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General discussion (archive)Release: Machinarium Collector's Edition(268 posts)(268 posts)
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Posted March 29, 2012
[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/machinarium_collectors_edition ][/url]Best Independent Adventure, Best Adventure of 2009 Runner-Up,
Best Graphic Design, Best Music, Best Animation - Aggie
Best Indie Game of 2009 - Gamasutra
Best Traditional Adventure Game of 2009 - AceGamez
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - Academy of Interactive Arts
Excellence in Visual Art in 2009 - Independent Game Fesitval
PC Game of the Year 2009 Runner-up - Kotaku

You can add [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/machinarium_collectors_edition ]Machinarium[/url], indie gold nugget, to your very own ‘Best of’ collection for only $9.99 with 8 wallpapers, full soundtrack (which costs $5 extra elsewhere), 8 avatars, 22 artworks, 114 design sketches, available today on GOG.com.

You may have thought Czech are famous only for pilsner, dumplings, Eva Herzigová and [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/vampire_the_masquerade_redemption" target="_blank]Vampires roaming the streets of Prague[/url]. Now, thanks to a few brilliant people from Amanita Design, the Czech Republic is also known as the homeland of trippy point-and-clicks, giant robo-junkyards, and mechanical cities. In Machinarium, you find a small robot named Josef lying on a scrapheap, kicked out of the strange city of robots. You need to get back to the city to confront and defeat the Evil Black Cap Brotherhood that terrorized robot kind and took away Josef’s girlfriend. The goal of Machinarium is to solve a series of puzzles and brain teasers by clicking on objects that are within Josef’s reach. So, it’s a typical point-and-click, but in the same fashion as The Triplets Of Belleville is a typical animation.

[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/machinarium_collectors_edition ]Machinarium[/url] is hands down one of the most beautiful games for PCs ever. Of course it’s a matter of taste, but the colored pencil drawings, eerie music, and the clever conversations that involve no dialogues but rather pictographs all combine to create an ethereal atmosphere like in Le Voyage dans la lune or Metropolis. Extraordinary amount of work has been put to detailing the world to perfection, allowing you to discover all the small and big things that make the story of the little robot so artistically unique, brilliantly crafted, imaginatively realised, and fascinating to play. Machinarium is like reading your favorite book in a strange fantastic language you find yourself comprehending after the first few lines.

There is no game quite like [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/machinarium_collectors_edition ]Machinarium[/url], and you should not be reading this right now. Instead you should be immersed in the imaginative and memorable robo-world for $9.99 only, available now on GOG.com.
Posted March 29, 2012
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rampancy: I'll echo others saying that the laissez-faire approach to the boards is a breath of fresh air...but I think the time has come and gone for at least some level of formal forum moderation.
I do agree that as the site grows and more and more personalities meet and clash, that increases the level of attention that threads need to receive from mods, but I've very rarely seen things that require actual mod actions to change.

Some people like to argue, and some people are bad at it and rapidly devolve to ad hominem attacks; if you think that's not what the Internet is like, well, you haven't spent much time out here. I would prefer free speech--even argumentative free speech--over a highly-regulated board.

Right now, it's pretty simple what gets you modded: anything illegal or grossly inappropriate for public consumption. Many other forums have very opaque rules on what is and is not allowed, and people get banned for no obvious reason.

I don't think that having healthy, living, loud discussions in our forum is unprofessional, but in either case only something like 5% of any given online store actually visits the community areas. As such, we're not going to be leaving an impression on our potential buyers all that often anyway.

Be cool, guys, and be civil to each other. That's all you need to do to avoid a confrontation with the Loving Mallet of Correction.
Posted March 29, 2012
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uulav: I think that everybody should have right to say their own opinion with out being labeled as trolls. Whats the worst thing that can come out if it, ways to gog staff make their service better?
Yeah, this basically. I also think some people are reading too much into many of the "negative" posts here, and maybe not understanding that the reason they show up in the first place is that we love GOG and want it to continue to be great.

Also, on topic for once: I think Machinarium is a pretty good little adventure game. Some of the puzzles are a bit too obscure, but it more than makes up for it thanks to the atmospheric presentation (and other, better puzzles). If for some weird reason there are people who don't own it already, now is as good a time as any to buy it.

Me, I think I own three copies. It's been kind of hard to avoid.
Posted March 29, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: We don't mod nearly as heavily as most boards. That said: people need to be polite, or people will find they don't get to post.
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gameon: I've seen forums like giantbomb.com for example is modded more than here. You're better than the random youtube rubbish, but its nowhere near as professional as the likes of gamespot.

I like a relaxed atmosphere, but if people see rubbish on the forums, they may not trust the professionalism of the site.
Would you prefer something like the Steam forums where bans left and right happen on a daily basis and there's no such thing as free speech? People tend to be civil and get along just fine in this community without any heavy handed help thanks. It is something I've always appreciated about GOG, that the forums are not moderated this way.
Posted March 29, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: Loving Mallet of Correction.
I so need to get a mallet with that inscribed upon it.
Posted March 29, 2012
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Merchito: Frankly, I haven't been for a minute under the impression I was trolling by expressing some of my worries. But after all I read just now, I wonder... Was I?
Just in case, I've deleted all my posts in this thread.
You're not usually going to be on the receiving end of a banhammer if you don't do anything illegal, make personal attacks, or do anything that is obviously spammy.

EDIT: My modding philosophy is pretty simple. It's a quote from--I think--Internet Famous Guy John Scalzi: "If your comments are full of assholes, it's your fault."

Don't be an asshole, and I won't have to muzzle you.
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Posted March 29, 2012
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Merchito: Frankly, I haven't been for a minute under the impression I was trolling by expressing some of my worries. But after all I read just now, I wonder... Was I?
Just in case, I've deleted all my posts in this thread.
You were not trolling, you were overreacting.
Posted March 29, 2012
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adamzs: I am offended by other people being offended by yet again other people being offended.
I find that offensive!
Posted March 29, 2012
Anyway, back to the subject at hand, thank you TheEnigmaticT for the good news about next week. I was very disappointed today when no classic game release came out as I've already expressed earlier. I really hope that GOG will continue to focus on Good Old Games and secondarily add in other games, not the other way around.

Communication goes a long way towards avoiding misunderstanding and upset. I think it would be good if GOG did share with us what to expect in the coming weeks and months in terms of planned release scheduling. I do not mean I expect you to name game names but rather to let us know, can we still expect classic games on Tues and Thurs? Are you doing a day of Indies or newer games or both? What are you doing exactly? There would be much less doubting and nay saying if you just told us what is going on in more detail.
Posted March 29, 2012
Great release! I don't have it yet, I'll most probably buy it at some point.

I was kinda getting tired of GOG releasing only older PC games that I already own on CD, like Anachronox, Thief Gold/2, Deus Ex, Ultima 7, Journeyman Project series, Lands of Lore 1-2 etc. Lately there have been more GOG games that I don't own already, which is always nice.
Post edited March 29, 2012 by timppu
Posted March 29, 2012
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Merchito: Frankly, I haven't been for a minute under the impression I was trolling by expressing some of my worries. But after all I read just now, I wonder... Was I?
Just in case, I've deleted all my posts in this thread.
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SLP2000: You were not trolling, you were overreacting.
I disagree. He was not trolling or overreacting. The guy was making his feelings and opinions known on an open forum where he has as much right as you do to have those feelings and opinions.
Post edited March 29, 2012 by dirtyharry50
Posted March 29, 2012
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keeveek: and people are already removing their preorders since it's widely known that buying Grimrock on author's original site you get DRM free copy AND steam key.... fail again, imho.
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SLP2000: How? All sales on GOG.com are final.
You may pull out the preorder on GOG and give your money back, all of that is in the TOS.
Posted March 29, 2012
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dirtyharry50: ...can we still expect classic games on Tues and Thurs?
Define "classic" so gog can answer you with the report that you requested from them.
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Aaaaa ... thats right, everybody has his own interpretation of "classic"/"newer" .... so this means gog cannot aswer to your request.
Posted March 29, 2012
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dirtyharry50: ...can we still expect classic games on Tues and Thurs?
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mobutu: Define "classic" so gog can answer you with the report that you requested from them.
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Aaaaa ... thats right, everybody has his own interpretation of "classic"/"newer" .... so this means gog cannot aswer to your request.
Keep up this level of antagonism and the loving hammer is sure to find you soon. I'm guessing it will because you seem unable to help yourself.
Posted March 29, 2012
I'd be very tempted by this game but alas I bought it on CD+DVD a little under a year ago, though for a little more I admit. I like GOG's new indie game selection. Though would love to have a few more operating system versions for the new games that have more than just windows versions. Windows, Mac and Linux came on my CD version along with FLAC sound track. Oh I love my FLAC. But I can understand why GOG would be reluctant, support would be an issue on unfamiliar platforms, and FLAC is a larger download.
Posted March 29, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: Some of you guys are speculating about what this means for our release schedule and GOG.com in the future as a whole. Let me assure you: we are releasing two classic games--both from before 2006--next week.
Two releases a week is not enought with current catalogue imho. 2 games a week when you're going to release old games, AAA titles, preorders and indie games? Damn to little...
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