Quality Drop?

[Duo]

is it just me or is the resolution different? everything seems less "polished" image wise

[johnlucci]

If you're talking about the cinematics then yes. The game comes with only 1080p videos to cut back on size. Theres a separate 4k dlc thats free to download.

[Tominator]

Great thing is that the DLC can't be accessed in Germany, so I'm now stuck with worse cinematics for no reason ...

[-Norbert-]

Wait... you can get the game itself, but not the 4k cutscenes? oO

[Tominator]

Only if you backed it back in the day. Can't buy it normally through Steam. I have it as a backer, but can't access the store page or get the DLC.

[-Norbert-]

So you can't buy it, but once you have it, you can install?
Would popping over a border for a spell work for people living near one? I can confirm that it is fully available in Austria and I doubt any of Germany's other neighbors would lock it either.

[AkiraTepes]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3342820/Subverse__4KMovies/?snr=1_5_9__405
Is the link for it, if it's just not showing for you.
It SHOULD be free, BTW.

[Tominator]

Originally posted by AkiraTepes:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3342820/Subverse__4KMovies/?snr=1_5_9__405
Is the link for it, if it's just not showing for you.
It SHOULD be free, BTW.

"Error
Unable to load information about this item." But thanks for the link. Would have been nice!

Originally posted by -Norbert-:

So you can't buy it, but once you have it, you can install?
Would popping over a border for a spell work for people living near one? I can confirm that it is fully available in Austria and I doubt any of Germany's other neighbors would lock it either.

Yeah, once you have it, you can install no problem. It used to work with gift purchases from friends from other countries but that stopped working some time ago. Actually being in another country would probably work. I'll bring my laptop when I go abroad next time.

[Nostalgier]

Hello,
I am also a backer from Germany. Is it now possible to get the 4kMovies DlC as a gift or do I have to be abroad? What is the legal situation with VPN? After all, the DLC doesn't cost anything, so you're not “stealing” any money.

[[Himitsu] Tosiba91]

and that's why i just don't want this game to get dlcs.


such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ situation in the german store

[Estevan Valladares]

Honestly, it is not "BRICS people victory lap", but you kind asked for that. People in germany have gotten so "triggered" about stuff. There was a time when we on the "underground" side of things would turn to germany to get stuff we could not get in our countries. I remember "asking my german friends" for stuff at a "premium" because it was the way to get from "controversial" content to "hardcore" content.
"Modern Germans" turned it into what it is now, the "Ambassadors of Woke USA in Europe". That goes for censorship, patronizing, and commerce.
So much so that I have seen dozens of posts saying it is even steam that decided to start this crap, which is not true. Valve has to follow regulation passed down to operate in a certain market. It is like that VPN "myth". Prime, Netflix, etc, they know you are using VPN. Hell, even I can tweak my website to find out if you are using VPN and what is your local IP. They bank on the plausible deniability that tech for that is not entirely "clear" so they can offer digital media they are not supposed to, and dodge taxes or regulation they do not want. But if you enter any of those websites and try to use VPN to something they are not fond of, they will block you for using VPN all the time.
Ironically, countries that have no regulation whatsoever on those issues figure higher in the Internet censorship rank folks make. Why is that ? ... I wonder ...

[Raiser 💤]

Originally posted by Nostalgier:

Hello,
I am also a backer from Germany. Is it now possible to get the 4kMovies DlC as a gift or do I have to be abroad? What is the legal situation with VPN? After all, the DLC doesn't cost anything, so you're not “stealing” any money.

It might work with launch command link:
steam://launch/3342820
(WIN+R and copy there or in a browser)

[Nostalgier]

Hello,
unfortunately, the command installs the game without the texture dlc.
Thanks for the advice anyway.

[Nostalgier]

Maybe the developers can release keys or a key generator so that German players can add the free 4k texture DLCs to their account and install them.