Radiance1979: Lets start with saying that, as you already saw yourself that i'm indeed deeply depressed by the draw error i witnessed in the game but i also bought the game fully knowing that this is supposed to be a freshened up engine and not a complete overhaul of the game. I also noticed that most draw errors that exist in the original seem to have polished so that is also something i see as good. Furthermore i did buy the game on steam for a price which i could find oke since i did not play or own the expansions for the game. I was also contemplating to purchase the ultimate edition of control on GoG since on epic i own only the game without the expansions and with the price of the ultimate edition with launch discount being almost the same as the price you would pay for the expansion pass i see those overthinkings as logical.
so please understand that from my point of view i bought actually quite the nice deal which i'm certain to use for at least another 60 or maybe even 100+ hours and that for 20 euro!

Back to you

I do understand that you want the original here on GoG but that said, the original is also not available anymore on steam

the discount was only available to those that owned the original game so in no way the same discount could be granted to gog users since that would be very wrong from the sight of all the players who supported the game when it launched
personally i don't feel GoG had the bad part of the deal since they can add a sort of new game to their library which is sure to bring some other players to the menu

Now for the price, i can really say anything about it. It does seem that a price of 30 euro's would seem more apropiate then the full range of 40 euro's but then again, i did not play through the whole story to be able to justify the content for that price.

Kingdoms of Amalur is a huge game with a nice story certainly capable of entertaining people for more then 40 to a 100 hours or even more so yea...

nightcraw1er.488: “ I do understand that you want the original here on GoG but that said, the original is also not available anymore on steam” - it was available there for years, plenty of time to bring it here, even after they got the contract for reshading it.

There were several methods of checking wether a steam copy was owned, they did not want to do it. It’s irrelevant anyways, the simple fact is they did not want to, under any circumstances provide either the original or discount to gog customers.

Anyways, I give up, I have made it as simple as possible, it always staggers me how some people not only dive into this total rip off at all levels but actively defend the process. It is a con nothing else, hence why that dev is on my personal blacklist, and why THQ have joined the wary list and I won’t be buying anything from them without great consideration.

nightcraw1er.488: “ I do understand that you want the original here on GoG but that said, the original is also not available anymore on steam” - it was available there for years, plenty of time to bring it here, even after they got the contract for reshading it.

There were several methods of checking wether a steam copy was owned, they did not want to do it. It’s irrelevant anyways, the simple fact is they did not want to, under any circumstances provide either the original or discount to gog customers.

Anyways, I give up, I have made it as simple as possible, it always staggers me how some people not only dive into this total rip off at all levels but actively defend the process. It is a con nothing else, hence why that dev is on my personal blacklist, and why THQ have joined the wary list and I won’t be buying anything from them without great consideration.

Radiance1979: I hope you don't mind me pointing out that first THQ did not own the rights of the first release of Kingdoms of Amalur...

Radiance1979: and second .... how can anyone in his right mind can call their behavior something to be a suspect of, the first thing they did with the release of the new kingdoms is releasing it on GoG furthermore their 3 pages of games on GoG can hardly be called ' bread crums ' your reasoning makes me wonder if you have the right company in your mind when talking about THQ.

rjbuffchix: I don't mind, but in hopes of clarifying that, I was going off of nightcraw1er.488's post (#16) about how " it was available [on the Scheme storefront] for years, plenty of time to bring it here, even after they got the contract for reshading it." The operative part being the "even after they got the contract for re-shading it."

As the years go on and more and more big DRM-free releases arrive here, including ones previously thought impossible, there are less and less excuses for developers and publishers to not bring games here in addition to bringing them to Scheme.

rjbuffchix: It is possible for me to appreciate the games they have brought so far (and great job, kudos to them for doing so, I agree they deserve credit for this), while also being wary about Amalur and future titles from them. If they don't want me to think the worst of them, then it is on them to not treat me (as a GOG customer) like second class. If I have it wrong about nightcraw1er's post and there was absolutely no way for them to bring the original here within the last few years, I apologize.

rjbuffchix: I don't mind, but in hopes of clarifying that, I was going off of nightcraw1er.488's post (#16) about how " it was available [on the Scheme storefront] for years, plenty of time to bring it here, even after they got the contract for reshading it." The operative part being the "even after they got the contract for re-shading it."

As the years go on and more and more big DRM-free releases arrive here, including ones previously thought impossible, there are less and less excuses for developers and publishers to not bring games here in addition to bringing them to Scheme.

rjbuffchix: It is possible for me to appreciate the games they have brought so far (and great job, kudos to them for doing so, I agree they deserve credit for this), while also being wary about Amalur and future titles from them. If they don't want me to think the worst of them, then it is on them to not treat me (as a GOG customer) like second class. If I have it wrong about nightcraw1er's post and there was absolutely no way for them to bring the original here within the last few years, I apologize.

nightcraw1er.488: If they worked on the game, they must have had some license for it.

Also, there is a lot of new releases happening here, unfortunately all too often as a secondary. For instance the serious Sam 4 game (which I have preordered), there is no 2 or 3, plus missing patches for tfe and tse. It’s becoming more normal for devs to treat this pace as a milking parlour. This one didn’t even bother hiding it, went out and announced that GOG wasn’t going to get anything like steam.

As for THQ, well empires fall in a day. One bad apple ruins your reputation and all that. I only said I was more cautious of buying games from them now, that trust has gone with this release.

TerriblePurpose: On a side note, if you own the original on Origin (and the physical release required an Origin account, from what I recall), you also don't get a discount on KoA: Re-Soakening. There's no way I'm going to believe they can't figure out if you own the base game on Origin. No, it's only Steam users that get the sweet deal.

nightcraw1er.488: If they worked on the game, they must have had some license for it.

Also, there is a lot of new releases happening here, unfortunately all too often as a secondary. For instance the serious Sam 4 game (which I have preordered), there is no 2 or 3, plus missing patches for tfe and tse. It’s becoming more normal for devs to treat this pace as a milking parlour. This one didn’t even bother hiding it, went out and announced that GOG wasn’t going to get anything like steam.

As for THQ, well empires fall in a day. One bad apple ruins your reputation and all that. I only said I was more cautious of buying games from them now, that trust has gone with this release.

Radiance1979: But that would be as much speculation as your statement that THQ is the one to blame there

TerriblePurpose: I made no such statement.

Radiance1979: Not in a direct manner, and i'm certainly not willing to speculate about another mens motive so, excuse me