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Posted October 10, 2012
Pay what you want, grab up to 3 excellent RPGs, support Larian Studios!

Quick summary:
1. Set your own fair price.
2. Get up to 3 Divinity Games, including Divinity II: Developer's Cut.
3. Own some of the games? No problem--you'll get the gift codes to give to friends.
4. Bonus for you:
* enjoy exclusive access to Divinity II: Developer's Cut one day before the release
* tons of goodies for all the games
* unlock special videos from Larian Studios

RPG fans, promo hunters, dev supporters! For the next 7 days GOG.com gives you a chance to put three wonderful role-playing games on your shelf, puts you in control over their price, and offers you an opportunity to support the games' hard working and talented developers: Larian Games. Proudly introducing: [url=http://www.gog.com/divinity]GOG Pay What You Want: Divinity Anthology! The "Pay What You Want" can be purchased from GOG.com starting now until 01:00 AM GMT on the 18th of October, 2012.

Set your own fair price for the classic Divine Divinity, where you become the chosen one, destined to fulfil an ancient prophecy and save the Seven Races of Rivellon. In this extensive, challenging, and very addictive game you will encounter many different enemies and a great variety of items, NPCs, and quests.

Beat the average price and receive your copy of Beyond Divinity, the creative continuation of the series, featuring an immersive story of the divine and the daemonic, challenging gameplay with two characters to control at the same time and a huge universe to explore and exploit.

The top 10% of our most generous users will also grant themselves an early access to the upcoming Divinity 2: Developer's Cut.The Developer's Cut, which is the ultimate edition of the game, comes with Divinity II and the expansion Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance, as well as a special developer's mode and extra goodies, will be available on PC on the 18th of October, 2012, but if you buy it here you will get to play it a day earlier than everyone else! The "Director's Cut" subtitle also means, that you'll have the unique opportunity to experience the game just as the developers did: with optional access to developer console you'll feel like the god of the realm.

But that's not all! All of the games come with an extensive amount of goodies--especially Divinity 2: Developer's Cut features a crazy amount of bonus materials (all of which you can access as soon as you finalize your purchase). To make things even more interesting, Larian Games told us that as the sales progress, they will be releasing some very special announcements and interesting videos. Heard enough? Go to the GOG Pay What You Want: Divinity Anthology page!
Post edited October 10, 2012 by G-Doc
Posted October 14, 2012
I think that person who paid 1000 dollars wanted only support developers. Like many others. But better model PWYW is used in Humble Bundle and IndieRoyale bundle.
Posted October 14, 2012
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mrking58: PPS Does anyone really think that the person who paid 1000 dollars is real?
I don't think GOG lets imaginary people open accounts.
It wasn't anyone from Larian/GOG trying to bump up the average, if that was what you meant. Larian's expectation going in was that the majority of the sales would be $0.01 for DD, and had to lower the promotion milestones when strong sales of D2:DC increased the price points and lowered the volume of sales (see The good, the bad and the unexpected for details).

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mrking58: If you're paying that amount of money for 1 game (I would guess s/he would have the other 2) then you're a bit insane. Just wondering
Many of the PWYW bundles I've seen have purchases like that, and kickstarter campaigns can go quite a bit higher for single pledges. If I had tons of money there would be a lot worse ways to spend it...
Post edited October 14, 2012 by Raze_Larian
Posted October 14, 2012
I have bought so many iterations of larian's divinity games, that it was more or less a no doubt about it when it came down to whether or not I ended up purchasing this bundle.

As it is, like others, here's a code for those who are interested in either Divine Divinity or Beyond Divinity - though if you have yet to play Divinity 2 either, I highly suggest trying to get it as well if you can. :)

W3X6-6TWW-APD2-5YSY
Posted October 14, 2012
Hmm, I'd definitely be willing to risk my girlfriend's wrath to do this now... now if only I can find out where she's keeping my bank card.
Posted October 14, 2012
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DieRuhe: ...now if only I can find out where she's keeping my bank card.
Using it for a personal shopping spree? =P
Posted October 14, 2012
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quixestic:
I've grabed DB, thank you! :)

Btw - DD was already taken
Posted October 14, 2012
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quixestic:
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Bodkin: I've grabed DB, thank you! :) Btw - DD was already taken
Strange - it still states DD's available, and the only one of the two redeemed was BD by you. o_O

Enjoy the game, at any rate! I know BD gets a lot of flak, but I still enjoyed it. :)
Posted October 14, 2012
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Bodkin: I've grabed DB, thank you! :) Btw - DD was already taken
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quixestic: Strange - it still states DD's available, and the only one of the two redeemed was BD by you. o_O Enjoy the game, at any rate! I know BD gets a lot of flak, but I still enjoyed it. :)
Thank you, quixestic. I changed my mind at the last moment, about the bundle as I only want DD and Divinity 2, and I prefer buying them during my regular shopping time, like at the year's end sale or something. Will gift those whom I said I will then, if they want it.
Posted October 14, 2012
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DieRuhe: ...now if only I can find out where she's keeping my bank card.
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mistermumbles: Using it for a personal shopping spree? =P
She seems to think she's its adopted mother...
Posted October 14, 2012
By the way, my friend has a netbook with the following specs:

Windows XP, Intel Atom CPU Z530 @ 1.60 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, DirectX Version 9.0c, Minimum Graphics Memory 64 MB, Maximum Graphics Memory 253 MB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 Graphics Controller

Will his netbook be able to play Divine Divinity?

Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
Posted October 14, 2012
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Future_Suture: By the way, my friend has a netbook with the following specs: Windows XP, Intel Atom CPU Z530 @ 1.60 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, DirectX Version 9.0c, Minimum Graphics Memory 64 MB, Maximum Graphics Memory 253 MB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 Graphics Controller Will his netbook be able to play Divine Divinity? Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
Yes, it seems that your friend passes all the recommended requirements. They should also be able to run the spinoff, Beyond Divinity. But don't even bother trying to run Divinity 2 on there.
Posted October 14, 2012
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Future_Suture: Will his netbook be able to play Divine Divinity?
Yes, it should. The weak point is the video chip; everything else is fine. A Google search turned up someone having problems with Diablo 2 on an UMPC with similar specs to the netbook (slower CPU), who said "Divine Divinity works at 130+fps with DirectDraw, and about 10fps with D3D" (I don't know if it was the GMA 500 that caused the poor D3D performance or something else with that particular system).

One thing to note playing at netbook resolutions, though, is that after distributing stat points you need to click a checkmark button at the bottom of the stat pane to apply the points, which may be hidden behind the menubar, depending on where it is positioned.
Post edited October 14, 2012 by Raze_Larian
Posted October 14, 2012
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Davane: More importantly, this is one giant advertisement for GOG, as there will be many people who come to simply get the very cheap (or free) codes. They will have established brand awareness, and every single one is an opportunity for the sale of another product. This is the main aim for publishers, and GOG is now aiming to become a DRM-free digital publisher in the market place.
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Starmaker: 1. The infrastructure costs money.
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Let me tell you how and why I created an account at GOG. Back then I had somehow heard or come across this site and I was considering whether to enter it or not. That very day they pushed a completely free copy of Empire Earth to anyone who wanted it.

I still have to find time to play it. I didn't even download it so far, but in the meantime I bought at least 40 games here. I don't think GOG's staff feels I ripped them off back then. For all the cost my copy of EE gave them so far, it's exactly the same as if I don't own it, yet I spent a nice chunk of cash on other games.

TL; DR: My game shelf is proof that Davane is right.
Post edited October 14, 2012 by jpolastre
Posted October 14, 2012
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jpolastre: Now I'm not saying it is precisely the same thing going on here, but I'm sure GOG and Larian weren't surprised by the tons of $0.01copies of DD.
That's exactly what they were expecting actually. They knew that with the PWYW pricing scheme, the majority of purchases would be for the bare minimum allowed. The GOG community, however, seem a bit more generous than the usual bundle buyers, and as such screwed up Larian's plans it seems.

Here's their blog post about it: The Good, The Bad, and The Unexpected
Posted October 14, 2012
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jpolastre: Now I'm not saying it is precisely the same thing going on here, but I'm sure GOG and Larian weren't surprised by the tons of $0.01copies of DD.
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Garugo: That's exactly what they were expecting actually. They knew that with the PWYW pricing scheme, the majority of purchases would be for the bare minimum allowed. The GOG community, however, seem a bit more generous than the usual bundle buyers, and as such screwed up Larian's plans it seems. Here's their blog post about it: The Good, The Bad, and The Unexpected
I tried to phrase it as an euphemism, but even I hated how that part of my post looked like so I ended cutting it away in the final version. (Incidentally I tend to do that a lot. Stupid "I can edit it better" mentality... but I digress)
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