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Posted August 15, 2017
Just doing God's work.

<span class="bold">The Pillars of the Earth</span>, an atmospheric choice-driven adventure based on the best-selling novel by Ken Follett, is now available DRM-free on GOG.com.

Amidst the darkness and squalor dominating 12th century England, three people undertake the monumental task of erecting a majestic cathedral on the village of Kingsbridge. Steer the fates of Jack, Aliena, and Philip, influence events from the novel, and unravel an epic tale of war, romance, and religion.

<span class="bold">The Pillars of the Earth Original Soundtrack</span> is also available.

This season pass gives access to all three episodes, as they become available.
Episode 1: From the Ashes is available now!

https://youtu.be/FmcZNsLOAbU
Post edited August 15, 2017 by inox
Posted August 15, 2017
Dammit, Daedalic! I PROMISED I'll pre-order this game if only you finally added those German language versions of Chains Of Satinav and Memoria that you offer to your Steam customers. Hell, I'd have bought it on release day too.

You let that chance slip. Sucks for you, Daedalic, those could have been the easiest $15 bucks you've ever made! :(
Posted August 15, 2017
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fronzelneekburm: Dammit, Daedalic! I PROMISED I'll pre-order this game if only you finally added those German language versions of Chains Of Satinav and Memoria that you offer to your Steam customers. Hell, I'd have bought it on release day too.

You let that chance slip. Sucks for you, Daedalic, those could have been the easiest $15 bucks you've ever made! :(
Hah hah... What's up with that, though -- they do offer the German versions on Steam, but not here?

As for this game, I think the story/theme doesn't do much for me, but those sure are some nicely painted backgrounds. Nice visual style, overall, and fairly unique. Respect to the artist team responsible for all that.
Posted August 15, 2017
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fronzelneekburm: Dammit, Daedalic! I PROMISED I'll pre-order this game if only you finally added those German language versions of Chains Of Satinav and Memoria that you offer to your Steam customers. Hell, I'd have bought it on release day too.

You let that chance slip. Sucks for you, Daedalic, those could have been the easiest $15 bucks you've ever made! :(
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CharlesGrey: Hah hah... What's up with that, though -- they do offer the German versions on Steam, but not here?
Daedalic originally justified this with the Steam version having regional pricing, gog didn't at the time. Eventually, gog DID introduce regional pricing, but Daedalic never made good on their rhetoric about regional pricing by adding the German language versions here. And they've ignored all inquiries regarding this issue. Which is why I have this strange urge to bring it up every time I see a Daedalic-related newspost.
Posted August 15, 2017
So I paid $29.99 to preorder this game and it's now selling for $12.59 (in the US) at launch? If you're an early adopter of a game, you expect that it will eventually get discounted, but such a drastic discount on release day? It's not as if the premium I paid even got me early access. I feel like I've been ripped off.
Post edited August 15, 2017 by Barry_Woodward
Posted August 15, 2017
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Barry_Woodward: So I paid $29.99 to preorder this game and it's now selling for $12.59 (in the US) at launch? If you're an early adopter of a game, you expect that it will eventually get discounted, but such a drastic discount on release day? It's not as if the premium I paid even got me early access. I feel like I've been ripped off.
I'm not sure where you're getting your information. It's selling for USD $29.99 on both GOG and Steam.
Post edited August 15, 2017 by finkleroy
Posted August 15, 2017
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Barry_Woodward: So I paid $29.99 to preorder this game and it's now selling for $12.59 (in the US) at launch? If you're an early adopter of a game, you expect that it will eventually get discounted, but such a drastic discount on release day? It's not as if the premium I paid even got me early access. I feel like I've been ripped off.
It's £23.99 for the season pass here.

Anyway, moral of the story...
Posted August 15, 2017
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Barry_Woodward: So I paid $29.99 to preorder this game and it's now selling for $12.59 (in the US) at launch? If you're an early adopter of a game, you expect that it will eventually get discounted, but such a drastic discount on release day? It's not as if the premium I paid even got me early access. I feel like I've been ripped off.
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finkleroy: I'm not sure where you're getting your information. It's selling for USD $29.99 on both GOG and Steam.
Here's a screengrab of the 58% discount I'm seeing.
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Posted August 15, 2017
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finkleroy: I'm not sure where you're getting your information. It's selling for USD $29.99 on both GOG and Steam.
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Barry_Woodward: Here's a screengrab of the 58% discount I'm seeing.
That's extremely bizarre. For me, the store page for that game shows that it's not on sale. Nothing was mentioned about a discount in the release article, so I assume there must be a strange bug that's resulted in you seeing that. We're both in the US, so the only difference is that I didn't buy the game. Maybe it's a bug that only affects people who have already purchased the game, or maybe they're allowing you a discount if you decide to purchase a key to gift to someone else. I'd contact support about that if I were you.
Post edited August 15, 2017 by finkleroy
Posted August 15, 2017
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finkleroy: I'm not sure where you're getting your information. It's selling for USD $29.99 on both GOG and Steam.
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Barry_Woodward: Here's a screengrab of the 58% discount I'm seeing.
Looks like a bug of some sort (or maybe the US are getting a discount for whatever reason?!).

To me it just sells for €29.99
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Posted August 15, 2017
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Barry_Woodward: Here's a screengrab of the 58% discount I'm seeing.
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groze: Looks like a bug of some sort (or maybe the US are getting a discount for whatever reason?!).

To me it just sells for €29.99
I'm in the US and I don't see a discount. It's either a bug or they're letting people who already purchased it purchase a key to gift to someone else at a discount. If it were the latter, I would think they would have said something about it, so I assume it's the former.
Posted August 15, 2017
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fronzelneekburm: Daedalic originally justified this with the Steam version having regional pricing, gog didn't at the time. Eventually, gog DID introduce regional pricing, but Daedalic never made good on their rhetoric about regional pricing by adding the German language versions here. And they've ignored all inquiries regarding this issue. Which is why I have this strange urge to bring it up every time I see a Daedalic-related newspost.
And rightly so, imho -- I don't see any good reason why they can't bring those missing localizations here, when they do offer them on Steam.

Originally I thought they're clinging tightly to the German localization because of deals with local retailers for the physical editions of their games. But if it's already up on the biggest marketplace for digital game distribution, I don't see what the problem is... Other than them not giving a fuck. :/
Posted August 15, 2017
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CharlesGrey: Hah hah... What's up with that, though -- they do offer the German versions on Steam, but not here?
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fronzelneekburm: Daedalic originally justified this with the Steam version having regional pricing, gog didn't at the time.
That's the stupidest argument I've ever heard.
Posted August 16, 2017
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CharlesGrey: Originally I thought they're clinging tightly to the German localization because of deals with local retailers for the physical editions of their games.
I think their argument was a mix of both of those: We have deals with local retailers for physical editions, which is why the Steam version needs to be regionally priced, which is why we can't have the German version on gog, because they only offer flat prices.

Like Zoidberg said, outrageously contrived bullshit! But people bought into it at the time. The fact that even after gog introduced regional pricing for Daedalic games (hefty ones at that) they still refuse to release the German version here, that's what really hits home the utter absurdity of their statements.
Posted August 16, 2017
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fronzelneekburm: I think their argument was a mix of both of those: We have deals with local retailers for physical editions, which is why the Steam version needs to be regionally priced, which is why we can't have the German version on gog, because they only offer flat prices.

Like Zoidberg said, outrageously contrived bullshit! But people bought into it at the time. The fact that even after gog introduced regional pricing for Daedalic games (hefty ones at that) they still refuse to release the German version here, that's what really hits home the utter absurdity of their statements.
Have you asked any GOG representatives why those localizations are still not available here? What's their version of the story?

This isn't exclusively a problem for German GOG users either, since I know many people from other countries like playing German games in their original language, either because they already speak German, or because it helps them learn. And while I play 90+% of my games in English, German Adventures and RPGs are among those exceptions where I often find the original version better than the international/English version.
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