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End of the world DRM-free sale

43 points by yread 14y ago

Aardwolf 14y ago
You can't possibly play these all before the world ends!
jasonkostempski 14y ago
Took a little digging to find the How-It-Works page http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/downloads_and_games http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/downloads_and_games I really want the Ultima pack. Is this site legit?
- clone1018 14y ago
  Yes it's legit, they've been in business forever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com
  - joverholt 14y ago
    I agree, very legit. The site is addictive, as I see great games from my past and just have to pick them up for only a few dollars. I figure I'll have time to play them in the future. Recently, they have also been creating Mac compatible apps for some of the games, so you don't need to mess with Boxer or boot into windows.
  - jasonkostempski 14y ago
    How do I know I can trust you and that wiki page? :) Got the pack. Good thing I took off the next 10 days. If anyone is looking for me, I'll be in the abyss.
    - clone1018 14y ago
      I don't really care if you trust me.
      - jasonkostempski 14y ago
        :(
      - deleted 14y ago
        [deleted]
- pbateman 14y ago
  It's legit, it's been around for ages and it's DRM free. If I have to choose between Steam and GOG, and it is available on the both[1] I go with the latter and have not been disappointed. [1] Generally yes in my case because I'm a crotchety old man who plays video games from before the dawn of time.
- rm999 14y ago
  Very legit, but they lost a lot of goodwill from me when they shut down their website for several days and announced they were going out of business. It turned out it was all a glorified prank/PR stunt; the whole time all I could think was "great, yet another cloud service where I can lose all my purchases". http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2250218/DRM-Free-Games-Site-GOGcom-Gone http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2250218/DRM-Free-Ga... That said it's a great service and I've started buying from them again. Many (most?) of their games are just dos executables wrapped around dosbox, but what's nice is they get the licenses and sell the games cheap. It's also nice that many of the games are cross-platform.
  - TillE 14y ago
    Yeah, that was a really shitty stunt. Especially because, for a few days, you couldn't download any of the games you'd bought. What annoys me most is that it worked. They got a ton of attention for it, and pretty much everyone just forgot about their poor behavior. And now they've grown to a point where they're impossible to avoid if you want to buy older games. I don't harbor a grudge towards them anymore, but it does depress me that this kind of lying is so effective and consequence-free.
- Tomis02 14y ago
  100% legit.
michal_0001 14y ago
nice
mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
Tried and failed to sign up for an account before the promo ended. Seems like it was just timing out. :(
- salzig 14y ago
  same here. Will hate the page the rest of the day.
  - salzig 14y ago
    btw, they have silently fixed their signup forms.
- wtetzner 14y ago
  I don't understand. It says the sale goes until January 3rd. Or was there another one that I missed?
  - salzig 14y ago
    yes, there was another one. ie: http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_favourites http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_favourites
shmerl 14y ago
Don't forget to vote for adding Linux games to GOG: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games
BrianEatWorld 14y ago
Its a legit site. Its a good membership to have because about twice a year they will give out some games for free. In fact, just last week, Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition was free for 48 hours. These are in addition to the eight or so titles that are always free. If you are looking to buy, their current holiday sale seems to run like most Steam sales, so it may be worth holding off on purchases until the end of the sale for a chance at getting more than 50% off.
achompas 14y ago
Love GOG--they do a lot of work to get old games working on modern systems. Installing Fallout 2 on Win 7 was as simple as downloading, running the executable, and playing. I'm loving Baldur's Gate I and II right now, so here's a (potentially obvious) question: should I get Neverwinter Nights? Or are they significantly different from one another? Same question for Icewind Dale too.

43 points by yread 14y ago

You can't possibly play these all before the world ends!

Took a little digging to find the How-It-Works page http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/downloads_and_games http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/downloads_and_games I really want the Ultima pack. Is this site legit?

clone1018 14y ago
Yes it's legit, they've been in business forever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com
- joverholt 14y ago
  I agree, very legit. The site is addictive, as I see great games from my past and just have to pick them up for only a few dollars. I figure I'll have time to play them in the future. Recently, they have also been creating Mac compatible apps for some of the games, so you don't need to mess with Boxer or boot into windows.
- jasonkostempski 14y ago
  How do I know I can trust you and that wiki page? :) Got the pack. Good thing I took off the next 10 days. If anyone is looking for me, I'll be in the abyss.
  - clone1018 14y ago
    I don't really care if you trust me.
    - jasonkostempski 14y ago
      :(
    - deleted 14y ago
      [deleted]
pbateman 14y ago
It's legit, it's been around for ages and it's DRM free. If I have to choose between Steam and GOG, and it is available on the both[1] I go with the latter and have not been disappointed. [1] Generally yes in my case because I'm a crotchety old man who plays video games from before the dawn of time.
rm999 14y ago
Very legit, but they lost a lot of goodwill from me when they shut down their website for several days and announced they were going out of business. It turned out it was all a glorified prank/PR stunt; the whole time all I could think was "great, yet another cloud service where I can lose all my purchases". http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2250218/DRM-Free-Games-Site-GOGcom-Gone http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2250218/DRM-Free-Ga... That said it's a great service and I've started buying from them again. Many (most?) of their games are just dos executables wrapped around dosbox, but what's nice is they get the licenses and sell the games cheap. It's also nice that many of the games are cross-platform.
- TillE 14y ago
  Yeah, that was a really shitty stunt. Especially because, for a few days, you couldn't download any of the games you'd bought. What annoys me most is that it worked. They got a ton of attention for it, and pretty much everyone just forgot about their poor behavior. And now they've grown to a point where they're impossible to avoid if you want to buy older games. I don't harbor a grudge towards them anymore, but it does depress me that this kind of lying is so effective and consequence-free.
Tomis02 14y ago
100% legit.

michal_0001 14y ago

nice

mysterywhiteboy 14y ago

Tried and failed to sign up for an account before the promo ended. Seems like it was just timing out. :(

salzig 14y ago
same here. Will hate the page the rest of the day.
- salzig 14y ago
  btw, they have silently fixed their signup forms.
wtetzner 14y ago
I don't understand. It says the sale goes until January 3rd. Or was there another one that I missed?
- salzig 14y ago
  yes, there was another one. ie: http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_favourites http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_favourites

shmerl 14y ago

Don't forget to vote for adding Linux games to GOG: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games

BrianEatWorld 14y ago

Its a legit site. Its a good membership to have because about twice a year they will give out some games for free. In fact, just last week, Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition was free for 48 hours. These are in addition to the eight or so titles that are always free. If you are looking to buy, their current holiday sale seems to run like most Steam sales, so it may be worth holding off on purchases until the end of the sale for a chance at getting more than 50% off.

achompas 14y ago

Love GOG--they do a lot of work to get old games working on modern systems. Installing Fallout 2 on Win 7 was as simple as downloading, running the executable, and playing. I'm loving Baldur's Gate I and II right now, so here's a (potentially obvious) question: should I get Neverwinter Nights? Or are they significantly different from one another? Same question for Icewind Dale too.