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Posted October 01, 2015
FPS Immortals are here.

Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. You can pick them up at 33% off in two bundles:
<span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>.





Wolfenstein 3D (with Spear of Destiny) is widely considered to be the first true 3D FPS ever. It single handedly kickstarted a generation of id Software greats, and thus influenced just about every FPS we've played ever since. Its mazes, shades of gray, and blue hues are burned into the collective gaming memory - plus you get to kill a mechanized Hitler. Classic.
In the early days of FPS gaming, Quake II: Quad Damage was the milestone. In a spot-on review from 1997, GameSpot calls it "the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete." It was bigger, better, prettier, and smoother than any clone or predecessor - it also offered one of the most playable, and by far most popular multiplayer experiences of its day.
Quake III: Gold, aka. multiplayer revolution. Despite a controversial removal of the lauded single-player experience the series was known for, Quake III: Arena became a smash-hit and (together with Unreal Tournament) essentially defined arena-style, movement-based competitive gaming for years. The shooter spawned a community that's been living and breathing to this day.
In B.J. Blazkowicz's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, another legend is born. A unique, objective-based multiplayer mode saw immense popularity back in the day - and it was actually pretty okay if you're into that sort of thing. The single-player campaign is a dark, somewhat ridiculous freak show of morbid, scientific fantasy. An ever present sense of dread emanates from the disturbing experiments and cult-like universe, just waiting to be set afire - by you.


As with any Bethesda purchase, you'll also get The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall for free!


Prepare to fight in Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - now DRM-free on GOG.com. Return to the FPS immortals at 33% off in two bundles: <span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>. The promo will last for one week, until October 8, 12:59 PM GMT.



The four titles released today are not available for purchase in Germany. These are legal restrictions that are beyond our control, and we're very sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted October 03, 2015
Quake III may "only" be botmatches but those are really good, the LAN-multiplayer rocks, ther maps are of excellent design and there are tons of awesome mods and TCs for it, although the price is ridiculous indeed, it still is my favourite DM/CTF/TDM-game and some HD/Widescreen-mods applied makes it look quite good even for today's standards (at least mine).

I'm still interested in Quake 2 btw.
Post edited October 03, 2015 by Klumpen0815
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: Quake 3 is good even if you're a single-player only guy (as I am), there's a SP mode where you fight bots.
True enough, and I'm enough of a completionist that I'll probably want the GOG release of Q3 eventually. Right now, I'd be satisfied with just Quake 2, though. :)
Posted October 03, 2015
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Glamdring7: I'm sure the restriction for German customers must be very annoying to them, but you must understand GOG's position here, caught between the game makers having included certain content within the game and the German Law having banned such content and anything else containing such content. So unless the game makers offer a "German Law compatible" version of the game, GOG's hands are pretty much tied.
Then again there's always VPNs ;)
What will you say when you'll have to activate your next game, need to install Galaxy for SP, must be online while playing or get a region lock in your next installer?
There are more and more principles that don't exist anymore for GOG. All these mentioned things WILL come in future if you support such things. Especially Bethesda is a company that likes to treat adults like a child. E.g. Wolfenstein TNO has a region lock for Germany although there is no need and no conflict with German Law. EVERY other game with Hankenkreuzen (swastika) hasn't such restrictions. You as a gamer should say "NO" to something like this and don't don't support it.

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Shambhala: Second, the region locking and the removal of files aren't good, I agree, but it's still way better than not having the game.
See above. Would you say this would be better than nothing?
Other example: What would be better: 20 new games with activation, region lock, Galaxy for SP and/or to be online for playing or 10 new games with nothing of this -> classic GOG?
You have the power shape the future here on GOG. Don't buy such games and GOG will become more "GOG classic" like, buy it and GOG will become another Steam clone.

BTW: the retails of all id/Bethesda games released here are more DRM free than here, e.g. you can buy or sell them used.
Post edited October 03, 2015 by classic-gamer
Posted October 03, 2015
The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game.

Germans should just pirate them.
Post edited October 03, 2015 by Crosmando
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game. It's like removing all the demons in Doom and replacing them with human terrorists so to not offend Satan.
...or it's like replacing pedestrians by zombies with green blood in Carmageddon :D
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game. It's like removing all the demons in Doom and replacing them with human terrorists so to not offend Satan.
INB4 someone post this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: Quake 3 is good even if you're a single-player only guy (as I am), there's a SP mode where you fight bots.
SP makes a lot of fun in Quake 3, but I'm sure the price is the problem.
For MP play Quake Live, for SP/MP play OpenArena. Both are for free!
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game. It's like removing all the demons in Doom and replacing them with human terrorists so to not offend Satan.
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Elmofongo: INB4 someone post this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw
The "return to the combat zone" gets me every time.
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game.
German version of RTCW ist cut: no swastikas, no Nazis, no splatter.

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Elmofongo: INB4 someone post this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw
Call of Doom -;
Sad but true...
Post edited October 03, 2015 by classic-gamer
Posted October 03, 2015
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Elmofongo: INB4 someone post this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw
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Crosmando: The "return to the combat zone" gets me every time.
I never really noticed those "return to the combat zone" except for playing Multiplayer maps in Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront.

Never seen in during the single player.
Posted October 03, 2015
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Crosmando: The real question is: Why would anyone want to play W3D or RTCW without swastikas and Nazi's? That's like removing the entire essence of the game.
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classic-gamer: German version of RTCW ist cut: no swastikas, no Nazis, no splatter.
The violence in the German release of RTCW was left completely intact (pretty much like Wolfenstein: The New Order), which is why it was also blacklisted by the BPJS, despite receiving a "16" rating from the USK.

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Crosmando: The "return to the combat zone" gets me every time.
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Elmofongo: I never really noticed those "return to the combat zone" except for playing Multiplayer maps in Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront.

Never seen in during the single player.
Apparently, Medal of Honor: Warfighter used that sort of thing quite extensively and in extreme cases would instakill you if you made even a single step off the designated path.
Post edited October 03, 2015 by InfraSuperman
Posted October 03, 2015
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classic-gamer: German version of RTCW ist cut: no swastikas, no Nazis, no splatter.
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InfraSuperman: The violence in the German release of RTCW was left completely intact (pretty much like Wolfenstein: The New Order), which is why it was also blacklisted by the BPJS, despite receiving a "16" rating from the USK.
You're right. Mixed up with another game.
Posted October 03, 2015
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classic-gamer: German version of RTCW ist cut: no swastikas, no Nazis, no splatter.
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InfraSuperman: The violence in the German release of RTCW was left completely intact (pretty much like Wolfenstein: The New Order), which is why it was also blacklisted by the BPJS, despite receiving a "16" rating from the USK.

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Elmofongo: I never really noticed those "return to the combat zone" except for playing Multiplayer maps in Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront.

Never seen in during the single player.
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InfraSuperman: Apparently, Medal of Honor: Warfighter used that sort of thing quite extensively and in extreme cases would instakill you if you made even a single step off the designated path.
In Medal of Honor Allied Assault (Breakthrough Expansion to be accurate) there was a moment where a NPC was talking to you after a fight and standing next to a gate so for that "cinematic immersive" reason I stood close in front of him as he was talking to me, little did I know that the reason he stood in front of a gate was that he was supposed to die by a truck that crashed through the gate....and I got caught by the truck aswell and died as a result :P
Posted October 03, 2015
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Licurg: Why is Quake III 20$ ???
cause bethesda didn't had the balls to sell it for 30$
Post edited October 03, 2015 by apehater
Posted October 03, 2015
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apehater: grargar managed to find an older game: Geograph Seal
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IAmSinistar: Starglider 2
i'm impressed
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