I bought the Might & Magic collection from them, since I heard they used DosBox (and despite me already owning it... I live in a different country than where I store the discs, atm). However, I'm on a Mac using OS X and what I got from GoG.com is a single windows executable. Bummer.
If I wouldn't have had boot camp installed, I would have been a bit screwed (until I found a PC I could use to install stuff on). I contact GoG.com support and they say they're only licensed to release games on Windows. But aren't these games that, for example, the (more mature...?) Linux community would also be interested in?
Anyway, just a bit of a rant, I guess...
PS. I now run the collection via Boxer and it's delicious!
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Heard the proposition that RIAA and MPAA should join forces and form "Music And Film Industry Association"?
I bought the Might & Magic collection from them, since I heard they used DosBox (and despite me already owning it... I live in a different country than where I store the discs, atm). However, I'm on a Mac using OS X and what I got from GoG.com is a single windows executable. Bummer.
If I wouldn't have had boot camp installed, I would have been a bit screwed (until I found a PC I could use to install stuff on). I contact GoG.com support and they say they're only licensed to release games on Windows. But aren't these games that, for example, the (more mature...?) Linux community would also be interested in?
Anyway, just a bit of a rant, I guess...
PS. I now run the collection via Boxer and it's delicious!
I can see what you are saying...
but their system requirements all only list Windows OS.
Played some Psychonauts, only past the first mission. Was fun, game has a lot of charm. Playing with a controller is a must though, game is awful with mouse+kb.
Don't care for the open-world feel of the camp. I feel I've discovered some things way before I should have.
The camp is a hub - most of it is frankly skippable, and there's no harm in just going directly to wherever you've been told to for the next mission/world (all of which are broadly linear). But you might find the camp provides a quieter diversion between levels, where you can item-hunt and explore at leisure - you won't be finding anything you're not supposed to.
I bought the Might & Magic collection from them, since I heard they used DosBox (and despite me already owning it... I live in a different country than where I store the discs, atm). However, I'm on a Mac using OS X and what I got from GoG.com is a single windows executable. Bummer.
If I wouldn't have had boot camp installed, I would have been a bit screwed (until I found a PC I could use to install stuff on). I contact GoG.com support and they say they're only licensed to release games on Windows. But aren't these games that, for example, the (more mature...?) Linux community would also be interested in?
Anyway, just a bit of a rant, I guess...
PS. I now run the collection via Boxer and it's delicious!
Oh, it's Eobet, alright.
Not, it's not DRM at all. GoG only bought the rights to distribute the games for PC. The contract they have with the original IP holders do not allow them to support other platforms. Simple as that. They don't own and of the games (well, except for any CDProjekt titles).
And, seriously, any linux user with half a brain is capable of dealing with that issue. You're just being difficult.
Eh, six bucks sounds about right, and it's got a couple'a' good and memorable bits to it. Hell, the ability to pour out gasoline trails and light shit on fire nilly-willy is probably worth the price of admission alone.
Is postal 2 any good? I could really go for a decent FPS that will run on a low powered laptop.
I just bought it but haven't had a chance to play it yet. I wouldn't say it fits the bill of "a decent FPS" - everything I've read suggests it's more of a chaos simulator. You're given a list of everyday tasks to do each day (such as "buy some milk"), all of which are completable non-violently assuming you have the patience and inclination. More likely is that you'll take a violent shortcut - start urinating on people, infect crowds with anthrax, or just gun down everyone in sight. The structure is relatively open-world, and the emphasis seems to be on mayhem rather than gunplay.
A more traditional and modern-styled (if ancient-looking) FPS worth checking out is Shogo, made by Monolith before they developed a violent aversion to colour. It's bloody fast, alternates between bits on foot and bits in Skyscraper-sized suger agile mechs, and is eminently playable even today.
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Even though I already have them on disc, I am considering buying Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader again. Giant Bomb had just put up a Quick Look Throwback on Stronghold a few days ago and it got me in the mood to play it again.
Even though I already have them on disc, I am considering buying Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader again. Giant Bomb had just put up a Quick Look Throwback on Stronghold a few days ago and it got me in the mood to play it again.
Yeah, watching that made me want to play it as well.
Although it looked like the early mission they were playing was going to take at least an hour to complete.
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Even though I already have them on disc, I am considering buying Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader again. Giant Bomb had just put up a Quick Look Throwback on Stronghold a few days ago and it got me in the mood to play it again.
Yeah, watching that made me want to play it as well.
Although it looked like the early mission they were playing was going to take at least an hour to complete.
The way he was playing it, it certainly would have taken that long. I think he was trying to show a lot of the things you could do rather than try to win the mission, which drew it out a lot.
And, seriously, any linux user with half a brain is capable of dealing with that issue.
They are more mature, after all.
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Sir CarcassI have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered Userregular
edited February 2011
I enjoyed Stronghold a lot, and I usually don't care for RTS games. I think the focus on castle-building and sieges hit the right tone for me, though there's also a "peaceful" mission path you can do if you want to focus on economy stuff.
Is postal 2 any good? I could really go for a decent FPS that will run on a low powered laptop.
Do you want a game where you can pee in peoples faces causing them to vomit, then pouring gasoline on them and setting them on fire? If so, go with Postal 2.
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I played and beat Psychonauts once. I liked it, but I'm unwilling to play it again ever and experience the theater level again. That level gave me more grief than the Meat Circus.
I played and beat Psychonauts once. I liked it, but I'm unwilling to play it again ever and experience the theater level again. That level gave me more grief than the Meat Circus.
Is postal 2 any good? I could really go for a decent FPS that will run on a low powered laptop.
Do you want a game where you can pee in peoples faces causing them to vomit, then pouring gasoline on them and setting them on fire? If so, go with Postal 2.
In one of the screenshots, it appears there's a nurse being attacked by a python while you stand ready to throw a pair of scissors at her. Also in your inventory are another 112 pairs of scissors, 5 cats, and 2 human hearts.
I played and beat Psychonauts once. I liked it, but I'm unwilling to play it again ever and experience the theater level again. That level gave me more grief than the Meat Circus.
There's some great dialogue in the Theater level. And the cute costumes!
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I found everything in Psychonauts except the Meat Circus to be wonderful. Well, I guess the drill sergeant'd head wasn't particularly interesting visually, but it wasn't very difficult either.
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edited February 2011
Someone could say they hate Psychonauts solely on the existence of Meat Circus and I won't blame them. So much horseshit on that level throughout; it's not even the fun kind of challenging. Truly a horrible finale.
EDIT: Seriously, that level is like the single absoute antithesis of all of the boring brown shit that was released on consoles up to that point. If I had the ludicrous finances for it, I'd get my place completily done over in that style, it is that fucking good[//i].
I love the look and story of Black Velvetopia, but aside from the Meat Circus, it is easily my least favorite stage in the game. It actually made me quit playing back when it was released, and it wasn't until years later that I actually finished the game.
In hindsight, I didn't really need to play the rest. The game peaked at Milkman Conspiracy and Waterloo World for me.
Edit: Just, if you haven't played Psychonauts before, MAKE SURE to search Milla's stage thoroughly. There's a kind of hidden memory in there that's one of the most amazing moments in the game.
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All creature will die and all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai.
I love the look and story of Black Velvetopia, but aside from the Meat Circus, it is easily my least favorite stage in the game. It actually made me quit playing back when it was released, and it wasn't until years later that I actually finished the game.
In hindsight, I didn't really need to play the rest. The game peaked at Milkman Conspiracy and Waterloo World for me.
Edit: Just, if you haven't played Psychonauts before, MAKE SURE to search Milla's stage thoroughly. There's a kind of hidden memory in there that's one of the most amazing moments in the game.
This is one of the highest concentrations of "being right" I've ever seen. Think i found the motherlode!
Even though I already have them on disc, I am considering buying Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader again. Giant Bomb had just put up a Quick Look Throwback on Stronghold a few days ago and it got me in the mood to play it again.
Yeah, watching that made me want to play it as well.
Although it looked like the early mission they were playing was going to take at least an hour to complete.
The way he was playing it, it certainly would have taken that long. I think he was trying to show a lot of the things you could do rather than try to win the mission, which drew it out a lot.
I went and watched that. It's so frustrating to watch them fumble around in games. They seem to be not very good at them.
And I have such mixed feelings about Psychonauts. Very imaginative, but not that good of a game overall. Especially the fucking Meat Circus. A lot like Brutal Legend in that regard.
The humor is fantastic. But the memory vault for that german accented guy in the beginning was pretty heavy. I'm enjoying it alot. Just wish the 360 pad worked automagically with the game.
Quick, I need a $5.99 game that'll hold my attention... Something easy to get into. Enclave is temmpting but I've already owned that so maybe something fresh? Fallout games I've never tried or the Freespace ones. Or 1nsane. gah.
Quick, I need a $5.99 game that'll hold my attention... Something easy to get into. Enclave is temmpting but I've already owned that so maybe something fresh? Fallout games I've never tried or the Freespace ones. Or 1nsane. gah.
If you haven´t played Fallout 1 or 2 go for it, thank me in about 30 hours if you get the first or 40-50 if you get the second. And don´t rush through it, I must have finished the first game at least 8 or 9 times and every playthrough I found out something new, a new side quest, a new way to finish another quest or maybe some more background info on the world hidden somewhere.
Oh and if you haven´t played any start with the first one, since they are kind of connected as in you play the second with a descendant from the character of the first game, so you will meet some familiar places and people.
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I bought the Might & Magic collection from them, since I heard they used DosBox (and despite me already owning it... I live in a different country than where I store the discs, atm). However, I'm on a Mac using OS X and what I got from GoG.com is a single windows executable. Bummer.
If I wouldn't have had boot camp installed, I would have been a bit screwed (until I found a PC I could use to install stuff on). I contact GoG.com support and they say they're only licensed to release games on Windows. But aren't these games that, for example, the (more mature...?) Linux community would also be interested in?
Anyway, just a bit of a rant, I guess...
PS. I now run the collection via Boxer and it's delicious!
I can see what you are saying...
but their system requirements all only list Windows OS.
The camp is a hub - most of it is frankly skippable, and there's no harm in just going directly to wherever you've been told to for the next mission/world (all of which are broadly linear). But you might find the camp provides a quieter diversion between levels, where you can item-hunt and explore at leisure - you won't be finding anything you're not supposed to.
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Oh, it's Eobet, alright.
Not, it's not DRM at all. GoG only bought the rights to distribute the games for PC. The contract they have with the original IP holders do not allow them to support other platforms. Simple as that. They don't own and of the games (well, except for any CDProjekt titles).
And, seriously, any linux user with half a brain is capable of dealing with that issue. You're just being difficult.
I just bought it but haven't had a chance to play it yet. I wouldn't say it fits the bill of "a decent FPS" - everything I've read suggests it's more of a chaos simulator. You're given a list of everyday tasks to do each day (such as "buy some milk"), all of which are completable non-violently assuming you have the patience and inclination. More likely is that you'll take a violent shortcut - start urinating on people, infect crowds with anthrax, or just gun down everyone in sight. The structure is relatively open-world, and the emphasis seems to be on mayhem rather than gunplay.
A more traditional and modern-styled (if ancient-looking) FPS worth checking out is Shogo, made by Monolith before they developed a violent aversion to colour. It's bloody fast, alternates between bits on foot and bits in Skyscraper-sized suger agile mechs, and is eminently playable even today.
Yeah, watching that made me want to play it as well.
Although it looked like the early mission they were playing was going to take at least an hour to complete.
The way he was playing it, it certainly would have taken that long. I think he was trying to show a lot of the things you could do rather than try to win the mission, which drew it out a lot.
They are more mature, after all.
Do you want a game where you can pee in peoples faces causing them to vomit, then pouring gasoline on them and setting them on fire? If so, go with Postal 2.
Tofu wrote: Here be Littleboots, destroyer of threads and master of drunkposting.
I played and beat Psychonauts once. I liked it, but I'm unwilling to play it again ever and experience the theater level again. That level gave me more grief than the Meat Circus.
He actually said that exact same thing when the 1Up FM podcast interviewed him about Psychonauts.
In one of the screenshots, it appears there's a nurse being attacked by a python while you stand ready to throw a pair of scissors at her. Also in your inventory are another 112 pairs of scissors, 5 cats, and 2 human hearts.
There's some great dialogue in the Theater level. And the cute costumes!
Meat Circus can die in a fire.
Why I fear the ocean.
EDIT: Seriously, that level is like the single absoute antithesis of all of the boring brown shit that was released on consoles up to that point. If I had the ludicrous finances for it, I'd get my place completily done over in that style, it is that fucking good[//i].
In hindsight, I didn't really need to play the rest. The game peaked at Milkman Conspiracy and Waterloo World for me.
Edit: Just, if you haven't played Psychonauts before, MAKE SURE to search Milla's stage thoroughly. There's a kind of hidden memory in there that's one of the most amazing moments in the game.
This is one of the highest concentrations of "being right" I've ever seen. Think i found the motherlode!
I went and watched that. It's so frustrating to watch them fumble around in games. They seem to be not very good at them.
And I have such mixed feelings about Psychonauts. Very imaginative, but not that good of a game overall. Especially the fucking Meat Circus. A lot like Brutal Legend in that regard.
But then you miss the ending! The last fight and stuff is neat.
Meat Circus isn't even all that bad. There's one room that's hard. It's a really big room, and it's kind of long, but still.
I forgot the last fight completely. Once I played Milkman Conspiracy, I was pretty happy.
I think my overall preference is Waterloo World
If you haven´t played Fallout 1 or 2 go for it, thank me in about 30 hours if you get the first or 40-50 if you get the second. And don´t rush through it, I must have finished the first game at least 8 or 9 times and every playthrough I found out something new, a new side quest, a new way to finish another quest or maybe some more background info on the world hidden somewhere.
Oh and if you haven´t played any start with the first one, since they are kind of connected as in you play the second with a descendant from the character of the first game, so you will meet some familiar places and people.
Do you own a joystick?
If yes: Freespace.
If no: Go get one, and then get Freespace.
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