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Aug 26, 2011, 19:21 |
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The Opera Ghost wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 04:29:
I'm waiting still for GOG to have a Witcher 2 sale comparable to Steam's. I want to support game creators making a good game DRM-free.
Here's to hoping.
It was 29.99 when you posted this. |
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Aug 17, 2011, 09:57 |
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| or buy it from amazon's digital downloads when on sale. no intrusive steam client needed and DRM free. |
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Aug 17, 2011, 04:29 |
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I'm waiting still for GOG to have a Witcher 2 sale comparable to Steam's. I want to support game creators making a good game DRM-free.
Here's to hoping. |
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Aug 16, 2011, 18:56 |
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CJ_Parker wrote on Aug 16, 2011, 09:40:
Slashman wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 23:16:
Anyway...to reply to CJ_Parker, I have a hard time not supporting a company that is:
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4) Actually listening to, and respecting their PC customers.
Ah you mean "respect" as in when they pretended for shits'n'giggles that they were out of business and that everyone lost access to the games that they bought throughout the years? Or "respect" as in when they actually did cut us off for three or four days from our games to get their lame relaunch shit together? Or "respect" as in shutting down the official The Witcher 2 forums on their website right before the release of the game?
Yup. I'm simply overwhelmed by all the big phat respectz that these guys have been showing us  .
BOO-friggin'-HOO! They pulled a bad joke which in the end harmed no one and that's all you can find to blame them for? Weak.
Also...how do you lose access to games that you can download and put aside to reinstall at any time? GOG isn't Steam. So at the most you lost the ability to download a game that you should have the install file for anyway.
And they explained the forum problems they were having. They paid someone to work on their forums and that person didn't deliver, so they shut them down while a new forum programmer made their new forums...which they have reopened.
You have nothing of consequence to blame these guys for... |
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Aug 16, 2011, 09:40 |
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Slashman wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 23:16:
Anyway...to reply to CJ_Parker, I have a hard time not supporting a company that is:
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4) Actually listening to, and respecting their PC customers.
Ah you mean "respect" as in when they pretended for shits'n'giggles that they were out of business and that everyone lost access to the games that they bought throughout the years? Or "respect" as in when they actually did cut us off for three or four days from our games to get their lame relaunch shit together? Or "respect" as in shutting down the official The Witcher 2 forums on their website right before the release of the game?
Yup. I'm simply overwhelmed by all the big phat respectz that these guys have been showing us .
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Aug 16, 2011, 06:14 |
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| You know, you gotta love these guys. They continue to polish, even when they don't have to. I'll pick this up at some point (probably after I have played the first one) and it will be just awesome. |
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| Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. |
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Aug 16, 2011, 02:13 |
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Flatline wrote on Aug 16, 2011, 00:00:
Oh christ... If CDP included blowjobs from world class supermodels some people would find something to bitch about. Go back to school, learn to understand the difference between what people actually write and what you think how the world should be. |
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Aug 16, 2011, 00:00 |
Flatline |
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CJ_Parker wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 21:01:
While this is great product support it begs the question why anyone should continue to be idiotic enough to buy a CDP game at full price at release. This is the second game where they bring substantial content updates as well as gameplay improvements and new features to the table via "free" (actually anyone who bought the game paid them up front for any post-release services) patches to create an ultimate super duper platinum uber director's cut version of the game.
I'm really a bit torn on these tactics. It's nice and cool on the one hand but also incredibly lame on the other since it feels like I paid $50 at release for a barebone version.
Sure, the updates are sort of "free" but still... I could still have my $50 and spent it on another game while waiting for CDP to finish their creative vision or whatever it is that they are after. As it is my game is collecting dust while I'm waiting for the final version. That's not entirely satisfactory.
Oh christ... If CDP included blowjobs from world class supermodels some people would find something to bitch about.
"Whaaaaaa! I get free stuff after the game's release! Whaaaaa! CDP sucks because they didn't give it to me when *I* wanted it! Whaaaa!"
Jesus... You're like a fucking hipster. Nothing is actually *good* for you. When someone makes a genuinely decent effort you trash them for not doing it on your schedule. |
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Aug 15, 2011, 23:16 |
Slashman |
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Tumbler wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 22:32:
I'm surprised I haven't seen more copies trade on goozex. I've had my hands open for this game since launch and it's trade an amazing 3 times since May 28. Considering the removed the drm at launch I'd say it's safe to trade it and despite that no one is giving it up.
At this rate I'm going to end up buying a copy... Trade those games ppl!
Just for your benefit, I sincerely hope people continue to NOT trade it. 
Anyway...to reply to CJ_Parker, I have a hard time not supporting a company that is:
1) Actively trying to include DLC with each major patch for free.
2) Selling the game DRM-free on their own site.
3) Maintaining the PC as their lead platform.
4) Actually listening to, and respecting their PC customers.
For those 4 reasons alone, I have no problem with buying their games early. And adding in the fact that they make kick-ass games makes them pretty much my choice for PC dev of the year. Watch the developer diaries and you'd be even more impressed(provided you don't mind subtitles). |
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Aug 15, 2011, 22:32 |
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I'm surprised I haven't seen more copies trade on goozex. I've had my hands open for this game since launch and it's trade an amazing 3 times since May 28. Considering the removed the drm at launch I'd say it's safe to trade it and despite that no one is giving it up.
At this rate I'm going to end up buying a copy... Trade those games ppl! |
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Aug 15, 2011, 22:29 |
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While this is great product support it begs the question why anyone should continue to be idiotic enough to buy a CDP game at full price at release. This is the second game where they bring substantial content updates as well as gameplay improvements and new features to the table via "free" (actually anyone who bought the game paid them up front for any post-release services) patches to create an ultimate super duper platinum uber director's cut version of the game.
I'm really a bit torn on these tactics. It's nice and cool on the one hand but also incredibly lame on the other since it feels like I paid $50 at release for a barebone version.
Sure, the updates are sort of "free" but still... I could still have my $50 and spent it on another game while waiting for CDP to finish their creative vision or whatever it is that they are after. As it is my game is collecting dust while I'm waiting for the final version. That's not entirely satisfactory.
The way you're looking at this is very much skewed to what you want to believe is happening... and that's allright, you're probably used to companies shoving DLC down your throat that was ready the day the game was released, but made separate to generate more revenue.
The developers here are doing this because they have released a game they are completely happy with, to fans they genuinely appreciate. While other companies would charge for every little piece of content you can download after release, CD project have instead opted to continue giving to those who supported them by buying their game, offering free DLC with almost every patch they release, adding great reasons to play through again and experience another side of the story.
You should be grateful there are still developers out there that show their appreciation for games & gamers in this way, when the current trend is to nickel and dime gamers to death with DLC and "services".
Kudos to CD Project RED. |
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Aug 15, 2011, 22:19 |
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CJ_Parker wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 21:01:
While this is great product support it begs the question why anyone should continue to be idiotic enough to buy a CDP game at full price at release. This is the second game where they bring substantial content updates as well as gameplay improvements and new features to the table via "free" (actually anyone who bought the game paid them up front for any post-release services) patches to create an ultimate super duper platinum uber director's cut version of the game.
Idiotic enough? Heh, that is truly a strange comment...;) Knowing that CDPR is just full of pleasant surprises in their "Witcher for PC" (and only PC) games development, in that they continue to develop the game you bought after you buy it with masses of new features and extra content given away for free--what most companies charge extra for--means that you shouldn't ever be afraid to buy one of these games at full pop when it is released because you know going in that you are going to get you money's worth--and then some. I don't know of any other game franchise that delivers as much, for so little! The Witcher series for PC is therefore king of the hill in value and quality content and its attitude towards DRM.
So, really, what's your point? Do you really think that Witcher 2 will be worth less when version 2.0 for PC is released? I certainly can't see that. Most companies charge the same price for less support and less content and when anything else *is* released for the game they charge you more for it. I think it's obvious that the extra development and content announcement make this game worth more, not less, right away.
Millions of people rushed out and bought StarCraft II and Black Ops for PC on Day One and paid ~$60 for the privilege--and neither of those games will get the same degree of lavish attention for improvement and content that CDPR did first for Witcher PC and now is repeating for Witcher 2 PC.
And of course, if you wait long enough--say, a couple of years--you'll be able to buy the game much cheaper in the bargain bin, but that's true for all games. Who wants to wait two years? Not me...;)
I'm really a bit torn on these tactics. It's nice and cool on the one hand but also incredibly lame on the other since it feels like I paid $50 at release for a barebone version.
Sure, the updates are sort of "free" but still... I could still have my $50 and spent it on another game while waiting for CDP to finish their creative vision or whatever it is that they are after. As it is my game is collecting dust while I'm waiting for the final version. That's not entirely satisfactory.
Your mistake, of course, is in concluding that Witcher 2 isn't already worth $50, and by any measure I am quite sure that it is...;) Your sentiments also remind me of listening to people bitch and moan and swear that they never buy a Microsoft OS until service patch 1 rolls out.
They can do whatever they choose, of course, but I bought both Vista x64 and Win7x64 very near launch, and had no trouble using either prior to SP1. By your standard of reasoning we should all wait until an OS is six months shy of obsolescence before we buy it, since all of the feature upgrades and fixes Microsoft releases for a given OS aren't included at OS launch. But that would be silly--because if you waited for Microsoft to finalize an OS version before you bought it you'd be buying an obsolete OS which wouldn't be worth the price of admission at any price, since the successor OS version would be due to ship any day.
On the contrary, the reason that millions of people go ahead and buy the new OS at or near launch is because they anticipate the several years of improvements and feature additions that will be added free of charge! That automatically makes the new OS version worth much more than it would otherwise appear to be worth at launch.
Witcher 2 for PC is the same. Except that it's a game (!) which makes this amount of support and improved content unheard of among game developers. (I've been gaming for 25 years and have never seen this kind of commitment to an already shipped game.) I've never seen a developer pour so much into a game a year after shipping at no charge to the customer! And, there's no way I want to wait until six months prior to Witcher 3 shipping to buy Witcher2. That's mainly because these Witcher games have an incredible amount of replay value. I played the Witcher through once before the EE version was released by CDPR, and since then I have played it through an additional two times, and am in the middle of my fourth replay of Witcher 1 even as I play the initial chapters of Witcher 2. Basically, holding the opinion that so much beyond-the-pale support for its Witcher PC games makes those games worth less is a sentiment I believe is shared by very few. In fact, you just might be unique in your views...;)
Last, playing computer games for 25 years I've never, ever, bought and played a game (and I've bought hundreds) that was a) 100% bug free, and b) so perfect that no amount of additional content could possibly make it better. Kudos to CDPR for improving their game and adding content for free as this will incite many more people to buy their Witcher PC games than any amount of mere advertising might ever do. And advertising, unfortunately, is where most companies spend their $ after they've already shipped a title.
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Aug 15, 2011, 21:01 |
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While this is great product support it begs the question why anyone should continue to be idiotic enough to buy a CDP game at full price at release. This is the second game where they bring substantial content updates as well as gameplay improvements and new features to the table via "free" (actually anyone who bought the game paid them up front for any post-release services) patches to create an ultimate super duper platinum uber director's cut version of the game.
I'm really a bit torn on these tactics. It's nice and cool on the one hand but also incredibly lame on the other since it feels like I paid $50 at release for a barebone version.
Sure, the updates are sort of "free" but still... I could still have my $50 and spent it on another game while waiting for CDP to finish their creative vision or whatever it is that they are after. As it is my game is collecting dust while I'm waiting for the final version. That's not entirely satisfactory.
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Aug 15, 2011, 20:40 |
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Overon wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 20:30:
It seems that with games, good things come to those who wait.
Also very true of constipation...  |
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Aug 15, 2011, 20:30 |
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| It seems that with games, good things come to those who wait. |
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Aug 15, 2011, 20:01 |
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I was waiting for a sale, so I'll probably get v2 on my first playthrough.
Good news! |
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Aug 15, 2011, 19:41 |
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Krovven wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 19:05:
Pre-ordered from GoG. Haven't played past the prologue. Decided to wait for a PC upgrade to get max res/settings. Sounds like now I'll be waiting even longer for even more enhancements before playing.
I only finally finished The Witcher about a week after the release of Witcher 2.
I finished The Witcher about 2 weeks before patch 1.3 came out. I think I may wait for Enhanced W2 before my second playthrough. |
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Aug 15, 2011, 19:14 |
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theyarecomingforyou wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 18:59:
Hopefully this will include the second half of the game... just kidding. But it was much shorter than I expected. At least they could give us some substantial DLC - I don't mind paying for it. Regardless, easily one of the best games of the year and the best RPG I've played since The Witcher 1.
Fixed! Great post though!  |
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Aug 15, 2011, 19:05 |
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Pre-ordered from GoG. Haven't played past the prologue. Decided to wait for a PC upgrade to get max res/settings. Sounds like now I'll be waiting even longer for even more enhancements before playing.
I only finally finished The Witcher about a week after the release of Witcher 2.
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Aug 15, 2011, 19:02 |
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Feel almost like I should stop my first playthrough now in Act 2 and wait for the Uber Version Witcher 2...  |
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