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General discussionThe Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale is wide awake!(3178 posts)(3178 posts)
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Posted March 21, 2016
Limited-quantity deals round-the-clock | Tired-looking sheep.



UPDATE: Time to go to bed, everyone! It's been a fun, intense, coffee-fueled week but the sheep has finally saled on this Insomnia sale so everyone can now get their (hardly needed) beauty sleep. Or go try out those fine-looking games they snagged moments before stocks disappeared. So long and don't let the bedbugs bite. Slay them for precious XP, instead.
Remember to check your email for your unlocked freebies, and you can always contact <span class="bold">Support</span> if there is anthing you're missing.



Don't fall asleep, don't look away… heck, just give up blinking.
Prepare yourselves a cauldron of hot coffee and stock up on eyedrops! Our infamous Insomnia Sale returns with a relentless stream of limited-quantity deals, one game after the other, nonstop until the games run out. Or the sheep doze off.

We've been studying your valuable feedback on this annual event, including comments like "AAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!!" and "Please, why won't you let me sleep?!". We took them to heart and decided that what you guys are saying is that you need more gaming stimulants to fight away sleepiness. Worry not, we're here to help.

You lucky Insomniacs will also be treated to a number of games never before seen on GOG.com as well as the best-ever deal on our crowning jewel - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (-50% after the recent price drop, that's $24.99 in the USA).


If you want to learn more about the intricacies behind this whole science of non-sleep, check out the promo <span class="bold">FAQ</span>. But don't dally there too long, because games will start disappearing before your bloodshot eyes!

The GOG.com Insomnia Sale starts Monday, March 21, 2:00 PM GMT and will run until the limited-quantity deals run out.

While counting sheep and game deals, make sure to also drop by our <span class="bold">imgur</span> page and grab your Insomnia wallpapers.

Twitch Insomnia Marathon

We won't let you fall asleep while you're waiting for your favorite game to go on sale! Tune in at any time of day or night to twitch.tv/GOGcom for the best games being played by our mighty team of streamers, joined by special guests. 20 streamers. 100 hours of gameplay. Lots of empty coffee mugs.
Post edited March 26, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted March 25, 2016
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j0ekerr: You know what?

I quit!

I'm done, it's over, I've been waiting for two days for TWAU to come back and Bigby's not going to show his ugly unshaved face anymore.

So I'm off to do something more productive, like draw porn pictures of Monkey Island characters.
Please share those ;)
What is TWAU again?
Posted March 25, 2016
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flammenbringer: What is TWAU again?
The Wolf Among Us?
Posted March 25, 2016
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j0ekerr: You know what?

I quit!

I'm done, it's over, I've been waiting for two days for TWAU to come back and Bigby's not going to show his ugly unshaved face anymore.

So I'm off to do something more productive, like draw porn pictures of Monkey Island characters.
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flammenbringer: Please share those ;)
What is TWAU again?
The
Wolf
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Us
Posted March 25, 2016
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flammenbringer: What is TWAU again?
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InfraSuperman: The Wolf Among Us?
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flammenbringer: Please share those ;)
What is TWAU again?
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trentonlf: The
Wolf
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Outch! Was fixating on witch...
Posted March 25, 2016
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davem74: Really disapointed - I was trying to slowly build up to 10 games (tactically buying games for just this reason), and now I'm stuffed because they've withdrawn the free game after 10 purchases? So I'm stuck with games hat I only bought to qualify for this...I don't usually comment, but GOG, that sucks. Way to go to exploit your community.
That's a bit of a waste of money, don't you think? All the free games were available at a discount during this sale - if you wanted something specific, why not buy that instead? I agree hat GOG should have communicated the limited amount of free games more clearly, but its was mentioned in the FAQ of the sale, and we were given a warning in this very thread that the freebies were running out more quickly than was expected.

So what I'm saying is, yes, GOG managed the whole freebie thing sub-optimally. But you are as much to blame for your present situation than they are. It was your choice to throw money away on a gamble - and random freebies ARE a gamble - so next time use it to buy games you actually want instead. :)

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Kaeoschassis: Eh, people are completely entitled to complain if they feel they've been cheated, that's all well and good. What's been confusing me is why people would spend money on 10 games they don't necessarily want, in order to get one free game - at random - that they might not even want. Am I missing something? Why not just spend your money on the ones you do want and be done with it?
THIS. I honestly don't understand that behaviour either. I guess it's a case of trying to get Witcher 3 or another full-priced game for free by spending as little as possible. :/ Maybe that's part of the reason why they ran out of freebies - people gambling on them.
Post edited March 25, 2016 by Pica-Ludica
Posted March 25, 2016
When I was only one or two games away from getting a freebie it did influence my decisions. There were a couple of games for which it was borderline for me whether or not I wanted to spend the money on them. When I factored in the free game, the balance shifted and I bought the games which I was 'on the fence' about.

This is logical behaviour. The value of the high chance of getting a free game is non-zero.

edit: obviously there is a sweet spot somewhere - I certainly wouldn't have bought ten games to get a freebie if they were games which I otherwise would not have bought...
Post edited March 25, 2016 by nigelbeans
Posted March 25, 2016
I really dislike this sale cause there are some games I want to buy but can't cause I got work and I am not able to follow the sale pace and check every second what single game is on...
Posted March 25, 2016
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eiii: Are these the only supported wide-screen resolutions or the only supported resolutions at all?
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Laberbacke: At all. You get a startup window where you can choose (switching is discouraged, the save games are incompatible). So, big black bars for me since I have to use the smaller one.
Bummer! The screenshots look good and the story sounds interesting, but not supporting 4:3 resolutions disqualifies the game for me. And coupling the game saves to the screen resolution is a stupid design decision.
Posted March 25, 2016
I have to say, in the last Insomnia sales one could at least track what would still come up and which does not...and there were bigger quantities and only 3-4 runs, so one could engage in banter on the forum. Nope I do not like the "new " Insomnia.
Post edited March 25, 2016 by MaGo72
Posted March 25, 2016
Role-playing is up next, this thing's drawing to a close. Could it be... D&D?!
Posted March 25, 2016
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nigelbeans: Role-playing is up next, this thing's drawing to a close. Could it be... D&D?!
I hope so, have been waiting the whole day for it to show up :).
Posted March 25, 2016
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nigelbeans: Role-playing is up next, this thing's drawing to a close. Could it be... D&D?!
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MaGo72: I hope so, have been waiting the whole day for it to show up :).
I hope I haven't got your hopes up. It may be Serpent In The Staglands.
Posted March 25, 2016
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MaGo72: I hope so, have been waiting the whole day for it to show up :).
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nigelbeans: I hope I haven't got your hopes up. It may be Serpent In The Staglands again.
Fixed that for you :).
Posted March 25, 2016
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nigelbeans: I hope I haven't got your hopes up. It may be Serpent In The Staglands again.
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MaGo72: Fixed that for you :).
Yeah, that's about right!

Whoever posts next gets post 3000.
Posted March 25, 2016
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nigelbeans: Whoever posts next gets post 3000.
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