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Posted November 09, 2012
GOG.com and Interplay Level up!

GOG.com has been in talks with our good friends at Interplay, and we’re pleased to be able to say that we have good news! Not only are we adding four classic games from their catalog to GOG.com in the near future, but we’re also going to give you another chance to [url=http://www.gog.com/en/promo/interplay_price_change_promo_09_11_12]save big on the games we already have for the next week!

Every silver lining has a cloud, though, and the reason that we’re putting the games on sale again is because we’re raising the prices on some of the Interplay games on the 16th of November as part of our new deal with Interplay. As such, games such as Fallout, MDK, Redneck Rampage and others may never be as cheap on GOG.com as they will be this next week. If you’ve been hesitating to pull the trigger on any classic Interplay games, now’s your last chance to buy and save big!

What are the new games that we’re adding to the Interplay collection? Well, if you know GOG.com, you know what we don’t like to give away that kind of news early, but if you’re paying attention on our website--or on any of our social media channels like , [url=http://www.facebook.com/gogcom]Facebook, , [url=http://www.youtube.com/gogcom]Google+ or even just your email inbox, you’ll be sure to find out.

So pick up our last huzzay of Interplay games at $2.99 this week, and let us know in the comments below what classic Interplay games you’re hoping will show up on GOG.com early next year--or perhaps even sooner!
Posted November 09, 2012
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Telika: It's a much better deal for those who wanted only a few selected games, and/or don't like to accumulate unwanted games.
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rawmilk905: Yes, I got the pack of 32 and have been disappointed with some of the "duds" but how could I have known this was coming?
Duds? Which ones?
Posted November 09, 2012
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rawmilk905: Yes, I got the pack of 32 and have been disappointed with some of the "duds" but how could I have known this was coming?
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Licurg: Duds? Which ones?
Well, honestly I haven't had time to try all 32, but some of them just aren't my thing or have really bad reviews, like Kingdom: The Far Reaches. Others, like Stonekeep, have such horrible looking screen shots that I have a hard time believing I'd be able to enjoy them. In many cases the graphics are just too old school for my taste. I prefer 3D games with good design and atmosphere. I can only tolerate isometric if the story/gameplay makes up for it and graphics are done well.
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: Duds? Which ones?
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rawmilk905: Well, honestly I haven't had time to try all 32, but some of them just aren't my thing or have really bad reviews, like Kingdom: The Far Reaches. Others, like Stonekeep, have such horrible looking screen shots that I have a hard time believing I'd be able to enjoy them. In many cases the graphics are just too old school for my taste. I prefer 3D games with good design and atmosphere. I can only tolerate isometric if the story/gameplay makes up for it and graphics are done well.
I never played Kingdoms OR Stonekeep, but I can tell you this: Most people who've played Kingdoms think it sucks, but Stonekeep has quite a few people raving about it. Don't judge a book by it's covers, give it a shot :P
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: I never played Kingdoms OR Stonekeep, but I can tell you this: Most people who've played Kingdoms think it sucks, but Stonekeep has quite a few people raving about it. Don't judge a book by it's covers, give it a shot :P
I am always willing to try, but if the graphics aren't good or it doesn't all come together otherwise it won't really hold my interest. Military themes are off-putting too, usually the less guns/explosions the better. I like atmosphere, characters, exploration, mods and custom content...
Posted November 09, 2012
The Bard Tale's Trilogy & Neuromancer are the pick of the bunch. My favorites to come to gog.com :)
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: I never played Kingdoms OR Stonekeep, but I can tell you this: Most people who've played Kingdoms think it sucks, but Stonekeep has quite a few people raving about it. Don't judge a book by it's covers, give it a shot :P
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rawmilk905: I am always willing to try, but if the graphics aren't good or it doesn't all come together otherwise it won't really hold my interest. Military themes are off-putting too, usually the less guns/explosions the better. I like atmosphere, characters, exploration, mods and custom content...
What I'm saying is don't ignore a game just because it's not pretty. Some of the best games ever made have shitty graphics - Warcraft III, Diablo II, Morrowind, GTA 3,Minecraft, etc.
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: What I'm saying is don't ignore a game just because it's not pretty. Some of the best games ever made have shitty graphics - Warcraft III, Diablo II, Morrowind, GTA 3,Minecraft, etc.
Hm what? Diablo II and Morrowind shitty graphics? They have much better artistic design than a lot of recent fantasy games like Heroes of Might and Magic VI. Diablo II has a very low resolution but the graphics are great, too bad that the gameplay is extremely boring...

Morrowind is still a very good looking game. I agree about Warcraft III though, the artistic design is bad and technically it was sub-par when it was a new game.
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: What I'm saying is don't ignore a game just because it's not pretty. Some of the best games ever made have shitty graphics - Warcraft III, Diablo II, Morrowind, GTA 3,Minecraft, etc.
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Sargon: Hm what? Diablo II and Morrowind shitty graphics? They have much better artistic design than a lot of recent fantasy games like Heroes of Might and Magic VI. Diablo II has a very low resolution but the graphics are great, too bad that the gameplay is extremely boring...

Morrowind is still a very good looking game. I agree about Warcraft III though, the artistic design is bad and technically it was sub-par when it was a new game.
I'm gonna ignore the fact that you just called Diablo II boring...

Diablo II and Morrowind had shitty graphics, I'm not reffering to the design but to the technical stuff, the cheap engines they used and the fact that things looked blocky especially in Morrowind, as can be seen here:

http://nerdtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Morrowind-Screenshot.jpg


Does that look good to you? What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter, because Morrowind was a great game despite it's graphics. My point is a game can be good regardless of graphics. Gameplay and storyline are what matter.
Posted November 09, 2012
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Licurg: Does that look good to you? What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter, because Morrowind was a great game despite it's graphics. My point is a game can be good regardless of graphics. Gameplay and storyline are what matter.
Yes it does.

My point is that many gamers often are ridiculously obsessed about the technical aspects of the graphics while ignoring the artistic value of the graphics or how they contribute to atmosphere or realism.

Many games have shitty stories, to me graphics are more important.
Posted November 09, 2012
To me graphics, sound, music, background story, narrative and other text constitutes a whole, lets call it the "feeling" of the game for lack of a better word. On the other hand you have gameplay. The importance of feeling compared to gameplay for me varies depending on the game in question. I play some games mainly for gameplay reasons while for many other the "feeling" is almost as important as the gameplay.
Posted November 09, 2012
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FAButzke: It's only me or there's no indication of which games I've wishlisted when viewing the promo list anymore?
I remember seeing the "heart icon" in every promo on games I had wishlisted before.
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kelseyr713: It's not just you, I miss that feature.
Me three.
Posted November 09, 2012
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rawmilk905: Well, honestly I haven't had time to try all 32, but some of them just aren't my thing or have really bad reviews, like Kingdom: The Far Reaches. Others, like Stonekeep, have such horrible looking screen shots that I have a hard time believing I'd be able to enjoy them. In many cases the graphics are just too old school for my taste. I prefer 3D games with good design and atmosphere. I can only tolerate isometric if the story/gameplay makes up for it and graphics are done well.
I'm sure you know this but I just wanted to point it out:
There are many 2D games with good design and atmosphere.
There are many 3D games with horrible design and atmosphere.


Some 2D games with good art design:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-the-succession-wars/screenshots
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sanitarium
http://www.mobygames.com/game/lands-of-lore-the-throne-of-chaos/screenshots
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/realms_of_arkania_1_2
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/age_of_wonders_shadow_magic
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/age_of_wonders
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/simon_the_sorcerer
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/beneath_a_steel_sky


Some 3D games with bad art design:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fantasy_wars
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/heroes_of_might_and_magic_5_bundle
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/torchlight-ii/screenshots
Posted November 09, 2012
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Sargon: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/heroes_of_might_and_magic_5_bundle
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/torchlight-ii/screenshots
Never seen Fantasy Wars in motion, but claiming that HoMaM 5's got a bad graphics design is just dumb. You might not like it, and indeed a lot of HoMaM fans don't like the cartoony design, but it's very good, units are detailed and very well animated, it's colorful, and some cities are rightaway gorgeous. You should really realize that 'I don't like it' doesn't equal 'bad.'

And I won't even comment on Torchlight 2, I mean, seriously: It's just a very particular direction of design, it doesn't make it bad.
Post edited November 09, 2012 by Fenixp
Posted November 09, 2012
Who else finds it a little bizarre that they are going to be raising the prices on some of the interplay titles? I mean these are good games yes, but they are also old. Surely it's not an "inflation" thing?

I have most of these games on retail cd. Some of them where I have my brother's copy too I have two of now; if games get too expensive on gog (and it's a fine line for me with price when I basically am just paying for a no-cd check) then I won't bother.
Posted November 09, 2012
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graspee: Who else finds it a little bizarre that they are going to be raising the prices on some of the interplay titles? I mean these are good games yes, but they are also old. Surely it's not an "inflation" thing?
Methinks it's because of Bethseda gaining rights. As Bethseda proved to be quite greedy lately, I wouldn't be surprised if the only way GOG could have kept Interplay titles is raising price on them.
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