I see Crusade is not part of the steam sale

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If you paid full price for the original game (which was not very good) then Crusade is $19.95.

But if you never bought the original game then it AND Crusade are $19.95.

This is no way to treat your customers.    That sound you're hearing?   It's the camel's back breaking.   I think I'm done with Stardock.   It's not like there aren't a dozen other space 4X's to play.  

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

This is ridiculous. I've been playing since launch, and SD have put a crap-load of free support into the game over the past two years, Hell, they just released an update that ports some of Crusade's improvements into the base game. Crusade was released just recently, and you don't like how they're trying to court newbies in? I have no patience for this kind of nonsense.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

As you said.

Steam Sale; not SD Sale.

Go yell at Steam.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I finally bit and bought the Galciv3 gold package for $30.   I've been a Galciv1 and Galciv2 fanatic over the years, but just now going through the Galciv3 tutorial.

Did I miss part of the conversation?

 

Reply #4 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

So you think people who just bought Crusade a month ago at full price should be punished for buying it when it was new?  That would be the effect of putting a brand-new product on sale.

GalCiv III v2.3 (base game) was just released.  If you don't think that's good, I doubt you'll like Crusade.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

It is difficult for me to have sympathy for anyone who pays full price for a product just prior to the Steam Summer sale.  The Winter sale is pretty impactful, but the Summer Sale gets so extensive it is bound to hit some target you care about.  This time, I broke down and did the package for Ashes.

Also, this is not the first time I have seen Stardock pilloried for Steam's decisions.  I still don't understand why people can't tell the difference.  Sometimes it feels like a deliberate decision not to understand., not if it gets in the way of a good complaint/rant and demand for refund  I wish I could assign a different motive, but I don't know what it would be.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

You are asking them to put on sale a product 1 month old. That's not going to happen.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


If you paid full price for the original game (which was not very good) then Crusade is $19.95.

But if you never bought the original game then it AND Crusade are $19.95.

This is no way to treat your customers.    That sound you're hearing?   It's the camel's back breaking.   I think I'm done with Stardock.   It's not like there aren't a dozen other space 4X's to play.  

 

I don`t want to add to the chorus, but it is extremely rare to put a brand new game or expansion on a sale. It actually defeats the purpose of making the new product. Would you not agree?

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Also, this is not the first time I have seen Stardock pilloried for Steam's decisions.

 

Actually, I see no issue with that.   Stardock was highly anti-DRM way back around the Galciv2 vanilla days, and then they changed face and went to Steam.   That was entirely of their own choosing.

 

Anyway, I had a good time playing the tutorial.

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting tetleytea, reply 8


Also, this is not the first time I have seen Stardock pilloried for Steam's decisions.



 

Actually, I see no issue with that.   Stardock was highly anti-DRM way back around the Galciv2 vanilla days, and then they changed face and went to Steam.   That was entirely of their own choosing.

 

Anyway, I had a good time playing the tutorial.

 

Actually I hated Stardock`s about face on Steam. I remember the time. they were like, "We won`t use DRM! We won`t use Steam!" I should`ve saved the thread on it. Then suddenly a letter popped in my email saying, "We love Steam now!" It was so sudden and opposite it was like watching a twin-personality.

 

The fact that they now use GOG as well makes me think some in Stardock`s crew had misgiving`s about Steam`s DRM too. At least now we have a choice, those who loved being chained to Steam are welcomed to it.