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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
Is there a reason why each individual game of the retro series are discounted but the respective bundle for each is full price?
Posted March 23, 2021
I think because they think it will sell more units to have them individually reduced in price.
Posted March 23, 2021
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vv221: By "classic" I mean all games for 1 to 5 excluding Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ. Despite this last one being my favourite this is not one I would suggest to newcomers ;)
I've started with HoMM IV and had no problems. It's also my favorite game in the series. Personally I found HoMM III harder to get into.

But when you start with HoMM IV and get used to the flexible hero and army handling and the caravans it's hard to go back to an earlier HoMM version. HoMM IV also has the best graphics in the series, at least for me.
Posted March 23, 2021
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eiii: HoMM IV also has the best graphics in the series, at least for me.
And the best music too ;)
Posted March 23, 2021
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vv221: By "classic" I mean all games for 1 to 5 excluding Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ. Despite this last one being my favourite this is not one I would suggest to newcomers ;)
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eiii: I've started with HoMM IV and had no problems. It's also my favorite game in the series. Personally I found HoMM III harder to get into.

But when you start with HoMM IV and get used to the flexible hero and army handling and the caravans it's hard to go back to an earlier HoMM version. HoMM IV also has the best graphics in the series, at least for me.
Good to know I am not the only one who likes HoMM IV :D
Maybe not as good as III, but I liked the changes in it.
Posted March 23, 2021
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Clairsentient: Are the demos removable from our library?
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SmollestLight: No, Demos just like everything else will stay on your account. You can always hide them from your collection. =)
Just a thought: Hosting demos and free prologues collectively on a dedicated page with direct download links, accessible without account, could attract new customers. ;-)
Posted March 23, 2021
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Robette: No, which is the absolute main reason I don't get them. :)
(well, guess you could ask support to remove them manually)
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Clairsentient: shoot, i wanted to try several games.
Thanks for replying.
But what is the problem with having a demo and then maybe someday having the full game?
Do demos lock ability to buy full versions all of the sudden or something?

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joppo: *bursts out laughing after seeing Batman: Arkham Knight among "beautiful landscapes"*
Perhaps this (dark skies and all, dark atmosphere, etc) is a hidden message in regards to GOG's true nature /s (in regards to you know what)

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badacid: "Find the differences" (...) leads to an infinite reCAPTCHA loop
Considering what captchas excercise this could be seen as sarcasm 100.

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pmcollectorboy: Is there a reason why each individual game of the retro series are discounted but the respective bundle for each is full price?
Greed?
Lack of QA?
Testing == production ?
Posted March 23, 2021
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SmollestLight: No, Demos just like everything else will stay on your account. You can always hide them from your collection. =)
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Mori_Yuki: Just a thought: Hosting demos and free prologues collectively on a dedicated page with direct download links, accessible without account, could attract new customers. ;-)
As with many other things, dedicated GOGers fill the void left by official GOG practice.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_list_of_demos_on_gogcom
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Niggles: completely forgot there was a sale on. Must note it on calendar for those times of the year. Seems a lot of my wishlist on sale. But so little money..hah
IIRC they start with the beginning of the seasons,
Post edited March 23, 2021 by Carradice
Posted March 23, 2021
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vv221: By "classic" I mean all games for 1 to 5 excluding Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ. Despite this last one being my favourite this is not one I would suggest to newcomers ;)
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eiii: I've started with HoMM IV and had no problems.
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. The battle became a contest of protecting your hero while killing the opponent's. Sort of like chess, but it did not really work that way: many enemies, if they had the first turn, were able to kill your hero in the first turn. Battle over and you did nothing . Not that fun. This is what most people used to II and III disliked the most.

Besides that, there were innovations, but it became commonplace (possibly unfairly) to despise IV. That, and people who had started with III took it as their gold standard (while people who started with II were more used to see the game changing in a sequel). Eventually V arrived and because of the backlash that IV suffered, heroes did not participate in the battles as a directly killable unit. This seems a solid approach that other games in the same genre have taken: Disciples, King's Bounty. Both IV and V brought innovation. IIRC, it was possible to send reinforcements without a "logistics" hero ferrying them out, to name one.
Post edited March 23, 2021 by Carradice
Posted March 23, 2021
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vv221: By "classic" I mean all games for 1 to 5 excluding Heroes of Might and Magic Ⅳ. Despite this last one being my favourite this is not one I would suggest to newcomers ;)
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eiii: I've started with HoMM IV and had no problems. It's also my favorite game in the series. Personally I found HoMM III harder to get into.

But when you start with HoMM IV and get used to the flexible hero and army handling and the caravans it's hard to go back to an earlier HoMM version. HoMM IV also has the best graphics in the series, at least for me.
I appreciated HOMM IV as well, but my only gripe with it was the revised siege warfare. If memory serves, that part of the game reverted back to the traditional way in HOMM V, VI, and VII.

I've been playing the HOMM series since the very first one in 1995, and have purchased the games multiple times (physical, physical Gold editions, physical spinoffs (like Chronicles) expansion packs (such as Armageddon's Blade) collections, then digitally on GOG). When I learned on AOL one evening in late 1996 of the release of HOMM2, I immediately got in my vehicle and traveled several miles away to the local Computer City to purchase it. A group of gamers and I would create a chatroom in AOL called "HOMM" and start TCP/IP multiplayer games that never saw completion due to dodgy dial-up connections and impatient players, but they were still quite fun while they lasted!
Posted March 23, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: Just a thought: Hosting demos and free prologues collectively on a dedicated page with direct download links, accessible without account, could attract new customers. ;-)
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Carradice: As with many other things, dedicated GOGers fill the void left by official GOG practice.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_list_of_demos_on_gogcom
I was aware of its existence, though thanks for sharing! :-) One really can't thank the community enough for doing what they do. Should be worth something to GoG, free games their way? ;-)

It's not necessarily what I have in mind. A shop-like page with demos and prologues which would unclutter the shop. To the same effect they could keep in development titles out of the shop even though those are for sale which would again improve the overall shopping experience. Should not involve much extra work on GOG's part to implement it. ;-)
Posted March 23, 2021
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Carradice: As with many other things, dedicated GOGers fill the void left by official GOG practice.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_list_of_demos_on_gogcom
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Mori_Yuki: I was aware of its existence, though thanks for sharing! :-) One really can't thank the community enough for doing what they do. Should be worth something to GoG, free games their way? ;-)

It's not necessarily what I have in mind. A shop-like page with demos and prologues which would unclutter the shop. To the same effect they could keep in development titles out of the shop even though those are for sale which would again improve the overall shopping experience. Should not involve much extra work on GOG's part to implement it. ;-)
Yes, of course. This is why that thread came into being. Free games and demos add a lot to the site. It would be nice if GOG made them easier to locate, and made a section of the site devoted to it, with a little imagination. Another thing that GOG might do would be to make easier to mage the game collection and tags. So that it was easier to hide demos without a lot of effort, as the web interface presently requires.

Personally I am happy that there seems to be a revival of the demo scene. A nice practice that benefits good games, especially games that dare to be original.
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badacid: using a Google AI trainer to annoy customers and lose sales seems counter-intuitive.
Actually making us work for Google. For free. So that AI can better replace humans. What a neat deal.
Post edited March 23, 2021 by Carradice
Posted March 23, 2021
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RedRagan: Why you want them removed from your game library?
I don't want them to count toward my game's count.
Just a personal preference.

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B1tF1ghter: But what is the problem with having a demo and then maybe someday having the full game?
Do demos lock ability to buy full versions all of the sudden or something?
Of course not, but would the demo disappear when I buy the full game?
Posted March 23, 2021
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RedRagan: Why you want them removed from your game library?
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Clairsentient: I don't want them to count toward my game's count.
Just a personal preference.

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B1tF1ghter: But what is the problem with having a demo and then maybe someday having the full game?
Do demos lock ability to buy full versions all of the sudden or something?
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Clairsentient: Of course not, but would the demo disappear when I buy the full game?
No, I have both the demo and full version of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun assigned to my account.
Post edited March 23, 2021 by Sulibor
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.
That's what I'm afraid of.

Even when I hide a game, it still counts toward my total games.
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