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Posted December 03, 2011
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Sogi-Ya: uhhh ... my point was simply that I was gonna finally pick it now that it has semi-offically become over the hill, which is kinda pathetic because I've had my eye on this game since it came out.
Wut? These are the GOG forums - that pretty much describes our entire life-styles! :-D
Except change 'Semi-offically' for 'very definately'
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Whitewraith: So happy they followed through on this promise. This game is so great , a lot of people didn't get it because of the secuROM .
I hope they roll it into the Steam (and other DD Source) download and don't just leave it as an obscure patch sitting on a web page somewhere though
Post edited December 03, 2011 by Fever_Discordia
Posted December 03, 2011
Thanks for the heads up on this. I have the game on steam but will download the patch and apply it.

I enjoyed the game a lot loved the music and the humor of it. Hope they make a new Divinity game.
Posted December 03, 2011
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aluinie: Hope they make a new Divinity game.
That is their new baby. Not to say it doesn't look like fun*, but still I'd prefer a Div3 game :(

*and apparently it really does, if I'm to believe my friend that saw their presentation at Eurogamer in London.
Posted December 03, 2011
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StingingVelvet: Good stuff.

Every dev/publisher needs to do this after a year or so. I would never complain about DRM if they did.
Exactly what I've always said ever since I was a toddler. (And I don't even require this from every game, only the good ones I like :)). In my case it means more money to publishers because DRM-free games I openly buy into my ever-increasing backlog, while DRM games are in the "don't buy more than you can eat" category, ie. only if I intend to play the said game right away.
Post edited December 03, 2011 by timppu
Posted December 03, 2011
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Tizzysawr: Apparently the Steam version has no actual hooks to Steam -- You can just install it via steam and then launch it from the exe, no steam required. You should be able to grab it for $15 or so come the xmas sale if you're interested :)
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StingingVelvet: You would still need to activate during the install, which is a "hook."
I can understand if this is needed during the initial install (which in my mind is the same as downloading a game from GOG for the first time), but can you re-install and play the Steam copy later, even on a different computer and without an internet connection? That's my litmus test for "DRM free".

If the answer is yes, I don't mind buying it from Steam, even though it would be nice to see it on GOG too. Any other digital sites where it is now fully DRM-free thanks to this patch? Preferably not Amazon, they seem to be pretty US centric much of the time.
Post edited December 03, 2011 by timppu
Posted December 03, 2011
I'm probably alone in this, but, here goes. This is pretty much too damn little, too fucking late for me... Larian lost my business when they went they way they did with Flames of Vengeance/Dragon Knight Saga. I paid full fucking price for a buggy, poorly optimized, incomplete product in Divinity II only to find later that they would address those issues by trying to charge me for a license to complete the game... They claimed they'd release a patch to update the DII:ED engine to that of FoV/DKS, but, to the best of my knowledge, nothing has actually come of that...

They never released a physical version of either FoV or DKS in the States, which leaves importing and GamersGate my only options, both of witch are expensive, and I sure as hell have no intention of paying nearly the same price I paid the first time around, much less paying full retail price for a digital version... Perhaps I'll consider DKS if it hits $10 over the course of GGs winter sales... Either way, this changes nothing, I still have zero respect for Larian...
Posted December 03, 2011
I almost bought it in the sale but I have Skyrim to get through and a major lack of money. With their willingness to put a patch like that out, I get the feeling this'll be one of GOG.com's newer game releases when they get round to it.
Posted December 03, 2011
Thanks for the heads up.
Posted December 03, 2011
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Lou: They released a Patch
Now that's a GREAT news!

I bought Dragon Knight Saga months ago but never installed nor played it (played some of the original game though), now it will be probably the next game I try once I finished Xenoblade and Batman.
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timppu: I can understand if this is needed during the initial install (which in my mind is the same as downloading a game from GOG for the first time), but can you re-install and play the Steam copy later, even on a different computer and without an internet connection? That's my litmus test for "DRM free".
Well you can't "reinstall" it, but if the game exe is "DRM-free" and Steam-less you can copy and paste the game's folder to another computer and it should work.

Not the best solution but if the only version you "own" is the Steam version it's better than nothing, but of course if you want a real fully DRM-free version you better try to find the retail version or hope that maybe some online shop will start selling it DRM-free.
Post edited December 03, 2011 by Gersen
Posted December 03, 2011
So anyway, what about Beyond Divinity, is it suposed to be a 'stand-alone expansion' rather than a sequal then?
Posted December 03, 2011
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Fever_Discordia: So anyway, what about Beyond Divinity, is it suposed to be a 'stand-alone expansion' rather than a sequal then?
That's a spinoff - it's a Divinity game (well, at least in name), but not connected to the main story.
Post edited December 03, 2011 by DrIstvaan
Posted December 03, 2011
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Fever_Discordia: So anyway, what about Beyond Divinity, is it suposed to be a 'stand-alone expansion' rather than a sequal then?
Some games are considered to be full games, just not full sequels. Take Fallout New Vegas or Crusader No Regret as examples. I think it's mostly to dampen consumer expectations so as to ensure that the game isn't judged as being a full sequel even if it continues the main storyline.
Posted December 03, 2011
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aluinie: Hope they make a new Divinity game.
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Thiev: That is their new baby. Not to say it doesn't look like fun*, but still I'd prefer a Div3 game :(

*and apparently it really does, if I'm to believe my friend that saw their presentation at Eurogamer in London.
Thanks for the link aye it does look fun but like you i would certainly want a Divinity 3 maybe in the future.
Posted December 03, 2011
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Thiev: That
Um... what?
A dragon with... rocket engines? The fuck?
Posted December 03, 2011
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Misanthropic: I'm probably alone in this, but, here goes. This is pretty much too damn little, too fucking late for me... Larian lost my business when they went they way they did with Flames of Vengeance/Dragon Knight Saga. I paid full fucking price for a buggy, poorly optimized, incomplete product in Divinity II only to find later that they would address those issues by trying to charge me for a license to complete the game... They claimed they'd release a patch to update the DII:ED engine to that of FoV/DKS, but, to the best of my knowledge, nothing has actually come of that...

They never released a physical version of either FoV or DKS in the States, which leaves importing and GamersGate my only options, both of witch are expensive, and I sure as hell have no intention of paying nearly the same price I paid the first time around, much less paying full retail price for a digital version... Perhaps I'll consider DKS if it hits $10 over the course of GGs winter sales... Either way, this changes nothing, I still have zero respect for Larian...
They released a beta patch that updates Ego Draconis + Flames of Vengeance to Dragon Knight Saga. The problem is, it doesn't work if you don't have Flames of Vengeance.
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