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Posted November 12, 2013
Pioneer the post-apocalyptic open world.

Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic, a post-apocalyptic open world full of awe and danger, as imagined in a 1988 RPG, is available for only $5.99 on GOG.com

They say that ever since the nuclear holocaust, America is no longer a place for heroes. They say, that it is no longer the land of the free. Know, that they've been lying to you. In the atomic wasteland of the year 2087, there is still room for bravery, justice, and order. There are men and women standing guard to what is left of civilized society, facing villains, mutants, bandits, and monsters on daily basis. When everyone else just gave up, they roam the ruins of our nation's sinful past, and do the impossible to bring law to the badlands. They are the Desert Rangers, and this is their story.

Back in 1988 Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic (or just Wasteland back then) took the fresh memory of living in constant fear during the Cold War, reached for the aesthetics of the Mad Max movies, added solid cRPG mechanics, and offered gamers an experience that would soon inspire a whole gaming sub-genre. Long before Mr. Ron Perlman announced to the world that "war never changes" in the iconic opening sequence to Fallout, the post-apocalyptic grim future was a vision already present and persistent in the minds of gamers. That was mostly because of Wasteland. The open-ended free-roam gameplay, paired with incredibly rich and suggestive setting made a lasting impression on everyone who dared to visit the nuclear desert. With challenging difficulty level and great variety of NPCs, quests, and locations, this fantastic title is still a blast to play!

Do you remember playing this title, or maybe you'd like to see how the gaming post-apo craze has begun? Pick the slightly updated version of Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic, for only $5.99, on GOG.com.
Posted November 12, 2013
"Hellrazor tries to hire rat but fails!"

hahaha! GOG playthroughs to get screenshots can get funny at times.
Posted November 12, 2013
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Vault_Boy: Steam and DRM-free in the same sentence is just wrong. Steam IS the DRM here; what you mean is that there is no ADDITIONAL DRM besides Steam.
No, he means that there is no DRM. There are fully DRM-free games on Steam. Half-Life 2, for example, does not require Steam to be running, or be anywhere on the system.
Post edited November 12, 2013 by Maighstir
Posted November 12, 2013
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deonast: Cool I backed number 2 so I have a choice of GOG or Steam to redeem for this one as a bonus. No choice really DRM free all the way.
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ET3D: Steam copy is DRM free and will include a Linux version, which won't be available on GOG. (You won't get a DRM-free installer on Steam, but you can back up the game folder without problem.)
The whole steam download / play model is tied to their client etc, I think of that as DRM. Too time consuming to download all games via steam back them up and hope that you could run them if steam for some reason went away. GOG Stand alone DRM free installers are better in my mind (and backed up on my own hard drives just in case).

That said I do tend to get games on steam when they are 75% off or so for the linux support or if they just aren't available any other way.
Posted November 12, 2013
Personally I haven´t played this game, but I have heard of it more than a lot and I´m definitely going to buy it... Perhaps wait for a good sale, though.
5,99$ is a bit too high for an old game, that I haven´t ever even tried.
Posted November 12, 2013
I'm waiting till inxile get it on Humble or the like so I'll have access to the linux build. Hopefully that will happen before Wasteland 2 comes out. As for Steam I don't have an account and I intend on keeping it that way.
Posted November 12, 2013
Hooray! One of the best RPGs of my youth is finally here. Instabuy!
Posted November 12, 2013
well this was a instant buy from me, feels weird playing this game with actual music though.

All I need now is Albion, the SSI era AD&D games as well as the two Buck Rogers games and Wizardry 1-5 and I will be one happy camper.
Post edited November 12, 2013 by DCT
Posted November 12, 2013
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jamesbuc: Really nice to see this here but the price is a little... off-kilter and pricey so to speak, especially for this. It just doesnt feel value for money in any sense sadly :(
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Erich_Zann: "especially for this" ? "no value for money in any sense" ?
Wasteland ?
Did I by accident log into the Steam forums ? Are you retarded ? So many questions...
Um... right... That's not what I meant at all. What I meant that in comparison to many other titles on this site and given the age of this title, its a little overpriced and hurt by some of the 'Set price' policies here. Hence why feel it doesn't have the value for money here.

Also: I have played the game and while it is fun, it has aged, I understand too its place in gaming history but I also understand the first Ultima's place in gaming history, that too has aged a bit and is better served as part of a set (as it is with 1-2-3, 4-5-6 and Underworld 1-2 being packed together for the same asking price as this has). By itself and at the current price point, its not worth it in my opinion.

Ive edited the post a little to make it more clear
Post edited November 12, 2013 by jamesbuc
Posted November 12, 2013
In the past I would have preferred to get this on GOG, as I agree with and support their DRM-free policy. But their stance on Linux is making this choice more and more difficult. Especially in cases like this when the developers are making the effort to support Linux.
Posted November 12, 2013
Glad to see this here, but I wish GOG would've released it on another day. People are gonna look at this and ignore Sang-Froid as just another indie, and that's not right since SF is probably one of the best games to come out this year.
Posted November 12, 2013
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Licurg: Glad to see this here, but I wish GOG would've released it on another day. People are gonna look at this and ignore Sang-Froid as just another indie, and that's not right since SF is probably one of the best games to come out this year.
Never fear, people will look at the Wasteland gamecard, and either dismiss it because "it has aged" (this isn't Good Old Games anymore after all, we're here for the shiny stuff now), dismiss it because of graphics, babble about Linux, or more or less openly complain that it's not given away for free. Or even compare it to Ultima I, because why not ?
/rant

Anyway, about Sang-Froid, since you know the game already : is it somewhat like The Horde, as the trailer seems to indicate ? Is it pure real-time or pausable ? How are the controls, RTS-like or direct control over your guy ? How is the character development aspect, gimmicky or allowing for different builds ?
Post edited November 12, 2013 by Erich_Zann
Posted November 12, 2013
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Licurg: Glad to see this here, but I wish GOG would've released it on another day. People are gonna look at this and ignore Sang-Froid as just another indie, and that's not right since SF is probably one of the best games to come out this year.
Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even notice the release post for Sang-Froid, that looks bad ass. Reminds me of
The Horde, which GOG also needs. Also glad to see Wasteland here. I might have to get one of these to play today if someone doesn't fix the botched Enemy Within release on steam.
Posted November 12, 2013
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deonast: Too time consuming to download all games via steam back them up and hope that you could run them if steam for some reason went away.
You don't have to hope. inXile has stated that the game is DRM free on Steam and will run without Steam in the background. (According to a KS2 backer who contacted them.) Downloading and backing it up shouldn't be much more of a hassle than downloading and backing a GOG installer.

The downside is that if you don't have access to one of the platforms then you can download the installer on GOG but can't download the game for that platform on Steam. On the other hand you can't download Linux at all on GOG.

So I'd say that if you're thinking you might move to a Mac then GOG is better, and if you're thinking you might move to Linux then Steam is the way to go. Of course if you're already on Linux then Steam is the only way to go.
Posted November 12, 2013
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Licurg: Glad to see this here, but I wish GOG would've released it on another day. People are gonna look at this and ignore Sang-Froid as just another indie, and that's not right since SF is probably one of the best games to come out this year.
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Erich_Zann: Never fear, people will look at the Wasteland gamecard, and either dismiss it because "it has aged" (this isn't Good Old Games anymore after all, we're here for the shiny stuff now), dismiss it because of graphics, babble about Linux, or more or less openly complain that it's not given away for free. Or even compare it to Ultima I, because why not ?
/rant

Anyway, about Sang-Froid, since you know the game already : is it somewhat like The Horde, as the trailer seems to indicate ? Is it pure real-time or pausable ? How are the controls, RTS-like or direct control over your guy ? How is the character development aspect, gimmicky or allowing for different builds ?
Sorry, I never played The Horde, so don't know how they compare. You select one of two lumberjacks(brothers), each one with a different play style, and every night, wolves attack your cabin. During day time, you have to set up traps for them, as well as chop wood for money, go to town to buy stuff, etc. During the night, you have to kill the wolves that get past the traps, for which there are a number of methods available, including using an authentic rifle from the period (which takes around 20 seconds to reload), or the axe, etc. The perspective is a third-person one.

You can see a decent playthrough here, of you can ignore the annoying guy doing it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3VlqTiPzAo
Posted November 12, 2013
Awesome release! Also, I can't help but look at some of the pictures and note how naturally the colors blend together in the "modern" look. I mean, seriously, it's clear from the screenshots they're using a scalar or shader, but I don't know if they're using a stock one (like HQ2x or something like that) or a custom one. Anyone got an idea?
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