All Early Release Players Get Free Upgrade to Deluxe?

[Warspawn]

Just saw this mentioned elsewhere; I hadn't heard about it before. I don't even see the digital deluxe version on the store page yet, but there are some pretty cool goodies in it.

Is it something that hits automatically, with the pre-orders/early release getting to play 72 hours before the rest of the public (and get through act I)?

Thanks for any updates!

~War~

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Yes.

[GrandMajora]

For buying this game 2 years in advance, we'd better get some special perks out of it!

:-)

[desrtfox071]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/eventcomments/3776868552312231214/

[Clovis Sangrail]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

For buying this game 2 years in advance, we'd better get some special perks out of it!

:-)

You did. You got to play it for 2 years. Anything else is gravy.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

You did. You got to play it for 2 years. Anything else is gravy.

I got to play the exact same piece meal content for 2 years straight, which eventually got boring after going through it so many times. Adding a new class every 4 months, or a single new race after 2 years was not enough of an update to renew my excitement.

And that new area of the Underdark was a joke, because you can completely bypass all of its quests by just stealing a couple smoke powder barrels from the goblin temple and using them to blow up the rocks trapping the drow.

Also, let's not forget how frequently this game continues to crash to desktop...

[Screamingiraffe]

Anyone who thinks playing a buggy act 1 (beta testing) for 2 years as satisfaction has a very low bar of acceptance.

[Nihrahk]

Originally posted by Screamingiraffe:

Anyone who thinks playing a buggy act 1 (beta testing) for 2 years as satisfaction has a very low bar of acceptance.

I never had to play it for 2 years though, only a couple of months. Just following a game and paying attention to updates can be a smart move sometimes.

[oChalko]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

You did. You got to play it for 2 years. Anything else is gravy.

I got to play the exact same piece meal content for 2 years straight, which eventually got boring after going through it so many times. Adding a new class every 4 months, or a single new race after 2 years was not enough of an update to renew my excitement.

And that new area of the Underdark was a joke, because you can completely bypass all of its quests by just stealing a couple smoke powder barrels from the goblin temple and using them to blow up the rocks trapping the drow.

Also, let's not forget how frequently this game continues to crash to desktop...

You knew what you were buying, dont act like you deserve anything other than the game being given to you in full. Larian is a good studio so dont take it for granted.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Akiba:

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

I got to play the exact same piece meal content for 2 years straight, which eventually got boring after going through it so many times. Adding a new class every 4 months, or a single new race after 2 years was not enough of an update to renew my excitement.

And that new area of the Underdark was a joke, because you can completely bypass all of its quests by just stealing a couple smoke powder barrels from the goblin temple and using them to blow up the rocks trapping the drow.

Also, let's not forget how frequently this game continues to crash to desktop...

You knew what you were buying, dont act like you deserve anything other than the game being given to you in full. Larian is a good studio so dont take it for granted.

^ I mean, that's kinda what you agreed to when you bought it. They told us what was there and what to expect, and to hold off if we wanted more or didn't like it.

If you're still having frequent crashes, that's an issue, sure. Hopefully cause will be fixed by release assuming it's not related to your pc.

[Spikenard]

https://www.pcgamer.com/larian-confirms-baldurs-gate-3-early-access-owners-get-digital-deluxe-edition-upgrade-free/

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Akiba:

You knew what you were buying, dont act like you deserve anything other than the game being given to you in full. Larian is a good studio so dont take it for granted.

No, do not lump me into the same category as those people who didn't read the store page. I knew full well the early access would be restricted to Act 1.

But I expected that when they said 'Act 1', they meant the ENTIRE ACT 1.

Not half of act 1.

Back when they first showcased gameplay, they said there were two routes players could take to reach their goal. One through the Underdark and the other through the surface. I had assumed at that point that they were telling us they would be adding in the surface route later over the course of development. Only to find that never happened, and I can only assume it's because the surface route progresses Lae'zel's companion quest chain, and the devs want to keep all of those under wraps until full release.

[Sigma]

OK, if we get the update ON THE DAY OF RELEASE, that does not make it possible to start act I three days earlier, cuz we get the bump on August 31st. Sooo... How can I play the game earlier? I could even pay extra for this, I'm taking days off for the release, I don't mind spending 10 more EUR for 3 days of extra play!

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Also, let's not forget how frequently this game continues to crash to desktop...

I have over 300 hrs in the game and crashes have been few. Maybe 2 or 3 during that time. Pretty stable considering it is just a early access game.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

I have over 300 hrs in the game and crashes have been few. Maybe 2 or 3 during that time. Pretty stable considering it is just a early access game.

I have over 600, and it's crashed pretty constantly over the last 2 years. A problem which seemed to actually get worse over time, rather than better.

I want to believe they've improved the situation, but I uninstalled the game after getting that bug where it says my game files didn't match their stored data, and have no plans to come back to it until after full release.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Sigma:

OK, if we get the update ON THE DAY OF RELEASE, that does not make it possible to start act I three days earlier, cuz we get the bump on August 31st. Sooo... How can I play the game earlier? I could even pay extra for this, I'm taking days off for the release, I don't mind spending 10 more EUR for 3 days of extra play!

If you own the game before August 28, you can start playing the full game that day, but limited to just Act 1 for those 3 days. But your saves from those 3 days, will be playable on August 31, and you can then continue on with the other Acts.