May not be appropriote, but here is my possible tangent. What a mess. Companies with reputations left (Obsidian) should tread with more care. You're messing with the people left who care. I was a kickstarter backer for this, had to email them like half a year later to actually send me what I paid for. I haven't kickstarted a game since and don't foresee doing so. You're just burning the good will out of the good people. Like, how much more wary can people be?

You're making it harder for other companies as well. Just pushing consumers to never buy until you've had shutter your company and people can then buy at your desperate price point. Just a shame that an Obsidian product is another vector for not trusting in a purchase until the project is surely in "Definitive Edition" sales state. Pillars II will have a different publisher. Pillars on Kickstarter didn't have a publisher. Whatever.

Still, some can take heart and purchase confidently in others. Shadow Warrior 2 comes to mind.
Edit: If any part of my rant is relevant, GOG may be to blame for that part. I guess it depends on what is now included (from the various previous editions) in the Steam "package". I'm done now.

You just need the definitive edition. The deadfire pack is already included with it.

Don't worry. Paradox has fixed that gross mistake by removing the upgrade paths from Steam.
Edit: Wait, they actually didn't remove them. They just hid them, but they still retain the same price. :D

Woo! A definitive edition is good news for us late adopters.

Quick question though, how intensive is this game in terms of resources? I use a ancient laptop form the mid-oughts complete with an integrated graphics card and the inability to go over 2ghz. Could I run this game even though my computer doesnt meet the recommended specs?

I also cannot buy the Definitive Edition as the 'Pay for your order' button is greyed out. *Sigh*

Oh.. well that's reassuring... so Steam users had 2 years to upgrade if they chose to... I didn't have two minutes...
Fair enough

That's the catch, they don't want your money for the cheaper "full" edition. I think you have to buy all the parts separately for it to work.

Exactly. I paid over $40 the hero edition and (some claim) "supported" the company by buying upon release... and then they treat customers who didn't support the company better than us. Never. Ever. Another. Dime. Paradox. And Obsidian. And GOG should do something here. Maybe use their influence to get them to do the right thing or maybe even do the right thing themselves.

Considering buying...

BUT

Are the savegames compatible?
"Steam Hero + 1 DLC -> GOG Definitive Edition"
or
"Older GOG Hero + 1 DLC -> GOG Definitive Edition"
or
any other combination?

Just checked the game in my library, there is a The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt key in "serial keys" of Pillars of Eternity.
I guess it's GOG way to apologize.
:P

Lucky you? I had a lesser game...

Or those keys aren't meant to be used here but more likely paradox's forums to register ownership of the title?

I dunno

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I dunno, it's a GOTY edition released 2 years after launch. A game's price dropping like that eventually isn't very sudden, especially since it's meant to get people warmed up for the sequel which allows for the use of your savefile. That's why you always need to ask yourself whether the price is worth what your getting at the time that you're buying it. The lack of an upgrade path for the extras is annoying though.

I used that key on gog.com/redeem and it showed me TW3.
I can't say if it's an error as I already have TW3.

ok, I get it. You are warning me to not under any circumstances buy PoE 2 on release. There will be a definitive edition some day and there will NOT be an upgrade path. Thanks for letting me know, to not support your new game.