Buy Fallout 1 as well. :)

You could also try OpenArena to see if it appeals to you. Same gameplay, only the maps & graphics have been replaced with free assets.

(Sorry for the late reply, your answer to my post wasn't shown in my account.)

Where there's no plaintiff, there's no judge

And who would want to be plaintiff in this case, anyway? You?

The way I see it:

-GOG wants to make some money
-but GOG also has to abide the laws (Germany's, in this case) - which is ok
-so GOG sets an entry barrier, to prevent us Germans to buy certain games
-by doing so, GOG fulfills the prerequisites of the aforementioned laws
-now I come along and circumvent that barrier by means which are out of reach of GOG's responsibility as a shop
-if anything, this makes me the one, who violates the law - not GOG!

Result:

-GOG is still clean-handed, because it still has its barrier up - it didn't take it down for me, nor did it advertise to me the way, how to circumvent it
-so...no P.A. can blame GOG for my doings
-but GOG made some money
-and I got a game

-Win-win for everybody (except German law, I guess)

Now, of course...GOG could close my account...but: why exactly?

-Because I took some extra efforts, to spend money on their site?
-Because they want to prevent me from spending even more money on their site in the future?
(which would be most likely the result of such a closedown.)

You see, that would be much ado about nothing, and would only hurt GOG in the long run.

And by the way (and to end this post with some food for thought): do you think all those people here, who gift or trade said games to my fellow Germans, don't also act against the ToS? ;)

EDIT: typo

No worries, it's always better than being ignored ;)
And it happens to me all the time, I usually only see notifications for game updates and those hang around for hours.

I have no idea, I've never read it :P
I was just curious and it feels like it's just one step away from switching to a Russian VPN and buying everything for 25% of the price.

Well, that's something, I would never do - because THAT would definitely be against the ToS!

(not that I don't think, that others here won't use it that way, mind you)

Ah, aren't those multiples of 10 nice to reach? This game brought my GOG game library to 60. =)

How old is yours, though? I think newer physical copies of a lot of Bethesda-made games require Steam now; I certainly found this to be the case when I was looking into ordering Morrowind GotYE early last year. Unless I wanted to take a chance on an older version from eBay or something, it was Steam or nothing. I chose nothing. =)

Have you tried not being German? Just look for the "Reset nationality" option in your Humanity Options menu. =P

I wasn't aware of this either before Judas made his comment, but apparently ZeniMax Media bought Arkane, which worked on Dishonored a few years ago. So apparently Arkane retained ownership of the game. I'm not really sure why the store page here says it's self-published, but it's not the only case of "stealth publishing" on GOG (though I can't recall what was the other one I heard about...whatever it was, it was supposedly self-published, while actually -- according to a dev who posted in the forums -- having been "stealth-published" by Kalypso, I believe).

Older versions of Fallout 3 used Securom, but according to ogdb.eu, the most recent release in Austria/Switzerland ("Fallout Anthology") seems to require Steam. It also can't be activated in Germany. Fuck you, Bethesda.

IS ANYBODY USING MODS WITH THIS??

so there are no game pages for The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall??

can't charge for em' but can't make em' free. I suppose they could put them up, and just remove the button.

Thursday would be a real nice day to release Skyrim, Oblivion, New Vegas, Fallout 3 (and 4 if one wants to be greedy), since it's Xmas Eve...or on Friday...I'm not picky.

The retail GOTY version was released in 2009, but I haven't heard of any other reissue of the game, aside the recently-released Anthology version mentioned by InfraSuperman above.

You mean for Bio Menace? I don't think there are any mods for it. :P

No. Just think of them as being bundled with each of the games listed as being published here by Bethesda, rather than as freebies. Kind of like Softporn Adventure being included with Leisure Suit Larry: Greatest Hits and Misses. Not sure why BethSoft structured it that way, as opposed to offering them truly for free like Bio Menace and the other freebies, but it's their call.

That's good to know, but I have my eyes on Quake, Wolfenstein and maybe find out how Fallout is - never played it but the hype keeps nagging me.

I just checked and Fallout is already supported by PlayOnLinux 4.2.9, which is nice - it's almost the same thing as an official GOG package. But most Quake, Doom and Wolfenstein titles have official Linux versions, which would make them by far better than the DOSBox/Wine-based options.

I would like official support for as many titles as possbile and where it's not possible at least some support from GOG, which could make packages with DOSBox. And why not explore the world of open source software, by contacting the leaders of those projects and get (moral, because it would be legal anyway) permission to redistribute their work packaged in officially supported installers. In some cases this can lead to some headaches, but that's not a general rule.

It's not that I'm not grateful for everything GOG has done so far. I love it. I'm here since GOG was in beta and it was awesome to see it develop further, growing in what it's become today - even with all its flaws and shortcomings. But there's still more work and I'm willing to spend more money for their effort. I had various games on Steam before I bought them here but I bought them here as well because I wanted to suport GOG, the developers and the publishers for their effort. More effort will bring more money both from me and (obviously) other gamers.

That's basically what I want - a more convenient way to play my good old games.

Free Bio-Menace, one of my favourite games of all time? Stop making me say "thanks" so much!

Getting real sick of your s%^&, GOG!