Yeah, I've heard War in the Pacific is the ultimate Strategy Wargame.

If I ever get the time I'll probably pick that one up.

Has anyone asked Matrix/Slitherine lately about chances it will come to GOG one day?.I mean since they are releasing on Steam, surely they must be open to other stores now as well?

I've mentioned it, but never got an answer.

Of course you need to take into account that four years ago Steam was never going to be an option . . .

Are you sure this is still the case with this DW: Universe package? I failed my save vs. temptation check and got the Steam version yesterday - loving it, even though I've spent most of the time with tutorials and the manual so far - and the game required no SN or activation of any sort after installation. In fact, it's even "launcher-free" (as close as Steam gets to DRM-free) after being installed; it can be launched and played from the game directory regardless of whether Steam is running.

Buying it from matrix direct, there is a serial number for installation. And with that version, thats also the number you use on the slitherine site, to generate a steam code.

Ive yet to play this and hadnt played shadows either. I had distant worlds, return of the shakturi and legends already and had been meaning to get shadows for a while but id been away from the game a fair amount of time.

The current deal matrix has made me bite the bullet and buy shadows yesterday, which also facilitated me to end up getting universe for 8 quid. (Having all four previous titles generates a $40 off coupon) Which i thought was a bargain. Shadows was only about 15 itself. Both of these are download prices and not physical.

Ah okay, thanks for the info both of you. The Steam version not requiring an SN had made me wonder if they'd moved away from that method of registration/activation, but no matter. Sounds like the two versions are slightly different prior to installation (one requires an SN. the other requires installation through client), but effectively the same once installed.

Anyway, definitely an excellent 4x game, albeit one that makes me yearn for the days of thick, printed manuals; soooo many mechanics to look up, and flicking through a PDF just isn't the same. :)

I'll just wait for a GOG release, my backlog is big enough.

Jeez

another write up on RPS today, I am really wanting to get my hands on this.

I went on steam to pick it up, wowza! $60?!

Last time I spent that kind of money on a game was San Andreas

I found out about this game a while ago. At the time, had it been availible on steam i might have picked it up. Right now its not good enough for me to consider steam drm. If it shows up on gog we'll see if/when it happens.

my advice, get it from matrix games direct then, if you arent in to steam, its worth it, its so worth it. the amount of game and hours youll get for your money is phenomenal.

i really dont understand peoples insistence on spiting themselves and not using steam or origin et al, i mean its of course their choice, i just dont get it.

no doubt ill get a whole lecture on why not to use it and why people dont etc, which im not really interested in, and would be a wasted effort, as i use both, with 281 games on my steam library alone, a measly 6 on origin.... one of which is titanfall yay!

regards to this, i honestly dont imagine it turning up here, or many of the other matrix published games, i just dont see it. if it happens, its a loooooong long way off.

I can wait for a 80% discount :) It counted from Matrix site tax included nearly to 60 euros.
Not happening. Still seems like a great game.
But can't shake the feeling I'm being ripped off :)

You may be waiting a long time for a discount of that magnitude, as Matrix/Slitherine "goes their own way"* with regard to pricing. Before Distant Words: Universe was released last week, you'd have had to pay ca. 24+20+20+16=80€ (ex. VAT, so in practice ~100-105€ for most in Europe) for the game & its first 3 expansions, and given that DW: Universe includes an additional expansion, the publisher IIRC considers the new 50/60€ prices to already amount to massive discounting.


*See for instance World in Flames, priced at 99$/78€ ex. VAT. I suppose it works for them, though -- if it didn't they would surely have gone under or conformed to more mainstream pricing by now.

Yeah, almost £40 for me, last time I paid that much for a game was, uh, well, never. At least not all in one big lump -- Crusader Kings 2 is probably hovering around that (just checked, maybe around £32 and I have everything up to and including Rajas of India, discounting music packs) but that was over the course of about 9 months and largely during sales.

Do I still want the game? Yeah; strategy games always have a long-lasting appeal to me, but I'm still uncertain about putting down that amount of money in one go.

I suppose that's understandable pricing for them then.
Just thinking all the wonderful games available these days, wondering if people would rather buy a great game, a few or more years old though, costing them 5-20 euros or just go and spend triple to this one.
I wish the game great sales though.