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Posted August 28, 2015
Where syndicates reign supreme...

<span class="bold">Satellite Reign</span> an open world, modern spiritual successor to Syndicate, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com with full support for GOG Galaxy achievements and leaderboards! Blow past the corporate ladder at 20% off for the first week.

If you asked half the crew at GOG.com what their favorite game of all time is, a good chunk of us would say Syndicate. While the dirty cyberpunk settings and hard-as-nails gameplay did give us years and years of classic gaming to come back to, Satellite Reign may just be the breath of fresh, corporate espionage air that we've been waiting for.
Satellite Reign, from the very days of its conception, was a modern Syndicate in everything but the name. A gritty cyberpunk world ruled by malicious megacorps, and a squad of professionals prepared to take down the system. You'll get to roam around a huge and filthy, open-world city which isn't just cool, but also gives you a fantastic tactical freedom in how you tackle each mission - there is no one right way to achieve your ends. Between tons of high-tech goodness and customization, there is an ever-present Syndicate feel to the game with one unquestionable improvement - freedom, freedom is in the musty air.

For more Satellite Reign goodness, you can also pick up the Original Soundtrack, Art Book, and a prequel Novella!

Return to the Syndicate, in spirit, with <span class="bold">Satellite Reign</span>, available now - DRM-free on GOG.com The launch promo will last until Friday, September 4, 13:59 PM GMT.
Posted August 29, 2015
Wishlisted.
Posted August 29, 2015
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bssybeep: Anybody having issues with saving? I tried to save the game after the tutorial and I got a save game exception, galaxy.API.GalaxyInstance...
Hi,

We reported this issue and we'll have fix for this very soon :) Sorry for the hassle but this will be fixed :)
Posted August 29, 2015
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Daliz: I don't really mind the Humble thing, I have an account and some games there anyway. Ofc, GOG key would have been better as I prefer the GOG package, GOG library, well everything GOG over Humble but the main thing is they did release it DRM free. What bugs me more is that the extras are on BackerKit and not Humble. Maybe they'll upload them on Humble as well but at this time they're only on BackerKit. All the shitz should be in the same service.

So if the game is good and they don't make any really shitty decisions I'll support them in the future.

Edit. Ok, they're probably uploading the extras because they just appeared in my account, except the soundtrack which is still missing.
Soundtrack should be there (it was for me this morning) looking at my humble bundle page its on the game page (not the dlc page) under audio.
Posted August 29, 2015
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MIK0: Every devs I have questioned about that told me the same things. Being it a kickstarter project or a product sold on a store, when it come out on GOG they rarely gives code for GOG like they do, for instance, with steam. That's due to the fact that GOG doesn't usually want to give keys for product not bought from them. They gives a worse deal than every other stores apparently.
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Gydion: Yeah, no.
That's not what many devs says.
And GOG proved to have lied many times, so I'll give devs the benefit of the doubt.

And to make it more clear. I'm not saying that GOG never gives redeem codes to developers. It's only that they apparently make it a more difficult process and a worse deal than other stores.
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Posted August 29, 2015
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MIK0: That's not what many devs says.
And GOG proved to have lied many times, so I'll give devs the benefit of the doubt.
From what I recall, GOG will give out GOG keys, as long as no other keys are given with the product. If a kickstarter promises Steam keys for all backers, there won't be any GOG keys. If they promise the choice between a GOG key and a Steam key, they can get GOG keys for their backers (see PoE, Wasteland 2, etc). I may be able to dig up the post saying that, but I'm not 100% sure about it. Do ask if you want me to try and dig it up though.
Posted August 29, 2015
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CharlesGrey: I suspect that's mostly just the devs/pubs catering to their own wallet, since the Steam crowd is still the most significant potential customer base. They simply can't afford not to offer their game on Steam. But since GOG keeps growing, I expect they'll sooner or later have a similar significance, where developers will no longer be able to ignore GOG and its customers.
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GR00T: Yeah, this is the hope, and it's my thought as well. But in relation to EndlessWaves' comment, if more and more DRM-free proponents demand game keys on GOG, then this should happen that much sooner.
After what steam has done I'd rather see developers take back control of installation and packaging rather than swapping from the devil we know (steam) to a devil we don't (gog/Galaxy).

Admittedly, I'm not bothered about DRM and I buy a lot of games from gog for a different reason - it's an adware free experience. There's no nasty storefront client for a store you didn't buy from that's required to play the game.

As gog haven't made a commitment about that I've much less reason to trust that they'll continue to deliver it. That undoubtedly shapes my suggestion that you ask for what you specifically want rather than for someone that currently delivers it.
Posted August 29, 2015
Sooo.. Is it good? I mostly played Syndicate wars in ps1, trailer makes it look really good.
Posted August 29, 2015
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EndlessWaves: Admittedly, I'm not bothered about DRM and I buy a lot of games from gog for a different reason - it's an adware free experience. There's no nasty storefront client for a store you didn't buy from that's required to play the game.
If that's your issue with Steam then it can be resolved with a few clicks only. You can make the start page default to library, and turn off any popups for games in the settings. You can even set the client to small mode and it'll just be a list of your games.
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Posted August 29, 2015
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Daliz: I don't really mind the Humble thing, I have an account and some games there anyway. Ofc, GOG key would have been better as I prefer the GOG package, GOG library, well everything GOG over Humble but the main thing is they did release it DRM free. What bugs me more is that the extras are on BackerKit and not Humble. Maybe they'll upload them on Humble as well but at this time they're only on BackerKit. All the shitz should be in the same service.

So if the game is good and they don't make any really shitty decisions I'll support them in the future.

Edit. Ok, they're probably uploading the extras because they just appeared in my account, except the soundtrack which is still missing.
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mcneil_1: Soundtrack should be there (it was for me this morning) looking at my humble bundle page its on the game page (not the dlc page) under audio.
Yeah, just found it. Now they're all there :)
Posted August 29, 2015
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JaqFrost: .."Copies were distributed via Humble to all backers who are entitled to a copy of the game 9 months ago in December 2014 and cannot be revoked."

.. I have no problem with others enjoying their Humble/Steam combo. I don't hate meat eaters. I am just trying to tell 5 Lives that I, personally, am not a flexitarian and I want the game on a platform that is truly DRM-free.
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AlienMind: Agreed. They should have made a survey, so they could just not give people who want DRM free a Steam key. I feel like for this Steam key on humble I now have and never use someone had to pay money. And I clearly don't want Steam getting any money from my (indirect) action.
Steam doesn't get money from games being redeemed or keys being generated, they just benefit from an increase in their user base.
Posted August 29, 2015
Bah, another day, another dev that think they sell soundtracks, artbooks, novels and not games. Can't these asshats realize that if we need to pay 50% more to have zero-day extras, they're cutting the value of the game package itself by 33% percent? The 20% release discount won't cover that.

I was seriously expecting this release, but now I'll pass and wait for some better offer.
Posted August 29, 2015
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SirPufnstuf: [...] Because people were saying that they had to buy all the upgrades here separately and that's not technically true, because you don't. [...]
Technically, you still buy the extras separately - buying the series adds four separate items to your cart; it's no different than clicking on each one's "Add to Cart' button, and getting them in a single transaction.

I think it's best to agree to disagree.


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mattymuc: Can you please post your comment on kickstarter, so that 5 Lives Studios can see that quite a lot people are disappointed?
But it's the same with MASSIVE CHALICE, I never got a GOG key also.
Based on my experience with Double Fine and Broken Age, my impression is that DF waits until they get no more (considerable) sales before handing out GOG codes to backers, so you may have to wait a couple of years before seeing one, and certainly well after you've given up on ever getting one.
Posted August 29, 2015
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Crosmando: You know what I'm sick of? Games that I back on Kickstarter, but then never get a GOG key for them. I promoted this game on GOG during the KS campaign, I created a thread which I updated during the campaign. Yet I have to make do with a Steam or Humble key? Why? It's already been established that GOG do not charge devs for keys of their own games to give out (employees of GOG have said this on these very forums), so why do devs keep refusing to give out GOG keys to Kickstarter backers?

At this stage I'm just not going to back any Kickstarters anymore, except when they EXPLICITLY state you'll get a GOG key (just saying DRM-free copy isn't enough, you need to get them to promise GOG keys) like Obsidian and InXile did.

I'm actually starting a "Shitlist" of developers I will never back on Kickstarter again, and 5 Lives Studio are now on it.

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with Satellite Reign itself, I'm sure it's amazing and a worthy successor to Syndicate Wars, but I'm sick of getting screwed when I back Kickstarters, considering that this game WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST WITHOUT KICKSTARTER BACKERS!

Getting a Humble key isn't good enough for a DRM-free option, especially because Humble does not have auto-patching and GOG (via Galaxy) does.
The same situation for me. I demanded key to redeem it on GOG.com or full refund. I can't post it on Kickstarter because I've used PayPal option on their site.

No more pledging for crowd funding campaigns if there will be no clear statement about redeem key on GOG.com... :-/
Posted August 29, 2015
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Antimateria: Sooo.. Is it good? I mostly played Syndicate wars in ps1, trailer makes it look really good.
It's fun, but it's not Syndicate Wars. Syndicate Wars was about guns blazing - but it was fun because you had so many interesting weapons and it's always fun to wipe out a few city blocks to take out a target :)

No destructible environments and not so many interestibg weapons in this game. But then this game has a bigger focus on stealth. You can fry a powerstation, sneak past guards and cameras to your objective, and then run out the wide open gate that was busted when the powerstation blew. Or you can just kill all the guards with hijacked civilians (or guards/robots) while your guys stand back and watch, and then waltz in when everyone is dead. Or you can open fire and destroy all opposition with overwhelming force. Lots of ways to do things.

Don't go in expecting Syndicate, but it can stand on its own merits. The influence of syndicate is everywhere in this game though.
Posted August 29, 2015
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TPR: No more pledging for crowd funding campaigns if there will be no clear statement about redeem key on GOG.com... :-/
Unfortunately, not all games backed on kickstarter end up on GOG. I've backed a few games and asked for GOG keys, the dev were willing to give'em, but GOG did not approve the game to be here, Cosmochoria is an example of this.

So it's hard for indie devs to promise something like this, unless they get a confirmation from GOG before the kickstarter, which I believe is less likely to happen if there's no previous game released on GOG by that dev.
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