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KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
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Now I get to live the dream. I drive around Europe in my truck picking up hitchhikers and making them honor the hitchhikers code.

On a side note, Forge is pretty fun. It is like end game MMO pvp combat with the different classes and stuff.
 

JamesV

Platinum Member
Jul 9, 2011
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Remembered that I wanted the final Defense Grid DLC, and found all of it 75%. $5 for the game and all expansions - if you like tower defense, you should own this game.

Is Skyrim normally so low discounted? I haven't paid attention to it in other sales, and wanted to pick up some DLC, but I was expecting a higher % off.
 

rivethead

Platinum Member
Jan 16, 2005
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So I had great satisfaction today. My 14 year old son admitted that Baldurs Gate was amazing (and he's only 3 hours into it). I've been telling him to put down the Borderlands, BF3, CoD Black Ops, Skyrim, etc., etc. and play a classic. Two weeks ago he bought BG Enhanced Edition during a weekly sale (same price as today coincidentally). He finally started last night. And now he's hooked.

I think they did a great job with the Enhanced Edition. I purchased BG1 and BG2 from GoG last summer and played BG1 modded with all the goodies. But it still didn't look as polished as BG Enhanced.

So now I'm going to wait for BG2 Enhanced on Steam before playing that. Does anyone know when we're likely to see that? I know they ran into a legal snag or something. Hope it gets resolved soon......
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
10,877
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Remembered that I wanted the final Defense Grid DLC, and found all of it 75%. $5 for the game and all expansions - if you like tower defense, you should own this game.

Is Skyrim normally so low discounted? I haven't paid attention to it in other sales, and wanted to pick up some DLC, but I was expecting a higher % off.

Yes, Bethesda has been really tight on Skyrim discounts ever since its release. I think the best discount it had before the Legendary pack came out was 50% off
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Yes, Bethesda has been really tight on Skyrim discounts ever since its release. I think the best discount it had before the Legendary pack came out was 50% off

The best discount was probably Gamer's Gate's pricing mistake from this past Christmas. $28 for 14 games including Skyrim and Dishonored? Hell yes. I'd only consider that because they actually honored the deal in the end for people that didn't get keys immediately.
 

Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Yes, Bethesda has been really tight on Skyrim discounts ever since its release. I think the best discount it had before the Legendary pack came out was 50% off

Yup, but the 50% was off the old retail price of $59.99 for the base game.

So it was $29.99 for the base game; now it's $35.99 for base game + all DLC.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
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The best discount was probably Gamer's Gate's pricing mistake from this past Christmas. $28 for 14 games including Skyrim and Dishonored? Hell yes. I'd only consider that because they actually honored the deal in the end for people that didn't get keys immediately.

Well yeah I'm not counting misprices or clearance (Toys R Us had all their PC games clearance at $10 per awhile back). Best bet to get it cheap would probably be if/when Greenmangaming runs a sale on it and has a coupon that works with it as well.
 

JoelFB

Junior Member
Jul 19, 2013
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Yeesh. I own Trine 2. They sell Trine 2 'complete story upgrade', which is given free if you have 'gobline menace' that I don't see for sale.

When I add the upgrade to my cart, it does not say I already own it. Then I looked at the Trine 2 page and it says 'you already own Trine 2 complete story'. So forget that.

Then they have an 'artwork and soundtrack' package. Doesn't say I have that either.

So I click on my library to see what DLC I have, it just says 'Trine 2 Collectors'.

So what the hell is collectors... what a headache they make it.

Does that already have the artwork and soundtrack? I can't trust the shopping cart to tell me if I own it.
Hey there,

Joel from Frozenbyte here - I wanted to quickly explain this situation (as it's a bit messy for sure). So a month or so ago we decided to create a "GOTY" version of Trine 2, called Trine 2: Complete Story. This was to include the base game Trine 2 and the expansion campaign Goblin Menace, which was released in Sep 2012. Sounds simple enough, however things went a bit south and what happened was that everybody who owned the game got the name changed to Trine 2: Complete Story. Obviously that was only supposed to happen for people who owned the base game + Goblin Menace.

So that's the main cause of the confusion. If you didn't own Goblin Menace, then you "need" the Complete Story Upgrade to get it. I do believe you should be able to buy it if you don't own it.

The Soundtracks and Artbooks is the OST and Artbook as the name says - and it was previously included in the Collector's Edition which has been faded away. (To be honest it should be called just Soundtrack and Artbook right now but we'll add the Goblin Menace OST + Artbook soonish.) If you're not sure if you have these, check the game folder - i.e. C: \Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\trine 2\ and see if there's a folder called "Artbook" and "Soundtrack" there. If not, then you don't have them, and if you do then you do. (I have no idea what happens if you try to add the new store item and already own the content, it might let you purchase it because it may not be able to detect it properly.)

From the looks of it you should definitely have the folders though. Let me know if not.

Sorry for the mess, it was never our intention and has been a bit of pain to everybody, but I hope this helps a bit. And thanks for yours and everyone else's support too, means a lot.


Best regards,
Joel
Frozenbyte team, developers of Trine and Trine 2
 

Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Hey there,

Joel from Frozenbyte here - I wanted to quickly explain this situation (as it's a bit messy for sure). So a month or so ago we decided to create a "GOTY" version of Trine 2, called Trine 2: Complete Story. This was to include the base game Trine 2 and the expansion campaign Goblin Menace, which was released in Sep 2012. Sounds simple enough, however things went a bit south and what happened was that everybody who owned the game got the name changed to Trine 2: Complete Story. Obviously that was only supposed to happen for people who owned the base game + Goblin Menace.

So that's the main cause of the confusion. If you didn't own Goblin Menace, then you "need" the Complete Story Upgrade to get it. I do believe you should be able to buy it if you don't own it.

The Soundtracks and Artbooks is the OST and Artbook as the name says - and it was previously included in the Collector's Edition which has been faded away. (To be honest it should be called just Soundtrack and Artbook right now but we'll add the Goblin Menace OST + Artbook soonish.) If you're not sure if you have these, check the game folder - i.e. C: \Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\trine 2\ and see if there's a folder called "Artbook" and "Soundtrack" there. If not, then you don't have them, and if you do then you do. (I have no idea what happens if you try to add the new store item and already own the content, it might let you purchase it because it may not be able to detect it properly.)

From the looks of it you should definitely have the folders though. Let me know if not.

Sorry for the mess, it was never our intention and has been a bit of pain to everybody, but I hope this helps a bit. And thanks for yours and everyone else's support too, means a lot.


Best regards,
Joel
Frozenbyte team, developers of Trine and Trine 2

Now, that is impressive service.

That clears it up. It is a problem for people in leaving us confued about what we own - with over 800 games on Steam, I'll forget if I bought something or not, I don't remember the 'gobline menace' so presumably don't have it, but am interested in it as Trine 2 is an amazing game - and I didn't buy anything since it said 'you already own 'the complete story', as you acknowledge.

It is helpful for things to be clear, that's the difficulty with replacing versions offered, did the one I get have the 'artwork and music' for example.

Thanks for the information and responding, makes even more loyal customers.

Funny thing is - minutes ago I was just dealing with a similar issue with EA. I was a happy customer with their Dragon Age product, and having spent well over $100 buying it and DLC on the PS3, when Steam offered the PC version for $53, I bought that. I don't remember what DLC it came with, but it wasn't all of it. Soon after, they replaced that with the 'Ultimate version' with the game and all DLC for $30 - but you could not buy the DLC on Steam for the 'Deluxe' version, you'd have to re-buy the base game package again.

I don't feel that was a good way to treat customers, and did not buy the new package. They sell the DLC on Origin - but at a far higher price (perhaps $100).

Today, I decided to test EA's service which has such a poor reputation and ask them to remedy the situation by giving the new version.

They had great access - press a button and get a call in under 5 minutes - but the actual service was poor. Arguments trying to pretend the issue was the depreciation of DLC rather than what it actually was, taking a tone that having bought it on Steam was doing something wrong ('you made the choice to buy it there'), and they refused to offer anything, while acknowledging they get a lot of complaints about their policies.

What a contrast. Thanks again.
 

Craig234

Lifer
May 1, 2006
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Don't be ashamed of Shadowgrounds, those are solid games too! Even if they didn't make the splash that Trine has for you guys

I had meant to consider shadowgrounds during the Trine flash sale, and forgot (there was a trine+shadowgrounds package, but own the trine games). How are they besides solid?
 

JoelFB

Junior Member
Jul 19, 2013
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Hah, thanks guys. Yeah Shadowgrounds still holds a special place in our hearts, it was our first game and none of us had any industry experience, so it was a rough and painful but eventually very memorable ride. We've had some plans for a new Shadowgrounds every now and then, and it still pops up when we think of new projects... I'd say we are going to do it in the next five years, but let's see. Glad to see it's still remembered.

Edit: Thanks Craig234, good to hear.

- Joel, developers of Trine, Trine 2 and the Shadowgrounds series
 
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ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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LOL. So, firstly I love the Trine games, but I don't know whether to be scared or happy that game makers/publishers are lurking the forums haha.
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Hmm as much negativity as I've spouted off about this game, it might come as a surprise that I'm considering getting Fable III! The main thing is that the game may have a really bad story and poor changes in the gameplay mechanics from the predecessors, but the slowdowns on the 360 just make it even worse. Although, you really get hit with a double-whammy of suckage: SecuROM and GFWL.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
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Hmm as much negativity as I've spouted off about this game, it might come as a surprise that I'm considering getting Fable III! The main thing is that the game may have a really bad story and poor changes in the gameplay mechanics from the predecessors, but the slowdowns on the 360 just make it even worse. Although, you really get hit with a double-whammy of suckage: SecuROM and GFWL.

But it has nude mods!
 

JoelFB

Junior Member
Jul 19, 2013
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LOL. So, firstly I love the Trine games, but I don't know whether to be scared or happy that game makers/publishers are lurking the forums haha.
Thanks - and it's called Google stalking, we do it every day. Not always easy to plow through all the link spam though, we used to be a bit more active with them (I could've sworn I had an account here already but I guess not then). But every now and again something proper comes up and then we see if there's something we can help with.
 

KaOTiK

Lifer
Feb 5, 2001
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Thanks - and it's called Google stalking, we do it every day. Not always easy to plow through all the link spam though, we used to be a bit more active with them (I could've sworn I had an account here already but I guess not then). But every now and again something proper comes up and then we see if there's something we can help with.

You guy should do a isometric Trine RPG
 

ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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I'm also considering Star Trek for $7.49. Heard it was a pretty buggy game on release, I wonder how much it's improved since then.
Don't do it. Friends don't let friends buy Star Trek. It has such a low score for a reason (and it isn't just the bugs).

I've had my eye on Rayman Origins, but at 66% off I might hold off until xmas and get it for even less.
At its current price just buy it now. It's an absolutely fantastic game; the best 2D platformer in at least a decade. Plus this gets you prepped for Rayman: Legends, which is due in September.
 

ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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I know we can't arrange for group purchases of games like Monaco offering 4-packs in this thread. Anyone know if there's another thread where we're allowed to do that?
No, there's nowhere here you're allowed to do that. Quite honestly we don't want to have to become involved if the deal goes south.
 
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