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General discussion (archive)Coming Soon: Divinity: Original Sin(689 posts) (689 posts) 
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Posted July 01, 2014
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KneeTheCap: Well you can always buy the game elsewhere, really.
larian is the same as guilty (probably even more guilty) as gog so why give them money (thru steam, another guily player in this equation) after this fiasco?
maybe "borrow" the game and pay it back laterz, when things settle down.

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Matruchus: gog version is 6.4gb where as steam version is 10gb
installer versus installed, it's normal.

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tfishell: Fact is, people are saying the Steam version is DRM-free too
So Steam has one thousand DRMed games and like 10 DRMfree games.
Why the heck should I buy from a DRM-favorite platform?
Post edited July 01, 2014 by mobutu
Posted July 01, 2014
Well, at least GOG have done something: they've added the manual.

Edit: an interesting note on p. 8:
Divinity: Original Sin is digitally distributed, and the digital retailers from which it is available are subject to change. Digital copies from different retailers may differ in their feature set, including but not limited to online multiplayer and bonus content. Whenever contacting Larian Studios for technical support, always note from which digital distributor you have made your purchase.
Post edited July 01, 2014 by VanishedOne
Posted July 01, 2014
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shmerl: Doesn't Steam use compression as well? It's rather dumb if it doesn't.
I think it does but Steam states only the actual size that you need - no compressed data - probably what mixed up that guy who wrote it on Larian forums and I actually tought that there was something amiss there. Thanks people for clearing this up.
Post edited July 01, 2014 by Matruchus
Posted July 01, 2014
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Kristian: It should be. That is what people are arguing over. No reason to wait for Galaxy to release the game. Add Galaxy support when Galaxy is released. Meanwhile release the same GOG version that backers have access to, to the general GOG public.
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Matruchus: The problem is now reading the Larian thread that shmerl posted here that the gog version is 6.4gb where as Steam version is 10gb so there is definitely a part of the game missing on gog.com

Reposting this from Larian forum:
Quote:"Anyone notice the GOG version of Original Sin is only going to be 6.4 GB as opposed to Steam's 10GB so what gives? Where's the difference coming for? We're talking of a whooping 3.6 GB extra and that's not the game tool either seeing as that's a separate download. Also what's the deal with the GOG release of the game tool. I am really not in the mood for any more surprises so speak up Larian because so far it's been nothing but kick in the balls after kick in the balls without warning for GOG and DRM-free users. "

Link to the forum there: http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=503383&page=3
Soundtrack and Collector's Edition stuff are included in the game's folder on Steam so the folder is bigger.

The Installer on the GOG version on the other hand has the game files only. Soundtrack, Wallpapers, Concert art and maybe videos are downloadable separately.


This is true for Divinity 2 and I presume the same is for D:OS.
Posted July 01, 2014
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bernstein82: Ah, well mainly your purse.

- to get hardware out of the way: ps4 level pc can be built for roughly same price (~110%)
- since your on gog you obviously care about old games too

Good luck buying 300 games at $70 each & storing them on console. Since my gog's asp is about $4 for my 300 you get a lousy fifteen games... Oh and you trying to play these games in 2025 after your ps4 has died: told you so!
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jamyskis: I rest my case - people really just fucking can't get over themselves and their self-perception of superiority. I give up.
I'm sorry it wasn't ment to offend. I just can't seem to grasp why one would buy a console... apart from a few exlusives (imho should be forbidden) & a system that just works i see only the detriments (especially compared to drm free). Insanely expensive games, loss of access to games after at most a decade, unavailability of most older/strategy games, lack of 4K game support, etc... but then thats just me :)
Posted July 01, 2014
Little question, here, please.

So it is impossible to download correctly the first *.bin with LGoGDownloader, and impossible to download at all without the Win/Mac GoGDownloader?

Thus, am I the only one person who can't correctly download the game in Linux?

(and no, I don't want to install the Win GOGDownloader and don't want to use an *.exe to download)
Posted July 01, 2014
Maybe Thread-Title should be changed. 2 month are more than "soon".

I hope this incident is spred by press and media. I always defended Larian and GOG. Both are great. But there is no reason to treat costumers/fans like this. An official message on main site would be nice and the explenation why we can't get the singleplayer when only the multiplay isn't working here.
Posted July 01, 2014
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BreOl72: [...]

And then, as a reaction to angry GOGgers, who can't register their already paid game, I read this:
Quote: "...the only reason you can't redeem your GOG key is that your Steam key is in use. People who didn't use their Steam key can already redeem their GOG key."!!!

Am I the only one who sees the fault here?

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HypersomniacLive: At least you actually used your Alpha/ Beta Steam key. There are folks, myself included, that never redeemed nor requested a single Steam key and still can't switch them back to GOG codes as was my initial and only choice from the beginning.

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Ganni1987: What baffles me is - how are the ones that chose GOG going to get updates until August?

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HypersomniacLive: I fear that we won't.

As for GOG's silence - that's unfortunately nth new.
The problem is probably that gog has nothing new to share... or isn't allowed to share. Ultimately gog has nothing to do with this as the Kickstarter was Larian's responsibility, so is the release on gog. Probably the only thing gog does is packaging it up into an installer, validating that and put it on the shop... i doubt that takes longer than a day. So stop whining about gog and go hit Larian.
Posted July 01, 2014
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KneeTheCap: Well you can always buy the game elsewhere, really.
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mobutu: larian is the same as guilty (probably even more guilty) as gog so why give them money (thru steam, another guily player in this equation) after this fiasco?
maybe "borrow" the game and pay it back laterz, when things settle down.

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Matruchus: gog version is 6.4gb where as steam version is 10gb
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mobutu: installer versus installed, it's normal.

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tfishell: Fact is, people are saying the Steam version is DRM-free too
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mobutu: So Steam has one thousand DRMed games and like 10 DRMfree games.
Why the heck should I buy from a DRM-favorite platform?
If you want to play it now and not wait for a DRM-free installer release from GOG?
Posted July 01, 2014
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KneeTheCap: Well you can always buy the game elsewhere, really.
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fortune_p_dawg: Oh, I know (and I almost did yesterday), but... honestly, my desire to support Larian and even play this game has waned a bit. And 'a bit' is enough in this case to keep me from buying this thing for a long while. I was ready to spend yesterday, but not anymore.
The sad truth is that this is now happening to most high profile releases... Be it Diablo3, Battlefield3/4, SimCity5, CompanyOfHereos, Omerta, ... Either it's bug-ridden-unplayable, drm-locking-buyers-out, plain old delays, some freaking exclusivity period (mainly consoles, but apparently steam too)....

For over five years i've been preaching people that it's just better to NOT plan on buying a game until a weeks after its scheduled release (or rather it's effective release). Well that's how i and most of my friends do it. Our lives have been much more relaxed ever since... Just my 2cents.
Post edited July 01, 2014 by bernstein82
Posted July 01, 2014
what an incredible short-sighted move. i trusted gog and i even felt a bit bad because i bought few games on humble bundle. it's funny what an idiot i have been.

this delay for "galaxy suppport" leaves me with incredible bitter taste in my mouth. you have lost priority on my list today, gog. congratulations. :)
Posted July 01, 2014
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bernstein82: I'm sorry it wasn't ment to offend. I just can't seem to grasp why one would buy a console... apart from a few exlusives (imho should be forbidden) & a system that just works i see only the detriments (especially compared to drm free). Insanely expensive games, loss of access to games after at most a decade, unavailability of most older/strategy games, lack of 4K game support, etc... but then thats just me :)
Because as far as online is concerned, console games - at least those on disc - are DRM-free. Sure, they've got copy protection on the disc, but the publisher then has no control over how you play that game after the fact. I have all my games for the PS1 even today that still work without a hitch, and I shudder when I think that if I had bought them from a digital distributor like Steam, I'd end up having to buy it again, and again, and again, simply because the publisher sees me as a money tree. I really don't have a problem paying a bit more for a game if it means I have a better value proposition as a result.

Strategy games really don't interest me all that much. The only PC exclusives that generally interest me are 2D platformers and RPGs, which is why Original Sin was the first game to spark my interest in ages.

Also, my time is limited, and I've spent a seemingly endless amount of time trying to fix stuff on my PC, time which I no longer wish to waste.

As for 4K, well, if you can show me a set-up for under $1500 that can actually run games satisfactorily at 4K, and if you can show me an example of a game that would actually benefit from 4K on anything under a 55" TV, I'd be amazed...
Posted July 01, 2014
I trust both gog and larian have good intentions but somewhere along the way things got messed up.
They are both fairly new and small time so can't expect them to get everything right.
Hopefully most of it will get sorted out this week though!
Posted July 01, 2014
To all the folks that think they can not wait for a "GoG version" of this game:

most of the Larian folks will be on vacation right now, at least that is what had been said in one of their latest videos.
Means patches and bug fixes will take some time to arrive.

Does this game need bug fixes and patches?

YES, it does!!
For the player, I mean up front, the "final" sports more bugs then the early access versions.

So, come August there should have been sufficient time for Larian to make this basically great game playable.
If this is no reason to wait ...
Posted July 01, 2014
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six-: I trust both gog and larian have good intentions but somewhere along the way things got messed up.
They are both fairly new and small time so can't expect them to get everything right.
Hopefully most of it will get sorted out this week though!
GOG is new and small? Nope, GOG aren't some amateurs and they aren't small either.
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