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GOG.com & CD Projekt RED Special Event, October 2012

In case you missed it, watch here the whole CD Projekt RED & GOG.com Special Event 2012.

And here's the shortened version of what GOG.com announced at the CDP RED & GOG.com special event on 18 October 2012.

Wait for the longer summary tomorrow and the full stream coming soon!
The final picture of that lady...
Well, the blade things were pretty cool.
Other than that, it looked like some crazy person who had just woken up and didn't have time to put her clothes on. It annoys me that they chose to put a picture like that.

Now I'll be expecting things like "You can choose the gender of your character! As you level up, your male characters gain skills that allow them to wear better armor, your female characters gain skills that give them magically bullet resistant skin so they can get naked. Level 30 skill Bouncing Boobies: Decimate your enemies with gravity defying flailing breasts". Then, when I point out that it's unnecessary, a group of people appear out of nowhere and tell me that Cyberpunk 2077 has the most artistic integrity in the world, I'm ruining everything, and it's absolutely necessary for a 2077 cyberpunk setting.
:p
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tfishell: Missed out, but I'm glad that I can get a basic summary from the varying news posts. I will express disappointment that only Bioforge was the only classic released today (and afaik there was no news about other classics coming to GOG), but I'm sure people are interested in the pay-what-you-want Interplay deal.
Looking at the number of Games sold (which is beyond 12k already) I'll say they are.
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Skunk: I think when most people say "bundle pricing", they mean getting the Stronghold Collection for $20 at base price, or all of The Oddboxx titles together for $15 when it's not on sale. That sort of thing. Not so much poorly conceived, limited time bundles...
Same thing. What if you already have bought two of the Fallout games in the Fallout Trilogy bundle in the same service?

Humble Bundles are also limited time, and I don't see people bitching about it. And I don't see how you can consider this "poorly conceived". Eight Interplay games for $0.99? You can complain about the games, but you can't complain about the price.

And at least GOG gives you gift codes for the games you have from their service already, something that these other services don't do at least as far as I can tell. GOG's model is hardly "poorly conceived" compared to them.
Post edited October 18, 2012 by timppu
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BadDecissions: I think we can take it as given that if GOG, a business that is trying to make money, keeps releasing indie games, it's because people keep buying them. I apparently got a lot of games from the Interplay promo; turns out I only owned one of the games in the lowest tier? Of course, since I only wanted one other game in that tier, I now have a bunch of games that will sit on my shelf forever and never get downloaded; I'd have gifted them, if GOG had given me a choice.
Hah, tell me about it. There were more than enough games I was interested in to make the price great (Jagged Alliance, Evolva, Shattered Steel, Messiah, Freespace, Descent 3, Conquest of the New World, Lionheart, Die By The Sword, Castles, Stonekeep), but I do now have a bunch of stuff that'll probably sit on my shelf for eternity.
I'm glad I became more or less immune to hype, so I'm not really disappointed by the conference. Deponia 2 stole the cake this time.

1. Mac
The "complete ad" was cute :). I always liked your playful style; except the "we're closing the business, guys" pull.
As for Mac endorsement, in the era where basically every other competitor supports it, it's hardly breathtaking. In addition, you've already announced Witcher for Mac, so it was kind of obvious it's coming.
It's nice to see that GOG is expanding, though. I let my friends using Mac know; I think theyll be happy :).

2. Promo + new games
Well, sorta downer. On the other hand, it's sweet to see that GOG is international. Your videoconfs always cover people coming from different countries which makes it unique. Promo is probably more attractive for new people; a rest of them has bought Interplay titles already IMHO. I would be willing to try MDKs yet it's way better to wait for more generous promo.
Deponia 2 win this round without difficulty :).

3. CDP
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MichaelPalin: Seriously, CDP, stop it with the sexist images. You are in the vanguard of DRM-free and doing things generally well, but stop it with the oversexualized female art.
I agree with Michael. I like cyberpunk a lot but the oversexualisation typical for CDP put me off. It's like watching PR for a game from nineties :(.

And the most important thing - Happy anniversary, GOG! I wish you many prosperous years to come.
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tfishell: Missed out, but I'm glad that I can get a basic summary from the varying news posts. I will express disappointment that only Bioforge was the only classic released today (and afaik there was no news about other classics coming to GOG), but I'm sure people are interested in the pay-what-you-want Interplay deal.
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Nergal01: Looking at the number of Games sold (which is beyond 12k already) I'll say they are.
Heh, yeah. (I'm not really interested, though.) I'm just surprised GOG couldn't have released, like, one other classic today. Freebie is nice, admittedly, although I'm feeling "bleh" about the art style ("futuristic cartoonish").
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tfishell: Missed out, but I'm glad that I can get a basic summary from the varying news posts. I will express disappointment that only Bioforge was the only classic released today (and afaik there was no news about other classics coming to GOG), but I'm sure people are interested in the pay-what-you-want Interplay deal.
That was a really weird choice. EnigmaticT and other staffers post in these forums; they must be aware that some people are worried that the indie games will overshadow the old ones. And now they release four games, and they couldn't even make one of them an older one? It seems to me that that would be very elementary PR move. Or if they're not going to release old games, at least new ones people have heard of? Somewhere along the line, I think someone made a really bad judgment call about what games to announce.

As for the rest of the conference, Mac support is cool for the Mac users, and I got a game I wanted in the promo, so I'm cool with it.
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USERNAME:overread#Q&_^Q&Q#GROUP:4#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:461#Q&_^Q&Q#Sooo Ghost in the Shell isn't part of your current cyberpunk collection ?#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:461#Q&_^Q&Q#
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Yeah, the issue isn't with sexy characters if it's part of their character. The issue is when characters are overly sexualized even when it makes no sense.
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tfishell: Heh, yeah. (I'm not really interested, though.) I'm just surprised GOG couldn't have released, like, one other classic today. Freebie is nice, admittedly, although I'm feeling "bleh" about the art style ("futuristic cartoonish").
Agreed. They probably released Bioforge to give the local classics-crowd at least something today. >_>
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Gazoinks: Hah, tell me about it. There were more than enough games I was interested in to make the price great (Jagged Alliance, Evolva, Shattered Steel, Messiah, Freespace, Descent 3, Conquest of the New World, Lionheart, Die By The Sword, Castles, Stonekeep), but I do now have a bunch of stuff that'll probably sit on my shelf for eternity.
It's not one of the good Jagged Alliances though, it's the generally poorly-received expandalone to 2.
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tfishell: Missed out, but I'm glad that I can get a basic summary from the varying news posts. I will express disappointment that Bioforge was the only classic released today (and afaik there was no news about other classics coming to GOG), but I'm sure people are interested in the pay-what-you-want Interplay deal.
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BadDecissions: That was a really weird choice. EnigmaticT and other staffers post in these forums; they must be aware that some people are worried that the indie games will overshadow the old ones. And now they release four games, and they couldn't even make one of them an older one? It seems to me that that would be very elementary PR move. Or if they're not going to release old games, at least new ones people have heard of? Somewhere along the line, I think someone made a really bad judgment call about what games to announce. As for the rest of the conference, Mac support is cool for the Mac users, and I got a game I wanted in the promo, so I'm cool with it.
I'm not totally sure what to think. However, I know that constant complaining is getting on some people's nerves, so while I'll continue to express disappointment in the occasional post, I'll try not to make it EVERY post. ;) But I am here for the old stuff, even though I haven't purchased in a while b/c I don't have time to play.
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Skunk: I think when most people say "bundle pricing", they mean getting the Stronghold Collection for $20 at base price, or all of The Oddboxx titles together for $15 when it's not on sale. That sort of thing. Not so much poorly conceived, limited time bundles...
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timppu: Same thing. What if you already have bought two of the Fallout games in the Fallout Trilogy bundle in the same service? Humble Bundles are also limited time, and I don't see people bitching about it. And I don't see how you can consider this "poorly conceived". Eight Interplay games for $0.99? You can complain about the games, but you can't complain about the price. And at least GOG gives you gift codes for the games you have from their service already, something that these other services don't do at least as far as I can tell. GOG's model is hardly "poorly conceived" compared to them.
Eight of some of the the least popular Interplay games. Oh, and you can bring it down to $0.01, though that isn't a particularly nice thing to do. GamersGate lets you gift all of the games you buy, always, even if you don't already own any of them.

Humble Bundles are as cheap as $5 for the whole kit. This eBook bundle is one of the most expensive ones, and it's still a mere $14 compared to this $35. That's a bit of a stretch from "pay what you want". It's pretty much "pay what you can" at that point.

It is not the same thing. The Oddboxx is $15. Buying all of the games here (...and GOG doesn't even have all of the games, though Oddworld Inhabitants claims it's not their doing and even they don't seem to know what's up) would cost more than $20. Buying them anywhere else (and it's DRM-free on GamersGate) is $15, and way cheaper when it's 75% off or so, and even cheaper than that if you have the 15% lifetime discount.

Here on GOG, you could probably get three of them for 50% off and spend another year wondering where Munch's Oddysee is.
Is there a way to see a recording of teh webcast anywhere ?
Getting time off from work was not an option unfortunately.
Hmm... The only interplay game I'd want is earth worm jim 1 & 2. Seeing that $6 is cheaper than $32 for 31 other games I don't care about. I won't join in on it.

I also welcome the indie games. They all sounded very interesting. Though what I fear is that they might lack in content. You'd play for a few hours of quality entertainment and it's gone. I mean I still play Age of Wonders all the time, I loved the longest journey and other classic games.
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Gazoinks: Hah, tell me about it. There were more than enough games I was interested in to make the price great (Jagged Alliance, Evolva, Shattered Steel, Messiah, Freespace, Descent 3, Conquest of the New World, Lionheart, Die By The Sword, Castles, Stonekeep), but I do now have a bunch of stuff that'll probably sit on my shelf for eternity.
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Belgand: It's not one of the good Jagged Alliances though, it's the generally poorly-received expandalone to 2.
Is the only problem length, though? Because it'd be my first Jagged Alliance game, so it being short might be nice to serve as an intro.