merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

GOG is still worth supporting as a)they still seem to be the first to get new remasters/ports of classic stuff to work again before it eventually hits Steam months later, b)their general philosophy is good and c)Steam could really use a little competition

i like the dig a lot. good atmosphere. reminds me of infocom's starcross-- lots of glyphs. when i was a kid i even read the novelization.

i usually buy from gog given the choice.

it def lacks the lucasarts tone, but so does loom actually.

yeah, the dig often gets overlooked but it’s pretty good, and hints at a direction other adventure games didn’t really follow up on - def worth giving it a try

puzzle and atmospherewise it was closer to something like riven than it was to the house style. but with nicely animated+voiced puppet theater instead of amateur fmv. (riven is a masterpiece tho.)

jazz jackrabbit was pirated on the forums of every bbs i dialed into in the 90s

am i the only ilxor who spent a lot of time playing bbs doors games? iirc there are maybe some tradewars players maybe. i should really start a thread.

i had tradewars and a bunch of other doors on my bbs

Legend of the red dragon, the local college's VAX jam

Also apparently a lot less obscure than I'd always thought!

the bbs's i was most commonly on had lord, p:teos, tradewars, sometimes majormud. i loved finding a bbs that had a ton of expansions for lord setup bc all these games were moved limited iirc. maybe not majormud which was more of a conventional mud but on a bbs.

Thanks oystein. Been meaning to get around to GF since forever ago

re: Gog support, yeah, I've never given digital purchases much of a thought. When I got back into games three years ago, I just got steam and bought a buncha stuff, and since then I've pretty much uncritically bought everything there. The DRM question isn't important to me, I admit, but I certainly see the value of DRM-free softare. I didn't realize GOG actively worked to not only keep old games available, but also to make them playable on newer hardware. That's certainly worth supporting!

Loom and The Dig really do stand in the Lucasarts adventure catalog as their odd attempts at trying something other than comedy. The Indy games were somewhere between. I never liked Loom, but am glad to hear some of you repping for The Dig. Just bought it, so now I have an adventure game for some of the quiet days during the holiday.

i have a decent pile of Gog games, like their business model and I've used them for older stuff when the price is right just to save some of the hassle of trying to get things to run properly thru Dosbox

okay I have a steam key going to anyone who wants it for :

Warhammer: Vermintide Dwarf Helmet DLC

I could just put the link here and whoever clicks it first I guess. Or is that bad form?

there's a thread for that: First Come, First Served: A Thread for Offering Duplicate Games from Bundle Sales as Gifts

somewhat decent bundle here. it has gabriel knight 1 remastered and the latest deponia game. under $8.

https://www.indiegala.com/point-and-click-definitive-bundle

yup, i got a bundle copy through forum dudes. at Happy Hour prices it's ~$2

"strategy bundle" looks great

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/strategy-bundle

Might go Tier 3 for Tooth and Tail

But I probably shouldn't considering my massive backlog, including X-COM 1.5 and 2

Tooth and Tail is great - anthropomorphic animals waging marxist class warfare RTS

(maybe great is selling it too high - but it's def worth a play - and endless space 2 comes in the same tier!)

Too many games, as usual. Any cheap standouts on Steam for the Summer sale?

it really depends on what you're into. i bought chip's challenge 1&2 for a dollar.

Yeah there's too many

I have so far bought:
Objects in Space - typical space trade/buy type game using lots of terminal type interfaces to interact with ship functions and port computers. Like it a lot so far.

3030 Deathwar Redux - 2d retro version of the above, nice ship combat though

Ultima Martian Dreams (free on GOG) - Ultima VI engine based/Mars version

I'm tempted with Watchdogs 2, it's standing now at 67% off !

Bought a bunch of extra tables for Pinball FX but nothing else.

bought Ori and Cuphead, lol who needs an xbox.
also took a punt on Speed Dating For Ghosts, love the artstyle and just the idea of it all

bundle of 1990s PC games with a lot of graphic adventures
https://groupees.com/remutexx

I Have No Mouth etc., Starship Titanic and more for under $3

if you've never played I Have No Mouth i highly recommend it. i've never heard the original soundtrack bc the copy i had the sound didn't work so i'll always remember it as tho it were scored by thom yorke's the eraser

finally bought DOOM for $20

been trying this year not to add to the infinite backlog, but i kinda like that Unity bundle and having a bunch of assets I will never, ever use as I have no idea how to program Unity

but Shadows of the Shogun and Torment look good, so fly away $15...

I think Unity's pretty easy to learn! (at least, like, comparable to Unreal, I think?)

LootCrate started their own Humble Monthly Bundle competitor, LootPlay. Same idea - one title revealed, the remaining games are a mystery.
https://www.lootcrate.com/crates/loot-play

I think Unity's pretty easy to learn! (at least, like, comparable to Unreal, I think?)

very easy to get some basic stuff going but you need to know c# for collision/events etc

I knew Hyper Light Drifter was an inevitable inclusion - currently in tier 3 of this year's Day of the Devs bundle at a reasonable $12 (with Minit!)

yw https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/subnautica

it starts...

Catherine just released on Steam, although it's "Catherine Classic" meaning it's prob the same game as on PS3 and 360, but Atlus is soon releasing an expanded one for PS4 (and PS Vita apparently?! Lol) so might just be worth waiting for that. Still, if it's a game yr interested in and yr on PC only, there you go!

Also apparently Ubi has jumped ship from Steam to Epic Games launcher/store thing?

i thought ubi already had their own launcher

They do, but the install base probably sucks

A Story About My Uncle is free on Steam today.

Looks like the free Humble bundle deal is gone for that game, but it's still half off...

haven't paid for a bundle in a while but the strategy one looks good -- i've wanted to grab stellaris for a while and niche looks interesting too

Worth going up $5 to get CLANNAD from the current Humble Hot Date bundle?

Welp I forgot to buy that

Anyway, I was a big fan of One Finger Death Punch. The sequel came out a few days ago and was immediately bundled for less than the retail price.

https://www.indiegala.com/one-punch-bundle-bundle

Assassins Creed Unity free for the next week
http://assassinscreed.com/unity-notredame/

a fire sale you might say

Thanks zappi

xp *grrrrroooannnn*