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Gibbeynator · 02/13/2013, 03:03 am

The Indie Gem Promo of the week is Giana Sisters for 5 bucks. It's... I dunno, I'm pretty sure there's a huge discussion about it somewhere in this thread. And that's it, nothing else happened... KZZZT SYSTEM FOUND. LOADING IN T-MINUS 23 HOURS... today.

JordyLicht · 02/13/2013, 03:19 am

So you OWN System Shock 2 and haven't played it yet?
I recommend dropping any plans you have and go and play and finish it... now.
It's a masterpiece.

flesk · 02/13/2013, 04:01 am

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Originally Posted by Gibbeynator

The Indie Gem Promo of the week is Giana Sisters for 5 bucks. It's... I dunno, I'm pretty sure there's a huge discussion about it somewhere in this thread.

It feels very polished and the concept is really interesting for a platformer. The level design is good, but not as tight as e.g. the Mario franchise. I'd say it's totally worth it for 5 bucks.

The main discussion in this thread was about the difficulty, and I think everyone agrees that it gets pretty damn hard fast.

JordyLicht · 02/13/2013, 04:33 am

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013...-comes-to-gog/

Tomorrow morning, 11am GMT. 9,99 dollars.

*Darth Marsden* · 02/13/2013, 04:38 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by JordyLicht

So you OWN System Shock 2 and haven't played it yet?
I recommend dropping any plans you have and go and play and finish it... now.
It's a masterpiece.

Don't forget the patch.

Here's an interesting article over at RockPaperShotgun talking about how they got the rights sorted out.

EDIT: Sigh. Ninja'd again. Oh well, at least I can share the original game.

MusicallyInspired · 02/13/2013, 09:38 am

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Originally Posted by JordyLicht

So you OWN System Shock 2 and haven't played it yet?
I recommend dropping any plans you have and go and play and finish it... now.
It's a masterpiece.

I just rarely have time for games anymore. And I don't want to play it before finishing System Shock 1, which seems like a big game. I'm just not ready to tackle another series yet.

inm8#2 · 02/13/2013, 10:11 am

Great news on SS2.

Next stop, LucasArts!

Gibbeynator · 02/13/2013, 02:44 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by inm8#2

Great news on SS2.

Next stop, LucasArts!

Love for Sail and System Shock as well, please.

*Darth Marsden* · 02/14/2013, 02:12 am

IT'S HERE.

Also, a Valentine's Day promotion. There's four 'romance' games with 60% off.
- Deponia
- Runaway: A Twist of Fate
- The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
- Wallace & Gromit: Grand Adventures

But really, who cares about them when you've got SYSTEM SHOCK 2.

And again, if you want the first one, here it is. Freely available for, well, free. So hush.

Gibbeynator · 02/14/2013, 03:18 am

Lame sale. Come on GOG, last year it was 10% off your entire order if you bought more than one game. If you were afraid people were going to apply it to System Shock 2, you could have programmed it so they couldn't.

*Vainamoinen* · 02/14/2013, 04:03 am

There should have been an introductory offer anyway.
The game is. thirteen. years. old.

Gibbeynator · 02/14/2013, 05:59 am

Given the number of people who wanted this game on GOG, I'm surprised they didn't charge MORE for it, like a kind of 50% anticipation tax.

*Darth Marsden* · 02/14/2013, 11:45 am

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Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

There should have been an introductory offer anyway.
The game is. thirteen. years. old.

Given the number of copies it's going to sell, I can't imagine why they'd want to from a business point of view.

As Gibbey said, I'm just glad they didn't charge more for it.

*Vainamoinen* · 02/14/2013, 12:08 pm

Given the massively dated graphics, I can't imagine why they didn't just stop at 5,00$ AND made a 50% introductory offer.

For 2,49$, I'd have given this a shot for sure!

Honestly, I don't want to criticize beloved games here. The game might have been a milestone without a doubt. But gog.com is not entitled to charge for the level of love a game has seen in its time. Final Fantasy VII is now sixteen years old. If I am ever to buy it again, it will cost 5$ or less without DRM, and that's one of my personal milestones.

*Darth Marsden* · 02/14/2013, 12:12 pm

$10 is a fairly standard price for a 'new' game there.

I can understand why you wouldn't want to pay that much, but there are plenty of others who would (hell, I did, and I never pay full price for stuff these days), so presumably that's why they've done it.

Give it some time. It'll go on sale eventually.

Gibbeynator · 02/14/2013, 12:15 pm

That may take a while, though. The game is taking off like a rocket, it's already halfway up the all-time best-sellers list.

*Darth Marsden* · 02/14/2013, 12:35 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibbeynator

That may take a while, though. The game is taking off like a rocket, it's already halfway up the all-time best-sellers list.

Already had that covered.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

It'll go on sale eventually.

Chyron8472 · 02/14/2013, 12:44 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Given the massively dated graphics, I can't imagine why they didn't just stop at $5.00 AND made a 50% introductory offer.

For $2.49, I'd have given this a shot for sure!

fixed.

Also, I agree with Marsden. Supply and demand, you know.

For the record, I bought it.

*Vainamoinen* · 02/14/2013, 12:46 pm

Yup... that was the standard German notation for prices. Took me a while to find out what you fixed.

Chyron8472 · 02/14/2013, 12:56 pm

American numerical notation uses commas to separate large numbers and a decimal point (a period) to denote...decimals.

American currency notation also puts the dollar sign in front of the number, or the cent sign after the number (which is used only if referring to values less than one dollar, and even then it's more common to instead use a decimal dollar value.)

02/14/2013, 04:03 am	#771
Vainamoinen Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,655	There should have been an introductory offer anyway. The game is. thirteen. years. old. __________________ Moderators on the TTG forums are all volunteers from the community and still belong to the community. They are not employees of the company. The opinions expressed in their posts are those of individual fans and must not be confused with official company statements.

02/14/2013, 12:08 pm	#774
Vainamoinen Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,655	Given the massively dated graphics, I can't imagine why they didn't just stop at 5,00$ AND made a 50% introductory offer. For 2,49$, I'd have given this a shot for sure! Honestly, I don't want to criticize beloved games here. The game might have been a milestone without a doubt. But gog.com is not entitled to charge for the level of love a game has seen in its time. Final Fantasy VII is now sixteen years old. If I am ever to buy it again, it will cost 5$ or less without DRM, and that's one of my personal milestones. __________________ Moderators on the TTG forums are all volunteers from the community and still belong to the community. They are not employees of the company. The opinions expressed in their posts are those of individual fans and must not be confused with official company statements.

02/14/2013, 12:46 pm	#779
Vainamoinen Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,655	Yup... that was the standard German notation for prices. Took me a while to find out what you fixed. __________________ Moderators on the TTG forums are all volunteers from the community and still belong to the community. They are not employees of the company. The opinions expressed in their posts are those of individual fans and must not be confused with official company statements.

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02/13/2013, 03:03 am	#761
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,088	The Indie Gem Promo of the week is Giana Sisters for 5 bucks. It's... I dunno, I'm pretty sure there's a huge discussion about it somewhere in this thread. And that's it, nothing else happened... KZZZT SYSTEM FOUND. LOADING IN T-MINUS 23 HOURS... today.

02/13/2013, 03:19 am	#762
JordyLicht You said member... Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 429	So you OWN System Shock 2 and haven't played it yet? I recommend dropping any plans you have and go and play and finish it... now. It's a masterpiece.

02/13/2013, 04:33 am	#764
JordyLicht You said member... Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 429	http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013...-comes-to-gog/ Tomorrow morning, 11am GMT. 9,99 dollars.

02/13/2013, 10:11 am	#767
inm8#2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 129	Great news on SS2. Next stop, LucasArts!

02/14/2013, 03:18 am	#770
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,088	Lame sale. Come on GOG, last year it was 10% off your entire order if you bought more than one game. If you were afraid people were going to apply it to System Shock 2, you could have programmed it so they couldn't.

02/14/2013, 05:59 am	#772
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,088	Given the number of people who wanted this game on GOG, I'm surprised they didn't charge MORE for it, like a kind of 50% anticipation tax.

02/14/2013, 12:15 pm	#776
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,088	That may take a while, though. The game is taking off like a rocket, it's already halfway up the all-time best-sellers list.