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Posted January 28, 2014
Let's do the time warp again*!

Welcome to our [url=http://www.gog.com]DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a fascinating ride to the early days of PC gaming and back again, with 30 excellent titles selected from the years 1983-2013, available up to 90% off (that is for as little as $0.59!). You'll find amazing games in amazing prices featured one by one on GOG.com main page, and before the sale is done you'll be able to complete your very own display of gaming history on a budget below $65 (because this would be the cost to get every single game in the sale). Are you ready?

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There's more than just buying games incredibly cheap to our DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! We're ready to pass its steering wheel (or rather the control console) to YOU. Each game in the sale is offered for a limited time only, and how long we stay in its year is up to you! Each time you see a new game on sale you can vote to either add or subtract 1 second from the timer. Each time you buy a game, you add 3 seconds to the time of it being on sale. We begin with 1983's Zork, bundled with the rest of the Zork Anthology of 6 games in total, for only $1.79. How long will it last on the front page? You'll be the judge. What comes next, as the game of 1984? Let's find out!

Let's take a trip in GOG.com's DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! 30 great games from 1983-2013 will be available up to 90% off, and you get to decide how long each game is on sale. Ready? The technomagical gateway to 1983 opens NOW!

* "Again?", you might ask, "when did they ever do the time warp?". Well, once you embark on a journey through time, all becomes relevant and there's absolutely no guarantee that what you are doing, you are doing for the first time. In fact, that's highly improbable. After all, time isn't linear. It's more like a giant wobbly-bobbly goggy-boggy ball of gaming awesome!
Post edited January 28, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 30, 2014
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Sanjuro: Have you played KIng's Bounty? The whole HoMM series is actually, ahem, "inspired" by the original KB.
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ngageman: I would say they "only" ripped orginal Kings Bounty spine, and add more parts to it...
Well, yes, My point was that if a person never played a HoMM game before but is familiar with the modern KB (which is a remake of the 1990's progenitor of all Heroes), s/he might get the overall idea of the game mechanics.
Post edited January 30, 2014 by Sanjuro
Posted January 30, 2014
While we are on a TBS, anyone knows which GOG TBS are playable in a window? (Beside the dosbox based ones)
Posted January 30, 2014
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ngageman: I would say they "only" ripped orginal Kings Bounty spine, and add more parts to it...
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Sanjuro: Well, yes, My point was that if a person never played a HoMM game before but are familiar with the modern KB (which is a remake of the 1990's progenitor of all Heroes), s/he might get the overall idea of the game mechanics.
Still much more heroes, skills and specialisation, more town managemnt, more heroes to operate, You cannot be AS lazy as in KB. If KB work as heroes, after 5 hours of real time gameplay demons would crush this casle to peaces;)
Posted January 30, 2014
Wow, HOMM V is running!
Posted January 30, 2014
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Bunnle: HoM&M 5 has pretty much everything HoM&M 3 had and more. I never really understood the dislike that the fans had for it other than that the original release was buggy, which it obviously no longer is. It's a good addition to the HoM&M series.
Making something 3D just for the sake of it when it is inherently a 2D game is a waste of development resources and unnecesarily raises minimum specs.

"More stuff" is not always better and is often worse. Especially for strategy games, good balance is the key to success. Just throwing extra stuff into the mix so you can say there is more stuff is the enemy of balance.

But that said 5 is still perfectly enjoyable, just 3 (and 2 imo) was better.
Posted January 30, 2014
#1. Heroes 3
#2. Heroes 2 (very close to Heroes 3 and one of the best games ever made).
#3. Heroes 5 (not bad but I had an annoying lag when I open Hero inventory or Town screen, I also had a crappy pc)

Now can someone answer my question please?
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/drmfree_time_machine_sale/post2757
Posted January 30, 2014
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Bunnle: HoM&M 5 has pretty much everything HoM&M 3 had and more. I never really understood the dislike that the fans had for it other than that the original release was buggy, which it obviously no longer is. It's a good addition to the HoM&M series.
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Thruggsen: Making something 3D just for the sake of it when it is inherently a 2D game is a waste of development resources and unnecesarily raises minimum specs.

"More stuff" is not always better and is often worse. Especially for strategy games, good balance is the key to success. Just throwing extra stuff into the mix so you can say there is more stuff is the enemy of balance.

But that said 5 is still perfectly enjoyable, just 3 (and 2 imo) was better.
The only thing i disliked about 2 was... you can't downgrade your units. once you have upgraded their lairs, you had to stick with the more expensive upgraded units.
Posted January 30, 2014
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mieiri: So, now that I have HoMM III and V, I'm ok to go?
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denuviel: unless they come up with the VIIth installment, they seem to be like microsoft in this matter, second's time a charm. i'm waiting impatiently for windows 9 ;p
It's something like the Star Trek movies =D
Posted January 30, 2014
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mieiri: So, now that I have HoMM III and V, I'm ok to go?
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denuviel: unless they come up with the VIIth installment, they seem to be like microsoft in this matter, second's time a charm. i'm waiting impatiently for windows 9 ;p
Don't forget Star Trek movies ;)

Edit: Damn, I was too slow.
Post edited January 30, 2014 by mudd1
Posted January 30, 2014
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mieiri: So, now that I have HoMM III and V, I'm ok to go?
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ngageman: IMHO two best games at the series... III is masterpeace, and V is like rework III with new ideas(thats my opinion). You can think about try games I and II(first one mostly for laught, but still it,s playble). IV is... they tried something WAAAY diffirent, and if you will like it, or not depend at dedication to the series. VI multipler, buying stuff and resources with REAL MONEY... nope Scotty beam me up.
Actually I'd play I and II for a bunch of hours, then, when I start to pay Lords of Realm II, I forgot everything else. Good times with my 486 compaq.
but... buying resources with REAL MONEY??? WTF???
Thanks for the reply.
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denuviel: unless they come up with the VIIth installment, they seem to be like microsoft in this matter, second's time a charm. i'm waiting impatiently for windows 9 ;p
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mudd1: Don't forget Star Trek movies ;)

Edit: Damn, I was too slow.
It seems that we think alike, mate.
Post edited January 30, 2014 by mieiri
Posted January 30, 2014
Does anyone know what went up for 2004 and 2005?
Posted January 30, 2014
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ngageman: Still much more heroes, skills and specialisation, more town managemnt, more heroes to operate, You cannot be AS lazy as in KB. If KB work as heroes, after 5 hours of real time gameplay demons would crush this casle to peaces;)
True again. But I just don't know with what to compare HoMM when it comes to descriptions. Not with Disciples or Age of Wonders for sure. Warlords? Not too certain.
So when it comes to comparing, where to turn if not to KB?
Posted January 30, 2014
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Jenstmar: By now I don't feel ashamed of asking what the '01 game was. I was asleep when it was up.
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groze: The 2001 deal was Gothic.
Frankly I had expected one of those games to come. Doesn't matter much to me as I prefer G3 and already have it. Thanks for the reply though.
Posted January 30, 2014
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mudd1: Don't forget Star Trek movies ;)

Edit: Damn, I was too slow.
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mieiri: It seems that we think alike, mate.
Yep, seems so :) Is this the point where we pat each other on the shoulder and say "great minds ..."? ;)
Posted January 30, 2014
I hope I didn't miss Heroes 3 Complete? Or did I?
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