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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (11 children)

That's awesome. Also the lack of micro transactions makes me want to support them more. I kinda wish they had a donate button or something.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The donate button is buying the game and their previous titles.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Especially Divinity 2: Original Sin.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or gift friends. Then play with them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

When you’re out of friends, gift to random strangers!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome idea that I totally just did!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The digital deluxe upgrade is basically that. You get some bonus stuff like extra bard songs, some cosmetics I think and the official Soundtrack. Stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is the soundtrack in the game files I assume? I haven't seen it yet, and I can't seem to get the dice skin to work so I wondered if I even got the deluxe edition for a moment.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Buy the Divinity games. They're all good.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I almost never buy a game on opening day for full price. But fuck microtransaction nonsense -- as soon as the devs made an official statement about it, I was on board.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

You could always buy a second copy to gift to a friend. Then you'd be able to play together on top of giving them another sale!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Buy the DRM free version on GOG if you haven’t already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can steam and gog players play together?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There was in their previous game DOS2 and Larian's website says you can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, dumb question, what's GOG?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is another digital game store owned by CD Project, parent company of company that made the Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. They originally started by selling old games that they would get running on newer OSes. They have since started selling new games and have an alright launcher that you can link to other stores to see your entire game collection.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most importantly, GOG as a storefront does not allow DRM. If you buy a game on GOG and keep the installer around (on a drive that's regularly backed up), you'll always have the ability to play that game even if GOG's servers die.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gog.com Alternative games with some focus on old games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't know why this sentiment is so popular. It's a single player game, most single player games don't have microtransactions... In fact I think it'd be odd and outside the normal if it did

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something something Skyrim horse armor something something….

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oblivion horse armor even

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a single player game. It has online and LAN co-op. Lots of single player games have micro transactions these days too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Its like everyone forgot Civ 6 exists

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldnt call it single player

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@qwertyWarlord @AlecSadler I would like to respectfully disagree. Witcher 3 had DLC. Skyrim had DLC. Dragon age origins also had DLC. Many many single player games had DLC. I'm not sure where you're looking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dlc and mtx aren't really the same thing tho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@StinkyRedMan got it. Sometimes it's hard to tell because in both cases I'm not getting a complete game or there's some sort of FOMO involved. Heh. I get what you're saying though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There will most definitely be an expansion/enhanced edition for BG3. Expansions are not "in game purchases"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The game has LAN support as well as steam cloud. While it's designed for single it handles multiplayer extremely well. The only annoyance I've ran into is that only one person can interact with a merchant at a time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Game is designed for multiplayer from the ground up. Its the same engine they used for divinity. All about partying up, but has great single player support too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You could request they offer something small…maybe cosmetic…within the game that you could buy to support them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gift me and I'll enjoy it 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I bought it only because of their stance on microtransactions.

It wasn't really on my radar because turn based rpgs are not my thing.

I saw their press release and figured just for that upfront refusal to try rip everyone off to make money was good enough for me to buy the game and try it out.

I love dnd so it can't be bad

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Also they published the game on GOG - so it’s DRM free!