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General discussionSimulator Games now on GOG.COM - get them up to -45%(176 posts) (176 posts) 
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Posted May 24, 2019
PC Building Simulator, Ultimate Fishing Simulator, and Plane Mechanic Simulator are now DRM-free and up to 45% off!

In PC Building Simulator (-30%), you can find out how "easy" it really is to plug a Ryzen 5 Six-Core 1600X to a Z170 Mtech motherboard, with two GeForce GTX 1060s in SLI. To celebrate the arrival of the game into the DRM-free world, Claudiu Kiss and The Irregular Corp have announced the upcoming release of special GOG-branded in-game wallpapers as well as a custom GOG/NZXT in-game case in the GOG version.

Hop on a boat with your fishing rod and a healthy amount of bait to catch some feisty sea creatures in Ultimate Fishing Simulator (-45%). Toggle between the realistic mode for a slow-paced and contemplative experience or the normal mode that will always make sure you have a marine opponent coming up soon.

Lose your mind playing around with 800 bits and pieces in Plane Mechanic Simulator (-20%), a game that will test your ability to learn quickly about the mechanic powering warplanes of the Royal Air Force.

Discounts for newly released simulator games are valid until May 31, 1 PM UTC.
Posted May 24, 2019
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amok: "so, you are a computer engineer?"
"Yes, I have played PC Building Simulator#"
"Great - you are hired!"

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anyway - define "game". to be able to say whether this is a game or not, we need to know what a game is
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dgnfly: Every person has a different meaning on what a game is but most involve some actually accomplishing something instead of doing something educational. Some people see hunting animals as a game while I see it as nothing more than murder, considering most don't even do it for the meat cause you can just go to any store to get it.

One thing is for sure you need a pretty boring mind if you consider this a game.
as said above - it is essentially a puzzle game

edit - any by what you say, everything and nothing is a game, so this is definitely a game
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Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: You must be working for GOG's curation team if you'd constitute Computer building as a game.
There were plenty of actual games rejected to make way for garbage like this. Next, you'll be saying that an Educational book is a game.
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firstpastthepost: It's essentially a non traditional puzzler from what I can tell. It looks like the point is to research parts, build something, and benchmark it, with the end goal being to see how you can tweak things to improve benchmarks. If you play it that way it is essentially a puzzle game. It's not my cup of tea, but it could still be "played" like a game... it's just self directed.
I wonder then how real people who try to hit benchmarks would see this game, I think they would say it would be pointless compared to the real deal.
Posted May 24, 2019
The only thing tricky about building a PC is knowing when the warranties are voided. Dell recently told me that installing different software on my machine voids my warranty (which I think is illegal, but I don't have the resources to fight it).

That said, I'm glad gog is releasing games I'm not interested in. Saves me money, indirectly. Also shows they are willing to stock games that aren't just the most popular stuff. Not that my finances would be any different if the side scrolling action games people are whining about lately made it to gog, since I mostly don't like those kinds of game, either.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: I wonder then how real people who try to hit benchmarks would see this game, I think they would say it would be pointless compared to the real deal.
Those people in particular would probably love it cause it's not like a normal person can afford to buy every kind of hardware on the market to test. If anything, they are the ideal people for this product.

But you also kind of miss the point that liking an activity doesn't exclude you from liking a game about the same activity. I'm sure plenty of people who play fishing games fish in real life. People who play driving games, drive in real life. How would this be any different?
Posted May 24, 2019
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as much as I love GoG... REALLY?
You've rejected xseed's wizardry (and really lot of other good games, this one was just the most recent one), still didnt get Celeste (which was featured on winter's promo video), but allow THIS to be released?
I think its time to finally decide - you are the curated store or not. If yes - then how the hell did such things arrive there? If no - then stop rejecting games for being "too niche", coz THESE GAMES YOU'VE JUST ADDED ARE MORE THAN NICHE.

Hopefully my post doesnt sound rude or something - no offense intended, I just cant understand curation criteria. Yet another time.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: I wonder then how real people who try to hit benchmarks would see this game, I think they would say it would be pointless compared to the real deal.
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firstpastthepost: Those people in particular would probably love it cause it's not like a normal person can afford to buy every kind of hardware on the market to test. If anything, they are the ideal people for this product.

But you also kind of miss the point that liking an activity doesn't exclude you from liking a game about the same activity. I'm sure plenty of people who play fishing games fish in real life. People who play driving games, drive in real life. How would this be any different?
Most games are escapism how does this game fall under that category? You don't need to be super rich for a top gaming rig you could buy one over time. Also, I meant the hardcore that benchmark for the fun of it, not the casuals that want that fake feeling of having achieved something. The goals for Driving is far higher when you can't actually drive in the wrong lane or crash into cars. I don't see how I could experience GTA style living in the real world without getting arrested.

Escapism is the factor for a good game, Or any game for that matter in my book and I don't see anybody escaping in a PC building game. Hence why i called out that game.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: Most games are escapism how does this game fall under that category? You don't need to be super rich for a top gaming rig you could buy one over time. Also, I meant the hardcore that benchmark for the fun of it, not the casuals that want that fake feeling of having achieved something. The goals for Driving is far higher when you can't actually drive in the wrong lane or crash into cars. I don't see how I could experience GTA style living in the real world without getting arrested.

Escapism is the factor for a good game, Or any game for that matter in my book and I don't see anybody escaping in a PC building game. Hence why i called out that game.
Escapism isn't the only reason people play games. If that were true games like I Want to Be the Guy or Super Meat Boy wouldn't exist. You're making assumptions about what constitutes a game based on what you like in a game. It's fine if you don't want to play this game, I don't want to either, but you're dislike of it doesn't make it not a game. It's not that you're wrong that escapism makes a good game, it's that you're wrong that it's the only thing that can make a good game.
Posted May 24, 2019
Interesting, i have been on the fence about these on steam so il pick them up when i can afford it
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: Most games are escapism how does this game fall under that category? You don't need to be super rich for a top gaming rig you could buy one over time. Also, I meant the hardcore that benchmark for the fun of it, not the casuals that want that fake feeling of having achieved something. The goals for Driving is far higher when you can't actually drive in the wrong lane or crash into cars. I don't see how I could experience GTA style living in the real world without getting arrested.

Escapism is the factor for a good game, Or any game for that matter in my book and I don't see anybody escaping in a PC building game. Hence why i called out that game.
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firstpastthepost: Escapism isn't the only reason people play games. If that were true games like I Want to Be the Guy or Super Meat Boy wouldn't exist. You're making assumptions about what constitutes a game based on what you like in a game. It's fine if you don't want to play this game, I don't want to either, but you're dislike of it doesn't make it not a game. It's not that you're wrong that escapism makes a good game, it's that you're wrong that it's the only thing that can make a good game.
How is I Want to Be the Guy or Super Meat Boy, not escapism? considering I couldn't do what they do in real life?
I'm more questioning the validity of GOG's mental state on what they deem as a game, It just triggers people when I call out the stupidity that this garbage is allowed but some actual good games are considered ''Too Niche'' Also when I build my actual PC I wouldn't call it a fun game, More a massive frustration, Cause I overlooked one wire connection.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: How is I Want to Be the Guy or Super Meat Boy, not escapism? considering I couldn't do what they do in real life?
I'm more questioning the validity of GOG's mental state on what they deem as a game, It just triggers people when I call out the stupidity that this garbage is allowed but some actual good games are considered ''Too Niche'' Also when I build my actual PC I wouldn't call it a fun game, More a massive frustration, Cause I overlooked one wire connection.
The point of the games I mentioned are plainly to be brutally hard, that's not escapism. I don't disagree that GoG has refused some games that they probably shouldn't have, and I don't think many people are "triggered" by that suggestion, that seems to be a community consensus. But saying that other games shouldn't be here cause you don't like them is antithetical to your argument.
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dgnfly: How is I Want to Be the Guy or Super Meat Boy, not escapism? considering I couldn't do what they do in real life?
I'm more questioning the validity of GOG's mental state on what they deem as a game, It just triggers people when I call out the stupidity that this garbage is allowed but some actual good games are considered ''Too Niche'' Also when I build my actual PC I wouldn't call it a fun game, More a massive frustration, Cause I overlooked one wire connection.
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firstpastthepost: The point of the games I mentioned are plainly to be brutally hard, that's not escapism. I don't disagree that GoG has refused some games that they probably shouldn't have, and I don't think many people are "triggered" by that suggestion, that seems to be a community consensus. But saying that other games shouldn't be here cause you don't like them is antithetical to your argument.
Wait... so you think games that are brutally hard aren't escapism? Dear god your a boring person then, I personally love brutally hard games and enjoyed platinuming All Dark souls and the Bloodborne game on PS4. Sadly missed Demon souls last achievement and got bored of redoing the game a 4th time.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: Wait... so you think games that are brutally hard aren't escapism? Dear god your a boring person then, I personally love brutally hard games and enjoyed platinuming All Dark souls and the Bloodborne game on PS4. Sadly missed Demon souls last achievement and got bored of redoing the game a 4th time.
Yeah, maybe it's silly but I don't view frustration as escapism. Kind of the same way I don't view having blue balls as the same thing as having sex.

That doesn't make me boring. That makes me a rational adult. I have a life outside video games so I don't have time to get bored of playing Demon Souls a fourth time.
Posted May 24, 2019
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firstpastthepost: The point of the games I mentioned are plainly to be brutally hard, that's not escapism. I don't disagree that GoG has refused some games that they probably shouldn't have, and I don't think many people are "triggered" by that suggestion, that seems to be a community consensus. But saying that other games shouldn't be here cause you don't like them is antithetical to your argument.
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dgnfly: Wait... so you think games that are brutally hard aren't escapism? Dear god your a boring person then, I personally love brutally hard games and enjoyed platinuming All Dark souls and the Bloodborne game on PS4. Sadly missed Demon souls last achievement and got bored of redoing the game a 4th time.
Those games are not considered to be "brutally hard".
Posted May 24, 2019
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tinyE: You know what is screwed up, I live 100 feet from the biggest goddamn lake in the world and I'm probably going to buy Fishing Simulator. :P
I think people who fish for a hobby are the main target for this.
I sort of wish GOG would sell some of the fishing simulators Sierra Sports Games had huge success with in the mid 90's... The Ultimate Bass, Mounaing Streams, etc.
Posted May 24, 2019
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dgnfly: Wait... so you think games that are brutally hard aren't escapism? Dear god your a boring person then, I personally love brutally hard games and enjoyed platinuming All Dark souls and the Bloodborne game on PS4. Sadly missed Demon souls last achievement and got bored of redoing the game a 4th time.
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Zoidberg: Those games are not considered to be "brutally hard".
I agree, Sekiro is way harder, But I have yet to start it. Also, I would say Demon souls is pretty harder than any of From software later games, Seem the crying of the casuals made them tone down the Dark souls games cause the classical release for Dark souls was way harder than the remaster.
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