There's also a 5-pack in case anyone wants to do group-buys or get a bundle to set up a campaign.
EDIT:
I bought the deluxe version from Russian GAMERSGATE for $2.34 with Paypal (VPN)
The key was ROW.
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scroll up, the links are there.
Main site has the 5-pack and the VPN gets you to ru.gamers...
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Yeah no that's bullshit, VPN are not allowed on Gamersgate.
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IDK.
When I got them yesterday, I had no issue.
Might want to try something else.
No one said they were "allowed".
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Hum maybe your right, what payment system did you use? I think when you use Paypal, since it's tied to your country of credit card emission, it could be detected because of that
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i get game with help my friend from russia, he just send me gift ^_^
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Can't buy with VPN, Gamersgate detects it instantly.
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Depends on the VPN. VyprVPN Ukraine worked last time I tried this but that was about a year ago.
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Tried VyprVPN Russia and it was detected. Might have to do with payment though.
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Did you try the Ukraine servers? I seem to remember one of them working but Russia server not working. Also PP never worked for me with VPN. IIRC I was using a Skrill account.
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Just a heads-up...using a VPN in conjunction with PayPal is highly unadvised. PP has been known to lock accounts for users doing this, and it's explicity against their ToS.
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Thanks for the heads up. Anyone play it? Is it any good?
Edit:
If anyone else is interested in what the deluxe edition has:
DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION
$19.99 $6.60
INCLUDES: Copy of Sword Coast Legends via Steam, Tome of Knowledge, Order of the Burning Dawn Cloak, Armor and Weapons, Beholder (DM use), Lost Mines dungeon tile set (DM use), Wisps (DM use cursors), Hero Forum Badge, DM Forum Badge, Game Soundtrack (Digital)
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Just looking for the info in terms of what the digital deluxe copy had. Thanks for reading my mind :-)
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The Digital Deluxe Pack Includes the Following:
• Steam Game
• Tome of knowledge (giving players a boost to their attributes and abilities)
• Order of the Burning Cloak Armor and Weapons [Cosmetic] >>
• Beholder monster for Dungeon Masters
• Lost Mines dungeon tile set for Dungeon Masters
• Specials Wisps for Dungeon Master cursors
• Exclusive Hero forum badge
• Exclusive Dungeon Master forum badge
• Digital soundtrack of Sword Coast Legends
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Is it any good?
Here is an article which does a good job of detailing the limitations of the DM / dungeon creation features.
The rest you may wanna watch a quick gameplay video for, since that's really up to your own tastes, and common reviews on the gameplay are pretty split (though they generally trend to favorable, once you remove reviews criticizing the limited DM features and the limited focus on D&D mechanics; there are some bug issues as well, though I believe most of them were fixed early on). For what it's worth, all the SG contacts who have the game that I've spoken to have recommended it.
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This article almost convinced me it wasn't worth it, but after reading a little more, it looks like this is old info.
For example, ambient NPC text was added in Community Pack Two, which solves one issue raised. There seem to have been some other changes, and apparently it's also possible to mod the game. That said, it still looks pretty limited, and modding isn't well documented.
So I'm still on the fence.
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I played and completed this game last year. I loved it. I had no issue with paying full price after buying it pre-release and no complaints about it. I only played single player except for one session of multi-player (which worked well). I played around 60 hours so for the current price that's a steal in my view.
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The offline mode is available since the release. Maybe you're thinking of Neverwinter?
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But aren't you required to create an external account somewhere? Maybe I'm also mixing something up here though...
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nah, this game definitely. I played this in beta and remember there being complaints about online only limitation.
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All I can find through Google is a single E3 article stating such, though the author was immediately called out on it and removed the claim from the article later on. Near as I can tell, it was just a misunderstanding over the game not having local multiplayer (which, what non-console D&D game past the 90s has had that anyway?) and some people accidentally creating public games instead of setting up single-player ones, meaning they kept getting pug joins.
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I am not too sure what exactly you mean. Do you want to know if the game can be played with Steam being offline? Haven't tested it yet, but will try it this evening.
But I can assure you that no external account is needed.
If you want to play multiplayer tho, this is online only.
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Whatever game can be played after servers are shutdown.
Seems like answer is yes, so all good on that.
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Our publishing contracting is ending, but although Sword Coast Legends will no longer be available to purchase after December, its multiplayer servers will remain live indefinitely.
Seems that the online servers for multi-player won't go down anytime soon. Just the game for sale.
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great -.- I have it wishlisted and they still didn't update PLN price so it is impossible to buy it in Poland -.-
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there's sale on gamersgate.com/DD-SCLDDER/sword-coast-legends-digital-deluxe-edition
or
5-pack
DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION CAMPAIGN $21.10
INCLUDES: 5 copies of Sword Coast Legends via Steam, Tome of Knowledge, Order of the Burning Dawn Cloak, Armor and Weapons, Beholder (DM use), Lost Mines dungeon tile set (DM use), Wisps (DM use cursors), Hero Forum Badge, DM Forum Badge, Game Soundtrack (Digital))
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that is actually good info, thank! several people asked them to set up price on Steam, so I will wait and see (always better to use wallet money) but if they don't add it I will buy it as a key ;)
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You are welcome ^^
if u have friends to play with - i think 5-pack is the best solution (they accept paypal and credit cards). Or you can create group-buy thread on steamtrades. Good luck :D
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It's worth noting that what you're linking to is the deluxe campaign pack, not 5 copies of the deluxe pack.
(Just so noone goes in expecting 5 digital deluxe copies.)
Digital Deluxe Campaign Pack Includes the Following:
• 4 Extra Standard Edition Steam Game Keys to share with your friends and start your Dungeon Party
• 1 Digital Deluxe Steam Game Key for yourself
Given that the Digital Deluxe is all DM and cosmetic and bonus features, there isn't any real need for more than one Digital Deluxe copy among your party anyway- so for most people, this'd be the ideal purchase regardless. :)
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Yeap, i know its 1 deluxe +4 standart. This is good option for friends-buy or trading 😖
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There is no advantage to buying the pack over buying the games separately on GamersGate.
4 Standard copies (15 x 4 = 60) plus 1 Deluxe (20) is exactly 80 bucks.
Might as well buy the game from Steam, just in case you want to refund.
Update Just took a look at the official website - since the total price is 70$, it seems to be the cheapest option.
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It's not only $10 cheaper on retail, it discounts lower (75% vs 66%).
Calculating off the discount prices listed on Gamersgate, you'd pay 26.40 versus 21.10 if you were to get the games individually- meaning you're effectively getting a standard game for free (at its discount price), plus a 30 cent further discount.
On the other hand, Steam's pricing is exactly 1 cent cheaper (for each of Standard or Deluxe), so if you want a single copy, Steam is in fact a whisper cheaper.
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Ouch. I messed up when I edited my post...
Was meant to say that the price of the pack on GamersGate has no advantage over buying the games separately, as you have explained.
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is that 1 steam key that gives 4 copies to inventory or 5 steam keys
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Yes, despite having 2+ years to pick it up already.
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There's also been thousands of other games that people may have wanted to pick up in that period that could have been a higher priority for any number of reasons.
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As stated, it only has priority now because it's being removed.
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not me, since one of the reviewers wrote "Buy Divinity Original Sin 2 instead. this is♥♥♥♥♥♥" ^_^
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Very good choice. I've heard nothing bur rave reviews from friends who own it. (Waiting for the Xmas sale myself for it).
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it's fun indeed but even more in coop and you better have lots of time :P
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Div 2 is okay.
Nowhere NEAR the best RPG ever.
But considering RPG fans only got actiony stuff lately, if you're on your hunger I suppose you can get it.
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Reviews seem a bit mixed. Is the biggest issue with this how far it strays from core D&D? If so, I don't give a crap, I just want a good game. I'm not going to complain about how the mechanics aren't faithful to D&D if they work well.
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Need to win myself a tenner or so before christmas.
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Torn.
It's on my wishlist but I generally go -75% at most, and this isn't enough.
And while they say "last chance" is it really? Hmmm...
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Yes. As stated in the announcement Digital Extremes publishing contract is ending and as such they'll no longer be able to sell the game.
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It wont be the first game to loose such a contract, but becomes available for purchase later on anyway through a new deal.
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It does happen but it really isn't a common occurrence and there are a number or reasons why its unlikely in this case.
- Digital Extremes have chosen not to renew the license, most likely due to the cost of doing so. The game wasn't exactly a hit so it's unlikely they'll attempt to re-license it at a later date.
- The developer n-Space shut down in March 2016. This means any additional work required would mean Digital Extremes pulling staff from other projects.
Two games that did come back somewhat recently are Deadpool and Mafia. Deadpool's initial removal was also due to an expired license but unlike the other Marvel titles that Activision published that were removed at the same time Deadpool was re-licensed to coincide with the films release. Mafia was also a licensing issue but in this case it was only licenses for music so all they had to do was remove that content from the game. Digital Extremes can't go that route as pretty much the entire product is licensed.
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Bought the digital edition for 6 something, got a refund finally from Blues and Bullets and figured this was as good a game as any
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again an "attention this game will be removed buy buy buy !!! " ...
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I was playing it today. It is a good game if you dont care about D&D rules. I dont, so to me it is just a solid game similar to neverwinter nights or any of those style games. I enjoy it and havent encountered any real bugs or anything.
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I do not like the idea of, "our external servers will be up indefinitely."
If they had patched that external service out of the game and gone full-Steam, maybe. But not like this, not like this.
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The original price, I think it was around 40$, VAC and excessive expectations generated most of the negative reviews. It's a good game, no bugs in over 20 hours
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Thanks, looks interesting. I grabbed a copy from gamersgate.
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Even though it's not my favorite ruleset or favorite time period (Post-Sundering Forgotten Realms is a disaster imho) I would have bought this if not for the fact that Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition is on the horizon.
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Bought it !! I like when you know ahead of time game is going be removed from steam!!
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Sword Coast Legends account required to play.
Ehm... Nope
Server goes bye bye
Game goes bye bye?
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but although Sword Coast Legends will no longer be available to purchase after December, its multiplayer servers will remain live indefinitely.
From main post
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A period without set constraints, hardly a good thing.
Could be a week, could be 10 years, could be 5 minutes.
We cannot know.
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Like with every single game edit: service with online features EVER. Don't act like this is unique at all :D even applies to Steam and all the online platforms.
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But you have a certain security with Steam not falling in a couple weeks, on the other hand a company that can't afford the license of its own game and they're required to pull it down... could it really maintain servers live for a decade or is it just marketing? Of course they won't say you "don't buy folks, servers out on summer".
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Indeed, I don't go subscribing to a service I literally will not have any idea of the lifespan of.
If the game did not require their external servers, and instead just did the smart thing and was hosted on the GM's computer, then things would be fine.
But no, they went and got the Internet and their servers integral to the the game.
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Oh, yeah. This game exists. Barely two years old but completely forgot about it. Based on those sales numbers, so did everyone else. I am almost surprised they could afford the otherwise infamously ridiculous WotC license fees for even two years.
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From what I've read, If you liked classics like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights in singleplayer, probably.
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I liked BG, but never played NN. Mostly, I ask, because many games with MP-mode have a short SP-mode.
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I don't know what you consider short, but I can link this if you're worried about it:
https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=29931
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Ok, that's not really short.
For me, 5 to 7 hours are short, like Star Wars Battlefront 2. And yes, I know, this game focusses on MP, but I assumed that SCL also has a focus on MP.
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Hmm ... I played that one on a free weekend. I liked the story (as far as I got in three days), the graphics seemed nice and detailed, but the combat seemed a bit unbalanced... fairly random, saving before a fight and doing the same things yielded quite different results. I'm not sure if that's because the game's not true enough to the D&D ruleset or even too much. Back then, I decided to get the game at some point when it's cheap. As it probably won't get any cheaper, I'll probably pick it up during the Steam holiday sale (it'll be for sale until the end of the month, which includes the Steam sale, right?) unless there's some really good deal I rather pick up instead (unlikely, considering the last Steam sales). I just wonder if I should buy the deluxe edition, probably no, what do you think?
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And the holiday sale's supposed to start on Dec. 21, right? So this should work out: I'll just check what's on sale, and if I'm (as to be expected) disappointed again, I'll just pick this one.
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Yes, and lasts until Jan. 04. But I almost forgit the winter sale, just because I almost have every game I want. :) Thanks for the reminder, so I can wait until then, too.
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I bought the deluxe version from Russian GAMERSGATE for $2.34 with Paypal (VPN). Despite the warning, the key wasn't locked to Russia. There's no RU package from what I saw on the DB.
Probably as cheap as it's gonna be.
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Indeed that's very cheap. But the site's probably in Russian ... shocker!
Also $2.34 on Paypal, is still money. Steam wallet's free from selling those cards and I probably won't know what else to buy during the Steam Holiday sale anyway. And do I really need the deluxe edition? I don''t care about soundtrack or forum stuff. I think I'll wait until then, but thanks for telling me.
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Okay, so if I buy that 5 pack is it five different keys or one key that gives me gift copies? Not that it matters either way, I do have a gift copy and in a year or two that will probably be worth something to a collector. Hmm, what to do.
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After reading and watching some DM stuff, I'm leaning towards buying the campaign pack. My son enjoyed playing with the RPG Maker XP editor and decorating his house in Disney Infinity 3.0, and this should hopefully spark enough interest to get something more interesting done. Plus I could create short adventures for my kids. It's tempting.
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If you're interested, I bought the deluxe version from Russian GAMERSGATE for $2.34 with Paypal (Russian VPN)
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I didn't find a thread so I guess it's ok to post it here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/325600/Sword_Coast_Legends/
(Offer ends 25 December)
edit: for those who can't buy it from Steam:
Official Website:
https://swordcoast.com/buynow
GamersGate
Sword Coast Legends
Sword Coast Legends Digital Deluxe Edition
Sword Coast Legends Digital Deluxe Edition Campaign
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