Jesus. Give me a bit, I'll see if he's over-reacting or not.
EDIT: HE'S NOT. Man, if ever there was a brick wall 'do not continue' section in a game, Level 1-6 would be made of it. A full-on maze full of walls you cannot touch because they're full of insta-death? FUCK THAT.
It's a massive shame, 'cause I was actually really enjoying it up til that point, frustrations and all. But that?
The calculation is a rational one. I don't have that kind of time. The game will get more difficult with time. I can not save in a level. I will need 2-3 hours to finish levels, possibly even more. It's not the patience. I've got plenty patience. But I can't spend that much time in a single sitting. I'm not 14 any more, there are things besides games in my life, some good, some unfortunately necessary.
Same here. It's rare for me too. Normally I play about 1 hour of a game and take a break. 2-3 hours for one level without a real save would be undoable. I guess I'll scratch that game off my wantlist.
The opposite with Xcom. It's painfully hard (if you set it that way) but you can save and quit whenever you want and resume from the same spot. And it was actually good enough to make me play it all day.
Man, if ever there was a brick wall 'do not continue' section in a game, Level 1-6 would be made of it. A full-on maze full of walls you cannot touch because they're full of insta-death? FUCK THAT.
After "just" 28 minutes, I assure you that you ain't seen nothin' yet.
The really sad thing was, I was at the level boss after those 90 minutes. But I HAD to quit at that last mile.
Surprise, it's a Friday release! You can pick up Lucius, a game inspired by several classic horror movies, for the special launch price of $17.99, 10% off the normal, 20 dollar price tag.
And afterwards, things work peachy again immediately. Unfortunately, come 2-5, it's back to biting pieces out of your keyboard again. I actually beat 2-5; but the darn game doesn't let me proceed to 2-6 because it thinks I haven't collected enough crystals. Oh those darn....
We have the... most adequate of both worlds, I guess... today from GOG. For people who like new games, you can pick up Defender's Quest, an RPG/tower defense game for $14.99, or the special launch price of $9.99. Prefer the old games? Then you can have John Romero's classic game franchise, Dangerous Dave. That's three games, for only $5.99.
No Gem Promo today, but enjoy a 48 hour, 50% off Halloween sale on some of the least scary games GOG has to offer. And, SURPRISE, another new release. Pick up Pid for $9.99, on PC or Mac.
Today, GOG gives us two old games that are new actually games. Yeah, it's confusing. I'm talking Stronghold HD for $5.99 and Stronghold Crusader HD for $9.99. However, since they are technically new games, since these HD versions were scheduled for release today, they have a launch week promo of 20% off. And yes, both packages come with the original games, too.
Today, GOG gives us two old games that are new actually games. Yeah, it's confusing. I'm talking Stronghold HD for $5.99 and Stronghold Crusader HD for $9.99. However, since they are technically new games, since these HD versions were scheduled for release today, they have a launch week promo of 20% off. And yes, both packages come with the original games, too.
Gibbeynator, I notice that over time your posts regarding GOG announcements have become increasing more sarcastic and cynical. Could it be that you begin to tire of your self-appointed role of GOG announcement guy?
If it makes you feel any better, I appreciate your efforts on the front. I don't check GOG nearly as often as I should and this thread has pointed me to a number of new game announcements I probably would have missed otherwise. Continue your diligence, good sir, for you have at least one fan in the bowels of these unwashed masses.
Gibbeynator, I notice that over time your posts regarding GOG announcements have become increasing more sarcastic and cynical. Could it be that you begin to tire of your self-appointed role of GOG announcement guy?
Gibbeynator, I notice that over time your posts regarding GOG announcements have become increasing more sarcastic and cynical. Could it be that you begin to tire of your self-appointed role of GOG announcement guy?
If it makes you feel any better, I appreciate your efforts on the front. I don't check GOG nearly as often as I should and this thread has pointed me to a number of new game announcements I probably would have missed otherwise. Continue your diligence, good sir, for you have at least one fan in the bowels of these unwashed masses.
Nah, I'm good, that's just my very lame attempt at being funny.
Anyway, for the people who did NOT pick up Theme Hospital and Crusader during the Mac Essentials sale, now's your chance! It's the Massive EA Selection sale, which includes all of the EA games except for, you guessed it, the ones that were released in the past few weeks. Check out the classics from Origin, Bullfrog and other companies EA had absorbed for a whopping 60% off!
I picked up Theme Hospital because that was the only thing in that sale that I cared about and didn't already own. Though, I guess it might be wise to get all of these games, in the event that EA decides they don't need GOG anymore and launches Origin Classics.
So, this was unexpected. Oh, not today's release of Deponia 2, that's been expected for a while. I'm talking about GOG apparently signing Capcom as a publisher on their service, and selling Street Fighter Alpha 2 for $5.99.
So, this was unexpected. Oh, not today's release of Deponia 2, that's been expected for a while. I'm talking about GOG apparently signing Capcom as a publisher on their service, and selling Street Fighter Alpha 2 for $5.99.
Maybe that was the big announcement they hinted at earlier. There are some really cool old CAPCOM games, so this could be really great!
Also, if you backed the Broken Sword Kickstarter at a high enough tier to get the previous games in the series on GOG, check your account at Revolution's website to see a new 'rewards' section letting you claim said games.
Continuing last week's trend of new games disguised as old games, we have Space Colony HD for the launch price of $7.99. I wonder if this is so that people won't complain that GOG rarely ever releases old games anymore.
This weekend - some games you might have heard of:
Sam & Max Save The World -$5.99
Sam & Max Beyond Time And Space - $5.99
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - $6.99
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - $3.99
Back To The Future: The Game - $4.99
Tales Of Monkey Island - $6.99
Hey, wait up, we've still got one more sale, man. Didn't pay what you want for the entire Interplay catalogue? Only paid for some? Now you can get the games you want from Interplay for only half off. Better grab them up, though, GOG is going to be jacking up the price of some of them next week.
Hey, wait up, we've still got one more sale, man. Didn't pay what you want for the entire Interplay catalogue? Only paid for some? Now you can get the games you want from Interplay for only half off. Better grab them up, though, GOG is going to be jacking up the price of some of them next week.
I very much doubt the four I just got will go up in price, (the very worst ones! XD), but I got them regardless because they will be great to play when I next get drunk! XD
Plus if they go down, at least I'll have the full set.
I very much doubt the four I just got will go up in price, (the very worst ones! XD), but I got them regardless because they will be great to play when I next get drunk! XD
Plus if they go down, at least I'll have the full set.
I think the ones that are getting a permanent price increase (at the request of Interplay, so don't blame GOG) are at least Fallout, MDK and Redneck Rampage, with the possibility of Descent.
I think the ones that are getting a permanent price increase (at the request of Interplay, so don't blame GOG) are at least Fallout, MDK and Redneck Rampage, with the possibility of Descent.
Only the good ones then! XD
(Nah I don't blame GOG. Some would say I'm one of their biggest fans! ;D)
This weekend - some games you might have heard of:
Sam & Max Save The World -$5.99
Sam & Max Beyond Time And Space - $5.99
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - $6.99
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - $3.99
Back To The Future: The Game - $4.99
Tales Of Monkey Island - $6.99
That's 80% off all gog.com Telltale games!
Oh mam, that's really tempting to complete my Telltale collection... Too bad there aren't any Steam keys (which for me is the platform of choice at the moment). Must-resist-spending-all-money....
While I don't like Wallace and Gromit that much, at least compared to other games from Telltale... I think it might be good to get it for 4 bucks, since at least the GOG version is DRM free.
I've been playing a bit of Giana Sisters lately and was curious about level 1-6 after reading some of the comments here. I managed to beat it after a couple of sessions of playing it yesterday and today.
Man, if ever there was a brick wall 'do not continue' section in a game, Level 1-6 would be made of it. A full-on maze full of walls you cannot touch because they're full of insta-death? FUCK THAT.
I take it you haven't played the barrel levels in Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii then? I'll agree that it's a hard level and I probably used a couple of hours on it in total, but after having gotten to the boss once, it's pretty easy to get there again even starting from the beginning of the level. And since the checkpoints are plentiful and you can always start over from them, I think it feels a lot less punishing than other platformers like Mario, DK and Rayman.
After "just" 28 minutes, I assure you that you ain't seen nothin' yet.
The really sad thing was, I was at the level boss after those 90 minutes. But I HAD to quit at that last mile.
I know what you mean. I often only play games for about half an hour a day, and yesterday I was in that same situation, only I had only gotten to that part with the moving platform where you have to switch rapidly between the sisters while descending towards that pit with the moving skulls. When I picked it up again today though, I found that it wasn't hard at all to get back there.
The boss was pretty hard though. I probably tried about fifty times or so, but since the pattern is always the same, it's only a matter of keeping your cool and working on your timing. I've seen worse in other more recent platformers, but being the first boss, I think it should have been a bit easier. The main problem I had was the falling rocks, which when they landed hid your character, making it harder to avoid the rest of them. After some tries I found that standing by the left wall is fairly safe.
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EDIT: HE'S NOT. Man, if ever there was a brick wall 'do not continue' section in a game, Level 1-6 would be made of it. A full-on maze full of walls you cannot touch because they're full of insta-death? FUCK THAT.
It's a massive shame, 'cause I was actually really enjoying it up til that point, frustrations and all. But that?
Just... no.
Same here. It's rare for me too. Normally I play about 1 hour of a game and take a break. 2-3 hours for one level without a real save would be undoable. I guess I'll scratch that game off my wantlist.
The opposite with Xcom. It's painfully hard (if you set it that way) but you can save and quit whenever you want and resume from the same spot. And it was actually good enough to make me play it all day.
After "just" 28 minutes, I assure you that you ain't seen nothin' yet.
The really sad thing was, I was at the level boss after those 90 minutes. But I HAD to quit at that last mile.
But the horror season is quickly ending, so let's move on to the winter season! Check out the weekend deal of 50% off games made by studios in countries that descended from vikings! That includes Alan Wake, Trine, The Longest Journey and more!
isn't that just 10% off?
Also: it's 15% off on Steam.
You're right. I hate mornings. I'll fix that.
And afterwards, things work peachy again immediately. Unfortunately, come 2-5, it's back to biting pieces out of your keyboard again. I actually beat 2-5; but the darn game doesn't let me proceed to 2-6 because it thinks I haven't collected enough crystals. Oh those darn....
[Starts scribbling down ideas]
It actually wasn't as bad as 1-6 surprisingly; but I think I must have spent 40 minutes on the final boss until I finally got that motherfucker down.
Gibbeynator, I notice that over time your posts regarding GOG announcements have become increasing more sarcastic and cynical. Could it be that you begin to tire of your self-appointed role of GOG announcement guy?
If it makes you feel any better, I appreciate your efforts on the front. I don't check GOG nearly as often as I should and this thread has pointed me to a number of new game announcements I probably would have missed otherwise. Continue your diligence, good sir, for you have at least one fan in the bowels of these unwashed masses.
Nah, I'm good, that's just my very lame attempt at being funny.
Anyway, for the people who did NOT pick up Theme Hospital and Crusader during the Mac Essentials sale, now's your chance! It's the Massive EA Selection sale, which includes all of the EA games except for, you guessed it, the ones that were released in the past few weeks. Check out the classics from Origin, Bullfrog and other companies EA had absorbed for a whopping 60% off!
Maybe that was the big announcement they hinted at earlier. There are some really cool old CAPCOM games, so this could be really great!
Except it's modern Capcom, who appear to have disavowed Keiji Inafune and all of his contributions to their company.
Anyway, enjoy today's Gem Promo, 60% off Runaway 3.
Also, if you backed the Broken Sword Kickstarter at a high enough tier to get the previous games in the series on GOG, check your account at Revolution's website to see a new 'rewards' section letting you claim said games.
...it doesn't have to be a positive video, does it? I can't see anything specifically saying so in the rules, but...
Also, if you own some stuff from Ubisoft, they just put up some new goodies for certain games.
Sam & Max Save The World -$5.99
Sam & Max Beyond Time And Space - $5.99
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - $6.99
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - $3.99
Back To The Future: The Game - $4.99
Tales Of Monkey Island - $6.99
That's 80% off all gog.com Telltale games!
I very much doubt the four I just got will go up in price, (the very worst ones! XD), but I got them regardless because they will be great to play when I next get drunk! XD
Plus if they go down, at least I'll have the full set.
I think the ones that are getting a permanent price increase (at the request of Interplay, so don't blame GOG) are at least Fallout, MDK and Redneck Rampage, with the possibility of Descent.
Only the good ones then! XD
(Nah I don't blame GOG. Some would say I'm one of their biggest fans! ;D)
Oh mam, that's really tempting to complete my Telltale collection... Too bad there aren't any Steam keys (which for me is the platform of choice at the moment). Must-resist-spending-all-money....
Too bad I'm broke right now. That's making the decision on whether to buy them or not much more difficult than it normally would be.
I take it you haven't played the barrel levels in Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii then? I'll agree that it's a hard level and I probably used a couple of hours on it in total, but after having gotten to the boss once, it's pretty easy to get there again even starting from the beginning of the level. And since the checkpoints are plentiful and you can always start over from them, I think it feels a lot less punishing than other platformers like Mario, DK and Rayman.
I know what you mean. I often only play games for about half an hour a day, and yesterday I was in that same situation, only I had only gotten to that part with the moving platform where you have to switch rapidly between the sisters while descending towards that pit with the moving skulls. When I picked it up again today though, I found that it wasn't hard at all to get back there.
The boss was pretty hard though. I probably tried about fifty times or so, but since the pattern is always the same, it's only a matter of keeping your cool and working on your timing. I've seen worse in other more recent platformers, but being the first boss, I think it should have been a bit easier. The main problem I had was the falling rocks, which when they landed hid your character, making it harder to avoid the rest of them. After some tries I found that standing by the left wall is fairly safe.
So the platforming is easier but the boss is harder?
That's what I meant for 2-6, yes.