I wonder. When they say 'Sword Coast Legends will no longer be available to purchase after December', does that mean on steam or in general. If in general, then I need to find a way to get some money together. I loved the Forgotten Realms world.
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I remember the threshold to be around 10%, so just by that number I'd say it's risky, but I neither live in the US, nor in Canda and haven't attempted to send a gift to anyone in another country since the change.
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Yeah, but I'm also not 100% sure since I can't find any 'official' reference for it and Valve seems to be not that forthcoming what the actual amount is, so maybe wait for someone that actually attempted to do so, dunno :s. I edited my initial reply accordingly.
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You can't be certain with anything any more unless you know someone who has tried. Even if the general rule is 10%.
Maybe buy a key from https://swordcoast.com/buynow
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For future reference, as long as someone in your friends list can be gifted it and lives in the appropriate country you want to test, you can just go through the motions of sending a gift until you get an error (or don't).
After typing qwqwqwqw into the Gift Note, the next step will give you
Due to regional price differences, the gift you are trying to send cannot be sent to the recipient's region.
(or not, and then it's alright)
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For anyone asking "Is the game good?", first let me explain my perspective, so you'll better know if it would work for you:
I just bought it when the removal was announced, and I've already played it for 11 hours. I played through the prologue of the main campaign (which is 3 acts plus the prologue), then I played one of the dungeon crawls in the random dungeon generator, and then I played through a user-made module I downloaded.
Other games I like include Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 2, and Dragon Age: Origins, as well as many other CRPGs and JRPGs. The only D&D rules I really care about being done faithfully are the 3.5 rules, so since this game wasn't 3.5, I'm not concerned about its adherence to the rules. I'm only interested in single player, not multiplayer, so the servers don't concern me either. I'm not planning on making any adventures for this game, but I do intend to play more that others have made. The frame rate isn't very smooth in some of the complex locations, but at least for a tactical RPG that doesn't interfere with the gameplay.
I find the writing to be good and engaging, often funny, and voiced well. The gameplay is exactly like Dragon Age: Origins. I prefer turn-based, but realtime with pause is okay. You create your character. You have full party control. You can outfit and stat all party members as you please, control any of them directly at any time, send your rogue ahead to scout for traps or secret doors, or do sneak attacks to start an encounter while keeping your other party members out of sight, etc. You have a base camp where you can talk to your companions and start their personal side quests. You have an extensive journal and codex separated into a bestiary, characters, and locations. There's branching dialogue with a good set of options, as well as skill checks. There are plenty of optional side quests, some with multiple resolution options. I like all of these things.
The random dungeon crawl mode is a nice diversion if you just want some tactical combat.
The user-made module I played showed the limitation of the modding tools, with things missing that were in the campaign, like branching dialogue, journal entries, and companion comments, but the author worked within the limitations to deliver a fun experience with chained quests, and a final boss fight that gave me a real challenge.
I'm very satisfied with my purchase, and I recommend the game.
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That was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your gameplay experience with us. 👍
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Question for you, unrelated to Sword Coast...
I have BG1:EE and haven't even left the starter Tavern yet. Mostly installed it and fired it up to get a quick feel & see if I wanted to buy BG2 and Planescape at this time.
I'm just a little put off by the graphics in BG1 (no big deal) and semi-choppy animation (again not too much of an issue).
I realise the game engine is old...
I'm wondering if BG2:EE and Planescape: Torment: EE are any "better" game engine wise.
I'm sure I'll enjoy the game play aspects of these games, though I'm not a big DnD fan.
These 3 mentioned titles are big and I should probably go watch a gameplay on youtube.
I thought I'd ask. I know I want most of those DnD games, but my backlog is keeping me from spending the $12.22 for the bundle atm. Sword Coast I decided not to get due to not being a big fan of DnD (its ok, but I don't know one ruleset from another) and the fact that there is a new Sword Coast game "soon" to be released.
Thanks for your thoughts on them. I might even write the same question some day in the Steam forums. :)
And I agree with Calibr3, nice post. :)
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I only own the original versions of those games, not the EEs, so I don't know how those feel, but if they're essentially like the originals, I can say that of the three, BG2's engine feels the best. I used a mod to play BG1 in the BG2 engine, in fact. I also used a resolution mod, which increased the visible area while leaving the graphics at the same size, which, on a modern monitor, made them proportionately smaller, so they weren't so pixelated.
PS:T, unfortunately, is the worst of the three as far as the engine goes (combat, movement, interface), though it's the best in terms of dialogue and choice, and it has a much more interesting setting. You can increase the FPS, smoothing out the animation somewhat by going into the advanced configuration and raising the rendering rate, but this will also increase the actual speed of the game, which you may not want.
Hope that helps.
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I played BG1 right after finishing Pillars of Etrnity, and boy, was Í put off by the graphics, they were worse than I remembered them from the origianl. but hey, once you get over it you will not even notice how bad they are anymore, they games are still good. I think the graphics in BG2 are a bit better than in the first game, cannot speak for PT:EE as I have not played it yet.
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If you're into mega story heavy games, Torment is the game for you.
Did you check YT to see how pixelated and choppy it is for other people?
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Thanks.
Still undecided as to "when" to purchase, due to my evergrowing backlog...
But Planescape: Torment is on the top of my list.
I'm all about a good story.
I've watched 2 review videos so far.
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Is there somewhere we can do a group buy , and if there someone want to group buy?
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I was able to buy it from GamersGate with RU VPN ... everything went throught but ... :
"
Your order has been selected for manual processing.
Manual review might take up to 24 hours
This is an additional level of protection, which allows us to provide the most secure service for both players and publishers of games."
So now I have to wait what will happen.
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They also give me that , so I made another account with another email adress linked my paypal and it worked but after that I tried to buy another and it gave me this again !
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I was refunded the money, so I tried a new email but still waiting for them to send me the password.
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"Manual review might take up to a 24 hours" again when using PayPal.
aaaand ... refunded again. I just cannot buy it with VPN.
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I tried 3 times again and it does work any more , so don't try anymore .
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Same happens to me and they declined my order. I didn't use any vpn. I asked a Russian friend to buy the 5-pack for me and it worked for him. In the end I saved 6+ euros. Thanks gamersgate.
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Does Sword Coast Legends Digital Deluxe Edition Campaign give you 5x copies of deluxe edition? Or one deluxe, and 4 extra standards?
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Gifts that can't be traded, like the poster above said.
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I assume limitations are in place just the same, re accepting gifts and getting your acc banned and all those.
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I don't think this is the case here anyway, since the gifts were not purchased through steam.
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If anyone is interested in getting a copy from gamersgate send me a message on Steam and I'll help!
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I can vouch for sesito71, he helped me when trying to buy the game from the Russian Gamersgate site (I couldn't find any VPN or proxy that worked) and everything went smooth. The Steam key, as many people have already pointed out, activated fine on my account (Spain).
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sesito helped me out with my purchase, too. Quick and without any problems. Can recommend. Thanks again!
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i bought it, played it a bit, you don't miss anything if you don't buy it.
Rather spend the money on some MTX in PoE.
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Ah, well, that solves that dilemma :P
Had it in my basket, couldn't decide, now its full price again, easy decision now. :P
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Tempting at $5 but I'd probably never play it. Thanks for the heads up anyway.
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Bah! I had intended to buy this off Steam while it was still on sale, but time ran out. Thank God I can still buy it at reduced cost from GG or its official website. P
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I only played with it a little. The editor is nice, but I've yet to get the hang of creating quests (that work).
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NOTE: Bought the normal version on steam and apparently got the deluxe stuff too
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How to check whether or not, I got the deluxe stuff? I missed the deadline on Steam, so I bought the normal version on Wingamesore, which was slightly cheaper than Steam and the best I could find without using a VPN or asking someone from the RU/CIS region to get it for me. I think I can live just fine without those deluxe things, but I'd still like to check whether I got them.
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Start the game and check if you have the tome and the armor in your guild chest. I don't know any other way sadly
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Same here, I did manage to get a copy of Skyrim off there for even cheaper though.
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PLAYER DATA
Owners: 166,705 - 192,623
Players total: 137,772 - 161,424 (83.27%)
Players in the last two weeks: 6,342 - 12,236 (5.17%)
Average playtime: 24 hours, 54 minutes
Average playtime in the last two weeks: 7 hours, 36 minutes
PERFORMANCE SURVEY
Framerate: 50% responded that the framerate was variable, dependant on hardware
Resolution: This game appears to support up to 1920x1080 (HD) resolution
Graphics Settings: Has built-in graphics options or a graphics menu
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Yes, but it was 67% off until December 25. You can still buy it at full price (it will be removed soon).
I bought the Digital Deluxe Edition for less than $5. Good deal.
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Nope. Not anymore. Gamersgate seems that still has it, undiscounted, though, but it might be removed today.
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Isthereanydeal just sent me an email, that it's still for sale for $12 on voidu. How that even possible? Leftover keys? Not that I would buy it at this price if I didn't already have it ...
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Voidu has been out of keys for it for weeks. They simply do not display that until after you enter payment information.
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I didn't find a thread so I guess it's ok to post it here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/325600/Sword_Coast_Legends/
(Offer ends 25 December)
edit: for those who can't buy it from Steam:
Official Website:
https://swordcoast.com/buynow
GamersGate
Sword Coast Legends
Sword Coast Legends Digital Deluxe Edition
Sword Coast Legends Digital Deluxe Edition Campaign
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