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Posted July 23, 2013
For those about to ROCK, we salute you!

Brütal Legend, an epic heavy metal tale of one exceptional roadie's way to rocking godhood in the timeless realm of thundering power chords, is available 33% off on GOG.com for Windows and Mac OS X. That's only $9.99 for the first week.

Eddie Riggs wasn't a roadie. He was the roadie. The best there ever was. That thing they say about him, that the elder gods of rock themselves called upon him to embody the spirit of heavy metal, that's probably true. So, how he ended up building stages and carrying guitars for the worst band of nu-emo-rap-metal posers, remains a mystery. They also say, however, that once horned angels leave a mark on a man's soul, he is destined for great things. Terrible, but great. That's why Eddie didn't stay confused long, when by ancient magic he was dragged straight into the middle of the hellish metal realm. With heart full of thunder, head full of raging riffs, and hands full of double-bladed battle axe, he rushed to meet the epic adventure, and probably violently knock out some of its teeth. This is his story: the tale of how the elder realm of rock was changed forever to remain the same.

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Brütal Legend is a mixture of an action-RPG of the hack and slash pedigree, spiked with a serving of real-time strategy unit command. Most importantly, though, it's a tribute to all things heavy metal. It visits many iconic motifs of the true rock aesthetics and sports over a hundred heavy metal hymns from rocking giants as Judas Priest, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, Manowar, and Slayer, among others, in its exceptional in-game soundtrack. The main character is voiced by the Hollywood's hardest rocker Jack Black, and the inhabitants of the elder realm speak with the voices of legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, and--as the demonic über-villain--Tim Curry. Hell, this game even has Wil Wheaton! That explosive mixture of amazing artists, epic music, brilliant story, and bloody action-packed gameplay was conceived and developed by Tim Schafer and his insanely creative and creatively insane Double Fine team. If you're passionate about any of the mentioned elements, you will instantly fall in love with this awe-inspiring game!

Set off on the highway to hell and pick your heavy metal destiny while the blazing thunders of rock blaze through your skull in Brütal Legend, for only $9.99 on GOG.com. The 33% off offer lasts until Tuesday, July 29, at 9:59AM GMT.

Important notice:
This DRM-free version of the game does not support multi-player features due to circumstances beyond our control.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted July 23, 2013
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Ravenvolf: The Lords of Midnight game is and iOS/Android exclusive. There is no PC version sadly, good fun on my phone though.
There is a PC version out, check their website, it's just not on GOG yet.
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: I'm rather worried about what GOG considers old because it sells even quite new games which a lot of us has played not so long ago. Maybe an appropriate name for this site would be a DRM-free game shop. My own definition would be everything that came up before 1995 because I'm mostly looking for those games.
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timppu: So you basically are interested in DOS-era games? Baldur's Gate, Thief, System Shock 2 etc. are too new for you?

GOG rebranded itself quite a long time ago, distancing itself from being a store only for old games. GOG just means GOG now, not "Good Old Games" specifically, even though GOG is also releasing old classics too.
The older the games are the harder they are to get and run. I still have my first Baldur's Gate CDs while I don't think it'll be so easy for me to find and play, say, Elvira games. GOG has the amazing ability to bring these games to me, DRM-free and playable on new systems. How cool is that?
But I take our point, releasing these newer games doesn't slow down the release of the old games... much. I was just trying to relieve my frustration.
Posted July 23, 2013
Please include the soundtrack, it was included when this was part of a bundle. It should be included here.
Posted July 23, 2013
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MoP: The Humble Store was pretty much the perfect place to get this in my book. But don't worry gog, I'll make it up to You as soon as Ripper shows up (Kyrandia would fit the bill as well).

Don't mind him, it's just a bit of butthurt seeping out due to DF 'stealing' the KS spotlight.
No I think I need to watch my mouth more, so I apologize for making a tool of myself in this thread. I'll blame it on being someone who's sole hobby is gaming in a world which no longer makes games I like. I'll be less grumpy if the Kickstarter games turn out well.
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Yes. That is how it works and those foolish enough to skip the bundle or living under rocks and not know about the bundle are not deserving of the discount nor of the games themselves.
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HypersomniacLive: That's a bit harsh - it's not necessary that people are foolish to skip or don't get wind of the bundles. It's quite possible that people might not be in a position to buy a bundle when it's running, a bundle may have a number of repeats that turn people off and then there are people that prefer to buy just the one game they're interested in than build up a collection of games they don't care for and won't play.
That bit was a sarcastic response to another post above it which was quoted. I do not actually believe that.

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dirtyharry50: Well yeah, I'm sure they do too. The question I wonder about is is this plan going exceedingly well, pretty well, okay for now, not so great, the bills are getting paid late? Who knows? As I said, only they know. We can just speculate is all.
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HGiles: There's been posts about GOG profits before. Basically, they've been profitable almost since they started. The last thread had a Polish interview which gave a few hard numbers even. A google search might find it.
Did that article give a breakdown which showed the impact of indie sales? That's the thing I wonder about, is whether they've made much difference or not and as far as I know we would not have access to that information specifically. Overall profitability could be due to strong classics sales. Who knows?

Edit: I just read a post above pointing out the position of various indies in the sales charts here so apparently they are contributing to the cause. I don't get that personally but I am just one customer so it doesn't matter. I just show up on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to see if they pull any classic rabbits out of their hats myself but I don't expect it normally anymore.
Post edited July 23, 2013 by dirtyharry50
Posted July 23, 2013
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SangHee: The older the games are the harder they are to get and run. I still have my first Baldur's Gate CDs while I don't think it'll be so easy for me to find and play, say, Elvira games. GOG has the amazing ability to bring these games to me, DRM-free and playable on new systems. How cool is that?
But I take our point, releasing these newer games doesn't slow down the release of the old games... much. I was just trying to relieve my frustration.
Actually, the oldest games are the easiest to get running (through DOSBox). You can even set up a virtual Win3.1/Win95/Win98 environment and fire up most late-90s Windows games with a bit of effort.

It's early 2000s games you'll have the biggest trouble with, especially those that relied on different CPUs, weird OS features or hacky 3D API code, because modern hardware is too modern, emulation is too slow and virtualisation is too hardware-dependent (and too slow).
Post edited July 23, 2013 by jamyskis
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: No I think I need to watch my mouth more, so I apologize for making a tool of myself in this thread. I'll blame it on being someone who's sole hobby is gaming in a world which no longer makes games I like. I'll be less grumpy if the Kickstarter games turn out well.
High-five ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ
(couldn't 'debating' count as a hobby as well though?)
Posted July 23, 2013
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C17: Please include the soundtrack, it was included when this was part of a bundle. It should be included here.
Steam's deluxe edition has a soundtrack, but it's only of the game's original score, which has some metal influences but is otherwise completely separate from the 107 licensed tracks that are played throughout the game, and it is those for which I clamor!
Posted July 23, 2013
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timppu: Could be two things (combination of both):

- There are problems acquiring rights for releasing Kyrandia games here. Maybe even some slight technical issues that GOG would have to rectify themselves....
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SangHee: I'm rather worried about what GOG considers old because it sells even quite new games which a lot of us has played not so long ago. Maybe an appropriate name for this site would be a DRM-free game shop. My own definition would be everything that came up before 1995 because I'm mostly looking for those games.
Well, I know that different people expect different things from this website... I am here because this place is much better than Steam - it has less games, but they are all DRM-free. There is a limited amount of old games, some of them are not going to be released due to licensing issues ... I am very happy that they release here newer games like Expeditions Conquistador or Cat Lady as there is always something good here for everybody...
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Did that article give a breakdown which showed the impact of indie sales? That's the thing I wonder about, is whether they've made much difference or not and as far as I know we would not have access to that information specifically. Overall profitability could be due to strong classics sales. Who knows?

Edit: I just read a post above pointing out the position of various indies in the sales charts here so apparently they are contributing to the cause. I don't get that personally but I am just one customer so it doesn't matter. I just show up on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings to see if they pull any classic rabbits out of their hats myself but I don't expect it normally anymore.
The article was in Polish so I'm not sure. The translated bits that were put into the thread only had overall numbers.

For selling indies through GOG, I think it comes down to trust and convenience. GOG has a lot of trust going for it - there's a distinct store personality here, and I know the games are curated, so I'm a lot more likely to buy a game through GOG than through a Humble Storefront because the Humble Storefront is available for basically all games. Also, it's much easier to have games all in one place. I don't want to deal with a hundred different logins for each developers website. So I'd rather buy here.
Posted July 23, 2013
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MoP: (couldn't 'debating' count as a hobby as well though?)
I sure hope it does, otherwise I'll have to classify it as another obssession...

Crosmando, allow me to also apologize to you. I do accept that if the DRM-Free versions of Brutal Legend had multiplayer they would be better, but I understand the reasons that cannot be done now. I do hope fewer games will go with Steamworks for the matchmaking/multiplayer part, though I fear it won't be soon. And I do also hope for less exclusives, especially now that the 3 major systems will have a common architecture.
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: JMich, I'll reply to your post in a sec, GOG is mucking up for me
Haha, GOG might be starting to like you less, too :D

I find your Steam tirade funny, but I find it even funnier that most of your posts are downrepped. Seriously, people, butthurt much? xD

Have heard plenty about this game, will wait for a big sale, though.

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JMich: I do hope fewer games will go with Steamworks for the matchmaking/multiplayer part, though I fear it won't be soon.
I think that should be the case with Dragon Commander and Divinity: Original Sin, if I'm not mistaken. Meaning GOGers and Steam players can play online together (again, I might be mistaken). Where's RazeLarian when you need him? :P
Post edited July 23, 2013 by Reever
Posted July 23, 2013
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hucklebarry: Glad to see more hits from this time period on GOG. Not my cup of tea for this particular title, but really glad to see more of this!
Mee too. Too bad I really like heavy metal (like Fear Factory, Machine Head and Testament), but I am not a fan of action games... However I will pick it up just for sense of humor which is in abundance in this game. So thank you heaps GOG Team!!
Posted July 23, 2013
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dirtyharry50: That bit was a sarcastic response to another post above it which was quoted. I do not actually believe that.
I was actually a bit surprised to read that; please accept my apologies - damn, wish the tone of posts on forums was more apparent.
Posted July 23, 2013
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Crosmando: JMich, I'll reply to your post in a sec, GOG is mucking up for me
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Reever: Haha, GOG might be starting to like you less, too :D

I find your Steam tirade funny, but I find it even funnier that most of your posts are downrepped. Seriously, people, butthurt much? xD
Honestly, I think it's because every single thread s/he posts in s/he says something offensive. It's like a constant low-grade troll. Wasn't always this bad, but I think people's patience is starting to wear out by now.
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