Gorky 17

Although this game is a great specimen of Polish sci-fi, you should carefully think if you want to buy it. First, you may find yourself fiddling with graphics options a lot just to launch it (especially true for Direct 3D mode). If you don't really want to play this 640x480 game on you FullHD display, you would also want to run it with DxWnd, which is another bit of a hassle. Then, you may potentially encounter at least one plot-stopper bug that was not addressed in years (there is a solution for it in the GOG forums though). If you are afraid of 3d models with poly count of around 2,000, it is also not a good game for you :D. These, however, are the only things that may stop you from playing. If you really expect it to be an robust RPG with just a couple of whistles – don't. It's rather a sequence of turn-based battles that are connected with exploration and plot dialogue moments and sprinkled with a little bit of character progression and stats. On the positive side, the game is really atmospheric, and conveys the feel of sci-fi horror films circa 1999 really well. Go watch John Bruno's Virus before or after you play to get 90 more minutes of Gorky 17 ;).

It worked for like 5 minutes then crashed during the intro movie after clicking "new game" now i can't even get to the start menu. From what i've read "after" buying the game for $3, people have been having the same type of issues for over a year and GOG hasn't come out with a fix . not impressed .

super game

This is the first game I've played on GOG that had serious and continual glitches. The visual glitches, sound clipping and random crashes to the desktop really detract from this game. That said it is fun to play and can be quite challenging until you get the hang of it. Overall I'd say get it as long as it's in the $3-5 but be prepared for some minor inconveniences while playing.

WARNING: If you don't know it already this game was originally made for Win98 and bunch of videocards that are now impossible to find and won't fit on a modern motherboard anyway. It does have a software mode which looks decent enough for late 90s game. So there's a high chance you won't be able to run it on a modern computer and OS. If you CAN run it, it's still a buggy mess with DirectX graphics giving you glitches, so you might have to play it software mode anyway. And the game frequently hangs and makes some of your more powerful weapon disappear. AFAIK no fan made patches were ever made to resolve existing bugs. Otherwise it's a pretty fun game with good humour for a horror themed game. Difficulty is pretty high until you figure out the monster's AI ,attack patterns and weaknesses. There's also a nearly impossible to beat invisible monster battle, which is SKIPPABLE if you know which area to avoid.