If you're going to spend today playing an old adventure game, we can't imagine a more apt choice than Sanitarium, a tale of one man struggling to escape a world gone mad.
If you're going to spend today playing an old adventure game, we can't imagine a more apt choice than Sanitarium, a tale of one man struggling to escape a world gone mad.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:31PM Special Agent Steve said
Gotta love GoG. I'm still enjoying Fallout 2 from them :].
Also, I've never seen this on an article before:
"(X) ago".
I guess I hit the refresh page the exact second the article struck. Bwahahahahaha.
YAY GOG
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Also, I've never seen this on an article before:
"(X) ago".
I guess I hit the refresh page the exact second the article struck. Bwahahahahaha.
YAY GOG
Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:34PM (Unverified) said
I've seen the (X) on a banner article a few times. You must be fast. And powerful.
I need an apprentice, but you'll have to compete with Kotick first.
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I need an apprentice, but you'll have to compete with Kotick first.
Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:55PM Special Agent Steve said
Well, I'm tied up Thursday and Friday, as well as Saturday. Sundays are reserved for the "other" category. Oh, I can set up a duel to the death December 22 2012.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:58PM (Unverified) said
Hey, schedule it with Kotick, not me. You've got to compete with him to be my apprentice.
You'll never be able to beat me.
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You'll never be able to beat me.
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 12:31AM (Unverified) said
You all didn't think Bobby was born evil, did you? He had to learn from someone...
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Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:33PM (Unverified) said
Speaking of soundtracks, did anyone else know that the Dragon Age soundtrack is included on the Collectors Edition extra disc? I didn't even know until a friend pointed it out. Just pull it up in Explorer and the files are right there.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:55PM (Unverified) said
Speaking of Explorers, has anyone noticed that Meriwether Lewis first saw action in the militia when he was sent to put down the Whiskey rebellion in 1794?
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Posted: Nov 10th 2009 11:58PM (Unverified) said
And that the 2010 Ford Explorer has inflatable seat belts?
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 12:01AM (Unverified) said
Speaking of inflatable, my girlfriend needs me right now. L8r.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 11:27AM (Unverified) said
No, it works for the 360 version too!
And I like PC gaming. I just don't want to spend the cash on a new PC.
But that's why I play at my friends house...his LAPTOP runs Crysis...
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And I like PC gaming. I just don't want to spend the cash on a new PC.
But that's why I play at my friends house...his LAPTOP runs Crysis...
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 5:39AM (Unverified) said
I was as well. I remember being so creeped the fuck out by "Mother" and digging up Stumpy's sister..Wow can't believe I remember this stuff. Oh and fuck that carnival level.
P.S this game rocks
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P.S this game rocks
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 12:26AM The Wicker Man said
Sanatarium, just leave me alone...(insert rad solo)
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 2:06AM Levi Partridge said
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 12:55AM (Unverified) said
This game freaked me out when I was a kid. I was like eight or nine when I played it.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 5:39PM er ic said
Try playing I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream ... holy crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_5dgYnKsI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_5dgYnKsI
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 1:28AM (Unverified) said
Welcome to where time stands still,
No-one leaves and no-one will...
Moon is full, never seems to change,
Just labeled mentally deranged...
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No-one leaves and no-one will...
Moon is full, never seems to change,
Just labeled mentally deranged...
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 1:33AM pika2000 said
Sanitarium, what an awesome (disturbing) adventure game. I think you can still find it on CD-ROM for cheap at most bargain-bin software shelves (together with cheapo old kids software stuff). I missed adventure games like this. I hope they will return (oh, and Gabriel Knight too).
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 1:57AM (Unverified) said
Never heard of this game but I'm definitely intrigued
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 2:30AM Discotheque said
So when is GOG gonna drop Planescape: Torment (easily the best written game ever) and Grim Fandango on us?
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 5:23AM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said
IIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEE THIIISS GAAAAAAMMEEEEEE!!!!!!
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 6:39AM (Unverified) said
How does this game compare to something like Baldur's Gate or Arcanum? On par?
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 9:48AM GeorgeMcBain said
Can't compare since they are completely different genres (adventure point-and-click to CRPG).
You can google it or look on youtube (Rarcoan has playthrough vids).
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You can google it or look on youtube (Rarcoan has playthrough vids).
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 7:21AM (Unverified) said
Two exclamation marks - the person that penned the script needs putting in a sanitarium.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 7:45AM (Unverified) said
you new school gamers should pick this up, its amazing.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 7:50AM Celicynd said
Can anyone who got it tell me what version number it is? Sanitarium had a nasty problem in the original disc version that made the game unable to continue at some point. If I remmeber right it was some weird type of thing where an event wouldn't happen when it was supposed to or something. Don't remember specifics but I know a friend and I were both affected by it.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 12:46PM Courtney said
As far as I know, GoG sells games as the most up to date officially patched version. The cool thing though is that it's just the original game files, no DRM or special file formatting or anything. So even if it wasn't, you can still patch it yourself and you can apply any non-official/fan made patches too. I've verified this with the Fallout releases.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2009 10:48AM SnatchTease said
The climax of that game for me was the 2nd level. It's where you meet all the deformed kids, and was the creepiest time in the game. Damn, I bought this a decade ago.
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