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V is for Valor, Vigor, VVizardry, and Virtuous Victory

Heroes of Might and Magic V Bundle, which includes both of the game’s expansions (Hammer of Fate and Tribes of the East), is a glorious return to classic fantasy turn-based strategy that every HoMM-fan will love and is now available on GOG.com--for a limited time!--buy one, get one free with Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for a total of $19.99.

This is one of the two new “Premium Edition” games that GOG.com is offering; they are a slightly higher price--but they come packed with value and we’re encouraging you to try them out with this buy one, get one free promotion that’s running until 12 April at 4.59 PM GMT.

Rumors of the fifth part of the famous series created by a new developer under the wings of a new publisher caused quite a stir among die-hard fans of Angles, Dragons, and Titans. Luckily, the developers made sure that the old concepts which made the series successful in the first place were maintained. Heroes of Might and Magic V returns to familiar territory; the charm of the classic game is omnipresent, the gameplay is addictive, and the execution is splendid.

We return to well-known world of HoMM in control of Haven, Inferno, Necropolis, Dungeon, Sylvan, Academy, Fortress, or Stronghold. The game features a completely new scenario, arguably the most interesting in the series, along with new spells, new units and new creatures skills. The towns now look majestic and grand in full 3D, the units move and attack beautifully, huge spells convey a sense of massively destructive power, and the combat is great fun to play and crafted to perfection; even tiny details like splashing water on the shore are apparent in the game. The music adapts to the situation perfectly, and sound is filled with the little touches that show the care the developers lavished on this game, touches like shouts of joy, screams of death, and the sadistic laughter of demons.

Heroes of Might and Magic V is surely the version you’ve been waiting for a long time, and it’s finally here on GOG.com with more than 170 minutes of soundtracks, an official artbook, wallpapers, avatars, design sketches, and more. Its full price is $19.99, but pick it up for a limited time together with Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition on a special introductory buy one, get one free sale!
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Nergal01: Yep. But not only Ubisoft, I'd like to see other publishers join in on this. : )
I expect Bioshock (when they sign T2) and Mass Effect 1 and 2
DMoMM? Anyone...

Am I the only one that finds the Steam bundle more appealing simply because it has DMoMM thrown in for nearly the exact same price? If it was so here I wouldnt think twice about throwing 20 USD down to get it here.
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the_bard: DMoMM? Anyone...

Am I the only one that finds the Steam bundle more appealing simply because it has DMoMM thrown in for nearly the exact same price? If it was so here I wouldnt think twice about throwing 20 USD down to get it here.
Far more likely to show up as a separate release I imagine.
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SLP2000: I expect Bioshock (when they sign T2) and Mass Effect 1 and 2
Well, that is IF EA is willing to release ME and ME 2 without any DRM. And with all the DLC included, which I kinda doubt.

Bioshock? Sure, if GOG manages to sign on T2. I'd like that.

Right now, however, I'm more concerned with the publishers already here. Atari, for example.
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Nergal01: snip
Mass Effect 1 was released DRM-free in Poland (by CDPRed)
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SLP2000: Mass Effect 1 was released DRM-free in Poland (by CDPRed)
Really? Interesting, I didn't know that. Well, that is good, but what about ME 2, then? The base game is DRM-free, but EA/BW would have to remove the whole Cerberus Network shebang and,hopefully, include all pieces of DLC for the Premium Edition treatment.
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Nergal01: Really? Interesting, I didn't know that. Well, that is good, but what about ME 2, then? The base game is DRM-free, but EA/BW would have to remove the whole Cerberus Network shebang and,hopefully, include all pieces of DLC for the Premium Edition treatment.
On the other hand, they just were selected the worst company in the US (I don't think they are the worst, actually, but that's not the case here)

They have to work on their image. They have a chance.
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spinefarm: I'll just say this you can think about it and then answer me:
For EU customers: 13.05$ for AC1 on steam + 14.25$(£8.99 OST on iTunes)
The OST you don't get with either Amazon/Steam or any other digital seller ;)

You see the diff now?
And this is quite nice to be honest. And don't get started on "free" extras... this OST was never free on other digital seller :)
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Bouli: What I admit is that currently, the digital pricings of those 2 games are quite similar to GOG's offer, if we except special sales. And yeah well of course, if you compare GOG's offer with such a poor deal as game + iTunes soundtrack, no doubt that GOG wins. :) If we go this way, in 5 years, you'll be happy to see Mass Effect 3 on GOG for $60 because the price on Origin will still be $60... ;)

I guess it's possible to find some kind of interest in GOG's offer but for this you really have to compare with very bad deals. We should compare GOG's deal with other real ones.
Don't undersell the value of DRM free versions of games. I'm already happy to pay full price for a quality game IF it's DRM free. If GOG offered a download of ME3 that was DRM free for $70 and the current standard price was $60 I'd buy the DRM free version. I'm all for good deals and I look for them but price is a lessor consideration than being free of the invasive DRM harassment that is so common in todays market.
For my money I'll keep buying games from GOG as long as they remain DRM free. The prices won't drive me away.
If they ever give up on being DRM free I'll stop buying from GOG. And no amount of price competition would keep me.
I never bought HOMM 5 because of the DRM. I'm happy to pay 20$ US for it now without the DRM restrcitions and consider AC1 a bonus even though I already have a physical copy of it.
I'll wait for this to go on sale for $10(on it's own, don't want Assassin's Creed) since I have the game already. I'd just be buying this for the expansions and 20 is a bit high for me.
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Thiev: snip
It should be marked as completed on the wishlist (as well as Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate)
Post edited April 07, 2012 by SLP2000
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SLP2000: It should be marked as completed on the wishlist (as well as Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate)
Already done. Thanks for a reminder ;)
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RoseLegion: Don't undersell the value of DRM free versions of games. I'm already happy to pay full price for a quality game IF it's DRM free. If GOG offered a download of ME3 that was DRM free for $70 and the current standard price was $60 I'd buy the DRM free version. I'm all for good deals and I look for them but price is a lessor consideration than being free of the invasive DRM harassment that is so common in todays market.
For my money I'll keep buying games from GOG as long as they remain DRM free. The prices won't drive me away.
If they ever give up on being DRM free I'll stop buying from GOG. And no amount of price competition would keep me.
In this particular example they're both DRM-free though. AC1 on Amazon is also DRM-free, they got it before GOG. It was on their sale a few weeks ago. The Ubisoft DRM-free thingie.

Edit: Whoops nevermind, didn't see the Steam bit :)
Post edited April 07, 2012 by Pheace
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GOG.com: V is for Valor, Vigor, VVizardry, and Virtuous Victory
I see what you did there.....
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Bouli: I agree with you on Carfour example, and I often prefer to buy at equal prices on GOG because they are smaller, and they have (are loosing a bt, but still have :p ) a far better respect of the customer.

But we should also be careful, because GOG is small for now, but it is growing very fast. I really believe there will be one day when GOG will be as big and powerful as Steam. When this time come you may regret not to have expressed your opinion when it still had importance for them :p They have to keep up their strengths.
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spinefarm: My whole point is that GOG is still too small to actually can ask for better prices from publishers. But they do their best for now to get us at least good extras to someway equal the price difference. And with AC1... I'm pretty sure Ubisoft made that price cause of US Steam price for it ;)
This is the bit everyone is forgetting. Gog probably cant get a good as deal (cheap) as Steam nor Amazon on various games due to lack of economies of scale due to size. Bigger you are. Better the bulk discount (and affordability to be able to ask for it).Happens in every industry (and for the worse in some industries where big guys gobble up the small guys or just drive the prices down so they cant compete). Cant always compete on price alone.