(plus FREE GAME)

[Horrible Orbit]

The name of this game changes more often than Deltron. Now it's claiming to include, or provide, or add, (etc.) a free game. What free game? Does anyone else see this or is it a glitch? What did I miss?

[Gilamex]

I see it but have no idea what it is. And yeah, I've noticed this game changes its name more than any other game I own out of my whole library.

[ShadowAngel]

Originally posted by Gilamex:

I see it but have no idea what it is. And yeah, I've noticed this game changes its name more than any other game I own out of my whole library. :awakesheep:

I don't know a single other game that changes its name...at all. At least none of the ones i own except this one.

Free Game is Defy Gravity, it's in game in the main menu on the right.

[Max Is Back]

On the title screen you can enter your e-mail address to get a free Steam code for another title from EQ Games, last time I checked it was Particle Mace (a simple but very enjoyable physics-based game). Edit: Or Defy Gravity (another fun little physics-based game). I'm not sure which one is currently being given away.

If you don't want want it, just ignore the submission form on Road Redemption's main menu. As for the name displayed in Steam, it's only for illustrative purposes. The name of the game is "Road Redemption", always has been and always will be. The name as displayed in Steam will return to normal in due course.

Cheers, good gaming!

[Skooma Steve]

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

The name of the game is "Road Redemption", always has been and always will be.

Then can you like, stop changing the ♥♥♥♥ every few months? What does that even accomplish?

[Max Is Back]

Originally posted by Skooma Steve:

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

The name of the game is "Road Redemption", always has been and always will be.

Then can you like, stop changing the ♥♥♥♥ every few months? What does that even accomplish?

Umm, it's descriptive? You know, it includes a free game so "plus free game" is.... descriptive. I guess.

Cheers, good gaming!

[Max Is Back]

Just to be clear, they need your e-mail address to send you the Steam key. I'm sure it will be recorded in their customer database but it won't be sold to third-parties, used for unsolicited marketing or anything spammy like that.

Cheers, good gaming!

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Free spam !!!!

[ShadowAngel]

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

Umm, it's descriptive? You know, it includes a free game so "plus free game" is.... descriptive. I guess.

It's not the first time they added something to the title and in the past it confused people, like when they added [Review Copy] to it, which nobody really understood (nor did it make any real sense)
And no other developer is doing that on Steam. If they have to announce something, they either do it ingame or in the forum but not by adding a few words to the game title itself.

[Max Is Back]

Originally posted by ShadowAngel:

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

Umm, it's descriptive? You know, it includes a free game so "plus free game" is.... descriptive. I guess.

It's not the first time they added something to the title and in the past it confused people, like when they added [Review Copy] to it, which nobody really understood (nor did it make any real sense)
And no other developer is doing that on Steam. If they have to announce something, they either do it ingame or in the forum but not by adding a few words to the game title itself.

I understand your point but it's harmless and certainly not something that's worth fretting about, IMO.

Cheers, good gaming!

[Horrible Orbit]

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

Originally posted by Horrible Orbit:

That answers that question. Someone out there wants to have more e-mail addresses than they've currently got in their list, or stockpile, or equivelent. Or they're doing some kind of market research. Or both. I'm definitely going to ignore that prompt.

They need your e-mail address to send you the Steam key. I'm sure it will be recorded in their customer database but it won't be sold to third-parties, used for unsolicited marketing or anything spammy like that.

Cheers, good gaming!

You've clearly got a lot of trust for these.... affiliates of yours. I'm still very skeptical, though, as anyone that's used a cellphone in the past several years would be. We've all seen literally thousands of these... offers. What we don't have are the thousands of games to show for it. Obviously I plan to refuse any other prompts for information that your company decides to add to Road Redemption in the future, but this statement should clear up any confusion on the matter well ahead of the time it becomes a problem.

[Natty La Ridge]

Originally posted by ShadowAngel:

It's not the first time they added something to the title and in the past it confused people, like when they added [Review Copy] to it, which nobody really understood (nor did it make any real sense). And no other developer is doing that on Steam. If they have to announce something, they either do it ingame or in the forum but not by adding a few words to the game title itself.

Spot-on.

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

I understand your point but it's harmless and certainly not something that's worth fretting about, IMO.

I think the dozen-or-so threads in this forum alone that are variations on "Review copy?? WTF? I paid for this game!" are indications that the practice isn't harmless, and the player base does consider it worth fretting about.

[Boneyard Bob]

Originally posted by Max Is Back:

On the title screen you can enter your e-mail address to get a free Steam code for another title from EQ Games, last time I checked it was Particle Mace (a simple but very enjoyable physics-based game). Edit: Or Defy Gravity (another fun little physics-based game). I'm not sure which one is currently being given away.

It's Defy Gravity. At least that's what I got.

Originally posted by nd:

Free spam !!!!

I nabbed the free game nearly a month ago, and haven't gotten any free spam yet. I must have done it wrong. Mmmm... spam.

[Mostrow]

Either use a disposable email address and enjoy or just ignore it.

Cheers, good gaming!

[Max Is Back]

Originally posted by Soggy Bog Moggy:

I think the dozen-or-so threads in this forum alone that are variations on "Review copy?? WTF? I paid for this game!" are indications that the practice isn't harmless, and the player base does consider it worth fretting about.

On the contrary, it is harmless as it has absolutely no effect on the game whatsoever. And whilst I agree that the player base has indeed fretted about it, my point was that it's not worth fretting about for the very reason that it's harmless.

But I do understand your point, it's caused some confusion and I'm a little surprised they did it again after the "review copy" thing because that undoubtedly caused some concern. I'm not passing judgement on whether it's a good idea or not, I'm just trying to reassure anyone who may be concerned that the game itself is 100% unchanged by the name that appears in Steam.

Cheers, good gaming!

[Quambas]

I'm pretty impartial and appreciate the free game but surely a news post would more reasonable than re-naming the game in everybody's library multiple times. Can you even think of another game that does that? Anyways, thanks for the free game, keep up the good work dude