Steam - Wizardry 6, 7, and 8 Now Available
 

Steam announces that Wizardry 6, 7, and 8 is now available.More information.

Don't forget you can buy all three on GOG also. So it all comes down to what your preference is. Happy gaming everyone.:)

LOL I'm guessing GoG made some cheddar off these titles and now Steam wants their chunk o cheese, too. Never played 8 myself but the two before that are stellar and awesome.



-Carn

Are the Steam and GoG versions the same? The Steam version, according to the description on this thread, is the one restored by Nightdive, while the one on GoG is the original by Sir Tech!

It would be nice to know the differences.

Simple answer is I don't know. You would have to ask Steam or Nightdive. Going by the company's bio I would say it's probably just been re-mastered to play on modern rigs.

Already have them on disc and gog. Will probably add them on steam for convenience when they get down to a few bucks.

Considering that Night Dive's "work" on System Shock 2 consisted of running a fan utility over the original version- without permission, and breaking the licensing of that fan utility, even- and not a lick more I doubt they have made any changes at all. It's most likely just the GOG version rebadged.

Me too - bought on GoG have them somewhere on disk as well. Will add to Steam when price is low enough.

Yeah I would like to know as well. I've never even heard of Night Dive prior to reading this thread. Are we talking about restored content here?

Achievements and trading cards, I would bet :)

I'm still a big fan of Crusaders of the Dark savant in its Gold edition but Wiz 8 is the pinnacle of the series on most aspects and you should do yourself a favor and play it.

What? But Cleve said it wasn't particularly good.

If I might say, there's a downside in playing the GoG or any other re-badged version though (AFAIK) : it voids the possibility to run the original version in its most glorious appearance, namely the Glide renderer ! The original version still runs fine without tweaking on XP and adding a Glide wrapper to it is a must. The difference is really interesting graphically speaking.

The GoG ones NEVER go on sale. I've been watching them since GoG put them up on the site. I'll be picking up all 3 on Steam for $3.50 during the inevitable 75% off Holiday sale. Love these games!

Dude, they were just on sale about a week ago. :)

That is the sad thing … I was glad I waited, because I have barely started 7 and 8 at this point and don't know when I will get much time this fall!

Three great games.

Also of note: the Steam versions are compatible with not just Windows, but Mac and Linux. The GOG version are, at the moment, Windows only.

Are there any mods around for any of them to reduce the endless random encounters? Some incredible games but just so relentless on combat that it got exhausting.

What you say is really funny considering I bought the games on GOG when they were on sale a few weeks back, they were -50%