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airboy

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August 27, 2015, 08:50:19 PM

smittyohio

#106
August 27, 2015, 09:10:50 PM
Quote from: airboy on August 27, 2015, 08:50:19 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 27, 2015, 02:49:13 PM
dunno if this was already posted here or not

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell/

too lazy to check :)

Very interesting.  Thanks!

These games seem pretty old school / hardcore for me, but damn if this article doesn't make me want to buy them just to rewards GOG.

Greybriar

#107
August 28, 2015, 12:17:07 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 27, 2015, 02:49:13 PM
dunno if this was already posted here or not

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell/

too lazy to check :)

Thanks for the link. It's a good read.  O0
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Bison

#108
August 28, 2015, 07:21:59 AM
I'm not sure why Brant hasn't bought the games yet.  They work fantastic on macs.

Rayfer

#109
August 28, 2015, 07:22:53 AM
Quote from: smittyohio on August 27, 2015, 09:10:50 PM
Quote from: airboy on August 27, 2015, 08:50:19 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 27, 2015, 02:49:13 PM
dunno if this was already posted here or not

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell/

too lazy to check :)

Very interesting.  Thanks!

These games seem pretty old school / hardcore for me, but damn if this article doesn't make me want to buy them just to rewards GOG.

Yes, they are very old school and hardcore, at least the Gold Box ones are. I am once again finding myself bitten by the nostalgia bug, only to find the games frustratingly difficult and with ui's that are antiquated and hard to utilize (i.e. no mouse support). At some point I have to stop buying these old games and just accept I enjoy the newer ones much more. I've spent 10 hours or so on the Gold Box games only to find myself returning to Pillars of Eternity.

bayonetbrant

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August 28, 2015, 08:12:44 AM Last Edit: August 28, 2015, 08:58:50 AM by bayonetbrant
Quote from: Bison on August 28, 2015, 07:21:59 AM
I'm not sure why Brant hasn't bought the games yet.  They work fantastic on macs.

I owned them back when they were first released, and the graphics looked a lot better on the Macs back then, too.

That said, Brant isn't buying anything right now, because Brant is still recovering from the Summer-of-No-Job™ and has a stack of bills to pay off once the teaching checks start coming in.  While I was busy scraping by on one part-time teaching check, and dumping a lot of old clothes/toys at the kids consignment place, my kids were busy racking up hundred-dollar dr's bills for broken collarbones, and burning a lot gas doubling the number of trips for the youngest in preschool.
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Bison

#111
August 28, 2015, 08:23:50 AM
Real life blows sometimes.

Toonces

#112
August 28, 2015, 08:50:28 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 28, 2015, 08:12:44 AM

That said, Brant isn't buying anything write now,

No way...did you really right that?   ???
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Rayfer

#113
August 28, 2015, 08:56:03 AM
Quote from: Toonces on August 28, 2015, 08:50:28 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 28, 2015, 08:12:44 AM

That said, Brant isn't buying anything write now,

No way...did you really right that?   ???

LOL...very clever Toonces. Well done!

bayonetbrant

#114
August 28, 2015, 08:58:38 AM
Quote from: Toonces on August 28, 2015, 08:50:28 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 28, 2015, 08:12:44 AM

That said, Brant isn't buying anything write now,

No way...did you really right that?   ???

f'n voice recognition...  fixing.  ugh.
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Sir Slash

#115
August 28, 2015, 09:50:19 AM
Funny you said that Rayfer. I've done the same thing-- Gold Box frustration leading to return to POE. But I plan on trudging through Pools of Darkness to finish what I never could 25 years ago.
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Rayfer

#116
August 28, 2015, 10:17:37 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 28, 2015, 09:50:19 AM
Funny you said that Rayfer. I've done the same thing-- Gold Box frustration leading to return to POE. But I plan on trudging through Pools of Darkness to finish what I never could 25 years ago.

I gave up on the Gold Box games....not because of their depth, story or battles, I just couldn't take the user interface any longer. It was a chore for me just to play the game...my biggest battle was against the UI.
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