Aren't al-right/antifa - this exact rage?

Same release date (for GOG users) as Into the Breach... https://www.gog.com/game/into_the_breach
My social life will be ruined in March.

No GOG key? I was led to believe it doesn't cost anything to be able to get GOG keys for backers... is that correct, anyone? If so, that doesn't give me much faith this game will receive timely updates, if any at all :/

I'll have to go with "no". I've never experienced exactly that in another game.

Many newer games only release months after the Steam release, more or less as a surprise. Whether that is worse or not is debatable. Sure we could say, two weeks, that's comparatively close to the original release. Sure we could say, the original release will be bugged as hell anyway.

On the other hand: GOG misses out on the all important day one and week one sales. There is no release discount at all, which is usually hefty in games that arrive on GOG months late. And that they're trying to pull off a full price pre-order bonus in a game that's two weeks late, that kind of deserves the grand medal of impudence.

If gamers hop to Steam for the earlier release, the publisher knows that's his bet number one, two and three forever. If gamers actually wait for Kingdom Come to appear on GOG, the publisher knows he can pull off any shenannigans they please. It's lose-lose for GOG and GOG's customers in the long run.

Kingdom Come was created on a five million $ budget to my knowledge, which is nowhere even remotely near the AAA budgets of the video game industry. From the look of things they did admirably at that budget, but, no, the "rules" for AAA games do not apply. If five million dollar games are "AAA", I have more than 50 DRM free AAA games in my library. People are just getting the AAA stink, not its polish.

And I really don't blame the developer. I blame the publisher. The guys who threw Gothic 3 on the market before it was even remotely finished. The guys who put Steam on the Broken Sword 5 backer archive discs. The original masterminds behind the now all too common "We'll sell much more retail in Germany if we remove the German voices on GOG!" ploy. And many such hilarious hijinks more.

The two week delay is not "common". The shenannigans are.


That is accurate. But the Kochdom hath Come.

Just preordered it even if i normally stand away from preorders noadays, but...what i read and watched..the game is a huge all or nothing for the devs, they choosed some uncommen ways i like so i give them my support once and see what happen.

I hear what you're saying and normally, I would tend to agree wholeheartedly. I very rarely pre-ordered games in the past and haven't done so for a number of years, after being hugely disappointed with a couple of purchases. I can honestly say that for around the past 2-3 years now, I've only bought games via GOG, such has been my disdain for DRM and other shenanigans attached to games.

However, this time there's a few key factors in which I'm placing my leap of faith with the pre-order:

1) I've followed the progress of this game with some considerable interest, and it looks exactly the kind of game I will enjoy, meaning that on this occasion and personally speaking, it's worth the pre-order release price. Obviously, only time will tell if I'm proven right or not.

2) The fact that it's available DRM-free here on GOG.com (albeit with a 2 week delay) is a huge plus, as far as I'm concerned. I'll even go so far as to say that there's quite a few games over the last couple of years that I haven't bought, yet was interested in, because of DRM or other issues. Had they been available to buy around the original release dates on GOG and DRM-free, I most likely would have bought them.

3) Hopefully the GOG release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance will prove to be successful, encouraging more developers to utilise this platform as an initial release option, rather than habitually going the DRM route, or relying exclusively on Steam and other digital platforms, which still include the blight of DRM.

For those reasons and on this occasion, both the game developer and GOG merit my support with a pre-order. As for benefits to the consumer, I'll point out one that's always very important: Choice.

Much as this game really interests me, if it weren't for the choice of being available to buy it DRM-free via GOG, I wouldn't be buying it. Simple as that. Otherwise, I'd probably get around to buying the game eventually, but only after a number of years once it became DRM free and available via GOG.

LOL well played Klumpen. Thanks for the laugh.

I think he has a point though, purely historical settings means essentially you'll only fight mostly humans (with the occaisonally bear or wolf too), that's a big deal for combat-heavy RPGs.

I'm still waiting for "Might & Magic X - legacy" to appear here... (4 years at this moment). Create a retro game on retro franchise, then ignore GOG ... makes sense... :D

Well looking on the brighter side, GOG will hopefully get a less buggy game as it seems from the Steam release is having quite some bugs which the devs are working on.

I ve run historical RPGs campaigns for years, and loads of different players, to the point players disn t want to play in fantasy settings.

To make interesting stories you need to study and dig up real medieval knowledge.
Is easy to moxkup a fantasy storyline: save the world, kill the dragon, whatwver.

Is much harder, but satisfying, creating an epic storyline in an historical world.

Here is a review for those interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JZfoz7UVr0

i was hoping it was acg. best reviews on youtube. wish he did smaller titles too.

That first person perspective feels a bit weird in the video. I guess it's a matter of just getting used to it.

Here goes the latest trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpnuBdG9txM