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Inquisitor, Legend of Grimrock, Geneforge 1-5, Torchlight, and The Real Texas--each 75% off!

With less then two weeks before holidays there's very little time left to make all the preparations. Since it's Friday, and you probably have some free time, you could think about making some arrangements. But what to take care of first? What needs to be done? Sometimes it's hard to get organized. No worries, we got you covered. Here's a list of some great [url=http://www.gog.com/promo/indie_rpgs]Indie RPGs, that'll remind you what to do before the holiday time.

Let's start with a little bit of Inquisitor, because, you know what they say: "nothing brings out the holiday mood like heretics roasting on an open fire". No one ever said that, actually. Um, hopefully. But there are heretics to be roasted in this gritty, dark, medieval RPG. On top of that, this old-school isometric gem of an RPG also offers complex gameplay, open-ended world, and over 1.5 million (!) words worth of in-game dialogs. All that and more for as little as $3.74, for the next 24 hours!

Are you planning some holiday re-decorations? Legend of Grimrock, the old-shool dungeon-crawling party-based RPG in the vein of Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder series (but with very modern graphics!), will let you do just that! How? The game contains a built-in map designing tool, that lets the user create their own unique levels on top of the lengthy main campaign. Why not use that power to recreate the North Pole toy workshop with trolls and skeletons in the role of Santa's little helpers? $3.74, today only!

What about reindeers? Geneforge 1-5, the content-heavy isometric RPG with unique mechanics that let you create and shape genetically-engineered beast to fight for you, can take care of that part of holiday tradition. If you can craft a 7 feet tall, 5-eyed, 3-legged massively muscular monster using your arcane flesh-shaping knowledge, then producing a reindeer, even a strangely mutated one, should not be a problem. The whole series of 5 games can now be yours for just $3.74. That's less than $0.75 per game, today!

And gifts? You can't have holidays without some serious loot drop! Torchlight has that covered. The masterfully crafted colorful hack-and-slash from the makers of Diablo has all kinds of treasure, gold, epic armor, and cool sharp objects dropping from virtually every monster you gleefully slay. The GOG.com version of the game comes bundled with a full soundtrack featuring the music of Matt Uelmen of Diablo fame. If you somehow misplaced your carol CDs, it'll do just nicely. The underground beneath the town of Torchlight is your to conquer for only $3.74, in today's special sale.

A holiday table wouldn't be complete without at least one crazy relative. The Real Texas is just that--it's bizzare, misunderstood, and not easy to describe to people who don't know it. But, just like most weird uncles, it has a lot of charm, very complex personality, and one hell of a incredible story to tell. At this time of year, it just not wouldn't be right to ignore someone--or somegame--like that, right? Especially at the ridiculous price of only $3.74.

All those Indie RPGs, are 75% off today, whether you get just one, a few, or the whole bundle. Getting them all is highly recommended though, as normally you'd have to pay almost $75 for the whole package that today can be yours for just $18.70! What to do with over 55 bucks you just saved? We've got way over 450 ideas in our catalog, and they're all up to 50% off for the holiday season.

Happy holidays!
Just a reminder for anyone interested in The Real Texas -- the developer answered a few questions about the game when GOG first released it as well as gave links to some reviews.

He sounds like an awesomely nice guy and the game looks cool:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_real_texas/page1
Excellent - I already have the other four but I'd been hoping The Real Texas would be included in the 75% off sale. Instabuy and thansk GOG!
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Ubivis: Inquisitor and Real Texas for $7.48 together?? Taken! :)
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MasodikTiasma: Same here. Inquisitor & The Real Texas, instabought. Already own Torchlight and I'm not interested in Geneforge.

I'm wondering if I should get Legend of Grimrock, however. I've played Stonekeep, and I was hooked at the beginning, but after 7 levels or so, well, I just got bored... Any advice, people?
Stonekeep is not the best of the genre. I've finished Lands of Lore, Dungeon Hack, and the Eye of the Beholder trilogy (that's right, even #3), but Stonekeep just didn't hold my interest enough and I stopped playing after the Dwarven city. Haven't gotten around to Legend of Grimrock yet, but based on all the gushing reviews, I'd say give it a shot.
Already had bought Grimrock on the official site, now buying it again on GoG, I have it in three different places. :P

Maybe it'll push me to launch it again. :P
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Zoidberg: Already had bought Grimrock on the official site, now buying it again on GoG, I have it in three different places. :P

Maybe it'll push me to launch it again. :P
Why do you own it on three different sites? And, NOT criticizing, just asking :) as I only ever buy a game on one site, but know others also repeat buy.
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Leroux: Phew, I already got all of these, otherwise there's no way I'd have been able to resist this sale. Although I kind of regret buying The Real Texas at full price, the 75% off price seems a lot more appropriate for what it is.
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Stooner: It's not good?
I don't mean to say it's not good, but it's definitely not a game that everyone will enjoy. I've had a little fun with it for a few hours but I feel there isn't that much to it that will motivate the average gamer to complete it, once the initial curiosity about the quirkiness wears off.

I'm not a graphics whore, but I set great store in visual style and I don't find the crude style of The Real Texas charming enough to justify the minimalistic graphics and animations and the bad collision detection. I think even I with my limited drawing capabilities would have been able to draw better textures and pictures and I don't buy into the notion that it's a totally deliberate art style choice that makes the game's look "cool" in any way.

Now, I wouldn't mind it that much if there was great gameplay to make up for it, but from what I've seen it's mostly about exploring, chatting with NPCs, and doing chores for them. The combat is simplistic and the setting and dialogues are somewhere between kind of intriguing, mildly funny and totally silly, cringeworthy and trite. There are secrets to discover and the game partly plays like an adventure game, which is fun in theory, but the outcome is underwhelming because there's hardly any meaning to what you do. Maybe I'd even come to like the gameplay if I felt the writing was less arbitrary and more mature. Like one reviewer wrote, it's hard to tell who the game is aimed at, adults or kids, because it could work for both or neither. The reviewer found that original, but I think it's bad.

To me it's seems more like a game to play around with and waste some time on if you're really bored, not something I would give any priority over all the other great RPGs out there. And there are plenty of freeware titles that would fulfill the same function, and not a few of them would be better, IMO. Just because something is different doesn't make it good yet. I guess it's kind of an hommage to games like Ultima VII (although the tone is more reminiscent of light-hearted JRPGs), but personally I'd rather play the real thing.

This wil probably come across as more negative than I actually feel towards the game, it's solid for what it is, I just regret spending that much money on it, because I don't think it's as special as some people made it out to be.
Post edited December 14, 2012 by Leroux
Grimrock and Torchlight. Ca-ching, eh? :D

Can you make sure to put up Carmageddon for 75% off too? I was so annoyed I missed the offer earlier :(
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Zoidberg: Already had bought Grimrock on the official site, now buying it again on GoG, I have it in three different places. :P

Maybe it'll push me to launch it again. :P
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Bloodygoodgames: Why do you own it on three different sites? And, NOT criticizing, just asking :) as I only ever buy a game on one site, but know others also repeat buy.
Actually I got the Steam Key free with the bought on the official site.

And it's basically to support GoG. Also I don't like Steam that much anymore so if I can have a game DRM free, I'd rather have it that way. Would have loved to have a GoG "key" when buying it on the official site though. :P
Yay! I had all of these awesome games except for The Real Texas, and at $3.75 it was a bargain.
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Leroux:
wow, thanks Leroux...
I'm a little doubtful about this game, also about the graphic style... and why do they compare it with the Zelda games...
I just bought Legend of Grimrock :D. I knew it would be in a promo sooner or later.
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Bloodygoodgames: Why do you own it on three different sites? And, NOT criticizing, just asking :) as I only ever buy a game on one site, but know others also repeat buy.
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Zoidberg: Actually I got the Steam Key free with the bought on the official site.

And it's basically to support GoG. Also I don't like Steam that much anymore so if I can have a game DRM free, I'd rather have it that way. Would have loved to have a GoG "key" when buying it on the official site though. :P
I understand :)

I never buy on Steam, so all my game purchases are split between GOG, a few on GamersGate and some boxed copies I pick up in Bangkok.

A lot of what I buy on GOG is to support the site though, as god knows when I'm going to play my now 150 game backlog :)
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Zoidberg: Actually I got the Steam Key free with the bought on the official site.

And it's basically to support GoG. Also I don't like Steam that much anymore so if I can have a game DRM free, I'd rather have it that way. Would have loved to have a GoG "key" when buying it on the official site though. :P
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Bloodygoodgames: I understand :)

I never buy on Steam, so all my game purchases are split between GOG, a few on GamersGate and some boxed copies I pick up in Bangkok.

A lot of what I buy on GOG is to support the site though, as god knows when I'm going to play my now 150 game backlog :)
Yeah I also bought games I already finished: Beyond Good and Evil - I bought boxed, Prince of Persia Sands of Time - I finished the pirated copy, etc...
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Leroux:
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Stooner: wow, thanks Leroux...
I'm a little doubtful about this game, also about the graphic style... and why do they compare it with the Zelda games...
Maybe because of its tone and the sandbox exploration, the fact that you can discover things on your own? It's not a bad game and $3.74 is a fair price, but personally I wouldn't pay more for it if you're not totally sure that it's your kind of game. I'd suggest to watch a gameplay video first or to read some critical reviews and to not just go by all the praise it gets for being weird and original. I'd also suggest to ask amok what he specifically likes about the game, so you get a different perspective than mine and can make up your own mind.

EDIT: Now that you mentioned Zelda, I think one of my thoughts after playing The Real Texas for a while was: If this game had 2D RPGMaker-style graphics, it wouldn't even stand out that much, and it might actually be more charming.
Post edited December 14, 2012 by Leroux
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Zoidberg: Actually I got the Steam Key free with the bought on the official site.

And it's basically to support GoG. Also I don't like Steam that much anymore so if I can have a game DRM free, I'd rather have it that way. Would have loved to have a GoG "key" when buying it on the official site though. :P
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Bloodygoodgames: I understand :)

I never buy on Steam, so all my game purchases are split between GOG, a few on GamersGate and some boxed copies I pick up in Bangkok.

A lot of what I buy on GOG is to support the site though, as god knows when I'm going to play my now 150 game backlog :)
Right there with you, both of you. Since I gave up steam (don't worry I won't repeat my rant about steam here) I've been replacing any steam games via GOG. These days it's via GOG (or other DRM free option, usually direct from the Dev) or I'm buying a physical copy used.

As to the promo, oh GOG how you mock me, these are all good games... which I have.
Some of them I picked up yesterday. lol such is life I suppose.