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Graphic novels can be pretty graphic.



<span class="bold">Noctropolis</span>, a FMV adventure game about living out your comic book nightmares, is available now DRM-free on GOG.com with GOG Galaxy achievements and a 50% launch discount.

It's closing time at the bookstore. In the dimly-lit room, a strange figure lurks crouched on the creaky floor. It's the owner, Peter Grey. Suddenly, he leaps over the counter, dashes across the room, then throws a hefty cooking tome on an unsuspecting table lamp. BANG! The store goes completely dark - another successful mission for "Darksheer". But when Peter gets magically sucked inside his hero's comic-book world, he quickly realises darkness can be as perilous as it is alluring.

The legendary Darksheer has gone missing and now Peter must don the cape of his idol and clean up the everdark streets of Noctropolis in his place. For in the persistent shadows an evil plot is unfolding, threatening to consume this city of eternal darkness. Thankfully, what Peter lacks in KAPOW! he makes up for in *lightbulb* as he sets out to point, click, and talk his way to the truth. And maybe, eventually, back to the real world.

This version of the game comes with improved mouse and keyboard support, gameplay enhancements which remove dead-ends, plus numerous technical fixes. It also includes a remastered in-game soundtrack and a downloadable copy of the original Comic Book!



Open the latest issue and venture into the ominous streets of <span class="bold">Noctropolis</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 50% discount will last until January 26, 1:59 PM GMT.
Hmm, seeing as it lacks Mac/Linux builds, am I correct to assume that this version isn't using DOSBox, but it's probably a native Windows build?
Post edited January 21, 2016 by Grargar
wishlisting for now... looks cool.
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Smannesman: I got the announcement on Steam first.
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JMich: The RSS feed is your friend, that's what I use to get the GOG announcements.
first I heard about a gog rss feed. Would you mind giving me a link?
Also...
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GOG.com: It also includes a high-quality remastered OST and the original Comic Book as extra bonuses!
...while the extras do mention the comic book, I see no mention of the soundtrack.
Post edited January 21, 2016 by Grargar
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Soccorro: Is this game any good?
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vicklemos: It's awesome!
Didn't play it back in the day. Got it as a gift during the last steam sale.
But one thing I can say it's that achievements add a lot to this reboot ;)
Cool? I guess :D
Interesting, never heard of this one but it looks like something I´d like.

Is it anyway similar to Phantasmagoria and stuff like that? Gameplay-wise, I mean.
I was wondering when this would show up here.
Excellent release, great to see this finally arrive here!
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Grargar: Also...
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GOG.com: It also includes a high-quality remastered OST and the original Comic Book as extra bonuses!
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Grargar: ...while the extras do mention the comic book, I see no mention of the soundtrack.
The complete remastered OST lies within the game directory as ogg files. But my original CD-ROM comes with a couple of additional audio tracks (as a bonus only, not playable in-game), would be nice if GOG could offer those as an extra.
Post edited January 21, 2016 by MBiL_248
YES!!!

Been waiting for this one to come to GOG.

And there hasn't been many adventure games on here for a while now.

EXCELLENT release! Thankyou GOG.

Bought it, of course.
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MBiL_248: The complete remastered OST lies within the game directory as ogg files. But my original CD-ROM comes with a couple of additional audio tracks (as a bonus only, not playable in-game), would be nice if GOG could offer those as an extra.
I see. Thanks for the info.
Fuck yes. I knew there were rumours that this was in the works to come to GOG, glad to see it here at last! Now I can safely put away my CD edition.
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Grargar: Also...

...while the extras do mention the comic book, I see no mention of the soundtrack.
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MBiL_248: The complete remastered OST lies within the game directory as ogg files. But my original CD-ROM comes with a couple of additional audio tracks (as a bonus only, not playable in-game), would be nice if GOG could offer those as an extra.
Yup, you're right - there is no standalone soundtrack download - this our mistake, sorry. The wording will be fixed in a sec.
Nice, wishlisted!

- High-quality, remastered in-game soundtrack
- Improved mouse support: You can rebind left and right click function to any mouse button; scroll wheel can be used to navigate in-game menus and comic books
- Improved keyboard support: You can rebind virtual left and right click keys; page up and page down act the same as the mouse scrollwheel. Can use number keys to make choices during dialogue trees. Can adjust sensitivity of virtual pointer
- Support for modern displays with ability to toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode
- SDL 2.0 Game controller support added, with rebinding and sensitivity controls supported
- Several game crashing bugs from the original code fixed
- Dead-end situations in game play removed
- Optional linear texture filtering
- Three-band equalized, filtered sound mixer.
Can't Night Dive leave any of their new releases be as they are anymore? Do they have to mess with every single thing that they bring along?
Also, does this still run in Dosbox or is it, like System Shock Enhanced Edition, running "natively" in Windows?