I think the leg/movements in Advent Rising looks kind of weird and hilarious at the same time but OTOH it's like a decent mix between Halo and Mass Effect but older. I had a blast playing that game, one of the first GOGs I played through not knowing anything about it prior to purchasing it here. It also has a decent soundtrack.

Nexus is kind of slow and takes some time to get used to but it's a solid game. Tactical space simulator is a decent genre description.

This may get me burned at the stake for heresy, but my most disappointing GOG purchase so far has to be... Little Big Adventure.

The reason for this is largely the fact that I am terrible at the game. I attempted to get through the introduction sequence dozens of times, but kept being killed or captured and having to redo the ENTIRE thing over and over and over… until I cried blood.

Finally, as the new dawn was breaking and the birds began to sing outside my window, I managed to exit the asylum. I spent a few pleasant minutes exploring the city thinking to myself, "well, that was a rocky start, but at least now I can begin to enjoy this wonderful adventure!"

Then I arrived at Twinsen's house… and got shot. When I woke up back at the asylum, my internal scream shook the monitor. Gritting my teeth, because now it was personal, I vowed I would beat this damned game no matter what! I trudged back to the house and tried to find a hiding place. Instead I got shot… over and over and over again.

After that I admitted my defeat and gave up on the game, expecting the rest of it to be just as impossible.

I had read all the hype, the misty eyed retrospectives, and considering how much I love adventure games, I expected this to be the perfect game for me. I suppose I just don't have the patience for this kind of trial and error gameplay anymore. The nostalgia factor is not there either, so I can see how outdated parts of the game are.

*dodges the rotten fruit and pebble packed snowballs*

Apart from that, I'd say a few of the Daedalic adventure games. The Deponia series and A New Beginning come to mind immediately. This is mainly due to the bugginess of the games as well as a few illogical puzzles. At some point in "A New Beginning" you are unable to continue with manual saving. The UI is often broken (especially for Mac users) and the English translation is terrible. There are also game breaking bugs. I encountered one in Deponia at the very end of the game, and never finished it as a result.

Luckily, most of my purchases here have brought me many hours of joy, so a few rotten apples here and there are bearable. :)

This was my impression as well. I was watching the trailer for A:R and thinking "Man these character movements are kinda awkward" but then I saw the vehicle section and was like "This game is great. Sold.". I didn't even bother to finish the rest of the trailer.

You've missed one of the greatest stories of the 90's. Grit your teeth and try again - you won't regret that! :>

Don't bother if you have a 4:3 monitor. If your screen is 9/5, it's probably a fine game.

Alright, I'll give it another go. It's been long enough now that the worst scars have healed. Wish me luck! :P

I've never heard of or seen a monitor that was 9:5 aspect ratio. 4:3, 5:4, 16:10, 16:9, and 2.35:1 yes, but never 9:5. If that's not a typo do you know of any make/models off hand? Just curious as I'm a video guy and have never heard of this odd aspect ratio before.

Yeah, sorry, I meant 16:9. The game is for widescreen monitors, and just stretches/distorts the image on 4:3 screens.

Not sure where my 9:5 came from.

Ah. :) I did some searching and discovered the iPod nano has a 9:5 display so I guess technically such a beast exists. ;P Didn't find any for PC displays though hehe. I did manage to find a list of known resolutions on Wikipedia that has some as high as 7680×4800 though! It'll probably be 20 years before such a display is commonly available at affordable prices along with video hardware that can handle games on it at full resolution to say the least! :) <DROOL>

20 yrs? You underestimate technology's progress ;) I'd say 5-8 years :)

The technology will exist then yes, and probably does now I imagine. The key is "at affordable prices" though. Dell came out with the 30" 3007 display - 2560x1600 (16:10) back in 2006 and it was like $3000, extremely unaffordable. The 3008 replaced that, then the U3011, and now the U3014. I bought the U3011 back in January for $1050 on sale which is a great price for that display but still very expensive and most people would not consider it "affordable". Judging by the rate of decline of the price tag on these 30" displays they might hit $500 in another 8 years and enter the zone of being affordable - where I'm more or less defining affordability as what the upper end of what the average computer purchaser might be willing to spend on a computer display. I might be overshooting that number at $500 however.

It is possible I might underestimate technology's progress but I seriously doubt we are going to see computer displays progress at a rate several times faster than Moore's Law would predict any time soon. ;o) They are just now coming out with 3840x2160 (16:9) and 3840x2400 (16:10) displays right now and Dell's 32" unit is $3500 which is way way way non-affordable. The future models that replace that unit wont be down to $1000 for at least 7-8 years most likely if not 10 or more, and won't likely be down to $500 for some time after that if ever I imagine. ;oP Now I'm focusing on large sized displays here which is not what most people are likely to be looking for either, however you can only get this resolution in the 27" or greater size at the moment to the best of my knowledge and it comes with a high price premium even in the smaller models.

So while the tech exists, it's going to be many years before it is being produced in such volume as to see the pricing come down and to start to see such displays common and in smaller sizes the average consumer uses IMHO. That's just considering the 4k displays. The 8k displays we're talking about above are even more unlikely to be available to the mass market at super low prices for eons IMHO. Combination of people not caring too much, prices of such being very high, software compatibility problems (apps that don't scale the size of fonts and/or icons or other graphical elements based on dot pitch for example) and other factors. Then there is the video cards capable of putting out graphics at such resolutions with good framerates including full blown 3D also at affordable prices.

Could be wrong of course, but I'll bet we don't see things like that as commonplace for at least 10-20 years. Having said that, I'd be ultra happy to be totally wrong on it because I'd be one of the first lining up to buy a 30+" display at 8k resolution for $1000 or less when it does happen! :oP

The Longest Journey...

I must admit I wasn't able to enjoy The Longest Journey as much as one would expect after hearing all the unequivocally positive reviews and ravings. This was actually the first game I bought here and while I didn't expect it to be a religious experience, I hoped for a solid 4.5 or perhaps even 5 star game.

It's not a bad game at all, looks and sounds beautifully, has plenty of locations and very good length for a point and click adventure.
What almost made me stop though were the drawn out and boring dialogues, particularly in the first part. Dialogue options aren't interesting and it largely doesn't matter what you say or in which order you say it.

In terms of puzzles, there were only a handful memorable ones. The most interesting one involves a rubber ducky and reminded me of the balloon puzzle in Monkey Island 3.

After completing The Longest Journey, I found myself unable to give it a 5 star rating, that's reserved for games I find enjoyable overall such as Fate of Atlantis.

I found Tales of Monkey Island (the new series) very disappointing. Mediocre all-around, wouldn't get much attention with any other name.

Syndicate also left me cold.

I say Fez. I always wanted to play it as the game was quite interesting. But once I finally did start playing, everytime we moved the screen it made me feel sick. And games rarely make me sick after playing portal with going through them so many times, followed with playing quite some ugly games and ones that give others motion sickness. Fez is the first game to actually make me feel sick and I couldn't really play it anymore for that reason which is a shame.

So perhaps not really a disappointing purchase but still a game I can't play :/

To the OP:

Papers, Please is my GOTY. But if you haven't gotten into the moral / political drama yet, then you haven't played very much of it. The game changes it up every "day".

I generally have found something redeemable about most of the games I've gotten on GOG, but I'd say the one game that hasn't really lit me aflame is Baldur's Gate. I installed it at the same time as Icewind Dale and found ID to be much more interesting. Maybe it's because I find BG's story to get in the way? Hmmm.