I think the problem is that some people ask, in a GOG forum, why they should buy the GOG version when it's cheaper somewhere else, instead of just going somewhere else and buy it. Knowing that you can get it cheaper somewhere else, yet still asking, is understood by most people that you actually care about more than just the price tag.

Basically you'd be asking "what more than the game will I get if I buy it here for more money?" This being GOG and not Steam, the replies you'll get here will be highlighting the main differences between the two services. Naturally. Then, it's up to you to decide which one is better for you.

What I really don't get is why some people go on about GOG lowering their prices to match some competitor or other. If they deliver the same (i.e. you don't care about the differences), you buy where it's cheapest. If GOG delivers more, why should they charge the same as those delivering less?

I get that people may want the best value available for the lowest price available (regardless of service), but it's completely irrational.

On topic:
This is the first promo (with more than 2-3 games) in quite some time where I don't own a single game being promoted (the opposite has happend more often). I have to be strong lest my backlog will grow even further.. but let's face it, I'm weak.. and one of the very first PC games I played was one of those quest games, I just can't remember which one so, naturally, I should get them all.. it was something about a ladder you had to make visible, and I think it came on 10 5.25" floppies, but I could be wrong.. I remember "hacking" it so that it would support my 16-color screen - it would fall back to 4 colours as it didn't have a gfx driver for that particular screen type/make (it was an Amstrad or something) - so I wrote my own driver in assembly, and it worked beautifully.. (getting nostalgic here.. better hide the credit card..)

It was, I bought it for $5 during the holiday sale.

It was fullpriced for me the whole time

That's weird, are you sure? The only games not included in the sale should have been these ones:

http://www.gog.com/en/mix/games_that_are_not_in_the_2011_xmas_sale

i checked it several times and it was 9.99 so i didn't buy it at that time, but it doesn't matter now anyway :).

Im pretty sure it was on sale during that period. Just not for as long as everything else (If I remember rightly, these as well as the Sierra/Activision catalog of games and some others went back to normal prices a few weeks before the rest)

Is the early '90s remake of Space Quest 1 included?

Would also love QfG to be up.

It's not included, unfortunately. If you want the remake, it's available on Steam.

Well, I guess I'll finally pick up those Space and King Quest games. I was very tempted during the Christmas sale, but I held off because I was already buying more than a fair share of other games. There's only so much money I can put into gaming at one time. That said, since my wallet had a moment's relief (an oh so very slight one) I'll be able to buy them now, especially since I made some extra money selling two bigger unused belongings of mine quite recently. I suppose I can consider them birthday gifts to myself. So, good timing there.

Most of those games will be brand new to me. I've only had a brush with Space Quest 1 and King's Quest 7 in the past. As for Police Quest: while the series has always looked interesting in what it does it never really appealed to me. I suppose I prefer pure fantasy settings in my adventure games.

So what's the problem? If you prefer the Steam version and think they have a better deal, get it from Steam then. I get games from e.g. DotEmu when I think they have a better deal than GOG, I don't cry here "Boohoo, DotEmu has a better deal! GOG sucks!".

I never understand these cries "Boohoo, Steam offer is better...", unless you are banned from buying anything from Steam, of course. Yes, I think GOG is aware of their competitors' pricing, goes with the territory.


As for this deal, apparently I got all the games from GOG already in the Xmas sale, even though I own almost all of those on some Sierra Classics compilation CDs already. I was mainly interested to the newer King's Quest and Space Quest games anyway (CD-less format), I played the early parts of almost all Quest game to the death as a kid.

The thing is, I want GOG to be successful. I really like the site, and I really like the business model. But it seems to me they've got to wake up. They basically invented digital distribution of old games, and mad props to them, but now the competition (and the publishers) have seen there's money in it, and GOG is no longer the only player on this particular market. Steam, GG, DotEmu and others have started carrying more and more old games. GOG is slowly losing exclusivity, and they really ought to do something about that. Like having competitive pricing, for example. The list of games that can be bought cheaper elsewhere keeps growing very fast.

You say GOG delivers more, and it's true it does. DRM free, yeah. Except DosBoxed games are DRM free even on Steam, and as far as I'm concerned, while I'm willing to pay extra for DRM free, it's like $2 at most. You can't expect everyone to shell out more just to support an idea (I know the anti-DRMists are very vocal, but I'd love to know how many of them there actually are among GOG's customers; I'd really like to see the results of that survey). Then there are the compatibility tweaks -- great value for money in some cases (like Thief), but again, with DosBox, this is a non-issue. And as fas as goodies are concerned -- I don't know about you, but wallpapers and avatars are something I ignore completely, as are manuals in 95% of cases. I will pay extra for a soundtrack, yes. But there's none in this promo.

Of course a huge factor in this particular sale is that Activision is completely irrational and totally overpriced the Quest series; King's Quests 1-3 haven't been worth $10 since at least 1990, and even the sale price of $5 is really pushing it. It's just not a very good offer.

A heads up for you procrastinators: this sale is listed as ending earlier than usual on Monday.

I have no idea what you're going on about with this rant. All i did was respond to someone who said that the price was cheaper on Gog, and I mentioned that it was because it was on promo now. Read the thread properly next time before overreacting to a post.

So if I like adventure games, but have only played early LucasArts and later games like Broken Sword, is there anything here for me? Every time In hear about these games, it's people complaining about impossible to figure out puzzles, pixel-hunts, and the games becoming impossible if you make certain decisions. Does anyone have anything nice to say? Are the later ones (e.g. King's Quest 7 & 8) more accessible?