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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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RandomJC: What the bloody hell is Populous?
You are too young, son.
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TheRealJayDee: I got distracted and when I returned to the screen I saw Rogue Legacy, and I remembered people talking about it and panicked and bought it. I hope I'll like it! I defintely should be sleeping instead of doing this right now.
I like the part about the panic-buy. That indeed is a totally natural reaction to panic.
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Cardian: Jack Keane 2!
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sensui73: This times 100! I can only envy the lucky ducks that were able to catch that deal.
Jack Keane's reviews are better, so...

Jack Keane it is!
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Stoltverd: NWN 2 have a lot of races but the camera SUCKS
NWN 1 have less races but lot of mods (Note that NWN 2 also have mods)
Sucks, but have the record of sales, 1400 copies in 90 s.
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xenxander: Hmm. Populous: The beginning.

I got this for Playstation. I thought it entertaining at the time but it didn't grow on me.

I"m tempted for a buck-fifty, however.
PC version seemed to play much better
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Cardian: GoG should probably have made it so that you can only get one free game in the sale. That way, people might actually look at what they click because they might get the chance to get something they actually like.
Nah, wouldn't work. It's like a cat with a piece of waving grass. Gamers are genetically programmed to click on anything that says FREE.

For what it's worth, the one game I got free was Retro City Rampage. It came up; I read the title; I thought "Yes, I'd like that"; I moved the mouse to the button and I pressed. WIN. Anything I quick-clicked on got the bear or a non-response page. While insta-clicking is probably the best strategy for those with really good reflexes and ping times, I suspect it can also push the server over capacity, leaving the door open for the occasional considered click.
I bought Popolous, you can thank me later
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RandomJC: What the bloody hell is Populous?
Actually, this is Populous 3.
Well, after catching up on 30+ pages of the thread, it looks like I picked a good time to oversleep as I only missed Thunderscape. Saw Divinity: Dragon Commander at something like 40 copies left and thought, "Oh, I must have missed 15-20 games!" Hehe.
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Stoltverd: NWN 2 have a lot of races but the camera SUCKS
NWN 1 have less races but lot of mods (Note that NWN 2 also have mods)
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Chevette: But you can adjust the camera... it just takes a lot of fiddling with the settings. A lot of fiddling. Lot. of....

Also I think there are mods for the game to help with the camera. NWN2 is a good game. (So is NWN1)
I fiddled with the config file and it wasn't enough. I had to download a couple of mods + ingame fiddling + config file to get it nice and working
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TheRealJayDee: I got distracted and when I returned to the screen I saw Rogue Legacy, and I remembered people talking about it and panicked and bought it. I hope I'll like it! I defintely should be sleeping instead of doing this right now.
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trebor8273: same here hope its as good as people are saying

edit i was to late to buy it damn sales people
No is total crap! But thx for buying and reducing my waiting time ;-D
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RandomJC: What the bloody hell is Populous?
AGH, the blasphemy!
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legitster: So should be magrunner then NWN 2 then huh?
Not necessarily. The games are popping up pretty randomly for this last round.
For anyone that just got back:

List of games appeared in this third and last round:

Rise of the Triad $7.49
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator $1.49
System Shock 2 FREE
Blood (One Unit Whole Blood) $1.49
Master of Magic $1.19
Jack Keane 2: The Fire Within $11.99
Lords of Midnight $1.93
Myst: Masterpiece Ed $1.49
Miasmata FREE
Eador: Masters of the Broken World $5.99
Sniper Elite $1.99
Baldur's Gate 2
Might and Magic 1-6
Sniper Elite: Berlin FREE
Book of Unwritten Tales
Thunderscape
Divinity: Dragon Commander $22.49
Aquanox FREE
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum $5.99
Rogue Legacy $4.99
Populous: The Beginning $1.49

Rollin', rollin', rollin' - rawhide!
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RandomJC: What the bloody hell is Populous?
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Buenro-games: You are too young, son.
Hey...I remember 98
Post edited November 15, 2013 by RandomJC