The continuation of their stories was intended to be in separate games wasn't it? This is one game with two parts in which all parts are purchased in the one game.

Oh, I see. That is .. Quite bizarre. Why wouldn't they let you just buy whatever's finished?

Heh, I was pondering whether to buy the game during the sale and I didn't even notice that what is sold at the moment is some kind of smaller seasons pass with the promise that a second episode is included. I thought it was a complete game. I guess I should start reading the game descriptions, but I still wish they would make things like that a little more noticable.

Advocating the removal of a game from GOG for whatever arbitrary reason does in fact deny me the ability to choose to purchase it here.

Saying "Go buy it on Steam" is as stupid as replying to criticism of public policy by saying "Move to another country".

But do note that I didn't accuse you of advocating for its removal. My post was a reply to CharlesGrey, not you. Perhaps you should have read it more closely. ;)

Then again, the GOG game cards suggests the part two will come free of charge, so it is a bit like pre-purchasing a game, but only getting half of it (or two games, and getting only one, whatever).

The gamecard also suggests the second part should be out by now (talking about February), so yeah I guess I'll wait. I almost bought it in this ongoing promo, but glad I waited.

Nothing wrong buying it already now, if you are fine you might not be getting the "free update" promised in the game card.

EDIT: I would be fine buying the game now, if I knew that would somehow secure the arrival of the second part. I don't wish to see the game remain incomplete.

I did say 'I'm guessing not' didn't I?

Good, then we have nothing to argue about and can both enjoy our mornings. Or afternoon or evening or whatever it is in Australia now. :)

Yeah, that's the only real issue I see here. If Part 1 itself is finished then I don't see a problem selling it here, but the game description should be updated to make the Part 2 situation more clear. However, someone asked the same question on the Steam forums and the developer said that they aren't allowed to change the product description themselves because only the publisher is allowed to do that.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/256030/discussions/0/617329150706372420/

I'm not sure if GOG would be able to change the description here without the publisher's approval either, so that's the only real sticking point for me. If they can't update the description to remove false advertising then maybe it would be better to pull the game until the publisher lets them update it.

But hopefully Part 2 will come out soon and the issue will resolve itself :)

Ah, I didn't check the details of the game page. If it's literally being advertised as an episodic game of some kind, then that's a different story. But that raises the question whether GOG should sell any episodic releases at all, since there's always a risk that future episodes will be bad or won't arrive at all. I don't know, I think in the end the customers should decide for themselves whether or not to support such concepts. As long as GOG clearly labels it as an episodic or currently "unfinished" product, then I don't see the problem. Besides, during the promo it was available for about 30-40% of its regular price, so that seems like a fair value, even if the sequel won't be finished.

It's debatable though whether it's clear enough in this case. Yes, it's mentioned in the game description, and even in the very first lines, but it's not in the title - no Season Pass, no Chapters, no Book or Episode One, as it's handled in all* similar cases here. If I'd just see the game on sale on the front page and click on "Buy now" without checking the game page first, I wouldn't realize it's only the first half of a promised full package and not complete yet.

* EDIT: Well, apparantly not all cases; I've noticed that Republique Remastered is another "Season Pass" style game that is not advertised as such in the title (so far only episodes 1-3 of 5 available).

Hm, so I decided to read the game description myself, and it turns out the info about the next part/episode is right in the first line of the text. I'd say that's about as clear as it gets, even though it's not in the title of the game itself.

On the other hand, the cynic in me can't help but wonder whether the publisher is intentionally trying to hide the fact that this is an episodic game of sorts, by avoiding terms such as "season pass" in the title.

But ultimately I think the customer also has a responsibility to inform themselves about the products they intent to buy. It's generally the smart thing to do, and in this case it doesn't even take much effort, since all the important information is right in the game description and in the user reviews.

Personally I tend to avoid episodic releases until they're complete, since I don't like having to wait a few months for the next episode, once I start playing.

The product description says that part 2 is coming out in February. Upon reading the description it was unclear to me whether part 2 had been released and they forgot to update the store page, or whether the description was wrong and part 2 did not come out. I had to check the Steam forums to find out that part 2 had not come out yet, and GOG probably doesn't want to have customers rely on Steam to decide whether or not to purchase a game here XD

Yeah, at the very least they should update the description, if the developers couldn't meet the original deadline for the second part of the game.

Pretty awkward situation for GOG... What should they even do, when there's no guarantee that the rest of the game will ever be completed? A shame too, since the game seems to be good.

GOG must understand the risks of selling promises rather than games.

Plus, the game was added to GOG on November 20, 2014 (if I am using MaGog correctly). BitComposer filed for what amounts to bankruptcy protection the month before. So I assume GOG understood the situation at the time.

If there's a problem, I expect GOG will deal with purchasers reasonably. They typically do.

Hah yea they should update the page. That's what got me all excited to buy it seeing it said February for the second book. Ah well, as you said earlier; I got it at a great discount so it kind of balances things out. Pay half for the game, get half of the game :3

Still, I wonder how the people who backed it or bought it on release day feel.