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Posted March 22, 2021
Spring is finally peeking through our windows, and along with its arrival comes sunshine, the smell of flowers, and… awesome game deals! The Spring Sale on GOG.COM brings you 3,000+ shining game deals up to 92% off, as well as new additions to the catalog, and the latest demos of upcoming games.

During the Spring Sale, you can also book your ticket to Night City and get Cyberpunk 2077 for 20% off. Fans of The Witcher games will find select titles from the series up to 85% off. Of course, you can be sure that when you buy CD PROJEKT RED games directly on GOG.COM, 100% of your money goes to the CD PROJEKT Group.

To help you navigate our spring discounts, we have also prepared game collections like:

Evergreen Titles with classic games like Diggles: The Myth of Fenris (-33%) and Warcraft I & II Bundle (-15%).

Bestsellers Collection with games renowned around the world such as Dead Cells (-30%) and the Shadowrun Trilogy (-75%).

RPG Collection includes great games like Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (-50%) and Torment: Tides of Numenera (-75%).

Strategies Collection with engaging games such as BATTLETECH (-75%) and Europa Universalis III Complete (-75%).

Deepest Discounts with fun, challenging titles like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (-90%) and XCOM® 2 (-92%).

Breathtaking Views with games set in beautiful landscapes, such as The Falconeer (-20%) and Mount & Blade: Warband (-75%).

Fresh Indies consists of games booming with creativity, like Beat Cop (-80%) and This War of Mine (-75%).

Take a Virtual Walk with walking simulators such as Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition (-75%) and LOST EMBER (-50%).

Brave New Worlds includes games set in outer space, like Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (-90%) and Master of Orion 3 (-50%).

There's one more special treat that we have prepared: the Soon to Bloom collection, featuring over 20 demo versions of upcoming titles. Give them a try and wishlist games like Backbone, Dorfromantik, Kathy Rain: Director's Cut, System Shock, The Tenants - Free Trial, Timberborn, and many more!

The Spring Sale on GOG.COM runs until April 5th, 2021, at 1 PM UTC.
Posted March 23, 2021
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Sulibor: No, I have both the demo and full version of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun assigned to my account.
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Clairsentient: That's what I'm afraid of.

Even when I hide a game, it still counts toward my total games.
Sometimes demos offer unique levels, not found in full game (from top of my head: Jedi Knighgt 2, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and from new and present on gog Overload) so sometimes keeping them assigned to your account makes sense.
Posted March 23, 2021
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Clairsentient: That's what I'm afraid of.

Even when I hide a game, it still counts toward my total games.
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Sulibor: Sometimes demos offer unique levels, not found in full game (from top of my head: Jedi Knighgt 2, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and from new and present on gog Overload) so sometimes keeping them assigned to your account makes sense.
This. Especially with software that, while fulfilling the purpose of a demo, appear to be a prologue or sidequest to the main program. Many get called "Prologue", actually. This is not new. Starcraft had a fun demo that was actually the prologue to the story, telling how the first contact between Human and Zerg happened.

Since there was some talking about the Heroes of Might and Magic series: Those who try Heroes of Might and Magic III, remember that it is possible to get it to work with a large resolution, more than back in the day.
Post edited March 23, 2021 by Carradice
Posted March 23, 2021
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Added to the sale:
• $4.08 • -66% • Project Warlock
• $5.99 • -70% • Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
• $7.49 • -70% • Regalia - Royal Edition
• $9.59 • -60% • WARSAW
• $9.99 • -50% • FORCED SHOWDOWN
• $9.99 • -50% • Surviving Mars: Space Race Plus
• $10.19 • -66% • Surviving Mars
• $13.59 • -66% • Surviving Mars - Digital Deluxe Edition
• $17.49 • -50% • Surviving Mars - Season Pass
• $20.99 • -40% • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice
• $22.09 • -66% • Surviving Mars - First Colony Edition
• $29.69 • -34% • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice - Save the World Edition
Posted March 24, 2021
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eiii: I've started with HoMM IV and had no problems.
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Carradice: For those who have not played these games: The main difference between IV and the rest is that the hero appears as a unit in the army during battles. Sounds neat, right?. However, the enemy could start by killing your hero straight away. That meant the battle was over.
You’re misremembering ;)
The hero death does not cause the end of the battle in any way, it still goes on until one army is defeated. Then the dead hero needs to be escorted to a friendly town, where she will be resurrected.
Posted March 24, 2021
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Post edited March 24, 2021 by JackknifeJohnson
Posted March 24, 2021
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Sulibor: No, I have both the demo and full version of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun assigned to my account.
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Clairsentient: That's what I'm afraid of.

Even when I hide a game, it still counts toward my total games.
It's just a number. I have struggled with letting go of my attachment to nebulous values like online rep and percent complete on a game, and am always much happier after forcing myself to admit that it doesn't matter.
Posted March 24, 2021
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Carradice: For those who have not played these games: The main difference between IV and the rest is that the hero appears as a unit in the army during battles. Sounds neat, right?. However, the enemy could start by killing your hero straight away. That meant the battle was over.
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vv221: You’re misremembering ;)
The hero death does not cause the end of the battle in any way, it still goes on until one army is defeated. Then the dead hero needs to be escorted to a friendly town, where she will be resurrected.
There's also a spell that instantly resurrects heroes a certain number of times. And you can have armies of just heroes anyway, fill all slots.
Posted March 24, 2021
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Carradice: For those who have not played these games: The main difference between IV and the rest is that the hero appears as a unit in the army during battles. Sounds neat, right?. However, the enemy could start by killing your hero straight away. That meant the battle was over.
No, the battle continues. You even can win it when the rest of your army is strong enough.

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Carradice: Besides that, there were innovations, but it became commonplace (possibly unfairly) to despise IV.
HoMM IV changed the handling of the heroes. And people do not like changes. That's why a lot of the players coming from HoMM III did not like HoMM IV. Personally I find the hero handling in HoMM IV much better. It gives you more flexibility and options. You can use more than one hero in an army, which allows you to combine the strengths of different hero categories. And you can use armies without a hero. That and the introduction of caravans in HoMM IV makes the handling of reinforcements less tedious.

But yes, HoMM IV plays differently to HoMM III (and earlier versions). To people which never have played any HoMM game I only can recommend to try out both, HoMM IV and HoMM III, to check out which game mechanics fits your playing style better.
Post edited March 24, 2021 by eiii
Posted March 24, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: It's not necessarily what I have in mind. A shop-like page with demos and prologues which would unclutter the shop.
I do not mind having to add the demos to my account, especially as it allows me to keep a demo even when it is removed from the shop. But I would like to have demos in a separate category, just like it is done with the movies.

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Clairsentient: I don't want them to count toward my game's count.
Agreed. With hopefully more demos coming to GOG they unnecessarily clutter up the game catalog and the list of owned games. That's why it would be better to have them in a separate category.
Post edited March 24, 2021 by eiii
Posted March 24, 2021
part 1

More general highlights of the first 18 pages sorted by "Date Added", for your consideration

https://www.gog.com/game/warlords_i_ii
https://www.gog.com/game/warlords_iii_darklords_rising
https://www.gog.com/game/stranglehold
https://www.gog.com/game/one_finger_death_punch_2
https://www.gog.com/game/hexplore
https://www.gog.com/game/wizardry_labyrinth_of_lost_souls
https://www.gog.com/game/the_quest
https://www.gog.com/game/of_orcs_and_men
https://www.gog.com/game/legends_of_amberland_the_forgotten_crown
https://www.gog.com/game/freedom_fighters
https://www.gog.com/game/battle_engine_aquila
https://www.gog.com/game/bridge_constructor_portal
https://www.gog.com/game/the_immortal
https://www.gog.com/game/outwars
https://www.gog.com/game/ufo_afterlight
https://www.gog.com/game/original_war ($1)
https://www.gog.com/game/dungeons_3_complete_collection
https://www.gog.com/game/close_combat_wacht_am_rhein
https://www.gog.com/game/operencia_the_stolen_sun

Square Enix, Retroism (some re-releases), and Activision Summer 2020 releases

https://www.gog.com/game/supreme_commander_gold_edition
https://www.gog.com/game/supreme_commander_2
https://www.gog.com/game/life_is_strange_before_the_storm_deluxe_edition
https://www.gog.com/game/shivers_ii_harvest_of_souls
https://www.gog.com/game/outpost_2_divided_destiny
https://www.gog.com/game/across_the_rhine
https://www.gog.com/game/f19_stealth_fighter
https://www.gog.com/game/gunship
https://www.gog.com/game/uprising_join_or_die
https://www.gog.com/game/requiem_avenging_angel
https://www.gog.com/game/killing_time
https://www.gog.com/game/nam

https://www.gog.com/game/mortal_kombat_4

a few of the Telltale re-releases
https://www.gog.com/game/walking_dead_season_1_the
https://www.gog.com/game/walking_dead_season_2_the
https://www.gog.com/game/wolf_among_us_the
https://www.gog.com/game/batman_a_telltale_game_series
Post edited March 24, 2021 by tfishell
Posted March 24, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: It's not necessarily what I have in mind. A shop-like page with demos and prologues which would unclutter the shop.
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eiii: I do not mind having to add the demos to my account, especially as it allows me to keep a demo even when it is removed from the shop. But I would like to have demos in a separate category, just like it is done with the movies.

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Clairsentient: I don't want them to count toward my game's count.
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eiii: Agreed. With hopefully more demos coming to GOG they unnecessarily clutter up the game catalog and the list of owned games. That's why it would be better to have them in a separate category.
Yes, this is a good idea.
A different category for demos, prologues, and goodies, just like the movies category.

I'd be surprised if GOG listens to this feedback :)
Posted March 24, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: It's not necessarily what I have in mind. A shop-like page with demos and prologues which would unclutter the shop.
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eiii: I do not mind having to add the demos to my account, especially as it allows me to keep a demo even when it is removed from the shop. But I would like to have demos in a separate category, just like it is done with the movies.
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Clairsentient: I don't want them to count toward my game's count.
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eiii: Agreed. With hopefully more demos coming to GOG they unnecessarily clutter up the game catalog and the list of owned games. That's why it would be better to have them in a separate category.
It would also be nice to have more filters in library. Such as ability to filter based on type (game, demo, STANDALONE goodies, etc).

Also, perhaps it's just me but the library refuses to display more than 1 tag per game on a grid view even tho the space for additional ones is plentiful in the div.
Posted March 24, 2021
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eiii: HoMM IV changed the handling of the heroes. And people do not like changes.
The problem I had with Heroes IV was not the changes, but rather that the AI was utterly brain-dead to the point of ruining the game. They knew but released it anyway instead of fixing it. (That is, the battlefield AI was OK, but not the strategic AI.) The campaign cleverly disguised this by having you fight against mobs 99% of the time, with the occasional AI (that never really did anything) thrown it to make it seem like something more interesting was happening. Playing scenarios was completely pointless. Maybe it was fun playing against other humans.
Post edited March 24, 2021 by eric5h5
Posted March 24, 2021
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vv221: The hero death does not cause the end of the battle in any way, it still goes on until one army is defeated. Then the dead hero needs to be escorted to a friendly town, where she will be resurrected.
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eiii: No, the battle continues.
Thanks for making it clear! :-D You are right. However, with the average 1-hero army, the death of the single hero usually tipped the scales dramatically. If the armies were equal, losing your hero normally means defeat. Even if you somehow won, your losses were going to be higher. Then, the remnants of the army would move at a reduced speed to a place where the hero could be resurrected. All this was quite punishing. The problem of making the game work like chess (go for the hero first) is that you could not protect the hero as efficiently as you can protect your king in chess.

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Carradice: Besides that, there were innovations, but it became commonplace (possibly unfairly) to despise IV.
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eiii: HoMM IV changed the handling of the heroes. And people do not like changes. That's why a lot of the players coming from HoMM III did not like HoMM IV. Personally I find the hero handling in HoMM IV much better. It gives you more flexibility and options. You can use more than one hero in an army, which allows you to combine the strengths of different hero categories. And you can use armies without a hero. That and the introduction of caravans in HoMM IV makes the handling of reinforcements less tedious.

But yes, HoMM IV plays differently to HoMM III (and earlier versions). To people which never have played any HoMM game I only can recommend to try out both, HoMM IV and HoMM III, to check out which game mechanics fits your playing style better.
Sure, we agree. It is a pity when you meet a game full of promise that becomes an underdog and is unfairly despised.

I actually would recommend starting with II for people who can play older games. It is worth it. Then, III can be played at high resolution and that is nice. About IV, I would suggest: play it after III and see if enjoy the changes: troops ferrying by themselves was neat, and the management of heroes was interesting (everything but the way they were brought to the battle).

I wonder what might have happened if the developers had been a bit more imaginative in the way they brought the heroes to the battle. Allowing troops nearby to intercept attacks, or providing them with some sort of Parma Magica so that they would not be affected by enemy spells and fliers in the same way that the rest of the units. Maybe giving them a retinue/comites/garde du corps that defended the hero but could not be used in attack... Or allowing direct attacks to the leading hero only after a sizeable part of the hero's army was defeated... Or allowing attacks to and from bodyguards only after said sizeable part of the hero is defeated... Maybe giving the hero a chance to retreat (at the cost of losing a part of the troops in the retreat, if you want)... Imagine a popup informing the player "The remaining troops of your army cannot effectively impede that the retinue of your leading hero is attacked. There will be risk to your leading hero if you do not retreat now. 1) Press on the fight. 2) Retreat the hero. 3) General retreat (additional loses)."

...I do not know, it is the job of the developers to invent something. It was exciting to see heroes in the battlefield, but the way they implemented it was very flawed. Which was a pity, since the game had a lot of great ideas.

For those who remember both III, IV, and V: did not several of the innovations of IV pass on to V?
Post edited March 24, 2021 by Carradice
Posted March 24, 2021
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eiii: Agreed. With hopefully more demos coming to GOG they unnecessarily clutter up the game catalog and the list of owned games. That's why it would be better to have them in a separate category.
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B1tF1ghter: It would also be nice to have more filters in library. Such as ability to filter based on type (game, demo, STANDALONE goodies, etc).

Also, perhaps it's just me but the library refuses to display more than 1 tag per game on a grid view even tho the space for additional ones is plentiful in the div.
It's not just you. It would be nice to see all tags checked which in my case should display Downloaded and Finished.

I also discovered that GOG added a Soon to bloom collection page They should keep it up and running adding direct downloads as suggested.

In re eiii I don't mind demos being added to my account. As opposed to In-dev titles prologues and demos, once downloaded, can and should be shared! Nothing illegal there. By nature what's in the wild is staying around forever. So I don't see why this should be gated by an account and not free for all visiting this website. Seeing as how Steam has those timed demos might really attract people to GOG if for no other reason.

Besides there is one other thing I think needs be changed: Special sales.

Usually I browse discounted games adding items to my basket then continuing to a special sales page. The way it works is that I have to tick boxes and process to checkout once satisfied with the selection. When clicking the checkout button I can only pay for titles added from the special sales page ... Why can't I also pay for items already in my basket?

Consider how much worse this situation gets when there is more than one special sales page. You got to pay extra each time instead of adding the items to your basket allowing you to pay for all your items. What say you, GOG - if anything?
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