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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 30, 2012
Unfortunately GOG again offers less than you get elsewhere. Wasn't the gog philosophy to offer games with nice extras at a low price (plus cake)? But now it seems to have changed to 'games with less extras than elsewhere at the same price as anyone else'.
What I'm aiming at: on the official homepage of Machinarium you get this game DRM free for the same price, with the soundtrack that is advertised as extra here and with the Linux and Mac versions. GOG however just offers the windows version. Why?

I am somewhat afraid that this is becoming a habit with the newer games. First gog releases originally german games without the german language, now they offer games that were released cross-platform only for windows? So again: Wasn't the advertisement that on GOG you get more for your money? So why do you instead get less?
Posted March 30, 2012
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lukaszthegreat: Stating your worries is perfectly alright. Making a fuss such as in this thread is I believe, below the standards of this community.
That's funny! Because you and this community have already made it a low standard community. Look above, people calling others idiots. When they posted SOPA news here, everyone in this community called anyone that was for it stupid, an idiot, and every other name in the book. And you want to lecture others on how this community has some high standard? Ha! Sorry, but that's hypocritical. Does Fanboism make someone blind? Because people here like to think they're high and mighty, and anyone that says anything against this site deserves to be called names and talked down to.

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mobutu: You know what, you have 2 options here:
-accept the change and embrace the new GOG;
-leave this community because you cant change for better.
Its just that simple.
You don't have to be part of the community to buy games, you don't even have to visit the forum. Being part of the community has absolutely nothing to do with buying games on here. Most all my rep comes from helping people in various game forums on here. I'm no genius, but I liked to try and help where I could. I have stopped trying to help people due to the attitudes of this community. See above, I refuse to be part of something where people can't respect others and act childish(see, I can do it too).
Posted March 30, 2012
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Lifthrasil: ... on the official homepage of Machinarium you get this game DRM free for the same price, with the soundtrack that is advertised as extra here and with the Linux and Mac versions. GOG however just offers the windows version. Why?
Probably because the vast majority (sic!) uses windows and they offer support only for this platform. This can change in the future.
Its my opinion that you're just picking peanuts here.
Bonus content included for FREE with the game:
8 wallpapers
soundtrack
8 avatars
behind the scenes
22 artworks
114 design sketches

Post edited March 30, 2012 by mobutu
Posted March 30, 2012
Yes, maybe I am picking peanuts. But I am one of the few who prefer to use Linux when possible and I think that I am not the only one in the anti-drm community who does. After all the no-drm, open source and Linux communities have quite some overlap. And since the Linux version is there and is offered by the game's producer, I don't see why gog can't include it. (the same goes for the Mac version) Especially since they ask the same price as the producer, who also includes some nice 'extras'.

Well, as you say for many this point will not be important. But I for one will get the Linux Version. Unfortunately this means that I will not buy the game here.
Posted March 30, 2012
Before they sell any form of Linux or Mac OS compatible games, they must have enough personnel that expertise on those OS in customer support department. It's no use to sell product that you can't offer continuous support and help.
Posted March 30, 2012
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dirtyharry50: The whole angst thing today was all about, "Hey GOG, don't stop releasing classics twice a week like you have been." That is all.
Who told you that they have signed enough old games to continue with their "two oldies a week"-schedule? We don't know... Settle all the legal stuff to sell old games isn't easy. And it doesn't become easier when you've already released most of the games with - more or less - clear copyrights. 1 Indie and 1 classic sounds better than 1 classic and nothing, doesn't it?

The lack of a classic in this week doesn't worry me. It doesn't even surprise me. The indies are something new, so GOG will focus on them for one or two weeks. Nothing new... Just have a look at the past. Square was announced: 5 Square games in a row. Team 17 was announced: 3 Team 17 games in a row. EA was announced: 6 EA games in a row. I haven't seen anyone complaining, GOG is changing into a Square/Team 17/EA shop...

Don't worry. Seriously... They're not going to hold back their classics, just to release more Indies. No one is going to say "Who needs Wing Commander IV? We'll release it 2013 so we can sell more Indies this year." -.- If they have a game, they'll release it.
Post edited March 30, 2012 by real.geizterfahr
Posted March 30, 2012
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Navagon: Some idiots spitting bile about GOG not focussing solely on old games anymore.
But .. these "idiots" are aware of the fact that even Mass Effect 3 or Machinarium are going to be good old games in ten years, aren't they?
Posted March 30, 2012
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Kolto66: But .. these "idiots" are aware of the fact that even Mass Effect 3 or Machinarium are going to be good old games in ten years, aren't they?
ME3 will most likely still require Origin though ;)
Posted March 30, 2012
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Pheace: ME3 will most likely still require Origin though ;)
And the activation servers will likely have been taken offline.
Posted March 30, 2012
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Navagon: Some idiots spitting bile about GOG not focussing solely on old games anymore.
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Kolto66: But .. these "idiots" are aware of the fact that even Mass Effect 3 or Machinarium are going to be good old games in ten years, aren't they?
Speak for yourself, it's not even a 'good' game now. :P

Mind you who knows what kind of dross we'll be comparing it to in ten years time, it's very likely that the generation then will consider it some kind of pinacle.
Posted March 30, 2012
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Tormentfan: Mind you who knows what kind of dross we'll be comparing it to in ten years time, it's very likely that the generation then will consider it some kind of pinacle.
And the games developed by people who grew up with Angry Birds, quoting it as their primaty influence.. ;D
Posted March 30, 2012
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Tormentfan: Mind you who knows what kind of dross we'll be comparing it to in ten years time, it's very likely that the generation then will consider it some kind of pinacle.
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Arteveld: And the games developed by people who grew up with Angry Birds, quoting it as their primaty influence.. ;D
You're going to give me nightmares, dude. :(
Posted March 30, 2012
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Arteveld: And the games developed by people who grew up with Angry Birds, quoting it as their primaty influence.. ;D
<shiver>
Posted March 30, 2012
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Kolto66: But .. these "idiots" are aware of the fact that even Mass Effect 3 or Machinarium are going to be good old games in ten years, aren't they?
That's the thing. In reality it's GOG's other policies that are more important to uphold. Such as DRM-free and no regional pricing. I don't think that the "good" survived long, given the release of Earthworm Jim 3D.

As for Mass Effect 3, not many seem to be impressed with it right now. Having seen the ending that is stirring up so much grief, I can see why.

I can somewhat understand the gripes though. An old game that can't be found anywhere is worth the release of ten games that can be picked up anywhere else and often sold for next to nothing in bundles. But one week with this new approach and people are throwing a tantrum like spoiled little kids.
Posted March 30, 2012
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dirtyharry50: The whole angst thing today was all about, "Hey GOG, don't stop releasing classics twice a week like you have been." That is all. I don't think anybody needed to get shitty towards people wanting that. I didn't see a lot hating on the newer games or indies. I saw people not wanting less of the classics. Frankly, a promise of at least one a week when previously the status quo had been two isn't all that comforting.
That's exactly the point.

I like indies, and some of my favourite games over the past few years have been indies (such as Mount & Blade), but indies is something we can buy everywhere else as well.

I love logging onto GOG every tuesday and thursday, hoping for one of the 30-40 or so classics that I'm waiting for, but this week has been a disappointment. I understand that they wanted to freshen up things, but it would have been better if they at the same time proved that they are still the number one site for the golden classics. The indies should have been extra releases, not at the cost of what we've grown used to.

Legend of Grimrock is an exception, as that was the first opportunity to pre-order (and there is also the fact that the game itself is very old school).
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