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Posted March 25, 2016
A rebellious return of quality classics: Up to 75% off Evil Genius, Empire Earth Gold Edition, Darklands, and more!



Most of the time games go by their daily business peacefully, greeting each other on their way in and out of our hard drives. But leave them unnoticed for too long and these feisty fellas could very well start <span class="bold">A Rebellion of Retroism</span> that demands your immediate attention. To be fair, they have some pretty convincing arguments here, as the classics found in Rebellion's and Retroism's diverse catalogues are not to be overlooked by anyone. And did you see the discounts featured on the placards they are holding? These are a true riot.

Ruling the planet is not an easy task but you have 500.000 years to perfect your resource gathering and real-time warring techniques in order to establish your very own, stable Empire Earth. Better get started.

Why be a law-abiding, politically correct do-gooder when you can enjoy the flamboyant, colorful life of an Evil Genius? Put your world-domination plans into action, squash the meddling forces of justice that aim to thwart them, and fill your underground lair with maniacal laughter.

Ever dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot? Just jump into the cockpits of the Falcon Collection and wake up inside an experience full of the realistic dangers and thrilling intensity that comes with mastering the craft of air combat.



Get 66% off the entire Rebellion catalogue and 75% off almost every Retroism game. This is a true <span class="bold">Rebellion of Retroism</span>, featuring trailblazers like Sid Meier's Colonization, Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition, Silent Service 1+2, Darklands, and more. The promo will last until March 29, 4:59 AM GMT.
Posted March 27, 2016
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Niggles: Which of the lesser known ones are worth a go at?
Covert Action if you're looking for a game with several different mechanics all in one game. The only mechanic I did not like in the game was the driving and tailing portion as that feels kind of wonky but you get to do a lot of secret spy stuff in the game such as code decryption, phone tapping, and more :)
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Vythonaut: The good thing is that there are a lot of video tutorials about F4 BMS on youtube. The bad thing is that you'll need a substantial amount of time to go through them. No need to mention the bulky manuals... :P Anyway, there are many options to disable in-game to make the game a little easier but ultimately it's up to you and how much free time you can spend. Another recommendation is IL-2 Sturmovik (IL-2 1946 on GOG) - much easier because there are not many subsystems in WWII fighters to learn about, although the difficulty in IL2 is different; more dogfighting so you should learn all the tricks to get out of a difficult situation etc. Of course, you should have at least some basic flight stick to control the aircraft in a flight sim - not much can be done with a keyboard or a gamepad.
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Splatsch: I already own and have played a little Il-2 1946 :) And I remember having played Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theater. All of this two with a gamepad... I don't have a flying stick unfortunately. And I see the limits of the gamepad for this kind of games :P It's fun but... well, far from perfect ! What are the price ranges for a good but as cheap as possible flight stick ? Any recommendations ? If it's not too pricey, may be it can be the time to buy one.
And if not... Well, so, you don't recommend it if I only have a gamepad ? I don't think to be a "hardcore flight-sim player", but I've a lot of curiosity for it. I played Dwarf Fortress for example simply for the curiosity and because the game is fascinating ;)
Thanks a lot for your answer by the way ! :D
If you're looking for a flight stick, you can always go on ebay.fr and see what local sellers with high positive feedback have :) You can sometimes get a good deal and ebay has buyer protection in place so you can always be sure to either get your money back or get the item you ordered :)
Post edited March 27, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted March 28, 2016
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PincushionMan: Hey Judas, have you come across any PC spiritual successors to Covert Action? Especially ones that may not have made it overseas? Thanks!
Haha...no :/


The only way you'd get a spiritual successor to Covert Action would be to recreate the 90s game development environment as modern times are not conducive to these kind of games, unfortunately.
Posted March 28, 2016
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vicklemos: I was like "heeeey time to grab some Falcon goodness and stuff".
Then I saw that review.... it literally shrunk my balls into tiny marbles. I thought I was a man, I thought I could do it.
No siree ;(
>4000 hours
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Posted March 28, 2016
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JudasIscariot: >4000 hours
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vicklemos: 4k hours. Yup. 4000 hours.
Pfffff... nothing compared to this guy's dad.
ps: his old man isn't even retired afaik. As a man who plays like 10 minutes of this, 20 minutes of that every now and then, I ask: HOW? HOOOOOW?! :D
Well, what was not mentioned in that review is that the tutorial is 4000 hours long :P
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Posted March 28, 2016
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JudasIscariot: Well, what was not mentioned in that review is that the tutorial is 4000 hours long :P
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Grargar: Wait what? The tutorial can be completed? :P
After you read the manual and manage to take off without crashing :P
Posted March 28, 2016
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JudasIscariot: Well, what was not mentioned in that review is that the tutorial is 4000 hours long :P
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vicklemos: It's like "hey dude, I've spent 4000 hours on a game already!"
"Whoa, which one? No Man's Sky? Witcher 3 and ALL of its sidequests and dlcs?" (huehue)
"Na bro, the game has a WAY WAAAAY steep learning curve so I'm only scratching its surface; people say it takes like 30ys to master the art of the Falcon series"
"Oh btw how did you spend your 80th birthday?"
"Like the other 50 ones: trying to start the engines, configuring the joystick and...." ;D

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JudasIscariot: After you read the manual and manage to take off without crashing :P
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vicklemos: It took me like 3 years to perform a *successful* brain surgery on that amiga game Life & Death.
My bodycount was something like 800 dudes. They call me dr. Vick Riviera back there ;D
*note to self: avoid Brazil in case of health issues* :P
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JudasIscariot: Haha...no :/

The only way you'd get a spiritual successor to Covert Action would be to recreate the 90s game development environment as modern times are not conducive to these kind of games, unfortunately.
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PincushionMan: Sorry to hear that. With that many totally different game play modes, it could easily fall into the trap of jack-of-all-trades, master of none. But if GOG's development house needs something to do ... :)
We're a distributor, not a development house :P
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