Pricewatch!

Hmm? It's $50 for me. Must be regional.

Thrasher said:

Hmm? It's $50 for me. Must be regional.

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It's gone now. I forgot to check how long the discount'd last.

The King's Bounty series is on sale at GOG. Definitely worth a look if you like the Heroes of Might and Magic games.

Menigal said:

The King's Bounty series is on sale at GOG. Definitely worth a look if you like the Heroes of Might and Magic games.

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Just too bad that only chunks of the series came to the Mac ... but agree they are great games!

txa1265 said:

Just too bad that only chunks of the series came to the Mac … but agree they are great games!

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The problem there is that you're using a Mac.

Menigal said:

The problem there is that you're using a Mac.

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haha

But answering seriously, for me Mac or PC isn't an issue, it is about consistency. For example, Gothic 1 - 3, Risen 1-3 ... not available on Mac. So I play on PC. Divinity Original Sin plays great on my Macbook Air, so I play on THAT.

So for me the problem is that the original King's Bounty got Mac & PC releases, but none of the expansions were released for Mac. Sort of like NWN2 - main game was multiplatform but not the expansions.

Menigal said:

The problem there is that you're using a Mac.

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My first pc was an apple 2 (I don't count the TI) - no way was I going for the Charlie Chaplin PC Jr (and the office PC was way too expensive).

Some time much later I was in a brick and mortar (Egghead) looking for a game (in the olden days there was no pricewatch, you physically found a game, played it and then got another one).

In the store there were two shelves of some Apple 2 stuff. Boxes faces forward for easy inspection. There was about 30 boxes altogether but in addition to games the shelf also included a lot of productivity stuff like paint programs, a dozen different word processors, screen savors and clip art programs. Yep, the stone and chisel days my friends. In any event I studied the boxes and finally picked my game for my apple 2 (?) and as I was walking to the counter my eyes looked across the store and scanned the PC section. I walked over there.

For some reason the subsequent growth of the PC completely escaped me. While I was unhappy with apple for abandoning the apple 2 for the Mac, the Mac wasn't an option because there just weren't too many games for that computer. In the beginning Jobs wanted the Mac to be a business computer not a gaming toy. But as I scanned the aisles (not shelves) of PC stuff, I just couldn't believe it. There were shelves of PC games. And the adventure games had its own section. Now admittedly some of the PC games were older but I certainly hadn't played any of 'em.

I wasn't jealous. I wasn't envious. I wasn't mad. I was in my apple 2 world playing apple 2 games. I even belonged to an apple 2 club that met once a month in Los Angeles and had maybe 200 people attending. But I was closed off. Without much apple support the 2 was dying out. But when I saw the PC gaming section in the store I got excited. I put the apple 2 game back on the shelf and decided I better start saving for my next PC.

Curiously, a similar phenomena is going on in gaming stores today with PC games. Now I see there are only a couple shelves for PC stuff and most of the store is devoted to consoles. However, unlike the days of old when apple 2 games were disappearing, today it's just a matter of PC games not disappearing but being distributed digitally.

speaking of digital downloads
dungeon of the endless is available at Amazon download for $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QIZO200/ref=s9_acsd_ri_bw_rw_DVGHPBS_p4_t?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-7&pf_rd_r=10JFPEXXT43JRTRB65ZR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1902363502&pf_rd_i=2445220011
I like Amazon because many of the games allow you to either download directly or take a key and put it on Steam.

Not really for sale, but its time has finally come.
GOG has preorders for Grim Fandango Remastered for $14.99
due at the end of this month

http://www.gog.com/game/grim_fandango_remastered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=game_subject&utm_campaign=grim_fandango_preorder

here's a cool link from Double fine about the game.
http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/grim_fandango_remastered_pre-orders_now_available/

Interestingly, the game seems to be a GOG exclusive - at least for a little while . . .

Dajjer said:

Not really for sale, but its time has finally come.
GOG has preorders for Grim Fandango Remastered for $14.99
due at the end of this month

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Well that is really awesome.

Lords of Xulima is now available on GOG. It's only $20 until Jan 22nd.

http://www.gog.com/game/lords_of_xulima_deluxe_edition


GOG also just got the Double Dragon Trilogy. Anyone else here play those as a kid?

http://www.gog.com/game/double_dragon_trilogy

JDR13 said:

GOG also just got the Double Dragon Trilogy. Anyone else here play those as a kid?

http://www.gog.com/game/double_dragon_trilogy

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I pumped a LOT of coins into DD machines when I was a kid.

Coincidentally, the current weekly Humble Bundle has some Double Dragon game in it:
Double Dragon Neon?
https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Saints Row 2, 3, and 4 are all free to play this weekend on Steam. If you like them you can buy them for 75% off. The ultimate franchise pack is just $11.

Want something more cerebral? Civilization: Beyond Earth is free this weekend, too, coupled with a 40% off sale. There's also a big sale on all the old Civ games - 75% off. You can get the complete Civ 5 package for $12.50.

Zloth said:

Want something more cerebral? Civilization: Beyond Earth is free this weekend, too, coupled with a 40% off sale.

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Thanks. Skipped Beyond Earth. Now will try it out and see if its worthy. It did not get good reviews which is why I passed on it.

Warlock 2: The Exiled is 75% off ($5) if you're looking for some fantasy 4X.

Humble Bundle is having a Warhammer Game weekend Sale.



Link - https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/gamesworkshop?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=Humble%20Store%20Games%20Workshop

Couchpotato said:

Humble Bundle is having a Warhammer Game weekend Sale.

Link - https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/gamesworkshop?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=Humble%20Store%20Games%20Workshop

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any good single player non-RTS game that is not from over 10 years ago?

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any good single player non-RTS game that is not from over 10 years ago?

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None sorry.

Most of the games on sale are RTS , and a few have some RPG elements thats all. I have yet to see any RPG game made with the WarHammer license.

Couchpotato said:

None sorry.

Most of the games on sale are RTS , and a few have some RPG elements thats all. I have yet to see any RPG game made with the WarHammer license.

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With the current hipster gamer obsession with roguelikes, you'd think WarHammer Fantasy Roleplay would be the perfect license to take advantage of.

wolfing said:

any good single player non-RTS game that is not from over 10 years ago?

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Space Marine is quite good for what it is. It is just a mindless action game, but it has a good "feel" to it, and it manages to capture the 40k setting quite well.

Blood Bowl isn't an RTS! I keep getting tempted to buy that game. That's a game that could really use a demo and/or free weekend.

Blood Bowl 2 should be out in another year or two.