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All prices on GOG.com are either 5.99 USD or 9.99 USD. Most of the time, that price applies to single games, though some games are sold in pairs. For example, you can pick up Descent 1 and 2 for $5.99. As of this writing, the only payment methods are Visa and Mastercard, though CDP intends to add more methods of payment (PayPal being an obvious minimum candidate). The GOG catalogue is currently limited to games published by Interplay and Codemasters, which means that it's somewhat small (though still packed with some real gems). CD Projekt promises that games will be added every Tuesday of the week, with the upcoming titles being announced on Thursday. There are certainly enough good old titles to get, but I have to wonder if GOG will keep a consistent line of providing only *good* old games, especially considering some older titles (all of the D&D-licensed games, for instance) might be harder to get due to multiple claims of rights on the title. Also, while the current games are all available worldwide, CD Projekt informs us that it is not unthinkable for future releases to be restricted in area of sale, though they are trying to keep this to a minimum. We might also see censored versions of games released on GOG if the publisher advises it. As of right now, games like Fallout are offered in the US uncensored version for everyone.
Current RPG titles are Fallout 1 and 2 (to assuage confusion before it begins: rights to selling Fallout 1, 2, Tactics and BoS are all still with Interplay, not with Bethesda), Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, and Invictus: Shadow of Olympus, with Stonekeep soon to come. Not a rich list of RPGs, but it'll grow, and meanwhile the service offers plenty of other great games, such as the Descent series, MDK 1 and 2, Kingpin: Life of Crime, Freespace 1 and 2, and so on and so forth.
In case you're curious, here's a full list of games available on the service as of September 16th, 2008:
1nsane
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Conquest of the New World
Descent + Descent 2
Descent 3 + Expansion
Die by the Sword + Expansion
Earthworm Jim 3D
Evolva
F/A-18E Super Hornet
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Freespace + Expansion
Freespace 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
M.A.X. + M.A.X. 2
MDK
MDK 2
Messiah
Operation Flashpoint GOTY
Original War
Perimeter
Redneck Rampage Collection
Sacrifice
Shattered Steel
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Stonekeep
Toca Race Driver 3
How's that for a "good" start?
