just the right kind of graphics that might have tons of compatibility issues.

Anyway, anyone know anything about the game, gameplay wise? Is it good?
I'm not really interested in the game but it's great that multiple languages are offered. You're doing it right!

BTW: Maybe it's the wrong place to ask but I wonder why there was no Hidden Gems Promo yesterday. Wasn't it the third Wednesday in the month?
Gem...

Promo...

MoO 3...

EOT
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Bavarian: BTW: Maybe it's the wrong place to ask but I wonder why there was no Hidden Gems Promo yesterday. Wasn't it the third Wednesday in the month?
Maybe the hidden gems are on the 2nd to last wednesday and because we have 5 this February it'll be next week.
Post edited February 16, 2012 by cymrean
This is a good game bout I could never get it to run on the last couple of windows versions cant remember if it was working in windows xp or not but yeah last time i tried to play it kept crashing and everything on me so it was unplayable. Hope gog has managed to fix those issues that kept it unplayable for me as this is a great game and I would so like to play it again.
Some fellow GOGers are going to be really happy with this release :-)
awesoooome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this slightly-like-diablo-but-with-less-hacking-and-more-exploring-and-story game has one of the greatest atmospheres you can find in an isometric game... (and wow, the gameplay itself is also very good!)

maybe it's the constant night-like environment, the snow, or I don't know, but if you give this gem a try (and you get it to work :D, you'll be looking for your jawbone on the floor...

EDIT: played the version found on a DVD with a gaming magazine and only encountered one error - on certain resolutions (high ones) when you clicked on an opponent and made an attack command, the character did nothing and just stared... not sure why but using lower resolutions like 1024x768 solved this :o)
Post edited February 16, 2012 by Kunovski
It's really that good is it?
Oooh Soulbringer!

I remember that and I think it was actually quite good. No Anachronox but still a pretty good release. Thanks GOG!
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the_bard: It's really that good is it?
yes, it is, and hard too! and for 5,99 it's a steal... I just really hope GOG version works well (if it does, it's legen - wait for it - epic!)

ehm, I mean if you're into this genre :)