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ADan - 22 June 2012 01:34 PM

Monolith,

the game is NOT available from Daedalic’s own download shop but via a link to Gamesrocket. It might have been available there for download prior to today BUT it states quite clearly there that a STEAM ACTIVATION KEY and ACCOUNT are required.

Now, there seems to have been a major fuckup at Steam so that the game wasn’t even listed before today and subsequently the activation of any downloaded or physical copies was not possible until some time after noon (Central Europe Time) TODAY.

This means anyone who could play the game before today has EITHER a review copy OR is in possession of an illegal download (crack).

If there’s a third possibility that I’m not aware of at the moment, please let me know.

Steam keys can be redeemed even if the game isn’t available on the service yet. If you buy Resonance from Wadjet Eye they’ll give you a Steam key which works now even though the game isn’t on the Steam store. This has been true for other games as well. There were Steam keys given out in various indie bundles for games that worked even though the game didn’t come to Steam until months later.

I don’t know if Steam was accepting those keys before now, but they certainly have done so for other games.

Well, the game has only been available on Steam for a couple of hours now. There was a little bit of drama on the Adventure-treff.de forum because people bought the game at retail but couldn’t then play it because Steam wouldn’t let you, it wasn’t released there. Took some time for Steam to make the game available.

According to the Chains of Satinov & Daedalic websites the game’s release date is/was today! I find it difficult to believe that it was released earlier without notifying any of the major Adventure sites - from a revenue point of view it just doesn’t make sense!

I’ve got the impression that if anyone wants to buy a boxed copy it’s going to be yet another disc that needs online activation with limited activations. I feel pressurised into buying a download (if I want to play the game) because what can I do with a boxed copy when I don’t want it anymore? -send it to landfill? - that’s great for the environment isn’t it!

There are no limited activations with Steam, but yes, you have to activate the game online. And when you want to start the game you have to be online too. There’s an offline mode, but it only ever worked for me when I changed into it when I was still online.

@ louiedog:

No, the keys did definitely NOT work until this afternoon.

See this (German) thread: http://forum.daedalic.de/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1379

EDIT: This refers mainly to German boxed copies.

ozzie - 22 June 2012 01:55 PM

There are no limited activations with Steam, but yes, you have to activate the game online.

Does that apply to the boxed copy too? I bought the boxed copy of The Rockin Dead & was furious to find that I had to set up a Steam account to activate it & activations were limited to 5. There was neither anything in the Ad for the game or on the box itself to state any of this - the only compensation was that it was nearly half the price of the download. I’m finished with the game with 4 activations left but as it’s linked to my Steam account I can’t sell it or give it away so it’s no use to anyone else!!!

How did I not hear about this game until just a couple days ago?

You didn’t pay attention to the many news posts and previews? (Neither did I, to be honest.)

chrissie - 22 June 2012 02:28 PM

ozzie - 22 June 2012 01:55 PM

There are no limited activations with Steam, but yes, you have to activate the game online.

Does that apply to the boxed copy too? I bought the boxed copy of The Rockin Dead & was furious to find that I had to set up a Steam account to activate it & activations were limited to 5. There was neither anything in the Ad for the game or on the box itself to state any of this - the only compensation was that it was nearly half the price of the download. I’m finished with the game with 4 activations left but as it’s linked to my Steam account I can’t sell it or give it away so it’s no use to anyone else!!!

Well, some games come with more than one form of DRM. It’s crazy, I know! But in the case of The Dark Eye you only have to deal with Steam, and that means unlimited activations.

Thanks for the info ozzie!

Kurufinwe - 22 June 2012 02:49 PM

You didn’t pay attention to the many news posts and previews? (Neither did I, to be honest.)

Apparently not, which is strange because I make a note to read all news articles and reviews on this site.

Are there 3d models in this game or fully 2d adventure?

Advie - 22 June 2012 07:14 PM

about the Game i think i should say after finishing that it is Beautiful, (No Doubt)  but would had been my special cup of tea only if puzzles weren’t that straight forward .... it makes,New Beginning and The Whispered World seem like very Difficult Adventures

that how i would rate Fairly :
Story 5/ 5
Graphics 5/ 5
Animations 3.5/ 5
Voice Acting 4/ 5
Music 5/ 5
Gameplaying 4/ 5

I’m always amazed at people who manage to finish an adventure game in one day. Can you tell a bit more about it Advie?