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Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by joshschreuder »

yareally wrote: post #30
smithzvk wrote: post #17

Just goes to show you, if you wait long enough, that game you never had a chance to play but have been eying for a decade will be given out for free... so now it can sit on your hard drive where you still won't have time to play it!! Now I just need wait for the OddWorld games to start coming out for free... any decade now...

It's 3 dollars right now on gog during the sale, so it might as well be free. http://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee

Not in an age where people think twice about buying a 99c phone app.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by EpicEng »

joshschreuder wrote: post #31
yareally wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's 3 dollars right now on gog during the sale, so it might as well be free. http://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee

Not in an age where people think twice about buying a 99c phone app.

Because 99% of $.99 phone apps are garbage and you know you'll download it, use it once, and never launch it again.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by donniezazen »

wsc981 wrote: post #28
donniezazen wrote: post #27

Are they saying I should download the copies of all the games asap?

No, you can just add the games for free to your GoG account in de coming hours. From then on you can download the games anytime you want.

Thanks.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by angersock »

copx wrote: post #19
danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

>have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Yes, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Arcanum is fucking brilliant. The writing and world construction is wonderful.

The only problem is that (unpatched) pursuing Tech can put you at a disadvantage. Otherwise, it's an amazing game.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by yareally »

EpicEng wrote: post #32
joshschreuder wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not in an age where people think twice about buying a 99c phone app.

Because 99% of $.99 phone apps are garbage and you know you'll download it, use it once, and never launch it again.

Exactly. How many 99 cent apps are going to be discussed as being classics here on HN in 10 years from now?

That's the difference between a 99 cent app and a classic game that is on sale for 3 dollars. Unless something happens with the trend of mobile apps being mostly disposable "flavors of the month" no one is going to remember any sort of mobile game classics in 10 years. It also does not help that developers can pull and app and it vanishes (unless you're lucky and rooted your Android device or jailbroke your iPhone and pulled a copy of it) as well as the lack of backwards compatibility on mobile

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by Natsu »

yareally wrote: post #30
smithzvk wrote: post #17

Just goes to show you, if you wait long enough, that game you never had a chance to play but have been eying for a decade will be given out for free... so now it can sit on your hard drive where you still won't have time to play it!! Now I just need wait for the OddWorld games to start coming out for free... any decade now...

It's 3 dollars right now on gog during the sale, so it might as well be free. http://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee

Personally, I like to watch people play it more. For example: http://tasvideos.org/2375M.html

There's a maximum casualties run as well.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by shmerl »

bunderbunder wrote: post #16
shmerl wrote: post #15

GOG is great, but their lack of Linux support is the only thing which makes them falling behind competition.

I suspect that if the only thing hurting them is not supporting ~1% of the desktop market, then that must mean they're actually not hurting at all. What with their revenue being 2nd only to Steam - who is way more focused on higher-ticket AAA titles than old games at a discount - I suppose that's fair. They really aren't hurting very much.

First of all 1% number is pretty useless even though it's tossed around alot. Global web counters are pointless not only for measuring OS adoption on the desktop (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption#Measuring_deskt...), they are even less relevant for estimating potential GOG users (who are gamers). If you check out Humble Bundle sales numbers (http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/humble/), that's not 1% at all - it's close to 6-12%. GOG probably can collect statistics of their own site visitors who use Linux - that would be most relevant for them, but I don't have those numbers. And even then, since they have no native Linux games yet, those numbers would give then only the lowest potential margin.

Not supporting Linux hurts them because of their use base. Those who don't accept any DRM go to GOG first, since they are strictly DRM free. And many of those are Linux users.

GOG aren't focused on old games specifically anymore (even though they keep working on digging up more of them). They are focused on Good DRM free games, be it AAA, indie or what not. The problem is that most big budget games are funded by legacy backward thinking publishers who are afflicted with DRM sickness. That's why Steam has way more of such games. But crowdfunding and independent studios are really growing lately, and more and more big budget DRM free games emerge.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by qznc »

aaronem wrote: post #18
aaronem wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I seem to be getting 404s and 403s at random from the registration form's target URL -- perhaps they've gotten more interest in this offer than they expected.

And now I've just gotten an email purporting to describe my order, which I made through a freshly created account by virtue of never having used GOG.com before. The email lists seven games, only four of which I've previously heard of, and none of which is a Fallout game. What is going on over there?

You get a few free games upon account creation at GoG. This is unrelated to this Fallout special deal.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by tuzemec »

jaryd wrote: post #12
danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

Might be interested in this project... http://eternity.obsidian.net (Pillars of Eternity) EDIT: More info... This game was kickstarted and is being developed by some of the same people that worked on Planescape: Torment. They recently did Fallout: New Vegas, and are currently also working on South Park: Stick of Truth. Here's a link to the gameplay promo for Pillars of Eternity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKoDTze…

Backed that on Kickstarter. Seems that the project is going well. Can't wait for the release.
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