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Little worlds need their gods, too!

Reus, an imaginative 2D god-game that makes you a deity of a small planet and a master to its elemental titans, is available 10% off on GOG.com. That's only $8.99 for the first week!

Do you like to play god? Admit it--you do. Who doesn't. The absolute power that god-games give is ever so tempting and satisfying. The ability to shape the face of the world, and by extent the fates of its little inhabitants is simply intoxicating. Oh wait, did I say "little"? Well, to themselves they probably look quite regular in size. It's all a matter of perspective--every world seems tiny when you're an boundless being of limitless power. In this case, however, the planet is indeed quite small. The people living on its surface look even tinier in comparison to the elemental titans, huge beings that serve as your worldly avatars. Huge, again, is only a word that applies here conditionally. Even the giant beasts seem puny if they do your every bidding and fit on your computer screen. On your lap or your desk. In your room. At your home. In your town. In your country. In the world, also a small planet that's but a tiny blue dot floating in the endless blackness of the Universe. Perspective.

Reus puts a whole world in your hands. The planet you're destined to watch over is a complex world full of dependencies and synergies, making every act you perform cause a great impact on the gameworld and its inhabitants. You directly control the actions of giant elementals roaming its surface--may they be creative or destructive. You can raise or lower mountains, move bodies of water, cause forests to grow or die. Yours is the ultimate power. The only thing you can't affect directly are the actions of the tiny humans, possessing their own free will. Will they fear you as the bane of their land, or worship you as their divine benefactor? It's all up to you. With intriguing and diverse gameplay, lots of correlations to discover, and many challenges to complete, Reus will entertain you for a long, long time.

With unbelievable cosmic power Reus allows you to play god for only $8.99 on GOG.com. The offer lasts until Thursday, May 23, at 4:59PM GMT.
Post edited May 16, 2013 by G-Doc
Black & White should be a priority, go get it GOG.
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Fenixp: ... Because GOG reviews have always been a bastion of objectivity and high quality. I don't know how about you, but I have never seen a game like this. Innovation and originality is where 'casual' tag should always be shoved aside.
Reminds me a bit on Populous.
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Titanium: Pronounced like Deus, but with a R as in Rock. Rock God. Heh, yeah.
I'll pronounce it like Zeus with an R. Screw the fact that this way people are gonna think that I'm talking about R.U.S.E. Ree-us just sounds wrong. <.<
Post edited May 16, 2013 by F4LL0UT
Beautiful graphics.
Does this mean I asked a stupid question? :P
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tinyE: Does this mean I asked a stupid question? :P
Don't make it worse by asking more of them :-P
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tinyE: Does this mean I asked a stupid question? :P
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Fenixp: Don't make it worse by asking more of them :-P
Let him ask whatever he wants :P

Why would you ask about Cthulhu?
Guys, be careful..You NEED right now a XNA Hidef profile graphic card to play it; I was trying to start it for the first time and bam, error message.

http://forums.abbeygames.com

Here in the forums are working for a solution, but if you want to play it right now, check that u_u
I went ahead and bought the game and I have to say, I fully agree with johnki's review. I was really looking forward to this game the first time I heard of it about half a year ago. After all, when was the last time a decent 'god game' came out? It's premise seemed very interesting at the time. Playing mother nature and providing for humanity, while at the same time keeping the humans in check when they would become too cocky. I expected a more or less sandboxy experience along the lines of Black & White, where you could throw some awesome powers around.

Unfortunately for me, the game turned out to be a puzzle game with a 'god game theme' instead. And while it seems to be a pretty well executed puzzle game, puzzle games just don't really appeal to me. Consider me dissapointed.
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Fenixp: Don't make it worse by asking more of them :-P
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Tarhiel: Let him ask whatever he wants :P

Why would you ask about Cthulhu?
I was in a thread in this forum discussing this game a few months ago and a few people mentioned that one of the 'gods' you could play as was either a giant octopus or a Cthluhu. It was just in passing and I still had my Cthulhu avatar (which odds are I'm switching back to tomorrow FYI) so maybe they were just screwing with me. Thought I'd ask.

and Fenixp is allowed to give me crap regardless of if he's joking or not so his reply was A.O.K. with me. :D
Post edited May 16, 2013 by tinyE
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Drerhu: Guys, be careful..You NEED right now a XNA Hidef profile graphic card to play it; I was trying to start it for the first time and bam, error message.

http://forums.abbeygames.com

Here in the forums are working for a solution, but if you want to play it right now, check that u_u
Yeah its a Direct X 11 game, and the card therefore must be a newer type Nvidia or AMD card which is fully Direct X11 compliant. (From what I can tell, you dont need a high end DX11 card, just a card that is DX11 compliant, but its not very clear on any website for this specification)

They are working at lowering this to Dx9/10 but its going to take a few weeks.

Looking at the forums it appears the game is not coded to lower textures or graphics in the kind of way to make it run on cards bought more than 3 years ago, so yes be careful on your purchase or wait several weeks for the patch
Is this game like Black & White?
OK, how much will take to get available games' soundtracks for an addon?

I understand that it's not that easy to get new games' soundtracks free, but at least would be nice to see them like an addon and "game+soundtrack" bundles saving a couple of bucks.
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Drerhu: Guys, be careful..You NEED right now a XNA Hidef profile graphic card to play it; I was trying to start it for the first time and bam, error message.

http://forums.abbeygames.com

Here in the forums are working for a solution, but if you want to play it right now, check that u_u
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delboy2k10: Yeah its a Direct X 11 game, and the card therefore must be a newer type Nvidia or AMD card which is fully Direct X11 compliant. (From what I can tell, you dont need a high end DX11 card, just a card that is DX11 compliant, but its not very clear on any website for this specification)

They are working at lowering this to Dx9/10 but its going to take a few weeks.

Looking at the forums it appears the game is not coded to lower textures or graphics in the kind of way to make it run on cards bought more than 3 years ago, so yes be careful on your purchase or wait several weeks for the patch
"3D graphics card with 512 MB of RAM or more, compatible with DirectX 10, 500 MB HDD, Mouse, Keyboard. "

Trust me..is a directx 10 game (like my card ) but the problem is: XNA Hidef profile allow to develop the game easier, but with more restrictions. This happened to me before, and lot of people for example have a Directx10 card wich could play Skryim, but no these games. I have read the forums and that isn´t a directx related problem.

Anyway yeah, they are working for a solution, no downgrading directx 9,just trying to downgrad to the XNA lowdef profile, that is more compatible.

If people want to know if is card is capable of running this, download the Hell yeah,wrath of the dead bunny demo, its a XNA Hidef game with similar requirements.
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Heksebacon: Black & White should be a priority, go get it GOG.
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