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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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Protoss: Does this only work once per account or multiple times?
Pretty sure it can be purchased as many times as you want.
Posted November 20, 2012
A-MAZING!

Thankyou
Posted November 20, 2012
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Fred_DM: it's a business, not a charity.
What the fuck? You're not making any sense.
1. Everybody is allowed to criticize a store, regardless how much the buy, or if they buy something at all.
2. Criticism should consist of more than "You suck! Steam is better!"

funny to see who feels offended by that one line... i wonder why.
I'm not offended, I'm just calling you out on a bullshit argument.
Posted November 20, 2012
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).
Posted November 20, 2012
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N0x0ss: I don't approve the comment about "That person has bought enough games to be intitled to critisize this or that element regardin the platform". It's discriminating, and there shouldn't be a fixed number of game bought to determine if someone has the right to complain about something.
i never said that. i said that Simon is most certainly a good customer and as such definitely has the right to criticise.

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jamyskis: Yes, I'm frustrated that GOG is seemingly unable to follow its own advice, and I do think it's rather hypocritical. But from a business perspective, if they are offering such a heavy markdown on these games, it has a reason - they're not selling.
i see it the same way. but then why sell games like Anomaly at $10? it's been part of several indie bundles for as little as $1. no wonder it doesn't sell anymore.

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Fesin: What the fuck? You're not making any sense.
1. Everybody is allowed to criticize a store, regardless how much the buy, or if they buy something at all.
2. Criticism should consist of more than "You suck! Steam is better!"
you're the one who acted like Simon didn't have the right to voice his opinion here just because it runs counter to your own attitude towards GOG and their policies. i say you don't do that with a guy who is known to purchase games at full price, regularly, and who even purchases games repeatedly to show his support.

yes, everybody has the right to criticise, but i'm going to give an invested member like Simon more attention than somebody who always claims to be broke yet again. Money talks, bullshit walks.
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).
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.
Posted November 20, 2012
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amok: A different question. I do not have either Alan Wake games, so it would be the only benefit for me her (American Nightmare + 4 games as bonus....) question is - is it any point getting American Nightmare without having the first game?
I think it can be enjoyable for some without playing the original game but I would recommend to follow release order. It's relying on a story-telling, after all.\

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EmilJ1_74: Is Alan Wake an indie game?, not that I mind it being there, it's a great game (have it on 360) well worth playing, just curious that's all.
It's an indie game because Remedy released it without publisher.
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Posted November 20, 2012
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SLP2000: ...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.
We should see how the promo discounts develop but it seems like 60-80% is now normal and 50% seems kind of like the minimum discount offered in any sale recently. So with quite some probability you can get games for more than 50%, however maybe not all games. There are some games in the catalogue for sure where 50% discount is pretty decent.
Posted November 20, 2012
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amok: A different question. I do not have either Alan Wake games, so it would be the only benefit for me her (American Nightmare + 4 games as bonus....) question is - is it any point getting American Nightmare without having the first game?
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Mivas: It's an indie game because Remedy released it without publisher.
lol - good answer to a different question. You might be responding to wrong post.

Also - there is no definition on what Indie is - so everyone can call themselves indie as much as they want.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/what_makes_a_game_indie_a_universal_definition
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Posted November 20, 2012
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Fred_DM: Simon is one of the most sensible posters here.
Agreed.
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Fred_DM: his forum contributions are usually on the point, backed-up and impartial
Yes, except for this one. See, I wasn't actually belittling you, I was trying to prove a point - Simon can't possibly know what people over at GOG are thinking and what their motivations are, yet he's acting as if he does. That's just not 'backed-up and impartial,' neither is it any form of actual criticism - he's just voicing his opinion, and yes, be it GOG or any other entity, I try to look at things from a positive perspective. When Steam introduced regional pricing, my first impression... Well my first impression was 'bullshit!' but soon after that I started defending Steam because, well, it probably wasn't all that much because of the pressure from Valve. I just dislike when you're trying to condemn someone on the basis of speculations - as far as we know, GOG still believes those sales are harming the industry.
Posted November 20, 2012
There were exactly 5 games I did not own. Now there are none. Thanks for an awesome promo!
Posted November 20, 2012
Sweet promo. Sadly I got all the games from this list I want already.
Posted November 20, 2012
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Mivas: ....
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amok: lol - good answer to a different question. You might be responding to wrong post.

Also - there is no definition on what Indie is - so everyone can call themselves indie as much as they want.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/what_makes_a_game_indie_a_universal_definition
I hoped you won't visit the forum until I correct my mistake and answer to both, lol.

I agree that "indie" is still a value term but from my experience (it can differ, of course) a lot of people agree the core feature is that they use their own resources and don't rely on publisher.
As for "small team" argument, I honestly don't know how many people\ worked on it at Remedy.
Posted November 20, 2012
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Fred_DM: you're the one who acted like Simon didn't have the right to voice his opinion here just because it runs counter to your own attitude towards GOG and their policies. i say you don't do that with a guy who is known to purchase games at full price, regularly, and who even purchases games repeatedly to show his support.

yes, everybody has the right to criticise, but i'm going to give an invested member like Simon more attention than somebody who always claims to be broke yet again. Money talks, bullshit walks.
All I said was "Simon never saays anything good about GOG.com."
And that's the truth and has nothing to do with the right to criticize. Of course he can criticize GOG.com, but I'm allowed to call him out on it if I find his criticism inadequat.

And you did say people who don't buy many games here don't have the right for criticism, if I can remind you:
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Fred_DM: 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) yet are always too broke to purchase releases they welcome as "great".
Posted November 20, 2012
Very nice idea for a promo. However, I've been unlucky this time. I already own a few games on that list. Of the ones I don't, I only want Gemini Rue. So this promo is a pass for me.

EDIT: Wait, Gemini Rue is $9.99 anyway so I guess I might take advantage of this promo after all lol.
Post edited November 20, 2012 by lukew
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