I don't know, deals like Psychonauts for $3 are insane because Psychonauts is even cheap at $9.99 and there are lots of other games here where I agree noone in their right mind should whine about their prices but KQ1-3 seems overpriced even at 6.99 for today's standards. And the same goes for SQ1-3 (which doesn't even include SQ VGA). Not saying you can't enjoy them anymore but c'mon they're more than twenty year's old, use EGA graphics, are under 1mb in size and offer, what, presumably 2-3 hours gameplay? It's only justified from a nostalgic collector's point of view.

That being said, KQ VI seems pretty cool, maybe I'll get the second package just for that. I assume despite being a series with a progressive background story you can also enjoy each by itself, without knowing the precursors?

it's not just nostalgia....some games(even short ones) are just worth it to some people who like to experience them again.......

I agree that these games are overpriced on GOG. You can get the physical releases (also DRM-free) much cheaper on Amazon/eBay, which just doesn't seem right. Also, since these are still incomplete (missing the VGA remakes of KQ1, SQ1 and PQ1), 30% off is not enough to make me change my mind about getting them here. I might be tempted at a 50% off deal. These games are worth having in your collection, but this is simply not that great an offer.

Granted, but that's only part of the GOG customers. For someone who hasn't experienced them back in the days, it's doubtful whether they'll still get as enthusiastic about it as about all the other games they could buy for $9.99 or $6.99. Then again, value has always a subjective side to it and is highly dependent on demand. For some, Psychonauts is probably worth nothing at all because they just don't like it and wouldn't play it anyway while they'd give the shirt off their back just to be able to play classic EGA games again. ;)

+1 here too.

Yeah, it's a pity it isn't 50% off for the whole package. I want all of these games, but 50 bucks is just too much.

Well, part of what I like about PC gaming is that the prices actually go down.

Even before GOG, I was always 2+ years behind on my gaming, because it meant I could buy games for less than 20$ (I always thought paying 50$+ for a single game was insane if you aren't wealthy even if the game is brand new, but at the same time I still want the game creators to get paid and hence...)

And that was for games with good to glowing reviews.

I never minded playing older games as frankly, I don't understand what the fuss is about with the graphics most of the time, I just find they don't add THAT much to the gameplay... a good game with dated graphic is still a good game and a lousy game with great graphic will still be lousy.

However, we all have our thresholds.

Mine is for graphics before the SNES era (and no, its not because I started playing games when the SNES was around, I'm old enough to have played hundreds of hours on the NES as a kid).

So, bottom-line is: I'm already used to paying 10$-20$ for games with somewhat modern graphics and that have good reviews (granted, reviews are not everything, but there is a correlation between the review scores and my enjoyment of the game...).

When you throw in games with really ancient graphics (past the threshold where I can say I don't really care that much about the graphics) or mixed reviews (the nice thing about those older games is that you can look at the review for the review sites and also the average review from tens or even hundreds user), then my sensibilities dictate pay only a small fraction of what I'm used to or pass.

Also, in this case, you have the fact that you have many games in the same franchise which plays against it (If the franchise has 2 games, its not so bad, but when it has 8, you might come to the conclusion that you won't play all 8 of them anyways... especially when some games in the franchise are probably very similar to others, but inferior in most ways).

Anyways, that's my take on the games for this deal.

Yes but there are games in small series that people really want to play but still wait for a bigger sale on. People like that(especially those with money to spare) complaining about a game being 5 & not 3 dollars is kinda silly to me.

It is relative, though...I can buy many great modern games instead for the same price (usually independent ones e.g. Trine, Anomaly, Amnesia), or just play free ones. Since I didn't grow up with most of the games here, they usually take some level of work to get into, so it's can be more worth it for me to spend my money elsewhere. Don't mistake me, though...I've got a massive amount of games here.

Also yeah, what drizzt said...I've got a crazy huge backlog.

It's a lot of games, anyway...30% off each / 50% off for all seems best.

Yes, they're mostly enjoyable individually, although you can download the free fan remakes of the first three KQ games. While I hate to lose GOG revenue, I have to admit that the remakes in question are such an improvement over the originals that it's hard to recommend playing said originals unless you're really feeling nostalgic.

I am a little perplexed that people think paying 2.50/game is still too expensive. I mean, on the flipside, IMHO KQ6 is still worth $7 all on its own despite its age, and the SQ games are all solid, even the first 3 EGA ones. (PQ admittedly is less worth it; the games aren't bad, but they are the dullest of Sierra's adventure game series, IMHO.)

Thanks! Also for confirming that KQ VI is indeed worth the money for the whole package on its own, that's what I was hoping. The SQ 4-6 package doesn't look too bad either.

I'm not sure about the others, but KQ1 had an official remake. They were planning to do the same for the rest of the games, but there was sufficient outcry that Sierra dropped those plans. Which was a shame because the VGA version of KQ was actually pretty good, they just made the mistake that George Lucas did with Star Wars.

The official KQ remake wasn't VGA, though, it was still EGA and text parser, just with an upgraded engine. The KQ1 VGA remake lurking around the internets is the fanmade one.

It's an easy mistake to make, since all of the other "Quest 1" remakes that Sierra did were VGA, point-and-click updates.

I see what you mean. They only used 16 colors and basically just significantly increased the resolution and updated the interpreter.

So, technically speaking they probably could put out that official remake, but the ones that were actually in VGA or better wouldn't be possible. I'm actually a little surprised that those projects were left alone by the IP owner.