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Posted April 29, 2014
Featuring music by Jeremy Soule.

Consortium: The Master Edition, a high-tech Sci-Fi adventure combining RPG and first-person shooter gameplay, is available 40% off on GOG.com. That's only $11.99 for the next 48 hours!

Game One of the iDGi-1 Trilogy. Taking place entirely aboard a massive futuristic aircraft, CONSORTIUM is a first person science-fiction role-playing experience unlike any other. The story begins in our world - the "real world" - where we here at Interdimensional Games have developed a satellite (iDGi-1) capable of opening a digital rift through time and space… Anyone can log on and travel through this rift and awaken within an alternate dimension from our own - the "game world" - in the year 2042.

In Consortium: The Master Edition you'll act as detective investigating an on-board murder, while simultaneously playing peacemaker to a large band of mercenaries who seem to want YOU dead. Or play diplomacy with a smoking barrel, and let the tragedies continue to mount. The story unfolds based largely on your actions. You may use diplomacy and talk your way through the entire game - never shooting anyone! OR, decide to use deadly or non-lethal force. The game features an all original orchestral score by award winning composer Jeremy Soule (available as a bonus MP3 download)!

Step through the digital rift and prepare for one of the most original gaming adventures you've ever had, with Consortium: The Master Edition for only $11.99 on GOG.com. The special 40% release discount offer lasts until Thursday, May 1, at 9:59AM GMT.
Posted April 29, 2014
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NoNewTaleToTell: This game looks really interesting, I do have a question though, for those that have played it. It seems the dialogue choices are assigned to the function keys, can they be remapped?
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kwaart: Yes, they can. The keyboard controls can be remapped in the options, and the dialogue choices are included in that menu.
Thanks for the info!
Posted April 29, 2014
This is a surprise. I came across this game on Steam some time ago, and wondered if it'd be coming to GOG, and it's now right here. I wonder why they are calling it a "Master Edition"? Was there extra content added from the initial release?
Posted April 29, 2014
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Nicole28: This is a surprise. I came across this game on Steam some time ago, and wondered if it'd be coming to GOG, and it's now right here. I wonder why they are calling it a "Master Edition"? Was there extra content added from the initial release?
All the extra content is in the iDGi Discoveries pack and, of course, the soundtrack :)
Posted April 29, 2014
Looks like an interesting release, but I'll wait for some more reviews before committing.
Posted April 29, 2014
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kwaart: Imho, it doesn't really have too much in common with Deus Ex, except perhaps for a few superficial similarities. The gameplay and atmosphere of Consortium feel very different from Deus Ex. In fact, I don't really know any game I would compare Consortium to. Even so, if you enjoyed Deus Ex and are open-minded, you might just enjoy Consortium. I know I did :)

Just be clear what to expect. Although it's a first person game, it's not really a shooter. It does have guns, but in the whole game there are only like 2 (avoidable) situations where you actually have to fight, plus 1 or 2 visits to a combat simulation holo deck. The rest of the game you pretty much spend walking around on a flying battle plane, which is rather large for a plane, but still does not make for a very large game world. You talk a lot to people and play detective. It has an interesting dialog system in that dialog does not restrict your controls, so you can literally walk away from a conversation.
Consortium is also not a very long game, which suits the small game world. If you do enjoy it, you will probably play it more than once as the story does branch a little and you need several playthroughs to see all the content.

In my opinion, the most interesting thing about Consortium is its rather strange setting and the way the story is told. It breaks the fourth wall in a way that I just find wonderful. Bear in mind, though, that it's supposed to be a trilogy, so the story is not exactly finished with the end of Consortium.

In summary, it's certainly not a game for everyone. But it is a very unique experience, so if the things I wrote (or the art style) didn't put you off, then you might just enjoy it as much as I did.
Thanks for that. "combining RPG and first-person shooter gameplay" makes me think Deus Ex and Vampire: Bloodlines. A pity it isn't like that.

I'll still consider it on its own right, but no instabuy from me.
Posted April 29, 2014
Another RPG. Will pass. Witcher 2 should be good enough for one year of rpg play for me :)
Post edited April 29, 2014 by Matruchus
Posted April 29, 2014
Weeks ago, I read pretty bad things about this game, specially that it was buggy to the point of almost unplayable. How is the GOG edition as of today?
Posted April 29, 2014
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rodrolliv: Weeks ago, I read pretty bad things about this game, specially that it was buggy to the point of almost unplayable. How is the GOG edition as of today?
The game passed through our testlab with a clean bill of health, so it would seem that the "Master Edition" is free of the bugs that crippled Consortium's initial release.
Posted April 29, 2014
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GOG.com: Game One of the iDGi-1 Trilogy.
Ok,...I'll think about buying it, if / when the complete trilogy is released.

Until then it goes on my wishlist.
Posted April 29, 2014
Sounds like this might qualify as a one-day game. Can anyone who has played it confirm that a play-through clocks in around 5 hours?
Posted April 29, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Sounds like this might qualify as a one-day game. Can anyone who has played it confirm that a play-through clocks in around 5 hours?
Sounds about right. It does have reasonably good replayability value, though. I think I went through 3 or 4 times.
Posted April 29, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Sounds like this might qualify as a one-day game. Can anyone who has played it confirm that a play-through clocks in around 5 hours?
(Slightly related to your question)

Have you included Braveland in your list? (which I'm unable to find right now because of this awful memory of mine) ;)
Post edited April 29, 2014 by Thespian*
Posted April 29, 2014
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kwaart: Sounds about right. It does have reasonably good replayability value, though. I think I went through 3 or 4 times.
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Thespian*: Have you included Braveland in your list? (which I'm unable to find right now because of this awful memory of mine) ;)
Thank you both, I've added these titles to the One-Day Games and [url=http://www.gog.com/mix/oneday_games]GOGmix.

I may also be adding Escape Goat 2 later once I've had a chance to play it and see what the length is like.
Posted April 29, 2014
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Thespian*: Have you included Braveland in your list? (which I'm unable to find right now because of this awful memory of mine) ;)
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IAmSinistar: Thank you both, I've added these titles to the One-Day Games and [url=http://www.gog.com/mix/oneday_games]GOGmix.

I may also be adding Escape Goat 2 later once I've had a chance to play it and see what the length is like.
I finished it in about 8 hours or so but they felt longer (because of some of the more devious puzzles...) :P if you want my opinion on EG2 :D
Post edited April 29, 2014 by JudasIscariot
Posted April 29, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Thank you both, I've added these titles to the One-Day Games and [url=http://www.gog.com/mix/oneday_games]GOGmix.

I may also be adding Escape Goat 2 later once I've had a chance to play it and see what the length is like.
My pleasure! About EG2, please check the screenshot attached to this post. ;)
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