Infinite Dungeons in NWN1 is pretty close.

If only I could get Forgotten Realms - The Archives - Collections.
Thank you for D&D sale though.

Meh. Still not cheap enough for me to get Icewind Dale. I'm not interested at all in the so-called 'Enhanced Edition', and I'm not paying extra to get something I don't want or need. Besides, Beamdog sucks for doing that, so I might not be willing to pay even the (discounted) price of the original Icewind Dale anymore. I have nothing against remasters, enhanced editions, or whatever they're called, but forcefully bundling old, cheaper games with newer, more expensive editions is a despicable tactic I'm not willing to support and one I'm going to voice my dissent every time I get the chance.

EDIT: Uh, I guess I already owned it. All these months I've been thinking I missed the opportunity while actually owning it. This is embarrassing. Well, at least I have what I wanted without having to support Beamdog's anti-consumer tactics.

Same, i waited for a good discount simply while the games look interesting, i'm not 100% sure i will really enjoy them. But with those prices i just bought Strongold, Forgotten Realms Archive Two, Krynn Series and Dark Sun Series to start with a nice mix and see where this is going (then i might buy the rest to complete it)

"Pool of Radiance Ruins of myth Drannor" is still not here. It should be for completionists of everything PC D&D, even though Ubi probably want to forget it existed.

Bought a book of grid paper a couple of weeks ago with the intention of starting the Gold Box series again after almost 30 years. I know I can probably download maps these days, but mapping it out by hand was part of the fun. Guess I know what I'll be doing this Easter holiday.

Curious about Siege of Dragonspear, but it looks like yet another sale where the discount hasn't gone beyond 15%. Not worth it for the price.

I haven't played any of these old games which are now owned by GOG. All of them are high rated, but a part of that rating probably is for nostalgic reasons. How good and playable are these games still today?

I guess it's also a matter of taste and interest, but personally, I think, with the exception of Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA for short), the Gold Box games aren't all that attractive for new players today, due to the really basic 80's EGA graphics in some of the older titles (no real pixel art, just rather crude stuff, IMO), their use of journal entries (instead of describing in-game what's happening, they often refer you to read passages in the manual, which is even more annoying nowadays when you only get a digital pdf copy of it), GUI (e.g. press M to move in combat, instead of just move), and a lot of combat vs. rather simple stories. That's my personal view and bias, in any case, as someone who didn't play these games back in the days. If someone is a massive D&D geek, has a vivid imagination, loves hacking and slashing and doesn't mind the issues mentioned above, they might still be able to get into them. I couldn't.

I'm a big fan of FRUA though, the Gold Box construction kit which uses the most advanced engine of the Gold Box games with slightly better UI, VGA graphics that aren't as bad anymore, and which also allows for inserting your own pictures. The best thing about it is that there is a small but still active and very nice community for it that has expanded the editor's potential via hacking and modding, and that there are scores of free high quality fan made adventures available for it on the net. And you can easily create your own ones as well, if that's something that interest you. The only downside is that you have to jump through some hoops to set up the GOG version in a way that allows you to experience all the hacked content, but it should just be a matter of 15 minutes or so, including the reading, and after that you're up for hundreds of hours of fun. So IMO, the FR Collection 2 is totally worth it, even for new players, but mostly for FRUA - and provided you're into D&D, turn based combat and reading.

The 3D dungeon crawlers from the Eye of the Beholder series and Dungeon Hack still look and play great today, they are perfectly accessible for new players, though with the caveats that (a) the Eye of the Beholder games don't feature an automap, so you have to either map out the dungeons yourself, get the maps from the internet or just find your way around the dungeons without a map, which can be tricky in some spots regarding teleporters and secret doors, and that (b) Dungeon Hack is just a randomized dungeon crawl without any story-telling aspects to speak of, so depending of what you're looking for, you might become bored with it after a while.

I'm not quite sure about the rest of the games. I loved Al-Qadim back in the days, and it should still be accessible, but I couldn't bring myself to replay it now. The Ravenloft. Menzoberranzan and Dark Sun games always interested me, but I never played through them and I think I remember they were plagued by some more serious bugs, but I might be mistaken.

Holy messianic farts batman! Great reply but I'm sureally you could've summarised this a wee bit. I personally don't give two farts about old graphics (so long as they don't hurt my brain) so I might just grab these (especially eye of the beholder)

It's just too scare off everyone who is too impatient and doesn't like reading that much, as they probably wouldn't enjoy half of these old games anyway. ;P

It's a little ironic that you're quoting it in its entirety in a direct reply.

Just trying to drive the point home.

Wow...this is the sale I've been waiting for! And the chance to pick up the remaining 14 D&D games on my wishlist for only $11? Thank you, GOG!! This is one of those rare times when buying them all works out for me.

If someone gives you 5000 dollars to play it, it might be worth it. Otherwise it is daylight robbery.

My 2p: nostalgia is so tricky that I can play Drakkhen today and have fun with it though it is a completely inaccssible game unless you know what to do. But I believe the first Eye of the Beholder games are quite fun even today once you know what bunch of spells are useful, max up your characters on creation and know how to make backups of your saved games from time to time. I actually think that EOB2 is quite fast paced, like a square movement-based FPS. The level design is incredibly good, though the respawning at some levels is very annoying.

My favourite of the bunch is Al Qadim, though. I have a review in GOG, but the bottom line is that it is beautiful and well written.