Good Old Games Sale Spotlight

[Vainamoinen]

...no GOG support on weekends of course...

...I won't blame them for that though.

[Gibbeynator]

Sorry for the lateness, I was out. Today's daily deal is the Cyberpunk and Steampunk Bundle, or rather, the Eidos stuff that you probably already own. Get up to 75% off Deus Ex, Thief and Anachronox.

[Vainamoinen]

In other DRM-related news, the - sorry - liars from Frozenbyte have now changed the wording on their Trine 2 purchase page. It is now:

Windows DRM free version will be added to
all Humble Store purchases later on.

where it has read "later in 2012" for about a year.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by gibbeynator

today's daily deal is the cyberpunk and steampunk bundle. Get up to 75% off anachronox.

GET IT GET IT GET IT.

Alas, I already have it, so there ya go.

[Gibbeynator]

Today, GOG brings us the Pick & Mix: Scandinavian Games bundle. 75% off 4 individual games, including both Alan Wake games, Trine, and Assault on Dark Athena.

[Darth Marsden]

So... four games I already own on Steam?

...how long before the deals run out on the Tomb Raiders and I have to buy them?

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

So... four games I already own on Steam?

...how long before the deals run out on the Tomb Raiders and I have to buy them?

Originally Posted by GOG page for Tomb Raider 1+2+3

Get this and other great Square Enix titles at 50% off until 19 December at 14:59 GMT

Ahem.

[Darth Marsden]

It also says it on the actual game pages. I was saying it ironically.

Or was I?

[Vainamoinen]

Thank god. After downloading the entire 4.5 GB AGAIN, this time without the darn downloader, the installation worked just peachy. So now I'm 10 minutes into Chains of Satinav... unfortunately, the weekend is over.

[mosfet]

Weird. Sounds like a corrupted download, which they claim their downloader is supposed to fix...

WTF GOG

[Vainamoinen]

Yeah, that really stunned me, to be precise. The first thing support asks you to do when the installation doesn't start is to re-download explicitly USING this DL manager. In which I won't put any trust in the future, sad to say.

It might still be a configuration thing... but then again, how the fuck is my configuration supposed to interfere with my downloads. Standard download worked, GOG downloader didn't, this at least is my - subjective - experience.

[Gibbeynator]

Today, we've got a good one. It's another bundle, but it's for 75% off all "Quest" titles from Sierra.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by Gibbeynator

Today, we've got a good one. It's another bundle, but it's for 75% off all "Quest" titles from Sierra.

I guess I'll cave in and buy the ones that I already have on Steam. I don't have the Police Quest games yet, and the deal makes it $9.98 for the Police Quest series + SWAT 1+2, or $14.94 for those games, plus King's Quest 1-6, and the Space Quest series (plus, I've read that some of the releases are different at GOG, offering the AGI versions instead of the SCI versions Steam offers).

[Gibbeynator]

Who here likes giveaways? GOG has another giveaway, with three lucky winners receiving copies of Heroes of Might and Magic. Just go to this Facebook link and enter for a chance to win!

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Thank god. After downloading the entire 4.5 GB AGAIN, this time without the darn downloader, the installation worked just peachy.

I've never had any problems with using the downloader.

I assume that you hate the GOG downloader on principle (given that it's not simply a standalone executable anymore) but I don't see what's wrong with it, especially since it makes downloads resumable.

[corruptbiggins]

The GOG downloader hasn't worked at all for me for a while, so I'm just forgetting the fact that it even exists. No problems since.

[Darth Marsden]

Another dale, another sale I can somehow avoid. Maybe my Steal Sale Sickness isn't spreading as I'd suspected.

[GuruGuru214]

Originally Posted by corruptbiggins

The GOG downloader hasn't worked at all for me for a while, so I'm just forgetting the fact that it even exists. No problems since.

I ran into this problem too. You have to uninstall the old downloader, download the new one, and make sure to change the file association in your browser. Took me forever to figure it out and fix it, and I didn't realize the browser thing until I was in bed that night.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

I assume that you hate the GOG downloader on principle

No.

When the two central things advertised about the tool that would be of interest to me - "faster downloads" (applies only to more than one GAME at the same time) and "error protection" (factually failed in my case) - do not work, AND somehow my browser makes ill things while a download with the tool is in progress, it's hardly 'principle' when I get the solid impression that I personally will most likely be better off without it.

I have no idea how you got a "principle" vibe here. I've nothing against sensible browser plugins. Heck, I'd be lost without my ad and Facebook blockers - and it's not as if the latter would be a crown jewel of functionality.

[Gibbeynator]

Defend and conquer with today's daily deal, the... err... Defend & Conquer Bundle. Up to 75% off indie strategy games such as Spacechem, Defender's Quest and Darwinia.

Also, we've GOT to be getting close to the end of the sales for the Eidos games. I've asked around to find out how much longer those sales go on for, but probably not much longer. Get 'em while you can.

And hey, another contest! The 4th annual Screenshot Scavenger Hunt is on! Find 12 screenshots across EVERY game on GOG that have been 'shopped into Christmas themed images and get a chance to win two games from the GOG catalogue.

Edit: Checked a time converter. When the daily deal changes tomorrow, 10 am where I live, 3 pm GMT, the Eidos deals will end.