Author Topic: Fallout, FO2, FO Tactics and internal server errors free on GOG for two days (Read 2124 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** December 12, 2013, 10:09:08 AM »

servers are slammed, though

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:11:18 AM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:16:17 AM »

GoG rules

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:16:48 AM »

seems like every fatwallet motherfucker in the world is on there creating accounts just to get free shit right now

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:18:27 AM »

I think these games were my first Steam purchase, actually.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:21:13 AM »

I just need Fallout 2. Come on douchebags, let me get it.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:44:43 AM »

Yeah, but do they let me kill Children?

Rufus · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:46:41 AM »

What does clicking on the gift thing do? I've clicked on it half and hour ago and nothing's happening. I need to knooow.
edit: Nevermind, it gives you a random offer. Which it also says in the description. I'm blind.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2013, 10:58:12 AM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on December 12, 2013, 10:44:43 AM

Yeah, but do they let me kill Children?

Yes.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2013, 11:15:27 AM »

I thought the GoG version was based on the European/censored version?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2013, 11:19:05 AM »

Ah, could be. I don't know about that.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2013, 12:17:57 PM »

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2013, 04:40:15 PM »

I don't know why I care so much about getting these on the site when I can just pirate them since theyre free now

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2013, 05:31:31 PM »

Are they good games? Just got them with this deal.

Rufus · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:00:09 PM »

Yes, but very dated at this point.

Himu · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:25:34 PM »

Early Fallout is dated only I find in terms of ui. Like, it's so hard walking and doing basic shit unlike Infinity Engine games where all you have to do is click.

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #16 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:36:58 PM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on December 12, 2013, 11:15:27 AM

I thought the GoG version was based on the European/censored version?

This was so ridiculous in FO2. The kids were there but you couldn't see them so they could still pick your pockets. And there was that lost kid mission but you couldn't complete it since you couldn't see or interact with the boy.

Anyway, you really should be playing with the unofficial patches which fixes the censorship along with loads of other things. Get them from here for FO1 (you'll need both 1.2 and 1.3 patches), and here for FO2 (only need the patch but the restoration project is worth a try). The hi-res patches for both games are also worth getting.

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:46:19 PM »

Any patches that make the controls better?

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #18 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:58:50 PM »

You'll take the clunky old school UI and you'll damn well like it.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

No, sorry

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #19 on:** December 13, 2013, 07:17:48 PM »

Sweet, never played these so I grabbed em. I had never used GOG before and I got Beneath a Steel Sky for signing up, always wanted to play it!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #20 on:** December 13, 2013, 08:05:04 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 13, 2013, 07:17:48 PM

Sweet, never played these so I grabbed em. I had never used GOG before and I got Beneath a Steel Sky for signing up, always wanted to play it!

GoG's pretty cool, old games that run with minimal headache and no DRM.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #21 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:12:46 PM »

no steam codes is 100% wtf tho

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:14:29 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 13, 2013, 11:12:46 PM

no steam codes is 100% wtf tho

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:20:43 PM »

I know, they should really think about adding some DRM to their DRM-Free games

benjipwns · « **Reply #24 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:28:16 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 13, 2013, 07:17:48 PM

Sweet, never played these so I grabbed em. I had never used GOG before and I got Beneath a Steel Sky for signing up, always wanted to play it!

Another fun free game on GOG: http://www.gog.com/game/treasure_adventure_game

There's actually a number of free games available: http://www.gog.com/games##price=free

Positive Touch · « **Reply #25 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:31:06 PM »

its just that buying digital games with no cloud saves, no ui to show your collection, no... nothing but installers just feels like "why dont i just pirate this"

benjipwns · « **Reply #26 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:39:01 PM »

GOG does do some work to get the games working on modern machines. (Though their success can vary.) And if you like the bonuses (manuals, artwork, soundtracks, etc.) they include lots of them with the games quite often.

Fifstar · « **Reply #27 on:** December 14, 2013, 04:31:37 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 13, 2013, 11:31:06 PM

its just that buying digital games with no cloud saves, no ui to show your collection, no... nothing but installers just feels like "why dont i just pirate this"

Well, you have a 'your collection' site on the gog page that looks nice if you're into that look and you can add non steam games to the steam library and add a pic there... Cloud saving can be done manually as well. Yep, these are some more or less minor inconveniences but no deal breaker.

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #28 on:** December 14, 2013, 05:27:34 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 13, 2013, 11:31:06 PM

its just that buying digital games with no cloud saves, no ui to show your collection, no... nothing but installers just feels like "why dont i just pirate this"

GOG does tend to give you other stuff with the games, like soundtracks and artwork. In the case of the Fallout games you also get the Fallout Bible that they've put together. It's massive and has loads of info on the original games.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #29 on:** December 14, 2013, 11:52:00 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 13, 2013, 11:31:06 PM

its just that buying digital games with no cloud saves, no ui to show your collection, no... nothing but installers just feels like "why dont i just pirate this"

Well, you can pirate the GoG releases/updated to modern system versions right now. It's just... honor system makes it to where buying their work in getting stuff to "just work" on modern systems without having to fumble through DOSbox/etc. yourself to run it well is worth the $5-10 they charge.

chronovore · « **Reply #30 on:** December 15, 2013, 08:30:44 AM »

Purchased! I had Fallout 1 from their sale last year (or 2 years ago?), but grabbed FO2 and FOT this time.

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #31 on:** December 15, 2013, 02:21:27 PM »

Obviously not as good as free, but you can currently get a whole lot of Dungeons & Dragons for not much over at GOG. About 19 hours left on the deal.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #32 on:** December 15, 2013, 09:10:10 PM »

Problem with GOG in general is dogshit download speeds. Trying to download a game manual right now, 14.8kbps speed, wtf

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #33 on:** December 15, 2013, 09:31:00 PM »

That's pretty wild, I've always gotten decent download speeds. Might be that their servers are getting hammered still from everyone that got these three games for free.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #34 on:** December 15, 2013, 09:46:22 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 15, 2013, 09:31:00 PM

That's pretty wild, I've always gotten decent download speeds. Might be that their servers are getting hammered still from everyone that got these three games for free.

I'm thinking it's that too. Or the Eel Technology Rule.

chronovore · « **Reply #35 on:** December 15, 2013, 09:57:57 PM »

What's the Eel Technology Rule?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** December 15, 2013, 10:46:26 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 15, 2013, 09:57:57 PM

What's the Eel Technology Rule?

Eel's like Jubilee from X-Men, every piece of electronics he touches instantly fails.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #37 on:** December 15, 2013, 11:11:30 PM »

perfect

Diunx · « **Reply #38 on:** December 16, 2013, 10:32:24 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 13, 2013, 07:17:48 PM

Sweet, never played these so I grabbed em. I had never used GOG before and I got Beneath a Steel Sky for signing up, always wanted to play it!

Whaaa? I signed up and didn't get shit!

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Author Topic: Fallout, FO2, FO Tactics and internal server errors free on GOG for two days (Read 2124 times)