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Posted July 30, 2020
Enter an action-adventure game inside a living, hand-drawn comic book. Liberated is now available DRM-free on GOG.COM with a 20% discount that will end on 6th August 2020, at 1 PM UTC! In the near future, society gives way to complete government control. It’s up to you to take up arms and solve puzzles in a noir rain-soaked city that’s desperate for justice!

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Posted July 30, 2020
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I can clear this up. Yes, the base game is packaged with the DLC in one download here, you don't need to activate the DLC separately. They're epilogues, so they'll unlock after you complete the main story.

Since the DLC issues are sort of standalone issues and we hope to publish more of them, this seemed like a logical way of "presenting" what's included beyond the full story. I do see how that's confusing especially with the standalone installers though... Maybe that should be made clear in the installer file name, say Liberated+DLC. I see there's a new notice about this now, hope that'll help also.
Post edited July 30, 2020 by Konradical
Posted July 30, 2020
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Konradical: I can clear this up. Yes, the base game is packaged with the DLC in one download here, you don't need to activate the DLC separately. They're epilogues, so they'll unlock after you complete the main story.

Since the DLC issues are sort of standalone issues and we hope to publish more of them, this seemed like a logical way of "presenting" what's included beyond the full story. I do see how that's confusing especially with the standalone installers though... Maybe that should be made clear in the installer file name, if we call it like Liberated+DLC. I see there's also a new notice about this now, hope that'll help also.
So, just to confirm, for the homeland and glory to the heroes are both in the main installers? If so, why are they dlc items on the store? Doesn’t make sense, just remove those dlc entries as they are not additional to the main game. This is what was confusing me as they are separate elements which can be “brought” separately, so would expect separate files for them.

Oh, and you mention in your post that we should grab the free dlc, but if they are already in the main game...
Post edited July 30, 2020 by nightcraw1er.488
Posted July 30, 2020
DLC stands for additional "Downloadable Content" - so naming those extra issues that are already part of the base intaller DLC is kind of wrong, don't you think?
Posted July 31, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: So, just to confirm, for the homeland and glory to the heroes are both in the main installers? If so, why are they dlc items on the store? Doesn’t make sense, just remove those dlc entries as they are not additional to the main game. This is what was confusing me as they are separate elements which can be “brought” separately, so would expect separate files for them.

Oh, and you mention in your post that we should grab the free dlc, but if they are already in the main game...
Yeah, we hear you — it's night time here now, but GOG folks already reached out to us about this and we'll find a solution that isn't as confusing. I actually wasn't aware this was how the content was packaged when I first posted so I'll amend that mention, good catch.

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MarkoH01: DLC stands for additional "Downloadable Content" - so naming those extra issues that are already part of the base intaller DLC is kind of wrong, don't you think?
Well, maybe, but I mean it sorta feels like arguing semantics. Obviously you don't have to know this, but this is actually content that wasn't part of the original release on Switch and was developed post-release. So to me that's totally in line with that "hey we did something extra, here you go" spirit of free DLC addons.

Here the content is delivered with the main installer instead of two extra downloads, but does that take away from its "DLCness"?
Post edited July 31, 2020 by Konradical
Posted July 31, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: So, just to confirm, for the homeland and glory to the heroes are both in the main installers? If so, why are they dlc items on the store? Doesn’t make sense, just remove those dlc entries as they are not additional to the main game. This is what was confusing me as they are separate elements which can be “brought” separately, so would expect separate files for them.

Oh, and you mention in your post that we should grab the free dlc, but if they are already in the main game...
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Konradical: Yeah, we hear you — it's night time here now, but GOG folks already reached out to us about this and we'll find a solution that isn't as confusing. I actually wasn't aware this was how the content was packaged when I first posted so I'll amend that mention, good catch.

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MarkoH01: DLC stands for additional "Downloadable Content" - so naming those extra issues that are already part of the base intaller DLC is kind of wrong, don't you think?
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Konradical: Well, maybe, but I mean it sorta feels like arguing semantics. Obviously you don't have to know this, but this is actually content that wasn't part of the original release on Switch and was developed post-release. So to me that's totally in line with that "hey we did something extra, here you go" spirit of free DLC addons.

Here the content is delivered with the main installer instead of two extra downloads, but does that take away from its "DLCness"?
Thank you for your response. It’s no big issue, just needed the clarification. Looking forward to playing it, maybe tomorrow if I get time.
Posted July 31, 2020
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MarkoH01: DLC stands for additional "Downloadable Content" - so naming those extra issues that are already part of the base intaller DLC is kind of wrong, don't you think?
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Konradical: Well, maybe, but I mean it sorta feels like arguing semantics. Obviously you don't have to know this, but this is actually content that wasn't part of the original release on Switch and was developed post-release. So to me that's totally in line with that "hey we did something extra, here you go" spirit of free DLC addons.

Here the content is delivered with the main installer instead of two extra downloads, but does that take away from its "DLCness"?
Well, the problem is in the terms used (and this leads to confusion, as we can clearly see in the topic): I think Marco is absolutely right:
DLC means DownLoadable Content. This is the content that is loaded separately from the game. But in this case, the content is not downloadable. Yes, this is additional content, but it is not DLC. This can be roughly called pre-installed content.
In ye Good Old Days, it was called in clearer terms: Add-ons, Extensions, Expansions, Packs, etc.

Edited: Due to forum lags, the message was posted several times.
Post edited July 31, 2020 by Loger13
Posted July 31, 2020
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It's not to be ungrateful. But I would have preferred the formula ''base game'' + DLCs separately. Well... Thank you (Konradical) for clarifying the issue of the DLCs. I guess it's easier to pack all the content of the video game in one single executable (especially when it comes to future updates). Thanks! :)
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UCrest: Hello and thank you for your kindness and support. And also for always answering the doubts or questions of us video games players, Konradical. I'm telling you that I've added the two free DLCs, but they don't appear on the main page of the game. It's strange that I couldn't add them in the traditional way to the shopping cart. I had to give them to myself as a gift so I could add them to the account. They still don't appear (at sight) so I can't add them to the base game installation. A hug, greetings! And thanks again, Konradical! ;)
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nightcraw1er.488: The gift is normal, this has been around for a while now, just another broken feature of the website. I also did this, added them, went through checkout, and I even have the confirmation email that the DLC have been added. (...)
Ok. Thanks! :)
Post edited July 31, 2020 by UCrest
Posted July 31, 2020
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Loger13: Well, the problem is in the terms used (and this leads to confusion, as we can clearly see in the topic): it seems to me that Marco is absolutely right:
DLC means DownLoadable Content. This is the content that is loaded separately from the game. But in this case, the content is not downloadable. Yes, this is additional content, but it is not DLC. This can be roughly called a pre-installed content.
In ye Good Old Days, it was called in clearer terms: Addons, Extensions, Expansions, Packs, etc.
That's fair. For some comic book flavor I guess the best term would be... bonus issues. :)
Posted July 31, 2020
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Loger13: Well, the problem is in the terms used (and this leads to confusion, as we can clearly see in the topic): it seems to me that Marco is absolutely right:
DLC means DownLoadable Content. This is the content that is loaded separately from the game. But in this case, the content is not downloadable. Yes, this is additional content, but it is not DLC. This can be roughly called a pre-installed content.
In ye Good Old Days, it was called in clearer terms: Addons, Extensions, Expansions, Packs, etc.
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Konradical: That's fair. For some comic book flavor I guess the best term would be... bonus issues. :)
Yes, if it would say "Includes 2 bonus issues" it would be less confusing and imo perfectly fine. And yes, of course I was just talking about semantics earlier. I completely understand that it was additional content but since it never was downloadable it simply does not qualify as DLC. This does not have to be a bad thing though. I still remember the days in which people would simply prefer to get "additional bonus" alsong with their base game instead of several DLCs. Downloadable content was not always refered to as being good.

Please also let me state that I still welcome the fact that you guys are delivering more as just the base game in one package ... this has become rare as well and it reminds myself of the early days of GOG when such things were the rule and not the exception. Thank you! Also thank you for your replies here - very much appreciate them as well!
Posted July 31, 2020
So the 2 free "add one" have been removed? Doesn't let me add them to my cart.
Posted July 31, 2020
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Crimson-X: So the 2 free "add one" have been removed? Doesn't let me add them to my cart.
Yep! We took the feedback to heart. Since the add-ons are already in the base installer, it didn't make sense to keep the pages around and keep confusing the heck out of people. :)
Posted July 31, 2020
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Crimson-X: So the 2 free "add one" have been removed? Doesn't let me add them to my cart.
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Konradical: Yep! We took the feedback to heart. Since the add-ons are already in the base installer, it didn't make sense to keep the pages around and keep confusing the heck out of people. :)
Ok well I guess I'm still confused then as to why they were there then in the first place if they were already in the game. We're they just like early unlocks or are those two available to play from the start?

And what about the Steam version (curious not that I will get that one)?
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