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The chronicle of the Third Era is about to be revealed!

Age of Wonders 3, the long-anticipated continuation to the fan-favorite, award-winning strategy series, set in a robust and beautiful world that becomes the scene for diverse, complex, and engaging gameplay, is available for pre-orders on GOG.com. Depending on your location you'll be charged $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99. An extended Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition, featuring a full soundtrack and the Dragon's Throne standalone scenario, is available for $44.99, £34.99, or €44.99. As a special pre-order bonus, both versions include the Elven Resurgence, a standalone scenario DLC.

Imagine! Empires rising and falling before your very eyes, led to victory or defeat by heroes of legend so powerful that they appear to be titans in the eyes of mortals. Sorcerers harness the arcane powers to bend the rules of the world around them. Theocrats twist the wills of their followers with the holy aura bestowed upon them by their deities for their zealous service. Rogues rule the shadows, taking any chance to strike and win before their foes even realize there is a war to fight. Warlords earn the loyalty of their legions by the glory gained in the many battles they emerged from, victorious. Archdruids become one with nature, and the land itself rushes to their aid. Dreadnoughts rely on the art of engineering to construct their unstoppable artificial armies. All those powers, all of their miraculous exploits, all of their desires, all thrown into one realm of war. This shall truly be an age of wonders!

With Age of Wonders 3, Triumph Studios aims to set new standards not only for the acclaimed Age of Wonders series, but also for the turn-based strategy genre itself. Taking advantage of all the modern gaming bells and whistles, the title will deliver an impressive level of complexity in gameplay and an immersive, lush, and diverse gameworld that can become your own for hundreds of hours. With the ability to choose one of the six leader classes, you'll be able to custom-tailor your empire--and by extension your experience with the game--to your personal gameplay style, so you can enjoy the extensive campaign the game offers in any way you like. You'll be leading into battle armies recruited from within six humanoid races as well as some fantastic creatures and mythical monsters. The turn-based tactical combat itself will prove to be a challenge for the most seasoned of strategy gamers but also scalable enough for beginners to enjoy. With over 50 location types to explore and exploit, hundreds of abilities to master for tactical and strategic advantage over your foes, visually stunning presentation, and a smart random scenario generator providing virtually limitless replayability, this upcoming title may prove the only turn-based strategy game you'll need for many years to come!

Pre-order Age of Wonders 3, for only $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99 on GOG.com (or opt in for the splendid Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition), and secure your entry to the fantastic realm of power and dominion, which opens to all the brave souls approximately on March 31. Note that Age of Wonders 3 is the first title with regional pricing on GOG.com in quite some time and this means that we are charging the USD equivalents of the official regional price.

Note, that just as we have done before in such occasions, we'll be throwing in a little something extra to the deal, to accommodate those of you, who end up paying more than the others due to the currency conversion rates applied. We've picked some games that fit well with the genre represented by Age of Wonders III, and if you're one of those people, you'll get to pick one of them. You'll be sent a gift-code allowing you to redeem one of the following excellent titles: Master of Magic, Lords of Magic: Special Edition, Eador: Genesis, King’s Bounty: The Legend, Disciples II: Gold, and Etherlords II.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Did you draw the short straw? xD
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JudasIscariot: No straws were drawn. Just figured I'd answer the questions that I know I can answer. Yes, I realize people are pissed and some are looking for blood.
Not looking for blood. Looking for you to say "Sorry, we fucked up. We can't reverse regional pricing for this game and the two others, but we will never allow another game with regional pricing to be at GoG after that."
A company needs to know what it is about. You are not Steam. You will never be able to compete with Steam on its terms. You were doing quite well when you were about customer love, fair prices and DRM-free. Now we get spin announcements and regional pricing. Only DRM-free separates you from Steam now. And trust that it will stay that way is waning after abandoning your principles once.
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Redfern: Well, sorry, but i'm not ready to trade for games right now.
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IAmSinistar: Ach, okay, nevermind then. The mystery will have to wait, unless Judas feels like answering the question now that he's popped his head above the trenches.
We can set up deal via Paypal, if funds transfer still works for russia. But i really nor ready to spend ~20$ on games for myself right now, nor interested in Age of Wonders 3 as game initially.
If you willing to try - feel free to pm me, if you feel that its fishy deal - nevermind then :)
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JudasIscariot: If you pre-order, the money gets transferred instantly.
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wvpr: Here's a question. GOG has a new 30-day refund policy. I'm not a pre-order customer or even a release price customer, but let's pretend I'm all ready to order AOW 3 right now. It comes out and it's filled with bugs and broken or missing features. Does the 30-day refund still apply?
You know, I am not sure on that one myself due to the fact that neither of us (you, me, us (us being GOG) ) know what kind of state the game will arrive in on release day. Sorry if I can't give a straight answer on this.

Have you looked through the link for the 20 day money back guarantee that's linked on every game page?
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Don't take it personally.

The company you work for made a decision that A LOT of your customers are unhappy with, so you should expect some grief.

(And if you didn't expect the s**tstorm about this, then you don't know your customers very well.)
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JudasIscariot: We do know our customers very well and we can see that there is a brown tornado, so to speak, rolling through here right now but it's better than avoiding the thread and leaving folks thinking we don't care.

(Don't worry I am not taking anything personally, in case you were wondering :P )
While I applaud your commitment to talk to your customers, I have serious doubts about "We do know our customers..."

Going back on your promises/core values(You know the videos and the posts by now), especially since they were one(If not the main) reason why a lot of us use GOG.com, doesn't show a lot of understanding.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Ichwillnichtmehr
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Let's check my list:
- DLC announced before the game is even finished
- Day-one DLC
- Preorder DLC
- Regional pricing

And to think that my biggest problem when the game was announced used to be that they went for 3D instead of 2D. A real classy move Triumph Studios. I'll skip this one.
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Entropy87: You call 39,99 Dollar the USD equivalent of 39,99 € ? I think someone has to repeat his math classes.
They don't, but apparently the company in the Netherlands of all places does.
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JudasIscariot: No straws were drawn. Just figured I'd answer the questions that I know I can answer. Yes, I realize people are pissed and some are looking for blood.
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silentbob1138: Not looking for blood. Looking for you to say "Sorry, we fucked up. We can't reverse regional pricing for this game and the two others, but we will never allow another game with regional pricing to be at GoG after that."
A company needs to know what it is about. You are not Steam. You will never be able to compete with Steam on its terms. You were doing quite well when you were about customer love, fair prices and DRM-free. Now we get spin announcements and regional pricing. Only DRM-free separates you from Steam now. And trust that it will stay that way is waning after abandoning your principles once.
I meant it as turn of phrase not literally :)
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JudasIscariot: snip
Is it possible to gift Age of Wonders 3 from Russia to any other countries without region restriction ?
The way I see it having regional pricing is just going to cause too many problems. People will get screwed over just because of where they live but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

What happens when it's time for gog to re-negotiate a contract with a publisher that is already on here and the publisher wants the games to have regional pricing? What about restricting sales based on what region somebody lives in because the publisher thinks that the game is already cheap enough there?

I'm not going to purchase AoW 3 and it's not in protest to the new regional price policy. I hate, and I do mean HATE, day 1 DLC. I'm not saying I hate DLC because I can understand that they have time constraints when creating a game and maybe they didn't have long enough to put in another set of quests that they wanted to. Day 1 DLC, to me, seems like they purposefully cut out parts of the game just so they could charge people extra for them. Nevermind the worthless DLC like the horse armor. They'll probably come out with even more DLC for it later too.

Maybe in the future when everything is bundled together for a decent price I'll buy it. But right now I wouldn't pay $10 for it.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by CowboyBebop
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jamotide: You must be the last person here to not import from Britain and not save about 40% on games? On top of the savings you even get uncensored games.
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Piranjade: I don't think I have ever played a game apart from Command & Conquer that was censored, so I never gave getting an uncensored edition any thought.
And no, I don't import from Britain.
I get my physical games locally and my "incorporeal" games mostly from GOG. :-)
i had censored C&C 1 way-way back then while i was in Switzerland. That was hilarious. I think the infantry men were supposed to be robots/androids or something.
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JudasIscariot: We do know our customers very well and we can see that there is a brown tornado, so to speak, rolling through here right now but it's better than avoiding the thread and leaving folks thinking we don't care.

(Don't worry I am not taking anything personally, in case you were wondering :P )
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Phc7006: So, was regional pricing that "something big" M. Iwinski was refering to a while ago : http://www.mcvindia.com/news/read/interview-marcin-iwinski-co-founder-cd-projekt/0126959 ?
I am not sure, sorry :( I don't have that kind of access so you got me there.
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JudasIscariot: We do know our customers very well and we can see that there is a brown tornado, so to speak, rolling through here right now but it's better than avoiding the thread and leaving folks thinking we don't care.

(Don't worry I am not taking anything personally, in case you were wondering :P )
No, you don't know your customers well, otherwise you wouldn't have abandoned your "One World One Price" policy.
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Buenro-games: GOG has only the choice of not offering this or doing the regional pricing scheme. It is not something they control. If GOG is going to bring out new releases like this in order to prosper as a business, then I support it. As long as it keeps on bringing out older releases DRM free and doesn't force me to log into their website to play my games (like those OTHER as.holes), then I am fine with GOG. Thanks GOG and I did buy this game.
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BuzzLightyear2: I totally agree! So long as their games remain DRM-free, I shall continue to buy their games. In fact, I personally would be willing to pay slightly more for DRM-free games. This is why when I save up the money, I will buy Blackguards from GOG. I will have to pass on Age of Wonders 3, though, as I have not played any other game in the series.
But GOG wasn't just about being DRM-free. It was about buying games with no bullshit attached.
Originally that meant no DRM, no DLC, no pre-order bonuses, no keys and no regional pricing.
It's just somewhat sad to see that as a whole only the DRM-free part remained. And for that I totally understand the discontent people are expressing, when more and more compromises for these things are made.
Hmm, I think this one will go into my "pass until it becomes a good old game" category.
I have no clue whether a majority of GOG's customers has actually been looking forward to this release enough to justify the U-turn in GOG's policy, but I can safely say that for me, the "great news" here is that I wouldn't have bought this anyway, so for now my wallet is safe from any "cash grabs". ;)


Btw, to whoever of the GOG staff it may concern, there's an error in the format of the store page, the youtube frame is always in the foreground, overshadowing the screenshots.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Leroux