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Another weekend sale on GOG.com, and another one of those "holy crap these games are 50% off!?" deals where you find out they are only 50% off if you buy all games that are on sale; the individual titles are 30% off.

However, this time it's a little bit different. Because this time, the games involved are Master of Magic, Total Annihilation: Commander Pack (TA and the Core Contingency and Battle Tactics expansions), Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (with Iron Plague expansion), Master of Orion 3, and best of all Master of Orion 1+2!

You can grab them all for $16.95 combined, or grab the individual titles for $4.19 each. Except Master of Orion 3 ($6.99) but you don't ever want to play that game anyway. In fact, if you just ignore that game ever existed, you can buy the rest of the games for a total of $16.76. Kingdoms was not exactly the best TA game either, but for $4.19 it's worth a shot.

Whatever you do, make sure to pick up Master of Orion 1+2 and Master of Magic. I cannot even begin to describe how great those games are, or count the years of time I've lost playing them. It would have to be something close to the amount of time someone would spend getting five alts to beat Icecrown Citadel in World of Warcraft.

I'm thinking about picking up the individual titles minus Master of Orion 3, because even for the extra $0.19, that game's only merit is that it coined disappointment for gamers well before Final Fantasy XIII was even conceptualized.








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Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:41
Mr Andy Dixon
Total Annihilation is the greatest RTS of all time.

FACT
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:43
Maurice Tan
Master of Orion 2 > Half-Life 2.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:50
Mr Andy Dixon
Somebody's looking for an ass kicking.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:54
Mr Andy Dixon
I've actually never played any of the MoO games for some odd reason, even though my friend growing up raved about them.

Looks like I'll be fixing that soon!
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:58
Rabite
$.19 is too much for MoO3. MoO1+2 are completely awesome games.
Shoop's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 17:59
Shoop
Too bad I already have MoM and MoO1+2. MoM is probably my second favorite game out there
Script-br's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 18:01
Script-br
Old games are always so charming.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 18:09
ArrestedDeveloper
Everyone needs to own Master of Magic.
MuddBstrd's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 18:12
MuddBstrd
I was with you until the FFXIII equals disappointing comment. Now I'm not so sure our taste in games align.

Oh well. Saving my cash for LA Noire and Zelda 3DS anyway.
tekbunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 18:30
tekbunny
Well ff13 sucked so naturally that reaps disapppintment.
PhilK3nS3bb3n's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 18:34
PhilK3nS3bb3n
Never got into MoO when younger, gonna fix that. Also TA? Sold.
Spencer Hayes's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 19:52
Spencer Hayes
I saw the thumbnail and came running. I can't find my cd for Master of Orion 2. I should probably get this game.
Zepinephrine's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 21:04
Zepinephrine
Psilons rule the galaxy!
M47R1X's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 22:05
M47R1X
I'll probably bite on this 1. Total annihilation kicks ass.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 22:17
Maurice Tan
Yesss, Psilons are the true master race.
Instigator's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2011 23:07
Instigator
@mrandydixon

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