I just bought Definitive Dungeons And Dragons Collection for 21 clams.

I am not actually a huge RPG fan... though I do enjoy many RPGs well enough. I played the original Baldur's Gate when it was new... and I almost fondly recall the 7 (was it 7 or 6) CD Roms you needed to play it :-) I also always wanted to give Neverwinter Nights a whirl.

I'm really more of an action game guy, which is why I love the modern takes on Fallout. They combine my admiration (if not fandom) of RPGs with the FPS style of immersion I generally prefer.

But I'll be damned if I can turn down an offer to buy 10 classic games, many of which are all-greatest ranked by a lot of long time gamers whose tastes and opinions I respect, complete with all the expansions and extras, DRM free, and playable not only on my killer desktop rig, but on my decidedly less powerful laptop as well... for 21 dollars.

I may never play all of them all they way through... but I am absolutely going to revisit the Baldur's games, and I will absolutely load up the Neverwinters and spend a fair bit of time there, and I will absolutely take a running leap into the Icewind games... so that's 6 of 10 complete top tier games for a more than fair price.

This is why I love GOG and why I tell all my PC gamer friends, especially people younger than me, about GOG. Not only a great value and always easy to buy from with software that almost always (you know, there's an occasional hitch, but really, I've had nothing but great experiences) works out of the virtual box... but also GOG offers a chance to visit the great gaming experiences of eras gone by. It offers history as well as value.

I'm very happy that GOG has started being a first rate portal for new indie titles and a variety of other games from smaller developers, but I hope that GOG will always stay on top of their original mission of bringing classic gaming into the modern platform. I'm 46, and my neighbor has four boys aged 16 to 22 next door, and they play a lot of Halo and Modern Warfare and Skyrim, but I tipped them off to GOG a year ago, and they've fallen in love with Baldur's Gate 1&2, Alpha Centauri, and several others.

These elder titles may have dated graphics, etc., but GOG's success and the fact that so many people both younger and older than me flock here to get games proves that it isn't the dazzling technology, but solid gameplay that turns on real gamers... that, and obviously getting that solid gameplay for a real deal.

Thank you GOG... I'm still a customer... and even though I don't buy as many games as some (I only have 32 games from you so far), I will remain a loyal customer and that collection keep growing.

Sorry about the length... but sometimes you just want to take the time to tap out a post about why you really grok on GOG... this company is everything that is right about selling games.

Don't forget the mods for all these games.

They can't really claim it's definitive when it only includes the D&D games from Baldur's Gate and onwards, but none of the D&D games before BG.

Sure... Definitive is just a word for marketing... but you really can't beat the deal. I've read up on the mods a bit... and I'll probably start out with the vanilla install... but I do plan on visiting some of those options if I find I'm really getting into it.

BG 1+2 have mods that tweak and enhance gameplay. TOEE has one single megamod. NWN 1+2 have hundreds of adventure mods.

I can understand you.
I have them as single retail games and the Anthology Masterpiece Collection.
And i have bought them from GG and now from GOG too.....hey, they must be good or i am just nuts.

Are there more D&D games on GOG that are not included in this collection?
If there aren't, then it is the definitive GOG D&D collection, isn't it?
If there are, then you're right regardless of marketing.

Holy shit bro are you really from Vatican city? Do you know the Pope?

Don't you dare not play Planescape: Torment, it's the best game in the bundle.

I AM the Pope ;P

Baulder's Gate 1 has a mod that lets you play it's content in the much improved Baulder's Gate 2 version of the Engine - if you don't have a look at installing it, it may well be that your chances of getting into it are reduced significantly!

I'm a HUGE fan of all the IE games - not so much of NWN - and have completed them all several times. This is a great deal. The Baldur's Gates are the best of the bunch imo, though Torment runs them close. I'm also a big fan of Fallout New Vegas, though I don't think the combat is great and much prefer D&D turn-based.

Looking forward very much to Project Eternity and Torment Tides of Numenera. In fact where the hell are they already ?

Pretty much sums up everything I think about GOG-related stuff.