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Posted November 20, 2012
15,504 ways to play!

Decisions, decisions, decisions. Once the holiday season gets closer, you have to decide what gifts to buy, what wrapping to use, which phone numbers to accidentally delete. There are many decisions to make as you get ready for the holidays, but one decision that we’re making easy for you is, “Should I buy anything from GOG.com’s Black Friday sale?” (The answer is “yes”, by the way. ;) Not only are we launching the sale early--in case you spend Friday in a turkey-induced coma--but we’re also giving you the power to pick your own promo!

In our Pick 5 & Pay $10 sale you pick 5 out of twenty fantastic indie games and pay $10 for them regardless of the game’s regular full price. That's $2 per game, for such titles like Torchlight, Resonance, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Botanicula, Geneforge 1-5, Uplink, To the Moon, and many others. Seven of these games are both PC and Mac compatible, so everyone can enjoy!

The games are fantastic--and there are so many of them! That's why we started this sale early: to give you time to pick your dream-set of 5 games out of 15,504 possible combinations. You could look at this as another decision you have to make this year, but unlike trying to figure out who you should sit next to your slightly crazy uncle at Thanksgiving dinner, this one’s fun!

Black Friday marks the start of the “shopping season” for the holidays, so don’t forget to buy the gift of GOG for a gamer you love--or even just kind of like. You can’t spread much more holiday joy than this for just $10.
Posted November 20, 2012
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gameon: Regards to criticising GOG, i think it's the general GOG forum community rather than GOG staff members who "don't allow criticism of GOG".
GOG users are unable to allow or disallow criticism towards GOG, so I find that point somewhat irrelevant. I think some people find any opposing view to this criticism as "not allowing criticism". I think these people have serious issues with differing opinions.

I find it hilarious that Fred even goes to say:

...he's purchasing enough on GOG to have the right to criticise. unlike some of the freeloaders here who keep coming to GOG's defense (as if it needed defending)...
as if "defending GOG" is something that people should definitely not do. Is he trying to disallow any user from defending GOG, huh? :D
Posted November 20, 2012
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SLP2000: TBH, I'm now wondering if I should ever buy indie game on a 50% off promo sale, since I paid twice more than I would if I wait for pick 5 pay 10$ sale.
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TheEnigmaticT: The answer to that is always, "Would you rather play it now for a little more, or wait and hope it goes on sale?"
Exactly.
1) I look forward to play some games so much, I like to throw a lot of money at developers immediately ($$$)
2) A game is interesting but not enough for me to pay Day-1 price -> Waiting for decrease in price ($$).
3) A game has a certain aspects I could be interested in however it meets more than one price-dropping criteria (short game-play, uninteresting story background, unknown developer + an absence of demo, etc.) ($)

In an ideal world developers can always get their $50 per game. Well, we don't live in one. New games are developed every day and gaming industry is marketplace with competition like everything else.
A new indie game done by Gamestudio can be mind-blowing but it's still done in relatively cheap Gamestudio and I really don't see a reason why should I pay same amount of money for a game with lower expense as for a year old, expense-high GOTY.

Naturally, maybe the game just doesn't strike the right note in my case and there are people who are willing to pay a lot for the idea. Different buyers, different price.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by Mivas
Posted November 20, 2012
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N0x0ss: I believe it is intended ^^ .
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gameon: ?
I believe he means you can buy 5 games for $10 as many times as you want.
Posted November 20, 2012
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gameon: Regards to criticising GOG, i think it's the general GOG forum community rather than GOG staff members who "don't allow criticism of GOG".
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timppu: GOG users are unable to allow or disallow criticism towards GOG, so I find that point somewhat irrelevant. I think some people find any opposing view to this criticism as "not allowing criticism". I think these people have serious issues with differing opinions.

I find it hilarious that Fred even goes to say:

...he's purchasing enough on GOG to have the right to criticise. unlike some of the freeloaders here who keep coming to GOG's defense (as if it needed defending)...
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timppu: as if "defending GOG" is something that people should definitely not do. Is he trying to disallow any user from defending GOG, huh? :D
Downvoting a post will hide it from view, and brands it as an unworthy post.

A high rated post makes it seem as if it is the preferred choice.

So users do have the ability to allow/disallow criticism in a way.
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gameon: ?
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Gonchi: I believe he means you can buy 5 games for $10 as many times as you want.
I see. For a moment i thought they meant, buy 5 games, get another 5 games free, lol.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by gameon
Posted November 20, 2012
Great offer... but only 2 games interest me and the rest I have. I'll probably pass.
Posted November 20, 2012
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timppu: ... Anyways, I hope GOG keeps experimenting with different kinds of promos, and not cling to only certain promo type that rewards only certain type of users. ...
I hope they power their usual christmas sale up to 60% this year. That way you can choose the games you want (why should I buy games I already have again) and get a very good price. This would be the best for users.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by Trilarion
Posted November 20, 2012
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timppu: ... Anyways, I hope GOG keeps experimenting with different kinds of promos, and not cling to only certain promo type that rewards only certain type of users. ...
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Trilarion: I hope they power their usual christmas sale up to 60% this year. That way you can choose the games you want (why should I buy games I already have again) and get a very good price. This would be the best for users.
About the "why should I buy games I already have again", in classic GOG promos those are accounted for. Of course if you have bough the games from some competing service outside GOG, that's your problem. :)

I think it makes sense to at least sometimes have promos where buying more games (even those you are not really that into) is rewarded, at the same time not punishing users who have already bought games from the same service. The increasing discount promos achieved that, but of course the starting points etc. could be adjusted if they don't work.

But as always, people vote with their wallets. I'll pass this promo because it is not that good a deal for me, and I feel it is punishing me for already having bought many of the games from GOG. I don't endorse such practises. :)
Post edited November 20, 2012 by timppu
Posted November 20, 2012
Whew, good thing there's no Inquisitor in this pack, I would've raged. x] Anyway, nice deal and 4 games I'm interested in (5, really, but I want to play Alan Wake before I play American Nightmare), but I don't have $10 so sitting this one out. :)
Posted November 20, 2012
Yeah! More games I won't have/take time to play! :P

At least, I've only bought Trine/Torchlight so I got those here on GOG (already have them a couple times elsewhere).

Bleh! :P
Posted November 20, 2012
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gameon: Downvoting a post will hide it from view, and brands it as an unworthy post.

A high rated post makes it seem as if it is the preferred choice.

So users do have the ability to allow/disallow criticism in a way.
Good point, even though Fred didn't mention that but he felt someone was verbally "not allowing" someone else to criticize GOG, because he criticized the criticism. :) Still, no single user has the power to "not allow" criticism towards GOG.

So should the down-/upvoting buttons be removed? That would be fine by me, and just leave the "report as spam" or "report abuse" button. I'm not really interested in those buttons anyway, I think I have occasionally given someone a plus though.
Posted November 20, 2012
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timppu: as if "defending GOG" is something that people should definitely not do. Is he trying to disallow any user from defending GOG, huh? :D
i don't know why you keep reading things that aren't there...?

what i find kind of funny is the fact that there are people here who ALWAYS defend GOG against any kind of accusation, justified or not, yet everytime a new game is released or a new promo is up they are always "broke" or "not into the genre". the fact that certain people react to that statement tells me i'm onto something...

i say put your money where your mouth is, otherwise your criticism as well as your accolades are meaningless.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by Fred_DM
Posted November 20, 2012
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Balious: Is Alan Wake's American Nightmare worth getting if you don't own Alan Wake itself? Im trying to decide between the fifth game of with Alan Wake AN or The Ball (looks really interesting to me).
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Fesin: I haven't played any one of them yet, but what I've heard is that American Nightmare isn't canonical to the main series and also has different gameplay, so you may be good to go.
Thanks. Wonder if its still better to wait and get it with the main game itself or not.
Posted November 20, 2012
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timppu: as if "defending GOG" is something that people should definitely not do. Is he trying to disallow any user from defending GOG, huh? :D
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Fred_DM: i don't know why you keep reading things that aren't there...?

what i find kind of funny is the fact that there are people here who ALWAYS defend GOG against any kind of accusation, justified or not, yet everytime a new game is released or a new promo is up they are always "broke" or "not into the genre".

i say put your money where your mouth is, otherwise your criticism as well as your accolades are meaningless.
So are you disapproving it, or not? Did I again read something that isn't supposed to be there?

Would it be wrong to claim that you "always" run into Valve's rescue, if someone criticizes Steam here? Does Valve need defending (unlike GOG, of course)?

Interesting point though that the amount of games you've purchased from GOG should give you more credits and balls in the forum discussions. I've already jokingly proposed before that people who have e.g. 300 GOG games should automatically get a forum moderator status, while people with 400 games should get admin access to GOG forum software.

But I was just joking, really.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by timppu
Posted November 20, 2012
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Fred_DM: i say put your money where your mouth is, otherwise your criticism as well as your accolades are meaningless.
GOG IS AWESOME.

(Challenge accepted. Hope that crow is delicious.)
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Posted November 20, 2012
I really want Resonance and Botanicula. Anything after that would be re-buying stuff I have on Steam to get it DRM free though, and I am pretty sure I can't justify that right now.

Those two games are worth $10 on their own though.

Don't know what to do!
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