Zoidberg: I was quite happy seeing this released here... then I saw the regional pricing... :/
Guess it's torrent for me then, at least for now...
GOG staff, developpers seriously come to you and ask for these specific pricings?
CharlesGrey: Is it really that much of a problem? I'd understand it somewhat if there was no DRM-free version at all, but would you really pirate it just because they expect you to pay 1 or 2 Euro more than whatever the US price is? Worst case you could just wait for a discount instead.
And the whole discussion of regional pricing aside, the European price seems to be around 10 Euro, which doesn't seem bad at all for this kind of game, no?
So, on topic, does anyone know more about the game? Most importantly, is this a "rogue-lite", in the sense that you always start over at zero whenever you lose the game? Or is there any kind of permanent progress, such as upgrades, unlocked items etc.? Because I find the latter to be much more motivating. Kind of like the way it works in Rogue Legacy. And is there any story, as well as a goal to achieve, or do you just play until you meet your inevitable doom?
Around 10 seems decent of a price, I'm not for the lowering values of these kind of games, but I'm not getting this until the full price is around 8,99€.
I just crave for more clarity, the whole VAT being integrated in the price in Europe but not elsewhere (at least US). Is this really that hard to have a basic VAT free price that can then be converted before applying a specific VAT? That would be clearer, and the fair prices would be clearer too. VAT should be added to the sale price and paid by the buyer to his/her own country, not by the dev. Well that's another issue than regional pricing but it's sometimes linked (by people who don't know any better should I ask).
And yes, it matters to me: I don't want to participate on this thus if I can't find a "fair" price, I don't buy while I really wanted to get this game, now I can't. Well, except illegally, which annoys me to no end...
As for the game, the let's play I've seen doesn't seem to witness any kind of general updates, I guess the only thing that changes is your knowledge of the game and its rules.
stryx: Yes, it's regionally priced, but AFAIK one does get the difference in form of a bonus store credit. So unless that happens to be the last game one is ever going to buy here, I fail to see where the problem is.
Pica-Ludica: Pretty much this. I'm really tired to see people whine about regional pricing on every single new release when GOG offers you store credit with regionally priced games. They don't HAVE to - Steam certainly doesn't - but they do.
And they SHOULDN'T. Devs/publishers SHOULD stop dropping this crap on people.
Smogg: saw the game yesterday on "evening with sips" and hoped it would come to gog.
thanks :)
phaolo: Oh lol, I still have to watch that. Going now :D
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budejovice: Fuckin' A, Zoidberg, isn't there a forum on a game store without regional pricing that you can post on? The torrent was a new and classy addition to the standard refrain.
phaolo: The (un)funny thing is that the f
apper is always one of the first to post! -_-
RSS feed, bro.
Reever: What are people so annoyed about other people complaining about
regional pricing?! The point isn't that GOG gives us store credit, the point is that us buying regionally priced games will only encourage the practice.
GOG has established that in order for more games with DRM to come in they'd have to give in to the practice, but that doesn't make it alright. So stop being assholes and let people complain when they want to complain.
It's better than that one dude always saying "I got this shit on steam not buying lulz".
CharlesGrey: I think people are annoyed about this particular user making, more or less, the same post on every release thread. Well, and the fact that he now proceeded to add "Oh well, I'll just torrent it lulz" to his usual standard reply.
And hey, anyone bothered by the whole regional pricing affair always has the option to simply not buy such games. Just as everyone else has the right to buy them anyway, as long as the price seems reasonable. Freedom!
Also, randomly calling people assholes doesn't make you look all that good.
It only shows how I wanted to get it. And I'll comment about a regionally priced release each time there's a regionally priced release. It's only logical. Besides, I do also congratulate on non-regionally priced releases (bought Odallus, which was a sale actually).
So if you want to pass judgment on me, please do it integrally, not only the parts that supplement your own point.