I had to rub my eyes a bit at this, Eschalon: Book I is officially 10 years old! It is also now completely free to download and play. Officially, it hits 10 years in November, but the developer wanted to put it up for free a little early.
From their website post:
You can download for free at GOG, but the Steam version as noted above is having issues being set free.
On top of that Book II & III have had their prices reduced!
Crazy to think 10 years ago I was getting excited about this game, it seems like an insane amount of time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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From their website post:
Quote2017 marks the 10th anniversary* of the release of Eschalon: Book I, and to celebrate we are giving it away! Yep, it’s free, now and forever! You can download the full, pre-registered copy here or through GoG or Steam**. As if this cake needed any more frosting, Book II and Book III have been reduced in price, too.
Thanks for 10 great years! It’s been an awesome adventure, and we are looking forward to what the next 10 years brings.
* Technically, Book I was released in November 2007, but we wanted to celebrate now.
** As of this writing, Steam was having trouble digesting the new prices (FREE?!? Have you gone mad?!?). It may be a day or so before you see those prices change.
You can download for free at GOG, but the Steam version as noted above is having issues being set free.
On top of that Book II & III have had their prices reduced!
Crazy to think 10 years ago I was getting excited about this game, it seems like an insane amount of time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I played it and didn't reach the end either....it's an excellent game though. Great attitude from the developer.
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I was actually considering to get this, but for some reason I forgot about it (thanks life!).
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oldrocker99 Feb 28, 2017
It's been years since I played it, in the dark days before the Humble Bundles and Steam, but it's well worth picking up again.
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DamonLinuxPL Feb 28, 2017
Worth. I have trilogy on Steam and I like it. So If you not own this game, pick it :D
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Yeah. I'd already bought it as well, a couple of years ago. It was already sitting in my GOG library. Played it, enjoyed it and finished it. Shared the "Free" link with a bunch of gamer friends.
One of the earliest RPG games I played on Linux. Before that, usually I was using Windows for RPG gaming.
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One of the earliest RPG games I played on Linux. Before that, usually I was using Windows for RPG gaming.
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Plintslîcho Feb 28, 2017
Wow, 10 year...
Bought Eschalon Book I and II directly from Basilisk when they were first released. Never finished them though. They are beautiful games nonetheless and I don't regret having bought them at release.
Bought Eschalon Book I and II directly from Basilisk when they were first released. Never finished them though. They are beautiful games nonetheless and I don't regret having bought them at release.
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I have played it, I don't know if first or the second, and I was quite disappointed. Weak RPG elements, weak story and horrible controls. The turn-based system is nice, but having to click all the time I wanted to move by one point was tedious.
Additionally, the world was quite empty, I expected a lot of interactions, but most interactions were just killing stuff, which was basically if diablo was turn-based and without flashy spells.
I certainly see why some people might like it, but I missed either interesting character development in the sense of skills and abilities or
more interesting and interactive world.
Additionally, the world was quite empty, I expected a lot of interactions, but most interactions were just killing stuff, which was basically if diablo was turn-based and without flashy spells.
I certainly see why some people might like it, but I missed either interesting character development in the sense of skills and abilities or
more interesting and interactive world.
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slaapliedje Feb 28, 2017
I have had this game for years, but have never gotten the time to play it. Then again, I have tons of games that are the same way, doesn't help that I picked up playing Dungeon Master again, now that some bad ass patched it to work on the Atari TT030...
So many fun things to waste my time on, which ends up making me not learn a programming language...
So many fun things to waste my time on, which ends up making me not learn a programming language...
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psycho_driver Feb 28, 2017
I played through this a couple of years ago. A nice competent old school RPG.
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Oh man, I loved this game. It's really long though, I still haven't gotten to Book III...
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Joeyboots80 Mar 1, 2017
I love this series! So much so, even though I own the entire trilogy on Steam already, I will buy Eschalon II and III on GOG as well. Thanks for the heads up on the free version of the original Liam! I urge anyone who hasn't tried this series yet and likes old-school rpgs to try out this first entry in the series. After all, it doesn't get any cheaper than free! Amirite? :D
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So I finally downloaded it from GoG. Installed it. And tried to run it. Tried. It could even start and was throwing some weird errors. Seriously, GoG, if you are making some installer and your binary depends on some external libraries, could you, you now, install it? Or prompt user to install it and tell him, what exactly is missing? Because you are not telling me.
So, overall, the same as constructor, which crashed my computer due to badly set defaults. Shitty package. I would expect more.
So, overall, the same as constructor, which crashed my computer due to badly set defaults. Shitty package. I would expect more.
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