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Posted October 11, 2013
Here's your weekly Message From GOG!

Did you know that there's a magical land, where everyone frowns upon the weekend and celebrates the coming of Monday. Yup. I kid you not. It's called Erathia. Anyway, it's far away from here, and here we have Friday! Yes, it's Friday, so here's a new episode of This Week on GOG, a short video guide to recent events, promos, and other happenings on the site. By the way, if you haven't already, you might want to follow the GOG.com channel on YouTube, so you don't miss our shows, specials, and exclusive trailers.

This Week on GOG episode 36

Also, check out our Exciting EA Exclusives weekend promo, and don't forget: until Thursday, October 17 at 9:59 AM GMT, you'll get a FREE copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition with your every purchase on GOG.com. Have a great weekend, and an Erathian Monday ;-)
Post edited October 11, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted October 12, 2013
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cich: I hate to intrudge on your conversation but, seriously, Syberia 1 is absolutely a complete game. It didn't require a sequel. The open ending makes the whole narrative stronger, more meaningful and fits the game perfectly. Everything that mattered was concluded in a satisfactory way.
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Psyringe: By all means _do_ intrude. I never played Syberia myself (yet ;) ), I only have second-hand information about it (like SLP2000 has about Montague's Mount), so I definitely welcome statements from people with first-hand experience of the game. :)

But if the story of Syberia 1 really provided closure for at least some of it's story arcs, then this is already a fundamental difference to Montague's Mount - because there, literally nothing does. There are three main story arcs, of which two are left hanging completely, and the third has one important detail revealed at the end of the game. The narrator then tells you "I need to find out more. I need to go to Montague's Mount". And then the outro starts and tells you that you need to buy an as-of-yet unreleased and unannounced sequel for that.

I haven't seen the ending of Syberia, but I'm confident that it's not on _that_ level. ;)
Syberia concentrates on exploring certain themes and developing the protagonist. These story arcs are great and complete. In a way they actively fight with the plot of the game all along the way, and that's why it may seem incomplete. There's a reason why people don't like the sequel as much as the original - it didn't need to exist, we didn't need to see what we already knew.

Actually, I'm surprised you didn't play it :) It would fit your adventuring needs perfectly.

Also, a better example for your discussion would probably be Still Life. This one had a cliffhanger that everyone seemed to hate.
Posted October 12, 2013
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cich: Actually, I'm surprised you didn't play it :) It would fit your adventuring needs perfectly.
I think so too, that's why I'm keeping it in the backlog for some future special occasion or mood ... like others might do with a bottle of good wine. ;)

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cich: Also, a better example for your discussion would probably be Still Life. This one had a cliffhanger that everyone seemed to hate.
To be honest, I'm not sure if there _is_ a good example for the way how Montague's Mount leaves every single question open in its ending. I _did_ play games with stories that seemed unfinished, but Montague's Mount honestly plays in a whole different league.
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Posted October 12, 2013
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cich: Actually, I'm surprised you didn't play it :) It would fit your adventuring needs perfectly.
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Psyringe: I think so too, that's why I'm keeping it in the backlog for some future special occasion or mood ... like others might do with a bottle of good wine. ;)
That's a great metaphor :D
Syberia has such a fantastic atmosphere that a comparison to a bottle of good wine fits perfectly.
Post edited October 12, 2013 by cich
Posted October 12, 2013
GOG, are you going to be putting Deponia 3 for preorder? I've gotten all Daedalic games(except Memoria) from here and would love to get Deponia 3 as well
Posted October 12, 2013
Regarding "Montague's Mount": The developer has responded to my mini-review on Greenlight, and has also introduced himself on GOG. He clarifies that the game has been split in two parts, of which the currently released product is the first. The product description will be fixed to reflect the actual product better. It seems that the somewhat silly stance of "This is a complete product containing all previously planned episodes" has been dropped, which makes me hopeful that an honest effort will be made to fix this.
Post edited October 12, 2013 by Psyringe
Posted October 13, 2013
Next week release:

Gas Guzzlers Extreme?

http://www.gamepires.com/


I think Good Bye Deponia will also be released next week on tuesday.
Post edited October 13, 2013 by Silverhawk170485
Posted October 14, 2013
We now return to Manos...the hands of fate.
Posted October 15, 2013
So Thursday is the official day for Carmag- I mean Enigmatic release, is that right?

Also, I wonder if the Anniversary celebration can be considered over with the Witcher promo.
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