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Posted September 22, 2017
Find great games and historically low prices • 200+ deals up to -90%



UPDATE: The BIG DEAL Sale just got even bigger! New games have been added, including Battle Brothers (-35%), Cosmic Star Heroine (-35%), Serial Cleaner (-50%), Underrail (-60%), The Flame in the Flood (-60%), and Darkest Dungeon (-60%).
Make sure to pick your favorites before they go away - the sale ends September 25, 10PM UTC.



This is absolutely, definitely, positively a really very big deal! It only stands to reason, this is the BIG DEAL sale: find 200+ games up to 90% off and tons of historically low prices this week on GOG.com.

We're bringing out the big guns for this one with over fifty great games at historically low prices, including Little Nightmares (-40%), Galaxy of Pen and Paper (-15%), Tacoma (-20%), Aragami (-60%), Sudden Strike 4 (-25%), 80 Days (-66%), Obduction (-40%), Rebel Galaxy (-75%) and many more.

There are plenty other ways to get the most bang for your buck in the BIG DEAL sale:
• Browse great games you can get under $2, like Her Story (-75%), Aarklash Legacy (-90%), Lichdom Battlemage (-95%), Dustforce DX (-90%), or the Blackwell Bundle (-90%) and more.
• Check out more of our favorite offers 80% off or more on Prison Architect, DEX, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Satellite Reign, Rogue Legacy, Expeditions: Conquistador and others!

The BIG DEAL sale runs until September 25, 10 PM UTC.
Posted September 19, 2017
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petitmal: Veni, vidi, huh?

or: Venimus, Vidimus, GOG vicit?

edit: add
"Venimus" is present, "Veniimus" is perfect.
Posted September 19, 2017
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drmike: It's the free oddworld mentioned earlier.

Someone on staff appears to have messed up.
Wow - you supersleuth you :)

If that is the case then what if you already own that game? They promised in their tease that "everyone" would come away with a special something. So, I'm guessing, and hoping, that there must be more to it than just a free game.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by ikrananka
Posted September 19, 2017
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ikrananka: Wow - you supersleuth you :)

If that is the case then what if you already own that game? They promised in their tease that "everyone" would come away with a special something. So, I'm guessing there must be more to it than just a free game.
Previously they give you a gifting code and you hold on to it for eons until you can give it away to a newcomer.

edit: But good point. They did say everyone.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by drmike
Posted September 19, 2017
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ikrananka: Wow - you supersleuth you :)

If that is the case then what if you already own that game? They promised in their tease that "everyone" would come away with a special something. So, I'm guessing there must be more to it than just a free game.
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drmike: Previously they give you a gifting code and you hold on to it for eons until you can give it away to a newcomer.
Which is hardly "special".
Posted September 19, 2017
Well in theory we've 9-10 minutes to wait.
Posted September 19, 2017
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wonderfulillusion: There is no version of Windows that will allow you to play all existing games on GOG, nor any hardware in existence that is guaranteed to work with every existing game on GOG. Every game would have to be tested, and fixed, by hand. Who is footing the bill for this? Who is giving GOG the source code, and the permission to make changes?
So what do GOG use to test and get games working on now? Presumably they have a standard system for all.

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wonderfulillusion: You can do literally everything you are suggesting by building a gaming PC and installing a dual boot of Windows 10 and your personal flavor of Linux. You can make it as cheap or expensive as you want, and it will run the games you want, at the resolutions you want, at the settings you want.
Or GOG could do it better for you.

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wonderfulillusion: It will be cheaper, and upgradeable, and have all the functions of a normal PC. A GOG console is a solution in search of a problem that doesn't exist.
Cannot agree, the problems do exist. Read all about them in the many reviews here at GOG. It is also why so many just use a Console for games.
Many of those same problems by the way, have plagued PC Users all along, since the very first games.
Hardware is better now, and compatibility issues aren't as bad as they once were, but many are still there.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by Timboli
Posted September 19, 2017
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A note of thanks for the sale organization this time: making home-page category tabs for "Under $2" and "-80% & More" is much appreciated!
Posted September 19, 2017
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drmike: It's the free oddworld mentioned earlier.

Head over to the front page and hover over the facebook like link at the top of the page. you'll see it mentioned in the tooltip url.

Broken link:

share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gog.com%2F&title=FREE%20Oddworld%3A%20Abe%27s%20Oddysee%25dot%25GOG.com

The twitter link is for just the sale.

Someone on staff appears to have messed up.
Good Job !

Too bad I have that already :(
Posted September 19, 2017
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Leroux: I think the general consensus on what to expect is a free copy of Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssee at around 1 pm UTC. No guarantees though.
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baalim: In that case, I'm sorry to say that it would be quite underwhelming.
Rule of thumb for dealing with GOG's marketing speech: The more excitement it tries to create, the more underwhelming the actual surprise usually is. ;)
Posted September 19, 2017
So, whats now?

EDIT: Its Oddworld :(

https://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee
Post edited September 19, 2017 by NewOne2k13
Posted September 19, 2017
Well... Would you look at that... It's Oddworld as the 3 of us noticed. Told you guys it will be Oddworld. I'm pleased with this "special something".
Post edited September 19, 2017 by sztihamer
Posted September 19, 2017
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Timboli: Unworkable idea [snip]
While others have pointed out why your idea simply wouldn't and couldn't possibly ever work, I'll just come up with a more positive counter-suggestion: GOG could partner with Microsoft to port these games to the Xbox One.

Fixed hardware would assist with the porting process, the OS isn't particularly foreign, the hardware is PC hardware. Pad support would be limited to the Xbox One controller, but USB keyboards and mice could work, in theory.

The GOG Selection on Xbox One.

Of course, it would be a bit like 2008 all over again, as games get ported across a couple at a time!

In other news, Abe's Oddysey is now free: https://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee
Posted September 19, 2017
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Timboli: *snip*
Totally unrelated to topic, but I expected Harold to know more about PCs than Red. Even Dalton Humphries understood email better than he did!
Posted September 19, 2017
It's Oddworld : Abe's Oddyssey.

It's shown on the front page banner. But the link to redeem it is broken and redirects to the homepage.

EDIT : They've fixed it. Game has now been added to my collection. Yay! :D
Post edited September 19, 2017 by fend_oblivion
Posted September 19, 2017
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baalim: In that case, I'm sorry to say that it would be quite underwhelming.
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Leroux: Rule of thumb for dealing with GOG's marketing speech: The more excitement it tries to create, the more underwhelming the actual surprise usually is. ;)
How right you were ! ! !
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