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Posted August 25, 2021
Dive into an engaging platform-adventure game that combines quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies. Psychonauts 2 is now available on GOG.COM! Experience an imaginative, cinematic story that mixes humor and intrigue, brought to you by legendary game designer Tim Schafer who is famous for games like Grim Fandango and Broken Age.

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Posted August 25, 2021
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Robette: Ok... not to derail this release thread too much, but do I see this correctly, that I could buy the game here for 60 Euros, or just get a 1 Euro gamepass that I can quit on a monthly basis...?
Pretty much yes, though the whole point of Gamepass is they're hoping you don't quit so that £1 first month intro deal turns into £8-£11 per month for the next 20 years = £1,920-£2,640 (actually more with inevitable price rises / inflation over time...) That's why they push it so hard, and some people are questioning if this is being deliberately overpriced to push more people to their subscription service.
Post edited August 25, 2021 by AB2012
Posted August 25, 2021
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AB2012: As soon as I saw "But I can get this on Gamepass for a fraction of the price" comments and saw the publisher was "Xbox Game Studios", I wondered the same thing...
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Robette: Ok... not to derail this release thread too much, but do I see this correctly, that I could buy the game here for 60 Euros, or just get a 1 Euro gamepass that I can quit on a monthly basis...?
That's correct. You just have to make sure to subscribe to a tier which includes it. So at most you would pay 10 Euro for a month.
Posted August 25, 2021
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barleyguy: It doesn't exist to me, so what happens there is completely irrelevant to my existence.
Sure seems like most devs take similar attitude to GOG and by extension, you.
Posted August 25, 2021
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Robette: Ok... not to derail this release thread too much, but do I see this correctly, that I could buy the game here for 60 Euros, or just get a 1 Euro gamepass that I can quit on a monthly basis...?
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AB2012: Pretty much yes, though the whole point of Gamepass is they're hoping you don't quit so that £1 first month intro deal turns into £8-£11 per month for the next 20 years = £1,920-£2,640 (actually more with inevitable price rises / inflation over time...) That's why they push it so hard, and some people are questioning if this is being deliberately overpriced to push more people to their subscription service.
Seems like a great deal all things considered. Actually it is anything but. It's more or less yet another abstraction away from access and granted license to download and play whenever and wherever. Game Pass receives regular updates to both add and remove titles from the catalogue. So, what looks good and rather cheap in comparison, you are only able to enjoy that game for so long and it's gone. I guess with Psychonauts 2, if it is as good and memorable as maybe the first one was, in a month's time you can't go back to it much less in a year or twenty years from now. This is what MS also calculates into their pushing the Game Pass and selling the game for a ridiculously high price. Once they remove the game from the library, you'd have to pay whatever it's sold for, more revenue for MS. Millions of subscribers mean the cost of development is earned back and profits made in a short amount of time and each full price purchase earns them an additional profit each. They could as well sell Psychonauts 2 for a tenner if they wanted to and still earn more that ever they spent on Double Fine.

Another reason I absolutely loathe the tightly integrated XBOX client/pass system in MS' 10 and upcoming 11 release and Game Pass business model in general.
Post edited August 25, 2021 by Mori_Yuki
Posted August 25, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: Seems like a great deal all things considered. Actually it is anything but.
For me any "game pass" is exactly that - a pass.
Posted August 25, 2021
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moonshineshadow: Looks nice enough... but 74CHF ($82)... yeah. No way.
I do agree, that's crazy pricing. If it came in a box, with a thick manual and maybe even with one or two extras like in the golden age - but as a solely digital download I'd never pay so much for a game. And I enjoyed the first part immensely. I'll wait for a significant sale.
Posted August 25, 2021
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Mori_Yuki: Seems like a great deal all things considered. Actually it is anything but.
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Breja: For me any "game pass" is exactly that - a pass.
Very well put! :-)
Posted August 25, 2021
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barleyguy: Nor do I care about ANY comparisons to Steam.
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Comparisons to Steam for identical games are definitely highly relevant, as that is the only way to determine whether or not the game has full feature parity, and therefore if the dev/publisher is giving customers equal & fair treatment across both platforms...

...or alternatively, if the game is missing features, lacking parity, and the devs/publishers are therefore treating GOG customers unfairly, unequally and like second-class citizens.

There is no excuse for the latter. If they can bother to give Steam customers Achievements, then they can and should certainly also bother to give GOG customers Achievements, especially when GOG customers don't get any special "second-class citizen discount" to compensate for the removed feature(s).
IMHO If there was such a thing as equal treatment, you should be able to buy a DRM-free game on Steam.
Post edited August 25, 2021 by lachsabazios
Posted August 25, 2021
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Alexim: With all of Microsoft's money and the price of the game, there's no excuse for not adding achievements on GOG as well, but that's not surprising since Double Fine has always been abysmal in their treatment of their GOG customers.

Backers who have requested a copy on GOG will be happy to know that their money is worth less than those who wanted a Steam copy. This is simply sloppiness in the treatment of what should be their "masterpiece".
Yeah, just saw it... disappointing to not see achievements on GOG too.
Imagine that the game is getting shader cache stutters on PC GamePass since it's forced to DX12. On Steam and GOG you can use DX11 and solve the issue... will Microsoft ever learn to respect PC players? I doubt it...
Post edited August 25, 2021 by SixelAlexiS
Posted August 25, 2021
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moonshineshadow: Looks nice enough... but 74CHF ($82)... yeah. No way.
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Wolfram_von_Thal: I do agree, that's crazy pricing. If it came in a box, with a thick manual and maybe even with one or two extras like in the golden age - but as a solely digital download I'd never pay so much for a game. And I enjoyed the first part immensely. I'll wait for a significant sale.
Exactly. So much for "digital games are cheaper" argument. While it might be true in theory, any potential savings are greedily gobbled up by the publisher.

The price in my country is "only" $71.21 :)
But give it a few months and I don't doubt it reaching a 33-50% discount.
Posted August 25, 2021
Price is high for the type of game it is i guess and Double Fine isn't a huge studio but 63,01 usd when converted is still within the ordinary when it comes to AAA game pricing which this game isn't though.

As for achievements, it hardly bother me as it does nothing for game preservation or being able to play the game without a client unless it's implemented within the game but i guess people want to have the option.
DRM free is still far better than Steam achievements in this case since i have heard nothing about it being drm free there though.
Post edited August 25, 2021 by ChrisG_
Posted August 25, 2021
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Posted August 25, 2021
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Wolfram_von_Thal: I do agree, that's crazy pricing. If it came in a box, with a thick manual and maybe even with one or two extras like in the golden age - but as a solely digital download I'd never pay so much for a game. And I enjoyed the first part immensely. I'll wait for a significant sale.
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idbeholdME: Exactly. So much for "digital games are cheaper" argument. While it might be true in theory, any potential savings are greedily gobbled up by the publisher.

The price in my country is "only" $71.21 :)
But give it a few months and I don't doubt it reaching a 33-50% discount.
Yeah, I think it's best to sit it out for some months. I can't imagine they sell as much as they imagine now.
Posted August 25, 2021
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Firstly, Microsoft = no purchase. I got stung already from the Halo bundle on Steam requiring a Microsoft account and every MS account (including a long-standing existing one) requiring phone verification. Game worked just long enough to push it over the two hours meaning it couldn't be refunded on Steam. Haven't bought anything directly on Steam since.

If GOG wants to play along to Microsoft's tune in screwing over their customers then you can expect a similar loss of trust.

This game wasn't on my radar but the "Critically acclaimed:" tagline quoting two sub-90 reviews looks dodgy:

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/psychonauts-2
Metascore: 89 = "Generally favorable reviews" (their words)
90+ would be "Universal acclaim" although that would still be debateable.

This was even before I read this thread and found out about the subscription scheme. And the regional pricing being hugely inflated for some people.

Seems like GOG has a vested interest to push this game over others.

edit: fixed the link to the right version (PC not Xbox) - thanks
Post edited August 25, 2021 by lupineshadow
Posted August 25, 2021
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barleyguy: It doesn't exist to me, so what happens there is completely irrelevant to my existence.
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Vollinger: Sure seems like most devs take similar attitude to GOG and by extension, you.
Considering I already own more games than I can finish in a lifetime, and I still buy games on GOG and console, I really don't care.
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