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Posted April 10, 2015
An apocalyptic space-time adventure.

<span class="bold">Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today</span>, a post-apocalyptic point and click adventure, is available now for Windows and Mac OS X (Linux version incoming!) DRM-free on GOG.com with a 10% launch discount.

<span class="bold">Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today</span> has at one point been described as "Guybrush meets Mad Max meets 12 Monkeys". It's a classic point and click adventure with a dark, mature twist. A series of terrible natural cataclysms and a lethal pandemic strike humanity and nearly wipe it off the face of the earth: a post post-apocalyptic vision that knows no mercy, and as such you should expect to see none. You can, however, expect a unique art style, an impressive open point-and-click world, and an atmospheric layer of sound, as you try to save the remains of your world before time itself… dissolves.

Do you enjoy being haunted by the sounds of Dead Synchronicity? You can also buy your own copy of the official soundtrack on GOG.com.

Space time distortions, concentration camps, and societies in shreds await in <span class="bold">Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today</span>, available now DRM-free on GOG.com! The launch discount will last until Friday, April 17, at 9:59 AM GMT.




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Posted April 10, 2015
Another crowdfunded title that hits the shelves regionally priced. Which means that the usual victims have to pay more upfront, Russia and the ex-Soviet countries will benefit from the greatly cut price while a number of poor countries will be charged with at least the US price.


Regarding the separate release of the soundtrack - if GOG has entered the scene of selling soundtracks separately, they surely need to adjust their title cards and possibly purchase/ redeem system; you can't apply a “one size fits all” solution.
Right now the soundtrack page states:
TO PLAY THIS ITEM YOU ALSO NEED
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
And the checkout page has the usual warning at the top:
Please note that you are required to own Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today on GOG.com to be able to purchase and play DLC: Dead Synchronicity Soundtrack
Really GOG? To play the soundtrack that comes in the standalone format of MP3 and FLAC, we need the game? If this wasn't regionally priced, I'd be tempted to make a test-purchase just to see if it would get through and place the soundtrack on my shelf without me having the game.
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GOG.com: [...] You can also buy your own copy of the official soundtrack on GOG.com.

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Key word: buy. Clearly, we are asked to pay to get the soundtrack, which is the only content in this case. If that "Included FREE goodies" nonsense on the title card is not false advertising and mockery, I don't know what is.
This is not the first or only case; high time you stopped hyping the disingenuous "look, we're giving extra stuff for free", and started being honest.
Posted April 10, 2015
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HypersomniacLive: Really GOG? To play the soundtrack that comes in the standalone format of MP3 and FLAC, we need the game? If this wasn't regionally priced, I'd be tempted to make a test-purchase just to see if it would get through and place the soundtrack on my shelf without me having the game.
You couldn´t! At least I cannot proceed to checkout buying that soundtrack without owning the base game.
It´s even not possible to create a gift key containing it for me!

Edit: Well, false alarm! But no, I cannot redeem the soundtrack without owning the base game...
...will contact support now!
Post edited April 10, 2015 by RadonGOG
Posted April 10, 2015
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HypersomniacLive: Really GOG? To play the soundtrack that comes in the standalone format of MP3 and FLAC, we need the game? If this wasn't regionally priced, I'd be tempted to make a test-purchase just to see if it would get through and place the soundtrack on my shelf without me having the game.
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RadonGOG: You couldn´t! At least I cannot proceed to checkout buying that soundtrack without owning the base game.
It´s even not possible to create a gift key containing it for me!

Edit: Well, false alarm! But no, I cannot redeem the soundtrack without owning the base game...
...will contact support now!
There is so much fail in this, that the only thing you can do is laugh about it or bang your head against a wall. Sometimes I am wondering if offers are even checked before being put online :D
Posted April 10, 2015
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RadonGOG: You couldn´t! At least I cannot proceed to checkout buying that soundtrack without owning the base game.
It´s even not possible to create a gift key containing it for me!

Edit: Well, false alarm! But no, I cannot redeem the soundtrack without owning the base game...
...will contact support now!
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moonshineshadow: There is so much fail in this, that the only thing you can do is laugh about it or bang your head against a wall. Sometimes I am wondering if offers are even checked before being put online :D
At least it´s ultra-funny AND if GOG does fix their DLC-Management it was definitely worth the 3.29€...
:D

(otherwise I´d get a refund---don´t paying a single cent for that much of silly fun would be a good deal, too!)
Post edited April 10, 2015 by RadonGOG
Posted April 10, 2015
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moonshineshadow: There is so much fail in this, that the only thing you can do is laugh about it or bang your head against a wall. Sometimes I am wondering if offers are even checked before being put online :D
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RadonGOG: At least it´s ultra-funny AND if GOG does fix there DLC-Management it was definitely worth the 3.29€...
:D
Yep :D I hope gog fixes this so that you can have the soundtrack and we all have a better DLC system :-)
Posted April 10, 2015
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RadonGOG: You couldn´t! At least I cannot proceed to checkout buying that soundtrack without owning the base game.
It´s even not possible to create a gift key containing it for me!
So, one possibly interested in the soundtrack, a completely standalone piece of content, but not in the game has no way of getting the soundtrack here other than shelling out over $20 and ending up with a game they'll probably not play.

*rolls eyes*

Got it.


But there seems to be no such restriction with CDPR's TW3: Expansion Pass; in spite the same blurb about the base game requirement on the game page, there's no warning on the checkout page.

Makes perfect sense - label something as DLC, and you won't be able to get it, even if there are no real dependences, label it as something else and everything's fine.
Fells like GOG's going more and more downhill with their business decisions.
Posted April 10, 2015
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RadonGOG: You couldn´t! At least I cannot proceed to checkout buying that soundtrack without owning the base game.
It´s even not possible to create a gift key containing it for me!
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HypersomniacLive: So, one possibly interested in the soundtrack, a completely standalone piece of content, but not in the game has no way of getting the soundtrack here other than shelling out over $20 and ending up with a game they'll probably not play.

*rolls eyes*

Got it.

But there seems to be no such restriction with CDPR's TW3: Expansion Pass; in spite the same blurb about the base game requirement on the game page, there's no warning on the checkout page.

Makes perfect sense - label something as DLC, and you won't be able to get it, even if there are no real dependences, label it as something else and everything's fine.
Fells like GOG's going more and more downhill with their business decisions.
THIS actually even makes sence:
Remember, the GOGs-Version of the Expansion Pass is also aimed to be the one for retail customers!

Offtopic: E.g. for me, as I preordered a CE; but I´ll defintly not buy the EP right now!
Posted April 10, 2015
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CharlesGrey: On those "special" editions of games you mean? Yeah, that's awkward, and one of the reasons why I think this approach of simply selling the bigger goodies ( such as soundtracks ) separately, is more transparent and honest, rather than claiming they are "FREE".
No I was actually referring to the soundtrack page for Dead Synchronicity, Included FREE goodies looks ridiculous as HypersomniacLive also pointed out. Its not really transparent and honest but infact false advertising, when the soundtrack is actually being sold separately so its NOT FREE contrary to whats written on the page.
Post edited April 10, 2015 by stg83
Posted April 10, 2015
Unfortunately I'll have to jump on the GOG bandwagon and use those old jargons like "wishlisted" or "I'll wait for a sale". First time saying this here, I guess.
Nothing against the price tag, game looks phenomenal, Daedalic rocks, their partners rock too, linux release, point n click at its best, artsy, must have, great plot etc. Probably worth every penny.

It's "my country's" economy here that's not cooperating when converting to usd :(
Posted April 10, 2015
Hmm, sounds like one to wait for GOG reviews on.
Posted April 10, 2015
all I can say the soundtrack better be some damn good after the fuss it's creating :)
I personally have done this with Goscurry Soundtrack and saw nothing wrong with that, paid the game and music separately from the publisher/developer site. But then I couldn't have recommended the soundtrack to a friend who likes that sort of music, because I'm not sure he's into that kind of gaming, in fact does more reading than playing - if you would have had first to buy the game.
Post edited April 10, 2015 by superstande
Posted April 10, 2015
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stg83: No I was actually referring to the soundtrack page for Dead Synchronicity, Included FREE goodies looks ridiculous as HypersomniacLive also pointed out. Its not really transparent and honest but infact false advertising, when the soundtrack is actually being sold separately so its NOT FREE contrary to whats written on the page.
Ah, I see -- Yeah, that's silly, more than anything. I imagine they'll soon(?) update their game pages, so they are more suitable for these stand-alone extras, such as soundtracks.

What bothers me much more, is the fact that you apparently can't purchase the soundtrack without first buying the game. I hope that's only a mistake and they'll change it.
Posted April 10, 2015
I remember being extremely hyped about this game when it was kickstarted a while back, and back then I thought it would be one of those games they'd release on Steam and we would have to create a community wishlist and hope it would eventually end up here, so it's kind of nice to see it having a day 1 GOG release, even though the price we have to pay for that is that they have Daedalic as publishers...

Now, I love me some of the Daedalic developed and published games, but their pricing and business decisions as of late have been far from customer friendly, and it seems Dead Synchronicity is suffering from that as well. A shame, but I'll just have to wishlist it for now, as the price is a bit steep especially when I bought Nosferatu and Shadowgate Special Edition yesterday.

As for the review, it doesn't bode well for the game, but I'll keep it wishlisted, I usually tend to prefer trying the games myself rather than trusting some jaded video game review "journalist" on the trendy video game news outlets.
Posted April 10, 2015
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omega64: Review for anyone interested:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/04/08/wot-i-think-dead-synchronicity-tomorrow-comes-today/
I don't often visit RPS but that's a surprisingly well written review. Too bad about its conclusion though. On first look the game seemed promising.
Posted April 10, 2015
Whelp, redeemed my kick-starter code (I love when devs let me do that on gog!!!!)

Now to wait for a version that I can play on my OS...
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