Hello everyone, I have a big Steam library but we all know this is never enough. Recently i bought Heroes III Complete edition on GOG, because the HD edition steam provides sucks big time (they don't include the dlcs since they lost the source). GOG used to be only for "old games" but not anymore, the old gems are flooded behind recent drm free releases so.... Here is my question :

Can you recommend OLD gems that aren't on Steam already?

For now i already have:

  • Tyrian 2000
  • Fallout 1, 2, Tactics
  • Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete
  • Might and Magic® 7: For Blood and Honor® (maybe not the best of them but nostalgia got the best of me)

Please give me good reasons to spend the rest of my eurobucks on GOG :)
Thanks!

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Swat 4, not on steam actually, but swat 3 has been released on steam so maybe it's not definitive.

5 years ago
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Could try, i stopped at Swat 2. God, i'm old.

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SWAT 4 seems to be the best choice so far from page one here. It´s aged perfectly fine and still has no other game rivaling it´s core gameplay (restraining suspects instead of barging in and headshotting them all). The tension is real when any surrendered suspect might pick their weapon up again once you turn your back on ´em. It´s crazy how no other studio has reached that level of AI finesse again.

5 years ago
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You could buy the Warcraft 1 +2 bundle, it just came out!
Link here!

5 years ago
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Yeah i saw that, but the remaster is supposedly coming on battle.net "soon", no? I'm not huge into Blizzard games since i stopped Diablo 2 tho.

For Warcraft 2 i don't find it very interesting now, for nostalgia sake maybe but it aged a lot. I'm more into Supreme Commander Forged Alliance kind of RTS.

5 years ago
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The Remaster is only for Warcraft 3. Blizzard has already stated they won't remaster warcraft 1 and 2.

5 years ago
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One of my favorites Diablo its on gog.

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Yup, was good back in the days, but D2 largely beated it in terms of quality of life (i'm not sure but you couldn't run in D1?) and D2 is damn old now too. Shame about the big fail Blizzard did with the announcement of... Immortal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QRgpjfarY

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Yes, playing the original Diablo (without the Hellfire expansion) is somewhat painful in terms of QoL stuff, but I clenched my teeth and tried it, anyway. It was still a blast to play.

I understand where you're coming from, however. I recently gave up trying to enjoy D3 and am ready to return to D2-LoD. One of the best games ever made, imho.

5 years ago
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Haha, i finished it multiple times tho. But never touched D3, never would.

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I've only finished Diablo five or six times. As for D2, I think I had about 7K hours in it when I stopped playing. You are probably better off for not having experienced the disappointment which is D3.

5 years ago
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/Out of topic

Have you played Grim Dawn? What is your take on it?

5 years ago
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I haven't gotten around to that one, yet. I looks good, though. Nice reviews, too.

5 years ago
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NOX is a pretty awesome hidden gem, and never came to Steam.

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Isn't that the one where you literally wearing in a T-shirt in the middle of a Fantasy setting before somehow you got sucked in it? :D I can remember the demo i had from some video game magazine. Could try that one :)

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Absolutely right! Was first game I bought on GOG, very underrated great masterpiece.

5 years ago
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Agreed; Nox was an absolute blast, and most of the humor was top-notch. The woman who played the villain is a national treasure.

5 years ago
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Theme Hospital
Theme Park

5 years ago
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Yup with CorsixTH, theme hospital is damn good. Played a lot of it, but now i'm a bit more interested if Project Hospital and Two Point Hospital are worth it.

5 years ago
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Old Rayman installments, namely Rayman Forever and 2. (and 3, if PS2 era is old enough for you)

5 years ago
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Rayman 2 had a lot of ports over the years, but I always heard the most praise for the Dreamcast version.

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I'm never really was interested in platformers (the only one i had the patience with is Rogue Legacy, funny since it's not easy at all). But could be cool, i recently bought a pair SNES controller from a chinese website, maybe if i can make it work right i will go full heresy and play a old pc game with a snes controller :D

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  • Raptor: Call of the Shadows
  • Ultima series (I love the VII), also Underworld
  • Warcraft I & II (new on GOG)
  • Diablo
  • Anvil of Dawn
  • Sacred (the first one)
  • Lands of Lore
  • Albion
  • Elder Scrolls (I & II)

There is a lot of oldies.

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Oh boi, those look interesting but... damn, i don't know if i would have the patience, Sacred is on steam too tho.

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Dark Colony isn't listed on gog (but it was great, played it a lot back in the days, the alien faction was so ridiculous x)

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Dark colony is not on gog sadly, shame tho since i used to love that game back in the days!

5 years ago
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Just remembered about one other RTS, Warbreeds. Shame they don't have it too :/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMTSRyA3nDA

5 years ago
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Another good strategy game: Warlords 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DEwS6_jZ-g
Aaaand, not on gog :(

5 years ago
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Wow, is that some kind of prequiel for Warlords Battlecry? Lords Sartek and Bane from the description are gods/titans (?) in the game. ( Warlords Battlecry 3 is a game on GOG and came here to recommend it in the first place :D )

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Idk, Warlords 3 got stuck in my head and i never bothered to try the others (got it for free with a magazine).

Oh boi. Just saw they have Total Annihilation Kingdoms, such a good game! :p

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Warlords battlecry 2-3 at least are great!.. Sadly buggy and suchs :) No idea how Warlords are with bugs.

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Dungeon Keeper 1-2
Krush Kill 'N Destroy Xtreme
Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
Heroes of might and magic 2

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DK2 was a blast, but War for the Overworld spoiled me so much i don't know if i love more the remake or the original https://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/War_for_the_Overworld/

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I was going to recommend Dungeon Keeper too, but it's good to see you're already familiar with both that and War for the Overworld.

5 years ago
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Granted I did not play the old Dungeon Keepers, but I did not enjoy WFTO. I like the base building aspect of Dungeons 2 but hated the RTS parts.

Oh well.

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Heroes of Might & Magic II, III, IV, Chronicles
Warcraft II
Diablo
KKND 1 and 2
Nox
Alpha Centauri
World in Conflict
Tzar
King of Dragon Pass (steam version is butchered mobile version)

5 years ago
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Severance: Blade of Darkness

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Delisted from GOG =( ^^

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?
Oh man that sucks.

Severance is pretty much Dark Souls from before DS was DS. It's part of my three S power-combo. Severance, Startopia and Sacrifice, though the latter two are on steam now, and Sacrifice is difficult enough that I imagine most people would dislike it. Is sad day!

5 years ago
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Wiki says BoD was delisted from GOG in... 2014 xD

Sadly because this game od awesome... I still dreaming about remake/remaster ;)

5 years ago
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Gangsters: Organized Crime So much fun this one

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Oh yes! This one was a blast. Never really knew how to play well back in the days but i liked watching my failed plans on the "live" phase x)

5 years ago
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Empire Earth and Close Combat 3 in particular. Cheers~

5 years ago
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EE, it aged a lot. It seems to make it work properly in HD and with newer machines it's... hard. Had good fun with it tho.

5 years ago
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Indeed the game aged, as far as I know all games from GOG works well in modern machine but it might not be full screen so its a let off for some. If there's a remaster, it'll be fun. :) Cheers~

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I always liked these ones...

https://www.gog.com/game/jazz_jackrabbit_collection
https://www.gog.com/game/simcity_2000_special_edition

https://www.gog.com/game/hocus_pocus (is on Steam)
https://www.gog.com/game/descent (is on Steam)

... and of course the very first Prince of Persia (maybe available nowhere)

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By the very first Prince of Persia, do you mean the 1989 one or 1992 reissue of it that hit the SNES? Not the first of the Prince of Persia Sands series, although those are great games too.

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I mean the 1989 / 1990 DOS version. Was playable on my XT machine with monochrome graphics along with "North and South" and Simcity.

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SimCity 2000/3000

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i'm still hoping that they are going to change their region price policy someday

5 years ago
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Beneath a Steel Sky was the reason I signed up on gog some 5+ years ago. Not a good reason to spend the rest of your eurobucks though, because it's free!

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jazz jackrabbit!!
also like the first 2 spyro games :D you can get an emulator on pc.. but yearh.. pc only then i guess jazz jackrabbit :D

5 years ago
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Albion and Hugo Triology.

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Clive Barker's Undying is a really good (but old) horror FPS.

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I remember playing "Jerico", not on steam. but never know about this one. looks great.!

5 years ago
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My wish list, which only contains games which I won't get on Steam for various reasons.

https://www.gog.com/u/pizzahut/wishlist

HoMM3 for the reasons you mentioned.
The Last Crusade because it's unavailable on Steam in my region.
Konung 1 is missing on Steam (so half of this package).

5 years ago
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Soldier of Fortune: Platinum Edition
Soldier Of Fortune: Double Helix
I.G.I. 2: Covert Strike

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Black & White

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Yeah, good one!

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Albion
Anvil of Dawn
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (The GOG version actually works)
Dungeon Keeper 1+ 2
Eye of the Beholder 1+2+3
Icewind Dale 2 Complete
Lands of Lore 1
Magic Carpet 1+2
Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Temple of Elemental Evil
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Treasure Adventure Game (free on GOG)
Ultima Underworld
Master of Magic
Throne of Darkness
Diablo
Warcraft 1+2
War Wind 2
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager

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