Happy GOGiversary IAmSinistar! And a big +1 for you for hosting this awesome giveaway to celebrate this occasion (hey! Shouldn't we be giving you gifts actually? :-) ).
There were two main reasons for me to join GOG. First was their DRM-free policy obviously :-), and second was their catalogue of classic Sierra games. I grew up with those games, and actually have quite a few of them in their original physical release, but I'm completely useless though getting them to run on modern systems. ;-) Tried Dosbox and other emulators, but there must be something in my brain that just makes it impossible for me to get them to work properly lol. :-D Aaanyhoo, the games I was THRILLED to find on here the most were the three Gabriel Knight games. Best adventure games ever, period! And I've had a blast playing them again, thanks to GOG! :-) I've been buying the other Sierra titles on here as well these last few months, from their Quest series, over their city builders like Caesar 3 (probably my second favourite genre after adventure games) to RPGs that were released through them (like Arcanum and the Krondor games). And while I've picked up some brilliant classic non-Sierra games on GOG as well, there's just nothing to get that nostalgia kick going like seeing that Sierra mountain logo appear on my screen! :-) Still hoping Activision might one day dig a little deeper in their Sierra catalogue and bring some of the lesser known Sierra classics (like Laura Bow, Willy Beamish, Manhunter, Heart of China, ...) to GOG as well. *fingers crossed*
The second game I should mention here is Defender's Quest. I enjoy reading everyone's opinion on games in the topics that are posted here whenever a game is put on sale for a day. I find plenty of games there that I never even heard of, but that look like a lot of fun after reading people's review of them. When Defender's Quest came up a few months ago, I thought, hm, here's a game I might enoy playing from time to time, you know, whenever I might have half an hour to spend or so, as a fun, little casual game. Boy was I wrong! :-) This game is sooooo darn addictive! Whenever I fire it up, I know that time will fly by, and most of the day (and night! :-) ) will be gone whenever I switch it off. :-D It's probably the game I've sunk most time in of all the ones I have bought on here, and I definitely did not see that coming! Love, love finding surprising games like that! So yes, this one definitely also counts as the one I was happiest to find on here!
The game I'm dying to try out is Banished! I just loooove city building games (just added SimCity 4 to my game shelf as well ;-) ), and this one looks very different, unique and fun. A combination of city building and survival strategy game, with a lot of replayability options. I've been meaning to get it for a while now, but then GOG always comes up with these amazing sales I can't resist either lol, so my monthly gaming budget is always spent on those deals. Damn you GOG *shakes angry fist* ;-) I do realise it's an expensive game, so would also like to put down a second game here too. ;-) Very, very , very close behind it, and at the top of my wishlist as well, is the classic adventure game Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender that got a GOG release not so long ago. I never got a chance to play any of the MicroProse adventure games back in the day, and this one looks totally crazy and a LOT of fun! :-)
EDIT: by the way, totally love reading about everyone's experience here with their favourite, and most wanted, GOG game! :-)
Post edited May 29, 2014 by Corwim