ARPG with Van Helsing
" Steam is DRM for sure (however developers can decide how deeply they want to implement that) , but it can provide huge amount of help to Indie companies like us. Instead of something like Securom or those other stupid on disc DRM's, it's the one that actually probably benefits the customer as much as the publishers. Oh and don't forget that not all Steam DRM is equal. Sometimes it's not much more than a download manager but sometimes it may contain third-party DRM, hardware or software. - Steam DRM. - No DRM, Steam is just a download and update service. This seems to be fairly common but is extremely well hidden and only rarely advertised - No Steam DRM, publisher adds their own DRM. "Yes I know, I wasn't 100% clear, I should have written "available also on Steam" "On our forum and on steam, many players "complained" about that. But when I can read things like you wrote, I feel like that we are on the right way. :) |
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from Forbes:
"...DRM hits customers that the company knows are paying for their game, and it risks turning those actual sales into lost sales. Byzantine DRM breeds apathy rather than excitement, and excitement is the best way to sell games in any sort of market." Don't get me wrong. I think your game looks fun (from the youtubes I have watched) but unfortunately one I will never play as long as it is Steam only unless it is DRM free on Steam. Examples from 2012: 1000 Amps All Zombies Must Die* (run ShippingPC-Bzb2Game.exe) Alpha Protocol (run Binaries\APGame.exe, NOT APLauncher.exe) Analogue: A Hate Story A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda (error message can be dismissed) Atom Zombie Smasher (run atom_net.exe, NOT atomzombiesmasher.exe) Aztaka Basement Collection, The (doesn't show unlocked content – see here) Bastion BEEP Ben There, Dan That Binding of Isaac, The Blackwell series (achievements disabled) Blocks That Matter Bob Came in Pieces Botanicula Breath of Death VII Broken Sword 2 Cogs Containment Cortex Command Crayon Physics Deluxe Crusader Kings Crusader Kings 2 Cthulhu Saves the World Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! Dangerous Waters Data Jammers: FastForward DCS: Black Shark DEFCON Divine Divinity Dream Machine, The Dungeon Siege 2 (but not 1 or 3) Dungeons of Dredmor (mods installed through the Steam Workshop aren't available) Elven Legacy Ether Vapor Remaster Eufloria Fable: The Lost Chapters Faerie Solitaire Fallout 3 Far Cry 2 Frozen Synapse Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition Gemini Rue Grand Theft Auto Grand Theft Auto 2 Gratuitous Space Battles Hacker Evolution Duality Home Jamestown Legend of Grimrock (will launch Steam if it can be found, but runs if it cannot – see here) Legendary Lightfish* Lone Survivor Lucid Lunar Flight Machinarium Majesty HD (but not Majesty Gold – see here) Majesty 2 Collection Mini Ninjas Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, The ?Mount and Blade: Warband (version 1.153 was CEG free, 1.154 isn't; Steam CD key can be used to redeem a DRM-free copy – see here) Multiwinia Nimbus Noitu Love 2: Devolution NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD Painkiller Redemption Path, The PixelJunk Eden* (error message can be dismissed) Polynomial, The Psychonauts Puzzle Quest 2 Rayman Origins Really Big Sky Rock of Ages* Saira Samorost 2 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Classics Serious Sam 2 (but neither of the Serious Sam HD Encounters) Sniper Elite Snuggle Truck SOL: Exodus Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Episode I (but not Episode II) Space Rangers Super Crate Box Super Laser Racer Super Meat Boy Tales of Monkey Island – Episode 1 (but not the remaining episodes) Thief: The Dark Project Thief II: The Metal Age Time, Gentlemen, Please! TRAUMA Trapped Dead Unstoppable Gorg Vertex Dispenser Victoria II Virus Named TOM, A VVVVVV Windosill Wizorb Worms Pinball Crafting doesn't exist in POE. Gambling does...and the house always wins.
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First, thanks :)
Second I don't want to turn this to a Steam DRM discussion. I can get your point, but we win more on Steam release, and we are in good relation with them. I don't have any further information about that, but I'm pretty sure, that even if I got i couldn't share it :) Now compare the titles you mentioned, to all the games which were released in 2012 on Steam ;) As I said, not so many as DRM haters describe. |
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So we released the Arcane Mechanic DLC which allows you to play a totally different kind of monster hunter, a specialist class. The Arcane Mechanic is the master of weird devices, just imagine a dwarf like monster hunter with the Van Helsing attitude, using deadly gadgets and occult machineries.
So if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to ask, or just share your experiences. |
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PUT IT ON 66-75% OFF AND I BUY IT, OR GIVE ME A STEAM DISCOUNT VOUCHER FOR IT.
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" Stay tuned, maybe soon ;) |
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" Money that tight huh Don't forget to drink your milk 👌
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" Hey, As the day of Halloween is getting closer, we have to prepare for the waves of monsters. So here's the discount you mentioned, get ready and defeat them ;) |
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Fellow Hunters,
If you craved badly for Van Helsing but you wanted to try it out for free first, your chance has come. On the 20th of November, we will release a Van Helsing Demo pack for absolutely free! In the demo, players can explore the wilderness of Borgovia with the Hunter, the Thaumaturge, or with the Arcane Mechanic to slay the hundreds of foes lurking in the forests. Be the one who guides the young son of Professor Abraham Van Helsing to Markovna and through the monster-infested Croakwood to help him become a hero. Get ready, and prepare yourself to obliterate your foes with guns, swords, magic, or science! |
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Totally missed it cos not on the front page, doh.
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