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Posted October 12, 2012
11 Might & Magic games, Far Cry 1&2, Prince of Persia trilogy, and 20 more Ubisoft games 60% off.

Welcome to the fantastic realms of [url=http://www.gog.com/en/promo/ubisoft_weekend_promo_12_10_12/]Ubisoft Catalog. The publisher is famous for releasing original titles, full of pure gaming magic and memorable moments. This weekend you can get more than 40 Ubisoft titles 60% off their regular price. Amazing action-adventures in the ancient Middle East or a dystopian future, first person perspective shooters telling the stories of secret agents or special forces operatives stranded on dangerous islands, strategies set in fantastic lands, the distant future, or our very own mundane reality, colorful platformers, racing games, dungeon-crawling RPGs--all this and more waiting for you and tempting you with low, low prices. Let's put some titles in a spotlight, shall we?

Might and Magic is one of the 1990s iconic RPG series that sprouted into a successful line of fantasy strategies loved and cherished by gamers worldwide. Now you can retrace the whole history of the Might and Magic games, beginning with the classic dungeon-crawlers bundled in the Might and Magic 6-pack, through the timeless Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Complete Edition, to the beautiful modern Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Bundle. You can even check out the intriguing action-rpg spin-off: Crusaders Might and Magic. A whole fantastic universe awaits you!

Far Cry and Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition will take you on a dangerous voyage through breathtaking locations filled to the brim with dangerous foes and ruthless beasts. This elaborate FPS titles were deemed revolutionary--not only in the graphics layer, but also for their huge maps allowing for some open ended gameplay. Are you ready to face the tropical heat?

All of those Ubisoft games, and many more, can be yours for 60% off this weekend. Go to the promo page to check out the details of this Ubisoft Über-sale!
Posted October 13, 2012
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Gazoinks: So it's a case of "Not as much of a betrayal as everyone says, but it just doesn't stack up to the rest"?
M&M started rolling downhill with 8, where they compensated for derelict graphics engine by giving you an opportunity to have an overpowered dragon for every side character in your party, with free flight and other funny things. M&M9 suffered both from being a rushed air bubble escaping from the lungs of drowning 3DO, and from using early Lithtech - that engine by Monolith, which didn't look like shit only in Monolith's hands, and even they have a less than perfect record with it. It's hard to recreate the epic scale of the series, when you share the engine with Blood 2 and Shogo.
Posted October 13, 2012
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grviper: With the unofficial patches it's quite stable, less of a script mess and generally playable. Character development system isn't bad. Dungeons can even be enjoyable it you approach them with first person shooter in mind. However the overworld travel can take long: the maps are small, but they use twisty paths to stretch the travel time, you have no "jump" of "flight" spells and the portal workings are annoying. Also you'll be setting a lot of crap like skill books all the time. Not to mention that some areas do feel empty and unfinished even with all the fan updates.
Thanks :) It sounds a bit mediocre and I don't like long travel times, so I'll probably not get it.
Post edited October 13, 2012 by maycett
Posted October 13, 2012
Got M&M's 1-7, and OMNOM3. Thanks GOG! <3 <3 Why even bother buying new games?
Post edited October 13, 2012 by StickOfPlywood
Posted October 13, 2012
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Snickersnack: No, HoMM VI single player really is single player. There are these little map features (conflux orbs?) where players can leave hints for each other (more like spoilers and vulgarities) but that is the extent of it. HoMM VI could be played totally offline when I played through it last spring.* You won't be able to use your dynasty goodies (extra weapons and hero abilities) as those are linked to your online Conflux profile but those are unnecessary and kind of cheaty IMHO. *launch the HoMM VI executable with the '/offline' switch.
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mistermumbles: Ah. Thanks for setting me straight. I wasn't quite sure what the deal was with that.
You're right to be suspicious. New Ubisoft titles have had a lot of unfriendly DRM lately. The Uplay/ Conflux has no business being in a single player focused turn based strategy game and can cause a lot of trouble. Fortunately HoMM VI isn't totally crippled like Diablo 3 and AssCreed 2 were/ are. I hope to see it on GOG some day.
Post edited October 13, 2012 by Snickersnack
Posted October 13, 2012
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Snickersnack:
The more people buy DRM free versions of their games, the stronger the anti-DRM message becomes.
Posted October 13, 2012
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ShadowWulfe: The more people buy DRM free versions of their games, the stronger the anti-DRM message becomes.
I barely even buy new games anymore since it's all drenched into disgusting DRM. Seriously you have to do research about the game you're buying now just to make sure you're not getting screwed, since they don't write it on the box (which should be illegal). What happened to when you could just buy a game and pop the disc in knowing you'd be able to play it whenever you wanted and that it was going to be yours forever?
Posted October 13, 2012
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Big_McLargeHuge: I barely even buy new games anymore since it's all drenched into disgusting DRM.
Me too ... anyway i have so many GOG games to play that buying new games it's just plain stupid since i don't have the time to play them too.
When I'll have the time those game will became relatively old, cheaper, patched-up etc and hopefully DRM-free. Then i'll play them. Also, I don't need to upgrade the hardware so often to keep up with the increasing new game demands.
Seems to me that this is a great strategy ... perfect gaming experience.
Posted October 13, 2012
Great sale. I finally broke down and bought Il-2: 1946. Best flight game I've never played.
Posted October 13, 2012
Ubi is better with DRM-free.
Posted October 13, 2012
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Kabus: Ubi is better with DRM-free.
Everything is better DRM free. ;).
Posted October 13, 2012
Far Cry 2 without the annoying DRM! Thank you! It's a love it or hate it game, and I absolutely love it. The stealth elements and large world are so well done.

Picked out Rainbow 6 as well, haven't played that since it came out on the PlayStation. My friends and I were totally amazed and engrossed by the game at the time. Recently my buddy gave me his copy of Ghost Recon for Xbox, but I grabbed the GOG one as well.

It's funny, when I was around 9-12 all I played was RTSs, hardcore tactical shooters, flight sims, and I even got into some turned based war games. Now I like arcade racers and mind numbing action games, what happened to me? I need to stock up on tactical games lol
Posted October 13, 2012
I seriously don't understand WTF is Far Cry 2 it's You have Malaria hunt for Diamonds CONVENIENTLY located in SUITCASES and you also have a diamond tracking device HOW CONVENIENT you sell diamonds to get upgrades and more tablets you then get oddball quests called Missions that don't really do anything What a friggin Mess of a game! the multiplayer is also FUBAR without any radar to show you where the opponents are you have to keep checking your MAP WTF?!?
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FoxZero: Now I like arcade racers and mind numbing action games, what happened to me? I need to stock up on tactical games lol
You simply grew out of those type of games Happens all the time I used to hate Vampire the masquerade - Redemption but now on playing the full game I LIKE IT!!! and I used to love playing FPS games I've grown a bit sick of it though I still Like it but it get's lame after a while. Especially FPRPG's
Post edited October 13, 2012 by fr33kSh0w2012
Posted October 13, 2012
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fr33kSh0w2012: I seriously don't understand WTF is Far Cry 2 it's You have Malaria hunt for Diamonds CONVENIENTLY located in SUITCASES and you also have a diamond tracking device HOW CONVENIENT you sell diamonds to get upgrades and more tablets you then get oddball quests called Missions that don't really do anything What a friggin Mess of a game! the multiplayer is also FUBAR without any radar to show you where the opponents are you have to keep checking your MAP WTF?!?
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FoxZero: Now I like arcade racers and mind numbing action games, what happened to me? I need to stock up on tactical games lol
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fr33kSh0w2012: You simply grew out of those type of games Happens all the time I used to hate Vampire the masquerade - Redemption but now on playing the full game I LIKE IT!!! and I used to love playing FPS games I've grown a bit sick of it though I still Like it but it get's lame after a while. Especially FPRPG's
Your main mission in Far Cry 2 is to kill the Jackal.
Posted October 13, 2012
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Big_McLargeHuge: Your main mission in Far Cry 2 is to kill the Jackal.
Yeah and I guess he doesn't exist in the game.
Posted October 13, 2012
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fr33kSh0w2012: I seriously don't understand WTF is Far Cry 2 it's You have Malaria hunt for Diamonds CONVENIENTLY located in SUITCASES and you also have a diamond tracking device HOW CONVENIENT you sell diamonds to get upgrades and more tablets you then get oddball quests called Missions that don't really do anything What a friggin Mess of a game! the multiplayer is also FUBAR without any radar to show you where the opponents are you have to keep checking your MAP WTF?!?
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FoxZero: Now I like arcade racers and mind numbing action games, what happened to me? I need to stock up on tactical games lol
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fr33kSh0w2012: You simply grew out of those type of games Happens all the time I used to hate Vampire the masquerade - Redemption but now on playing the full game I LIKE IT!!! and I used to love playing FPS games I've grown a bit sick of it though I still Like it but it get's lame after a while. Especially FPRPG's
I just love the stealth action of Far Cry 2. I love the reactions of the AI. It's one of the few games where I feel like a total badass without it being canned. For some reason I hated both Far Cry and Crysis lol, yet I very much enjoyed Crysis 2 for similar reason to FC2, excellent stealth. There's very subtle things both games do that add greatly to the experience, like believable path finding, or enemies having fear based reactions, or enemies searching an area I've just been in a realistic and coordinated fashion.

I find it weird that I got into dumbed down games as I got older. Major exception was driving simulators, I got more hardcore into those as I got older. I play the ones that arguably aren't games, but training tools lol, and the game like ones annoy me lol

I still love FPSs, probably always will, and fighting games. I just can't do those fast paced twitch shooters anymore since my reflexes aren't what they use to be. I like the tactical ones like AA3 or Tribes: Ascend where I can beat batter players by being smarter.
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