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As our catalog gets bigger and better every week, it's easy to lose track of some of the awesome games that we have to offer. We've been running one day "Gaming Gem" promos for a while now to highlight some classic titles that don't get the love of some of our best-known blockbusters like Baldur's Gate or Duke Nukem 3D. To celebrate summer, for the next two weeks until July 25th, we're going to run a Gaming Gem promo every day, so you can rediscover these lesser-known classics! Grab that plastic toy shovel and dig out gem after gem over the next 18 days. We think every game we're going to be offering on our Summer GOG.com Gem Extravaganza will be an excellent title, and we hope you give them all a try.

Today’s promo will introduce you to John Cord, an MI6 operative sent to the fictitious country of Volgia, which occupies a stretch of the coastline between Russia and China. Your mission: to infiltrate an uranium mine and untangle the mystery of an agent gone missing. In Cold Blood is an mix of an 80s spy novel with a elegantly simple combat system. An espionage game would be nothing without the genre-defining sneaking system similar to the one used in game where a certain burglar was lurking in the shadows. The pre-rendered backgrounds and cinematic camera angles evoke memories of such a classic as Alone In The Dark. [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/in_cold_blood]In Cold Blood has nothing to be shy about when confronting this masterpiece in terms of narrative, game play, and story.

Are you ready to become a servant for Her Majesty and unravel the plot behind the soviet uranium facility? Pick up In Cold Blood on sale for just $2.39 today!
Second wishlist hit.

Good work.
Not my cup of tea.
Nevermind, let'S hope that another promo game would suit me better.
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TheJoe: Ahh yes, the only GOG game I've ever wanted my money back for.
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spindown: Care to explain why?
Controls, voice acting... It's not so much GOG's fault, it's Revolution's fault for being way too ambitious with the whole 3D thing. They still carried on with two 3D Broken Sword games, too, after the Revolution fan community kept calling for them not to.

They have now promised, however, that the next Broken Sword game, whenever it comes out, will be 2D.
Bought. I'm really loving this flurry of hidden gem sales.
60 hours of adventuring? it would so be an instabuy if it worked on win7...
Haven't heard of it, liked the synopsis and screen shots so now it is mine. This daily promo business is going to get me in trouble with the wife.
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Tsugirai: 60 hours of adventuring? it would so be an instabuy if it worked on win7...
Facey says it works (see above)
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F1ach: Would have liked to get this, but the fact that Revolution made it put me off.

I bought Broken Sword 3 (also by Revoultion I think) off gog and I spent hours trying to get it to work, to no avail, in the end I bought it for XBOX on ebay so I could play it.

While its cheap, I find it annoying that gog wont give a refund if a game doesnt work for you, whereas a retail shop would credit you to the value of the game.

So, once bitten...

Not knocking gog, their house, their rules, I'm just wary of Revolution games vs my win 7 PC. :)
i'm playing BS3 on a netbook with Win7/64 right now, no problems (aside from having to play some scenarios repeatedly because i coudn't run/jump, etc. away from the villains). Try GOG support, no reason that shouldn't run (also, i believe i've seen on here about credit isued for games that don't run for you). good luck.
Post edited July 13, 2011 by stevef
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Tsugirai: 60 hours of adventuring? it would so be an instabuy if it worked on win7...
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stevef: Facey says it works (see above)
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F1ach: Would have liked to get this, but the fact that Revolution made it put me off.

I bought Broken Sword 3 (also by Revoultion I think) off gog and I spent hours trying to get it to work, to no avail, in the end I bought it for XBOX on ebay so I could play it.

While its cheap, I find it annoying that gog wont give a refund if a game doesnt work for you, whereas a retail shop would credit you to the value of the game.

So, once bitten...

Not knocking gog, their house, their rules, I'm just wary of Revolution games vs my win 7 PC. :)
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stevef: i'm playing BS3 on a netbook with Win7/64 right now, no problems (aside from having to play some scenarios repeatedly because i coudn't run/jump, etc. away from the villains). Try GOG support, no reason that shouldn't run (also, i believe i've seen on here about credit isued for games that don't run for you). good luck.
I tried support and while they made lots of suggestions, I still couldnt get it to work.

Doubt if they will refund as their tos says "All sales are final".
Think i got this free here when i had already the games on a promo but i have never tried it might go install it later.
Bought it. I'm a bit leery after the comments of TheJoe, but this was on my wishlist and well, for $2,39...
I've had this game on my wishlist for ages, bought ;>.
I would love to see The Longest Journey go on sale.
Bought. I'm glad that hidden gems promo stick to "hidden", hopefully I'll find something else for me next days.
Post edited July 13, 2011 by SLP2000
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BoomGroinshot: I would love to see The Longest Journey go on sale.
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I really like the Hidden Gems promos, but unfortunately, this isn't my taste. I'll keep checking back though. :)