Posted December 22, 2017
Ugh, talk about being unlucky. My first star was somewhat of a "well, maybe I will like it" situation with Star Wolves a few days ago. It didn't pull me into buying it by myself, but I admit there's a possibility that it is a hidden gem.
But seeing as I am underwhelmed by most of the promo known deals, today I decided to buy a few more stars to see what would come out. I figured as long as I get a decent game out of a few purchases, it's fine. Then I bought three stars.
The first one contained Barony: Cursed Edition. Ouch, no way I'm ever gonna play it. Just seeing the screenshots cause me pain. Strike one.
The second one had Underrail. Not a bad game according to the reviews, but I'm more of a real-time than turn-based player and I'm not huge on sci-fi either. Wouldn't buy it, I don't think I'll ever play it. Strike two.
The final star had Flatout. Oh great, I avoid racing games with a passion as I'm a terrible racer. Strike three and I learned my lesson.
I ended up asking for a refund for Barony and Flatout. Even if I could have asked for Underrail too I figure it would be too much. I will buy two other stars with the refund and even if they'll probably manage to avoid the great games in the pool to bring me more assorted crap, I decided to stick with them. I'll update with their contents later.
Edit: after waiting until all the games were added to the sale, (I should really have waited for that before) I confirmed there wasn't much I would buy so I picked two stars to replace the refunded stars as said I would. And now that they're open, I can say my luck apparently improved, but in practice not so much.
Both stars had games from Telltale. Great, as I like adventures right?
First star contained Tales of the Borderlands. It's a probably a decent game but I know zero about borderlands' lore so I can't see myself playing it any time soon. Probably ever.
However, the last star contained a game I really have all the reasons in the world to like: Sam and Max season two. I love Sam and Max, in fact I like them so much I bought those games directly from Telltale long before they came to GOG. And I played the hell out of it already, so... I guess I can be relieved I have a drm-free copy now. Which I don't think I'll ever need to install. So... yay?
But seeing as I am underwhelmed by most of the promo known deals, today I decided to buy a few more stars to see what would come out. I figured as long as I get a decent game out of a few purchases, it's fine. Then I bought three stars.
The first one contained Barony: Cursed Edition. Ouch, no way I'm ever gonna play it. Just seeing the screenshots cause me pain. Strike one.
The second one had Underrail. Not a bad game according to the reviews, but I'm more of a real-time than turn-based player and I'm not huge on sci-fi either. Wouldn't buy it, I don't think I'll ever play it. Strike two.
The final star had Flatout. Oh great, I avoid racing games with a passion as I'm a terrible racer. Strike three and I learned my lesson.
I ended up asking for a refund for Barony and Flatout. Even if I could have asked for Underrail too I figure it would be too much. I will buy two other stars with the refund and even if they'll probably manage to avoid the great games in the pool to bring me more assorted crap, I decided to stick with them. I'll update with their contents later.
Edit: after waiting until all the games were added to the sale, (I should really have waited for that before) I confirmed there wasn't much I would buy so I picked two stars to replace the refunded stars as said I would. And now that they're open, I can say my luck apparently improved, but in practice not so much.
Both stars had games from Telltale. Great, as I like adventures right?
First star contained Tales of the Borderlands. It's a probably a decent game but I know zero about borderlands' lore so I can't see myself playing it any time soon. Probably ever.
However, the last star contained a game I really have all the reasons in the world to like: Sam and Max season two. I love Sam and Max, in fact I like them so much I bought those games directly from Telltale long before they came to GOG. And I played the hell out of it already, so... I guess I can be relieved I have a drm-free copy now. Which I don't think I'll ever need to install. So... yay?
Post edited December 24, 2017 by joppo