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monkey island on steam

chriswebchrisweb
edited March 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
Hello Telltale Games Staff,

Could you please start preorder on steam too, i bought all your adcentures there, the last two years i only bought games on steam and dont want to spread my games on multiple download plattforms, please ;)

Chris

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  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited June 2009
    I am the same. Nut I just preordered here. The bonuses are just insane this time. I really want the DVD for this game. And the Access to the subforum. And it was so much cheaper...

    PS:
    http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8613
  • chriswebchrisweb
    edited June 2009
    thx for the link, did not see that one, i could have searched :S
  • naxanaxa
    edited March 2010
    Can anyone help me in this - I know it's not the right place to ask this, but - I would like to be able to play Monkey Island Special Edition without Steam. Please allow me to dislike programs like Steam and please don't try to convince me... I simply dislike it and consider it as a bloatware what won't allow me to do what I want. I wanted to buy MI:SE on steam but I read and it seems impossible to run it without steam. Now if I buy it I consider it mine and I want to be able to use it without this "little" "add-on". So I write this down here becouse I would like to inform the Telltale people that it's great that they provide games WITHOUT steam.
    Becouse if I would need to use the steam version, I would end up using an illegal copy instead of buying it. Not becouse I don't want to pay. It's becouse I don't want steam at all!
    Please continue to give us normal downloads and real CD/DVD editions... Then I can buy it! Thank you in advance! :)

    p.s.: steam? everything can be, and will be cracked, actually... even steam... so it's a bit pointless effort... steam maybe helps the developers get a bit more reward for their work but it also scares away customers like me. It is so unfortunate!
    I have a dream... If someone really want his game not to be stolen, he should give it for free. then it cannot be stolen. donationware is the best. :) Yeah but maybe this is only a fantasy...
    BUT normal downloads and normal DVDs are not! please continue to provide them :)
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    Well, along with MI2SE, Lucasarts announced that they will be releasing MI1SE to the Telltale Store! Just have to wait a while before it arrives here, tho.
  • ShaleShale
    edited March 2010
    The entire point of preorder bonuses is to get people to order directly from Telltale, which gives the developer 100% of the cost instead of Valve taking a cut. So no, I doubt they'll be giving preorder bonuses at third-party stores.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2010
    Unfortunately we are not in charge of Steam's deals in regards to our software, nor do we have access to their database of purchasers if buying through steam becomes a problem. Imagine it like us shipping a box of games over to Steam's retail store- we have no way of tracking the purchases or affecting the prices at all.
    Great news though, is that when Steam's service becomes available for Mac, they'll be offering Valve's games on Mac for no additional charge if you've already purchased them. That means they'll probably do the same for us! Steam buyers can get the Mac version through there for the same deal as through our site- pretty snazzy eh?

    We try to make it as easy as possible for people to purchase our game through whatever means they feel comfortable, and Steam is a large part of that. However, to get all the bonuses we offer like DVDs, pre-order bonuses and so on, you'd have to order it through our site.
  • JennyJenny
    edited March 2010
    I agree about not wanting to use Steam. I don't play many games except Monkey Island at this point in my life. And as someone who has saved every single box, disc, cd ever associated with my old games, it is nice to have (if not a hard copy) a way to put the software somewhere I can store it and play in the far future. I don't like paying money for something that I don't have control over.

    I have a couple of computers in my house, some very old that my father and I have repaired as the years have gone by, and I even play the older monkey islands and other games on them, very authentically.

    I am very glad that Telltale let me purchase the disc and download the file onto my computer, for my use. I intend buying the deluxe package for the bonus goodies as well.

    I did buy the SMI: SE and did use steam for it, but seeing the second game's SE in the works, just makes me want to collect it (permanently) even more. And I'm glad to hear there will be an option to buy a hard copy from the Telltale store. I will definitely be purchasing any hard copies that become available. Please continue providing them!
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Where did you hear about the hardcopy thing? Because, such hasn't been mentioned before anywhere.

    It still looks like just the DL version, SMI:SE. No word on LCR:SE.
  • JennyJenny
    edited March 2010
    Oh, I think I misread one of the above posts (wishful thinking I guess).

    It was the down-loadable version from SMI:SE. I thought that meant we could buy a disc. Do you know if the DL version can be copied onto a CD for storage purposes?

    Edit: Also, do the DVDs or DL require internet connections to play? Or are they self contained and usable anytime?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2010
    Jenny wrote: »
    It was the down-loadable version from SMI:SE. I thought that meant we could buy a disc. Do you know if the DL version can be copied onto a CD for storage purposes?
    If it uses the usual Telltale DRM solution, then no. That is, you can store the install files on a disk, but it will call home one if you try activating it.
  • JennyJenny
    edited March 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    If it uses the usual Telltale DRM solution, then no. That is, you can store the install files on a disk, but it will call home one if you try activating it.

    Ah, I see. Thank you for clearing that up. Telltale better be around for a LONG time then. ;) I can see myself at my 100th birthday wanting to play MI again.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Well, thruth is that we don't really know, since the MI's going to the TTG store is still more a rumour than officially confirmed.

    It would certainly be nice to get a DVD-combo of SMI and LCR (TTG; *Hint Hint* ;))
  • ThespisThespis
    edited March 2010
    Hassat Hunter wrote: »
    Well, thruth is that we don't really know, since the MI's going to the TTG store is still more a rumour than officially confirmed.

    I'd say Lucasarts announcing at GDC that SoMI: SE is coming to the Telltale store sounds a lot like official confirmation to me.

    What has not been confirmed is where LeChuck's Revenge: SE will be sold.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    News to me.
    Thnx!
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Just wondering did people who purchased tales through steam get the updated chapter 2 where the audio was fixed.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Yes.
    http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11463&page=11

    I wonder if they get the updated episodes (like the Earl Boen 101) though.
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Hassat Hunter wrote: »
    Yes.
    http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11463&page=11

    I wonder if they get the updated episodes (like the Earl Boen 101) though.

    Thanks, they should get the update, any updates by telltale should go to steam users
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    naxa wrote: »
    Can anyone help me in this - I know it's not the right place to ask this, but - I would like to be able to play Monkey Island Special Edition without Steam.


    You don't need to convince me of that. I already did it. I'm not sure how to crack a Steam game to keep it from loading Steam. What I did was buy SMI:SE from Steam, and after being unable to remove Steam from the game by myself, I downloaded a torrented copy of SMI:SE that doesn't use Steam (which is to say, someone else did it, and I got a copy from them, but I already bought the game so I don't care if people disagree.)

    So umm... I don't know how you are about file sharing, but that's what I did to get Steam removed from it.

    Edit: I smell someone out there who wants to say "while you're downloading it, you're also uploading it to others, which is wrong." To those people I say "Just turn your upload speed all the way down."
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited March 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Edit: I smell someone out there who wants to say "while you're downloading it, you're also uploading it to others, which is wrong." To those people I say "Just turn your upload speed all the way down."

    Hey! Just because I said it once doesn't mean I'll say it every time it comes up. I realise that if you're ratio is under one you're not allowing anyone to get it through you.
    Still, it's a grey area, I'd understand if some people are not fully comfortable with it and would rather be able to play the legal games practically rather than have to torrent them after buying them.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Which is why they hopefully both appear here in the TTG store, Steam-less.
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Who here would buy somi:se again when/if it appears in the TTG store to get it without steam.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    depends on if it supports ttg or not
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    I might. I already have it on Steam and XBL Arcade and was planning to get it on PSN for PS3 as soon as it suited me. Would be nice to play sometime without having to be on the internet (and without messing with Steam's finnicky offline mode).
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    I wouldn't buy it "again", just for the first time.
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