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Posted April 17, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Mac version is live now :)
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jamesmchahaha: I'm genuinely unsurprised that JudasIscariot has responded in this thread regarding the delay, but completely ignored my post relating to the mislabeling of the BS5 Mac download.
He's been doing the exact same thing for the past 14 hours; responding to delay related questions while skimming over the countless amount of posts by people who have been mislead into downloading 4.4gbs of the wrong file. It seems incredibly malicious that nothing was done to get the link removed and save further consumers from wasting 4.4 gbs of broadband.
It speaks volumes about GOG and the poor work ethic they employ.
It wasn't mislabeled. It had the words "Episode 1" in the file name. Please tell me how it was mislabeled.

On the downloading issues, unfortunately, it is impossible for us to split up a Mac version so that you could download it as a patch and whatnot.
Posted April 17, 2014
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jamesmchahaha: I'm genuinely unsurprised that JudasIscariot has responded in this thread regarding the delay, but completely ignored my post relating to the mislabeling of the BS5 Mac download.
He's been doing the exact same thing for the past 14 hours; responding to delay related questions while skimming over the countless amount of posts by people who have been mislead into downloading 4.4gbs of the wrong file. It seems incredibly malicious that nothing was done to get the link removed and save further consumers from wasting 4.4 gbs of broadband.
It speaks volumes about GOG and the poor work ethic they employ.
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JudasIscariot: It wasn't mislabeled. It had the words "Episode 1" in the file name. Please tell me how it was mislabeled.

On the downloading issues, unfortunately, it is impossible for us to split up a Mac version so that you could download it as a patch and whatnot.
no it didn't in my games collection...only in gog downloader there was an icon with episode 1 actually also the new installer still have this icon with episode 1
Posted April 17, 2014
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JudasIscariot: It wasn't mislabeled. It had the words "Episode 1" in the file name. Please tell me how it was mislabeled.

On the downloading issues, unfortunately, it is impossible for us to split up a Mac version so that you could download it as a patch and whatnot.
I didn't take a screenshot earlier, but I'll take and attach one now (because the only thing that is different is the file size from '4.4 GB' to '6.6 GB').

As you can see the thumbnail says "season pass", not "episode 1".
The subheading says "BROKEN SWORD 5 - THE SERPENT'S CURSE", not "EPISODE 1 OF BROKEN SWORD 5 - THE SERPENT'S CURSE".
There is absolutely no indication that the download link is for Episode 1 and not, as expected, for the full game.

I'm not sure if you use a Mac yourself, but when one clicks a link, the file automatically begins downloading. It should be made clear from the outset, prior to clicking said link. In this case, it most certainly was not!

Arguing that the game wasn't mislabeled because "It had the words Episode 1 in the file name" is petty and insulting. It's like blaming someone for not reading the ingredients and every bit of fine print on a candy bar.

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and that was a bad metaphor, because if your download page was a candy bar, there'd be absolutely no list of ingredients, and the consumer would only realise the mixup once they had peeled the wrapper off.
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Post edited April 17, 2014 by jamesmchahaha
Posted April 17, 2014
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JudasIscariot: It wasn't mislabeled. It had the words "Episode 1" in the file name. Please tell me how it was mislabeled.

On the downloading issues, unfortunately, it is impossible for us to split up a Mac version so that you could download it as a patch and whatnot.
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jamesmchahaha: I didn't take a screenshot earlier, but I'll take and attach one now (because the only thing that is different is the file size from '4.4 GB' to '6.6 GB').

As you can see the thumbnail says "season pass", not "episode 1".
The subheading says "BROKEN SWORD 5 - THE SERPENT'S CURSE", not "EPISODE 1 OF BROKEN SWORD 5 - THE SERPENT'S CURSE".
There is absolutely no indication that the download link is for Episode 1 and not, as expected, for the full game.

I'm not sure if you use a Mac yourself, but when one clicks a link, the file automatically begins downloading. It should be made clear from the outset, prior to clicking said link. In this case, it most certainly was not!

Arguing that the game wasn't mislabeled because "It had the words Episode 1 in the file name" is petty and insulting. It's like blaming someone for not reading the ingredients and every bit of fine print on a candy bar.

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and that was a bad metaphor, because if your download page was a candy bar, there'd be absolutely no list of ingredients, and the consumer would only realise the mixup once they had peeled the wrapper off.
No, I don't use a Mac and yes, that was bad on my part to refer to the file name as I thought it was plainly visible and that's I referred to it in my precious answer. I am sorry for unintentionally insulting you as it was NOT my intent.

The issue with the downloader is beyond me but I should be able to pass on a suggestion about the downloader showing the filenames and labels more clearly because as I look at the Windows version it just shows "Mac OS X installer".
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