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Paint the town a darker shade of red.

Crimsonland, the SHMUP that shoots first and forgets to ask questions later, is available now for 50% off on GOG.com! That's just $6.99 for the entire first week!

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/crimsonland][/url]You're just a man. A man stranded... somewhere. You're about to make some friends. Here comes the gang now: the gross man-eating spider, a green zombie doing the shuffle, and look, he brought his giant pet lizard. Any questions? Too slow, you're dead. Try again, and grab a pistol, we don't have answers anyhow. Shoot that ugly spider face! Blast those awkward zombie legs off! Burn that giant lizard up, what a silly idea for a pet anyway. Done shooting? Here comes another bazillion of them.

In Crimsonland, there is no time to waste on a backstory, there are no space marines, no zombie apocalypse. It's just you, the creatures, and over 30 unique weapons at your disposal - some are shooty, some explode, and some are just plain unusual. As you unload your fury on anything that moves, you'll earn perks for that additional kick of awesome: set monsters on fire with a glance, turn into a ninja, or unleash a deadly plague. This 2014 remaster of the textbook shoot 'em up is everything a fan could ask for: tighter controls, a colorful high definition spectacle, and the ultimate carnage of local co-op for up to 4 players. As you progress through the game you'll unlock new weapons and perks to build your arsenal for the ultimate challenge: Survival Mode. If you're nostalgic for the experience that captured gamers' hearts back in 2003, we're throwing in the original Crimsonland as part of the package!

Shoot 'em all up with a touch of RPG in the remastered Crimsonland, for only $6.99 on GOG.com! The special 50% off discount will be here all week, until Thursday, August 21 at 9:59AM GMT.
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JudasIscariot: There is a native Linux version in the works for Crimsonland. No ETA as to when that will be done :)

Source:

http://www.crimsonland.com/blog/rev-6-of-7-bloody-penguins#.U-89ap9d7rE
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Klumpen0815: This warms my heart. :)
There's also another game inside :D
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SWAT85: Game is nice, but in my opinion 7 dollars is way too much.
it feels that way at first, but try working your way through the quest mode. over time, you'll see...
I cannot understand how 7 dollars could be too much... It is less than going to cinema and it is much more fun!

This game is a masterpiece.
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SWAT85: Game is nice, but in my opinion 7 dollars is way too much.
I know I'll sound like I am selling this game as I do work here and all but this game is quite addicting. I spent the better part of a three day weekend playing the Blitz mode and I am barely functional at work now. Like zombie mode up in here.

FYI, I do play CKII and adventure games and other games that have a deep story but Crimsonland just gives that nice feeling "shoot at everything until it stops moving" feeling :D

Finally, there's always a sale so no need to get it now :)
Post edited August 18, 2014 by JudasIscariot
top-down doom

XD
I too think that $7 is a bit much for a discounted prize and the game is rather short, but It's really good casual fun and I wish the multiplay can be used somehow via Galaxy or I find people for local Co-op.

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pacciulli: top-down doom

XD
Alien Shooter and Zombie Shooter are way more similar to doom due to the level design.
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Klumpen0815: BTW: It runs flawlessly in WINE without any additional configuration. :)
So I recommend this to pure Linux users too.
Seriously? That's awesome. What's your Wine setup like? I've seen this on the Wine AppDB but I wasn't sure if it applied to this or the original version.

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Klumpen0815: Alien Shooter and Zombie Shooter are way more similar to doom due to the level design.
That's what I was thinking. From the screenshots, this game looks like an interesting mix between Alien/Zombie Shooter and twin-stick shooters like Robotron 2084.
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Klumpen0815: BTW: It runs flawlessly in WINE without any additional configuration. :)
So I recommend this to pure Linux users too.
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rampancy: Seriously? That's awesome. What's your Wine setup like? I've seen this on the Wine AppDB but I wasn't sure if it applied to this or the original version.
I haven't yet tried the original version, the remake is fine for me.

My Wine setup is still the one that came with Wine via Synaptic/apt-get.
I use a different wineprefix for each game and for Crimsonland (remake) I simply setup WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree,mshtml=" and WINEARCH=win32.

The former is to avoid to copy gecko and mono in the wine directory (crimsonland does not need them), the latter is to setup a 32bit environment that usually works better.


(I made a thread in the crimsonland forum page btw)
Post edited August 19, 2014 by etb
I'm loving every aspect of the game so far! Damn simple, addictive and hard as hell.
Thanks GOG and 10 Tons
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SWAT85: Game is nice, but in my opinion 7 dollars is way too much.
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JudasIscariot: I know I'll sound like I am selling this game as I do work here and all but this game is quite addicting. I spent the better part of a three day weekend playing the Blitz mode and I am barely functional at work now. Like zombie mode up in here.

FYI, I do play CKII and adventure games and other games that have a deep story but Crimsonland just gives that nice feeling "shoot at everything until it stops moving" feeling :D

Finally, there's always a sale so no need to get it now :)
I am familiar with that game, i played its demo version and... full "unofficial" version right after release. And still, despite of large amount of fun, I dare to claim that this price is an overkill. 3 dollars would seem better. Especially because this title is neither fresh nor technologically advanced (for the record and to be precise - great game doesn't have to have advanced graphics for me to be amazing).
Post edited August 22, 2014 by SWAT85