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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (8 children)

That's awesome. Also the lack of micro transactions makes me want to support them more. I kinda wish they had a donate button or something.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The donate button is buying the game and their previous titles.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Especially Divinity 2: Original Sin.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The digital deluxe upgrade is basically that. You get some bonus stuff like extra bard songs, some cosmetics I think and the official Soundtrack. Stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is the soundtrack in the game files I assume? I haven't seen it yet, and I can't seem to get the dice skin to work so I wondered if I even got the deluxe edition for a moment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You could always buy a second copy to gift to a friend. Then you'd be able to play together on top of giving them another sale!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Buy the DRM free version on GOG if you haven’t already.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, dumb question, what's GOG?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gog.com Alternative games with some focus on old games.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is another digital game store owned by CD Project, parent company of company that made the Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. They originally started by selling old games that they would get running on newer OSes. They have since started selling new games and have an alright launcher that you can link to other stores to see your entire game collection.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most importantly, GOG as a storefront does not allow DRM. If you buy a game on GOG and keep the installer around (on a drive that's regularly backed up), you'll always have the ability to play that game even if GOG's servers die.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You could request they offer something small…maybe cosmetic…within the game that you could buy to support them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I almost never buy a game on opening day for full price. But fuck microtransaction nonsense -- as soon as the devs made an official statement about it, I was on board.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And?

The key is that nothing in that DLC is needed to win the game. In fact, the only real game advantage at all is some camp supplies. The rest is art, character sheets (they're PDFs), and the soundtrack. It also allows Larian to throw a little extra at the early adopters who bought the game in early access.

"Day 1 dlc" means nothing without context. Not all DLC is pay-to-win.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Also they published the game on GOG - so it’s DRM free!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Gift me and I'll enjoy it 😉