Originally Posted by Raze
Originally Posted by Someguy1963
Larian knew all along there were significant differences but didn't announce that fact till after the they started shipping and people did their downloads.

That is factually incorrect. There was no intent to deceive anyone. The GOG page might not have been clear about multiplayer, but throughout the D:OS kickstarter, etc, Larian was clear that the online multiplayer function would use Steamworks.

The first example I found, from the Reddit AMA;

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If I get the GOG version of the game, and my friend gets the Steam version, can we still play together? If yes, how would this work?

Not via steamworks, no, but through direct IP yes!

You would have some points in your favour to argue incompetence, if you were so inclined, but not malice.
So you're response that they weren't deceptive is some post on some outside site rather than the their stickied posts here? Lies that they changed after the fact that were posted to their own site. Bad idea trying to go to unofficial offsite forums when their own official forums had the deceptive lies posted; lies that they AFTER they were caught modified to show the real situation. After they had already ripped people off and sold inferior broken incomplete products. Nothing but deceptive slime tactics. The biggest post stickied to the top of every Dragon Commander forum and subforum here on the official site contained the blatant lies about no significant differences that then needed "clarification". A complete lack of a usable multiplayer matchmaking system is a significant difference. Please show me some statements that counter the deception they did that is, was, and have been posted for as long and stickied as much as their lies and you might have a case. Such statements that also showed the real facts prior to any edits unlike the very stickied pack of lies at the top of every one of these official forums that got changed after the fact.

Funny, I pre-ordered Rise Of The Triad {has its own issues but that is another matter} at the exact same time and guess what I can play with Steam users just fine because that game came with with proper complete Multiplayer support. Larian LIED, plain pure and simple. They did so and then stickied the lies all over their forums in time to make sure pre-sales were quite high as their product got pushed across summer sales. Then after they were CAUGHT, AFTER THE GAME RELEASED they went back and admitted the truth, changing the stickied post at that time.




Last edited by Someguy1963; 11/08/13 03:02 AM.