I was just tossing out some speculations about it. Otherwise, I really can't fathom why they'd release the game so long later. Age Of Wonders 3 didn't have this problem.

For me, even though I'm quite excited, I'm fine with waiting. Because these days, almost all new releases will arrive buggy, with content updates and changes being pumped out and rolled along into the bargain.

So, usually it's best to wait a few months for a bigger game especially, to "stabilize" before buying. Whenever, I'm too excited/anxious/impatient, reminding myself of all these calms me down fast. That, plus a huge backlog too. I've got lots of things to play and even a backlog of books that need reading to occupy myself for a long time. :D

Communication and decision making is not the strong suit of certain devs......

Still not fixed for me, all my keys are locked to Steam with the message underneath them. Funny thing is, I never requested a Steam key before, all my choices were set to GOG from the beginning.


That's really rich, seems to support that the GOG release for backers was an afterthought.


Are we still talking about a possible exclusivity deal in spite the promises made during the Kickstarter or are you referring to something else?


If this is the case, then GOG's making a fool out of themselves.

D:OS was one of the three games still touted in the "Getting back to our roots" thread as coming under the regional pricing model as a day-1 release.
I can understand how compensating could prove unsustainable, but they should have stuck with it for the three announced titles and reassess the situation for any and all later releases. Though they supposedly run their numbers back in March 2014 which showed that: If this is the case, then it's a pity that the statement of Marcin Iwiński proves to be just wishful thinking.

As Millian wrote - Steam version does work fine independant of Steam - however - as others have mentioned it ain't the prettiest way to play. Raptr was like - nah man, you ain't playin' nuthin. Xfire was like - the devil you trying to do? ..and I wasn't game enough to try my kickstarter code incase it locked it to the Steam installed game (which will be nuked once GOG version is available).


Also - fantastic music. Just fantastic.

@Ganni1987 - yeah the steam_api.dll file is there.

woops my finger slipped a few times and now I own the game. DRM free, just as I would if I had waited without incentive for 2 months.
I'm sure I'll buy it from here when that time comes though. A much neater package then.

Actually the registry information can be added manually for every Steam game.

Firstly, almost every Steam game comes with a file called "installscript.vdf" which tells Steam what it should do with the game on first run. Every registry information regarding the game is included there.

Secondly, a clean offline installer like GOG's can be built using Inno Setup (Inno Setup is a free setup creator and GOG uses a highly modified version of it).

Thirdly, adding a game to Xfire isn't hard, same thing goes for the GPU control panels.


I say this because I backed up countless Steam games this way and have repacked each and every one of them over the past 2 years.

Yeah - it does seem to be the way I'm leaning these days too. Which is sad - because I'm a gamer from way back in the day and for me that release date of a game and the thrill of playing it for the first time and skimming the manual while it installed and ignoring all of the 'PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT!" sections....

i miss the days of good printed manuals.

All you said its true. But I do agree with epain if you give a casual pc user game files he won't know what to do with it. Most people just want to press on install and thats it. I personally don't mind if I have to do something when I install the game or better to say get it running.

Which essentially involves a shit-load of work that you could just save by buying the proper DRM-free version in the first place.

The GPU profiles aren't hard, that's true, but XFire will only recognise a lot of games if they are running through Steam. I've had quite a few problems where XFire happens to support certain games, but refuses to detect my version by virtue of it being the non-Steam or GOG version.

Sometimes I print off the PDFs and pretend it's the days of printed manuals.

Can't replicate the smell though......

Edit : I wonder if there is a market outside of me for glossy magazine scent spray bottles.....

Frankly, this sounds like another battle lost. Last time they tried to sugarcoat it, this time apparantly they decided to keep quiet about it and act like it was no big deal. Divinity: Original Sin was supposed to be one of the great projects for this year, a somewhat bigger and popular RPG between indie and AAA given the full GOG treatment and being available DRM-free from Day One, to directly compete with Steam - another prime example beside the Witcher games that GOG and DRM-free releases can be viable alternatives to the industry standard even for new and bigger budget games, a perfect opportunity for gamers to vote with their wallets.

It seemed like GOG and Larian together would be able to pull it off, and that reflected very well on Larian and made me so favorable towards them that I considered buying D:OS on release day for the full price - something I hardly ever do these days - just to support this courageous step. Well, obviously I was mistaken. First the regional pricing debacle, now the two months of Steam exclusivity blamed on the 'optional' client tells me that this isn't the paragon I was hoping for, that Larian is just a developer like any other and that the release of D:OS on GOG won't be all that spectacular.

Personally I'm not mad about it. I spent enough money in the summer sales and I have enough other games to play for the time being. Now that my motivation to buy D:OS just as a token of appreciation for Larian's courage has dropped, I probably will get it in a 50-75% off sale some day. But I'm kind of disappointed about the way GOG chose to communicate this apparant defeat to their customers (or rather their lack of proper communication).

When this feeling happen, i take my starcraft box and just take the manual. It's just a RTS, but the manual is so thick it could stun an horse

My thickest that I know of - is Star Wars Rebellion (or supremacy in Europe I think) - that thing is so thick I often mistake it for a highly decorated brick... AND the game came with an poster with all the ships and their numbers. That right there was quality manualship.