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[starscream]

planescape:torment.  i would rate it as one of the best games ever made, don't know how it holds up to modern hardware though.

[Teneb]

planescape:torment.  i would rate it as one of the best games ever made, don't know how it holds up to modern hardware though.

Depends a lot on the hardware, and when I played it some time ago spell graphics caused insane amounts of lag and, if stared at long enough, crashes.

[Rolan7]

Was that the GOG version?  They're usually pretty good about including the necessary tweaks and patches.  (Far better than Steam who seem to do nothing other than bundling DOSBox sometimes).
I haven't played Planescape yet but it has high praise from people I know.

[Dr Feelgood]

I liked Torment enough to finish it twice. The game crashed during some long spell animations.

[TripJack]

Hm, quite a few games on sale on GoG that fall outside the flash sales and such, too... I see Planescape Torment for $4.99. I have had many, many people suggest that game... Should I just buy it or hope for a better deal later in the sale?

Also looking for any other recommendations for games to grab that are on sale.

PST will be available for cheaper at some point, unless perhaps it already has been? I am not really sure, I don't pay much attention to gog beyond grabbing their free giveaway stuff. Anyways PST is a gem. The combat in the game ain't so great, so the game is much more about dialogue and story. Thankfully the story & dialogues are so excellent! It is one of a handful of classic games that are so damn good that everyone with an interest in PC video games should try them IMO. And when you are done with it you can have a good laugh (or a good cry) over how far the RPG genre has fallen in the 15 years since Torment came out

As for other game recommendations, there are almost too many and I don't know what you have played already... If we are sticking to PST level must-play games then here's 10 on top of Torment
Thief 1 & 2 - kings of stealth games and games in general really
System Shock 2 - along with its predecessor (which isn't on GoG but is freely available on the net), the king of FPS/RPG hybrids
Deus Ex 1 - another FPS/RPG hybrid, every time you mention it someone reinstalls it
Blood 1 - more serious than Duke3d & Shadow Warrior (both of which are also great), classic FPS
Alpha Centauri - Civilization but better
Master of Orion 1 & 2 - kings of space 4x games
Jagged Alliance 2 - Strategy/RPG hybrid, king of squad tactics games
Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2 - kings of demonic enslavement simulation games
Wizardry 6, 7, & 8 - kings of dungeon crawler RPGs
Quest for Glory - kings of Adventure/RPG hybrids

yeah ok that's really more than 10, sue me

[Besserwisser]

PST will be included in a D&D bundle from time to time. So if you also want Baldur's Gate and similar games, you could always wait for that to go on sale.

[n9103]

I am of the opinion that the above list is null and void, as it made no mention of any of the HoMM series.

[Darkmere]

I am of the opinion that the above list is null and void, as it made no mention of any of the HoMM series.

But 3 was the only good one. Older one, 5 wasn't bad.

[Sinistar]

HoMM is overrated anyways.

/thread

[n9103]

If any game was overrated it was Sinistar.
Ooooooooooh!

/flame

[Mailo]

I should have waited ... Blink Bundle with 4 games for $2.49 minimum:

From the Depths (I think I payed 10€ for a bundle with this one)
Retro-Pixel Castles
OMG Zombies
Lost Marbles

[Sensei]

I should have waited ... Blink Bundle with 4 games for $2.49 minimum:

From the Depths (I think I payed 10€ for a bundle with this one)
Retro-Pixel Castles
OMG Zombies
Lost Marbles

So... is it actually fun?

[BigD145]

I should have waited ... Blink Bundle with 4 games for $2.49 minimum:

From the Depths (I think I payed 10€ for a bundle with this one)
Retro-Pixel Castles
OMG Zombies
Lost Marbles

So... is it actually fun?

A Steam reviewer for the castles game called it a tech demo. Considering half the bundle is early-access, it's probably not worth it.

[nenjin]

RPC isn't bad, I backed it. But it currently has none of the meat of the game. No unlocks, no monsters, barely any village things to build. You can build a few structures and stone walls, resource collect and spray blood on the ground with the debug tool, make maps. That's pretty much it.

[puke]

bundlestars has Septera Core and Gorky 17 on an RPG bundle:  http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/rpg-champions-bundle/

I have not played the other ones, but Septera Core was a pretty good game in the style of JRPGs... similar to FF7 in many ways.  I found the combat grindy, but no more than in any games of that genre.  Story was fun, and art was nice.  hand drawn backgrounds, so even if the sprites dont age well, the scenery should still be nice.

Gorky / Odium is pretty well known, shouldn't need me to describe it.  well reviewed.