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Posted February 07, 2014
Two Worlds series, Earth 2100s series, Knights and Merchants, and other top Topware classics 70% off!

!This weekend, we offer you GOG's entire [url=http://www.gog.com/promo/topware_weekend_promo_070214]Topware catalog 70% off! Among all of the games it features, we'd like to put one in the spotlight the most. There are games that never get hyped much in the media and aren't considered milestones of their genre, but still success in accumulating a modding community so large and dedicated, that you could say the development of such title never really stopped. Such is the case of Knights & Merchants, a medieval real-time strategy with in-depth society simulation and epic-scaled armies. Even though the game came out in 2001, a community of talented fans doesn't stop in their effort to, fix and tweak it, make it enjoyable for the modern gamer, and support it with all the features the fanbase demands. All this goes towards a impressive mod, that we recently featured in one of our Mod Spotlight editorial. Get the game for only $1.79. check out the mod, and witness the magic of PC gaming community!

Not really fond of historical setting? Would you rather take a plunge into a fantastic realm quite different than our reality? The magical land you'll be visiting in Two Worlds: Epic Edition should easily satisfy all your escapism needs with its vast and lush gameworld, visuals that remain quite impressive even today, and a well-told story that often lets you digress from its main thread. The Epic Edition we offer you, comes bundled with the game's both expansions: Tainted Blood and Curse of Souls. Yours for only $2.99! The bigger, better, and more--erm--magical sequel, Two Worlds 2: Epic Edition, also complete with all the extensions and bundled with two great MP3 soundtracks, is also available 70% off (that's $5.99).

Two Worlds 2 intro

Fantasy not really your thing? Well, how about some hard science fiction, then? Earth 2140 Trillogy, Earth 2150 Trillogy, Earth 2160--or the Earth 21-something series, as we like to call it--offer top-notch RTS gameplay in a gritty futuristic setting, at $1.79 each!

Of course, that's not all of the excellent titles you can find 70% off in our Totally Topware promo this weekend, so head out to the promo page and pick your favorites. The offer lasts until Tuesday, February 11, at 4:59AM GMT.
Post edited February 07, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted February 08, 2014
Gorky 17.
I played it, when it was released, and - man,...did I love it!

It's a nice turn-based tactical game, where you have to figure, which weapon does damage to which enemy, since not all weapons will damage all enemies.

Highly recommended!
Posted February 08, 2014
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real.geizterfahr: Mayhap, methinks...
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Dzsono: Pray tell...
Verily!
Posted February 08, 2014
Mm.. I think I'll only get Earth 2150 Trilogy, among all those titles.
Posted February 08, 2014
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jamyskis: (But didn't the Polish version just use the English VA?)
That is correct. Imagine my facial expression when I finally got the Polish version, happy to finally have a version that is bound to be better than the English one, the one made in the developers' mother language, even! And then... T_T

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phaolo: Mm.. I think I'll only get Earth 2150 Trilogy, among all those titles.
Yeah, definitely the best choice in this selection.
Post edited February 08, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted February 08, 2014
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F4LL0UT: [..] Yeah, definitely the best choice in this selection.
Thanks, I've checked a ton of reviews for them!
Bought it now. :)

Anyway, there should be some kind of "avoidlist" to mark bad games, so you don't have to check them every time.
Posted February 08, 2014
Only two games ( Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (DC) , Two Worlds 2: Epic Edition ) and my Topware catalogue will be completed .
Posted February 08, 2014
I think sooner or later my wishlisted games will be cleared up. Nice promo! Thanks, GOG! :)
Posted February 08, 2014
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mwans: Septerra Core is looking interesting, except the screen shots remind of when they used to smash 16:9 movies onto a 4:3 TV.
It does, but don't let that get you. The biggest flaw with that game is the ridiculously-drawn-out combat. As long as that is not an issue I think any RPG fan will enjoy it.

In case anyone wonders, there is a demo of it out there that is the first area. Also, the battle system is like Final Fantasy's Active Time Battle, with a mechanic that allows you to select when during the bar filling up you attack. There is the first third which does a quick but little-damage attack, the last third which is for the strongest attack but obviously takes a bit of waiting for the bar to fill up to execute, and the middle which is a compromise. Your feelings about such a combat system will go a long way towards influencing your enjoyment, since you have to go through it so damn much.

One plus side is that this is one of the first RPGs I can remember encountering where EVERYONE has their own voice-acted dialog, so there is that. Also, I personally enjoyed how the story writers took various elements from our many religions and history and wove them into a unique world.
Posted February 08, 2014
Wait Two Worlds had good story telling? While I enjoy the game it has really bad story telling, questionably gameplay mechanics, laughable dialogue, severe balance issues and a lack of variety. Basically you have to go in expecting the game to be janky and pretty hard to love, if you look past it's many, many flaws then you may find some enjoyment. Two Worlds 2 however is highly underrated. While it still has some questionably elements (has some pretty glaring UI flaws, in many ways worse than vanilla skyrim) and still some poor storytelling, the rest is highly enjoyable and shows a lot of care and variety
Posted February 08, 2014
Best part about Two Worlds II, in my opinion, is the magic system. There is nothing better than a rain of anvils except maybe a bolt of fire that slams into someone then splinters off and unleashes a horde of werebeasts. I had way too much fun with the magic. And the horse, I will admit to burning hour after hour randomly riding the horse around. Trailed, of course, by my faithful horde of werebeasts. :D
Post edited February 08, 2014 by Melhelix
Posted February 08, 2014
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Niggles: Gorky 17 sounds interesting but its listed as compatible with WinXP or Vista?. Does it work ok with Windows 7 64bit?
My take on it (both machines running Windows 7 64bit):

Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series graphics):
- Runs fine, even with 3D accelerated graphics.

ASUS G75VW (with NVidia Geforce GTX 670M);
- With 3D accelerated graphics: severe graphics issues, basically making it unplayable.
- Software rendering: otherwise ok, but severe audio stutter.

So I think if you have NVidia graphics, maybe be more careful.
Post edited February 08, 2014 by timppu
Posted February 08, 2014
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Niggles: Gorky 17 sounds interesting but its listed as compatible with WinXP or Vista?. Does it work ok with Windows 7 64bit?
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timppu: My take on it (both machines running Windows 7 64bit):

Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series graphics):
- Runs fine, even with 3D accelerated graphics.

ASUS G75VW (with NVidia Geforce GTX 670M);
- With 3D accelerated graphics: severe graphics issues, basically making it unplayable.
- Software rendering: otherwise ok, but severe audio stutter.

So I think if you have NVidia graphics, maybe be more careful.
Thanks for the confirmation.Im using a ATI HD 5670 :D
Posted February 08, 2014
Looking to trade for Two worlds 1 before the sale ends.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/classifieds/post9804
Post edited February 10, 2014 by theslitherydeee
Posted February 09, 2014
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Niggles: Thanks for the confirmation.Im using a ATI HD 5670 :D
Note: I can comment only on the ATI graphics I happen to have. But overall, to me it would seem that ATI/AMD owners may have a higher success rate in Gorky 17 running fine with 3D accelerated graphics.

The other option is to use software rendering mode which looks fine too (as it affects only the character and enemy graphics, not e.g. the background graphics; and even those only slightly IMHO), but when choosing that, there the widespread problem is audio stutter (mainly the speech I think) during the gameplay.

In Windows XP you could fix that sound stutter by going to Control Panel / Sound options, and switch off Audio HW acceleration. In Windows 7 (and possibly Vista), I am not aware how to achieve the same.

And in some systems there may be even worse specific problems, which might or might not matter. E.g. on my ancient IBM ThinkPad T41 laptop running Windows XP, the game simply crashes if I try to run it in software rendering mode. But on it it didn't really matter, as the HW renderer mode worked fine there too. But it was certainly curious why the safer SW renderer mode fails there.
Posted February 09, 2014
I just bought all for DRM-free versions. Even I already have some of them.
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