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Get Thief, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Soul Reaver, and more Square Enix classics up to 75% off!

We're all gamers, here at GOG.com, so we know very well that games aren't something you <i>can</i> have. They're something you <i>must</i> have. A commodity, essential to our wellbeing. We take it as our mission to deliver what makes you happy right onto your virtual doorstep. Our weekend [url=http://www.gog.com/promo/square_enix_weekend_promo_040414]Square Enix Supply offers you the chance to get games from some of the most exciting series with up to 75% off discount. Square Enix catalog features some of the most impressive gems in the GOG.com offer. Titles that evoke memories and emotions in thousands and thousands of gamers. The character cast of the Square Enix stable alone is impressive enough to make one's heart race. If GOG.com had a red carpet, celebrities such as Lara Croft, Garret the Master Thief, Agent 47, Kain and Raziel, and JC Denton would arrive to walk it on a limousine marked by Square Enix logo. Let's take a quick look at the featured games, shall we?

Lara Croft is the ever-shining star of the Tomb Raider series. Lately her character has undergone some major changes. Here, we give you a chance to spend some quality time with good--erm--classic Lara. Tomb Raider 1+2+3, Tomb Raider: Last Revelation + Chronicles, and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness sum up all of the miss Croft's early career, for only $3.99 each!

Yet another hero who is a fan of property re-assignment concept, Garret the Thief has now made a comeback with a new game. The word on the street is that the new title is very nice, but not quite what the long-time fans of the series expected from a Thief game. On GOG.com you can catch up with all of Garret's classic adventures, as long as you can keep up with him, as he silently moves through the shadows. Thief Gold, Thief 2: The Metal Age, and Thief 3: The Deadly Shadows let you experience the life of a thievery archmaster, for only $3.49 each!

Not really in the mood for action and adventure? Startopia takes the classic city-builder genre to the stars and lets you manage a fully simulated alien society of nine distinctive races in which each citizen's mood, needs, and goals can be individually tracked. You'll get some help from VAL--your AI advisor--brilliantly voiced by William Franklyn, the British actor famous for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio performance. The game is only $1.49 this weekend!

That's only a small taste of the Square Enix titles you can get up to 75% off this weekend. Head out to our Square Enix Supply promo page, to check out the whole offer available until Tuesday, April 8, at 3:59AM GMT. Enjoy your weekend!
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Selderij: Front page: 75% OFF

Hidden within the article: up to 75% off

Games listed on the promo page or game pages themselves not showing discount %

I'd appreciate if you'd be more upfront about the nature of the deals.
There's exactly one place on the site and everywhere else we're posting about this promo that says 75% off, and that is the frontpage headline picture. Everywhere else, you can see "up to 75% off", and the only reason it's not there on the said banner is because there isn't quite enough place to put it there the way those are normally designed. There was no intention to "hide" the "up to" thing, on our part.

Still, we do appologize if you found that misleading. We do intend to figure out a better banner design for such cases in the future (probably as soon as there's another case like this).
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Niteris: I was about to buy the entire collection of Legacy of Kain when I see this:

"ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY"

So I click it, then I see this nightmare:

"The terms and conditions of this EULA are without prejudice to any terms and conditions governing your use of any third party proprietary software product including without limitation any STEAM™ software. Such third party proprietary software may be embodied on the media containing this Software Product or otherwise downloaded within the software package containing the Software Product and may be required in order to use certain features of this Software Product, which use may be subject to and conditional upon your acceptance and observance of additional third party end user licence agreements.""

and this:

"WE ARE ONLY PREPARED TO LICENCE YOU TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT ON THE TERMS OF THIS EULA."

and this:

"7. Termination
Without prejudice to any other rights, Square Enix may terminate this EULA immediately without notice if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In the event of termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software Product and all of its component parts including any Software Product stored on the hard disk of any computer. All provisions of this EULA relating to disclaimers or warranties, limitations of liability, remedies, or damages and Square Enix’s proprietary rights shall survive termination."

I'm sorry GOG, but I came here to get away from this kind of bullshit, but now you're selling games where we have to accept your competitors EULA/contract to play the games we get from you?
Now, if I somehow misread all this, I apologize; but this all looks extremely fishy to me.
Thankfully, it's only appeared on the Square Enix games on sale, so far. Even "my" (I guess I shouldn't call it that anymore should I?) of Theif GOLD has this malware now.

If this starts spreading and/or I have to start using steam to play my GOG games, you've eternally lost a loyal costumer and friend. I'm going to to download my catalogue now before it gets infected.

I hope you read this and self-correct it.

Please, do something about this.
It's not our competitor's EULA, it's Square Enix's standard EULA that they delivered to us as-is and requested that we put it into their products. Now, I am not a lawyer but I *think* you kind of have to be one in order to alter a document such as an EULA (real lawyers feel free to correct me if I am wrong).

I hope that helps :)
Post edited April 04, 2014 by JudasIscariot
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amok: Maybe you should stop using gOg.?

"Termination
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated. You agree that GOG may terminate your log in access to the Service, including your user name and password, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability. GOG may change, suspend, or discontinue all or any aspect of the Service at any time, including the availability of any feature, without prior notice or liability."
http://www.gog.com/support/policies/terms_of_use

or any service at all...
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Niteris: The difference is that I trust and like GOG, Sqeenix on the other hand I don't. But I get your point.
The main thing in the EULA that bugs me is the possible inclusion of steam...
We are NOT going to include or require you to use Steam.

We are NOT going to take your games away. If you want proof, ask anyone that has bought a game from us and that game later was removed from sale but not their shelves.
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JudasIscariot: We are NOT going to include or require you to use Steam.

We are NOT going to take your games away. If you want proof, ask anyone that has bought a game from us and that game later was removed from sale but not their shelves.
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Niteris: I believe you, I really do.
But I'm just going to paste the part that bugged me

"The terms and conditions of this EULA are without prejudice to any terms and conditions governing your use of any third party proprietary software product including without limitation any STEAM™ software. Such third party proprietary software may be embodied on the media containing this Software Product or otherwise downloaded within the software package containing the Software Product and may be required in order to use certain features of this Software Product, which use may be subject to and conditional upon your acceptance and observance of additional third party end user licence agreements."

Why would might the games require or already have such third party proprietary software (i.e. steam) if it's being sold on GOG.
I'm honestly just confused if nothing else, sorry for taking up everyone's time, I would just like an explanation for it.
It's a standard EULA from Square Enix as I've said before :)

We have been in business for almost 6 years and not a single game of ours uses or has Steam. We are not a Steam subsidiary so we do not use it.
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JudasIscariot: It's a standard EULA from Square Enix as I've said before :)

We have been in business for almost 6 years and not a single game of ours uses or has Steam. We are not a Steam subsidiary so we do not use it.
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Niteris: Thanks for making that crystal clear to me :), was just curious/paranoid (bit scared of having soft copies).
Hopefully this cheesy slogan will lighten the mood: GOGFGOG - Good Old Games from Good Old Gamers :D
Totally understandable and it's nice to actually see people read the EULAs :)
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justanoldgamer: Why isn't "Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 1" here? Is it owned by someone else than Square Enix?

I'm thinking of getting the series but I'm afraid of starting the story in the middle.
It's in licensing hell, actually :(

I think TET mentioned something like this elsewhere on the forum but I can't recall where...
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JudasIscariot: It's in licensing hell, actually :(

I think TET mentioned something like this elsewhere on the forum but I can't recall where...
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DrearierSpider: Does Silicon Knights still have any ownership for this version anymore? Also, I find it annoying how the rights to the PSOne version, with its insufferable load times, aren't in this situation.
I don't know, sorry :(