Me.
Kind of ironic for them to hold a "back to school" sale, seeing as the books cost so darn much, you have nary a penny to spend afterwards.
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Well, maybe just enough for a game or two, but still.

Still waiting for Anno 1404 - Dawn of Discovery fix.

Thank you GOG Team!. I don't have any game from the connect list but maybe next time! ^_^

Yo! Just started today, in fact... and 16 years after I graduated high school. Heh.

nice although i have already replaced the games i had on steam with gog ones when they first came out here but it will be good for a lot of people will get a free drm copy

It has been discounted by 75% on Steam. Waiting for a similar sale here.

Why must you tease me, Dying Light? To be honest, I'd still like to see Dead Rising show up though.

So I did it. I signed up to GoG connect. It's not like I'll ever use steam again, but I do happen to have a few games on Steam that are here on GoG that could transfer over at a later point, like VTM: Bloodlines as a big one, and two or three others.

I'm just disappointed there isn't a list of games total that have been on the program, or rather that it has such small 1-week windows, since I might have missed one for a good game already or already re-purchased the game.

Anyways... guess i'll keep an eye the next time this rolls around.

GOG Connect is back! Yay! :)
Thank you Egosoft and GOG for X-Gold. Received and redeemed. ^_^

Ghorpm’s "don’t miss this hidden gem" recommendation

The Nations Gold (a.k.a. Alien Nations 2)

The first thing you should know is that the first game, namely Alien Nations is a bland strategy game, heavily inspired by the Settlers series and with a few (almost) game breaking bugs. Nothing really special so while you can still grab it (especially at that price) it’s not necessary. The Nations, however, improves on almost everything over its predecessor and is a very solid game with a few brilliant ideas, I'll try to mention the most important:

Realistic development. Add a few dwellings and your unit limit will increase? Forget about it! You can build as many houses as you wish but that alone will get you absolutely nothing! The basic unit of your society is a family (duh!). After some time children will grow up, move out from their parents and look for a spouse to start a new family. And then you are supposed to provide them a nice place to live and a suitable job. They can live without them for a short time (unemployment is not as bad as being homeless) but will get unhappy if it takes long enough. In practice that means you have to develop your city all the time. You cannot say to yourself: my economy is fine, I don't need more workers because I don't want to feed them (yes, you have to provide food and water for every worker!). If you don't create new workplaces unemployed folks will become criminals and being a mayor of a SinCity is not an easy task ;)

Technological advance has its drawback too! After fulfilling a few requirements you can advance to a new era which enables you to make better inventions. But be careful! The demands of your people will increase too. They may want some luxury items and/or more temples so make sure you can cope with it because otherwise... have I mentioned SinCity? I believe I have!

Trade and diplomacy. Now, that's where the game really shines. Trading is a very important part of the game. I wasted a lot of time during a few first missions because I didn't realize how important it was to trade! First of all there is a merchant guild (run by the storks, no less). In most cases they are willing to trade everything but they tend to be greedy. You can, however, trade with your neighbors. They won't accept every offer but you will get a much better deal with them. And most important of all trading influences your relations so sometimes it's advisable to strike a deal even if you don't need their resources badly. Just to show them you are cooperative. You will have a lot of problems if you forget about that. It's also important to mention that each nation can produce only a few luxury goods and you'll need all of them so you are bound to trade!

Military units. Build a barracks and spam your enemy with countless warriors? Well, forget about it too! You can only build limited amount of strongholds and all you can do is to hire a warlord to occupy them. But remember! You'll have to pay something in advance and a daily fee. Otherwise the warlord will leave you. Each warlord has a different demands and what's most important - he comes with a different army! So it's not advisable to hire a cheap warlord who has only one or two followers. He won't do much in battles and he will occupy one of your strongholds! Set a reasonable hiring standards! Oh, and by the way. Warlords are the only units you can directly control (their followers will... well, follow them ;). The idea of hiring your military units is really great but unfortunately battles are a bit messy and tedious - conquering a fortified city is not a pleasant task (and sometimes it's your mission objective!)

The game is really good and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. Maybe it’s not the best strategy game ever but very enjoyable nonetheless.

TL;DR Buy The Nations

Yeah, I bought those the day they landed here despite having them on Steam.

Every time they do a Connect offer I curse a bit for having already purchased the game again.

Of course I don't mind paying for a GOG copy, it's Steam copies I hate to buy.

Now, Homeworld, that I wouldn't mind seeing. I have a Steam copy, but the sales haven't gone low enough for me to buy it again here.

You're welcome. Have fun playing!

I wish I was going back to school. Being old isn't much fun kids.

my favorite times were in 4th grade... Mmmm now i miss it too...