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| 01:42 | <@celticminstrel> | I officially hate the existence of AoE2:DE. |
| 01:43 | <@Alek> | Age of Empires 2 expansion? |
| 01:44 | <@celticminstrel> | See, that's what it should be. |
| 01:44 | <@celticminstrel> | But no, they had to make it a "separate" game. |
| 01:45 | <@celticminstrel> | If they'd just released "The Last Khans" as a 4th DLC I probably would've gotten it like, instantly. |
| 01:47 | <@Alek> | tbf, that era had a LOT of game expansions mixed on whether they were releasing as DLC or standalone games. |
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| 01:48 | <@celticminstrel> | Oh right, it would be a 5th DLC technically, since The Conquerors also is basically a DLC. |
| 01:49 | <@Alek> | > Continues the storyline > Standalone expansion |
| 01:49 | <@Alek> | or |
| 01:49 | <@celticminstrel> | I mean, the campaigns are basically historical, so there isn't really a storyline to continue… |
| 01:49 | <@Alek> | > New story > Requires base game |
| 01:50 | <@Alek> | I recall seeing both of these scenarios in games of that era. |
| 01:50 | <@Alek> | to be fair, that had more to do with limitations of the storage medium compared to game engine size. |
| 01:50 | <@celticminstrel> | (Also, DE isn't of that era any more, it was literally just released not too long ago.) |
| 01:51 | <@Alek> | ha. in that case, probably had to do with them not expecting buyers to have access to the base game anymore. :P |
| 01:51 | <@celticminstrel> | But it was re-released three years ago on Steam, so people do have access to it. |
| 01:51 | | * Alek shrugs. |
| 01:52 | <@celticminstrel> | So re-releasing it again now is kinda like slapping all those people in the face IMO… |
| 01:52 | <@Alek> | ha |
| 01:53 | <@Alek> | again, I've seen a lot of older and newer games re-release on Steam, not long after, with not an update but a whole new store page etc, needing to be bought again, after "minor" stuff like a graphical update or a change of owner or other suchlike. |
| 01:54 | <@celticminstrel> | There's even a bundle of 2013 AoE with 2019 AoE so I doubt it's a change of owner. |
| 01:54 | <@celticminstrel> | (I think Microsoft owns the rights to AoE?) |
| 01:54 | <@Alek> | The great companies gave the rereleases for free to those who already owned an older copy, the merely good ones gave great discounts. |
| 01:54 | <@Alek> | but still. |
| 01:55 | <@Alek> | I've got like 3 copies of different versions of the same game in my Steam Library in some cases, maybe 4. |
| 01:55 | <@celticminstrel> | Ugh… |
| 01:55 | <@celticminstrel> | The only (slight) bright side is that I didn't actually pay for AoE2 from 2013 - it was a gift. |
| 01:56 | <@celticminstrel> | (The reason I was reluctant to buy it in the first place is because I did have access to the original game.) |
| 01:56 | <@Alek> | the more appropriate reasons for a rerelease that I've seen were consolidating expansions and miscellaneous DLC into one edition, for example. |
| 01:56 | <@celticminstrel> | (Actually, that original was also a gift, on disc.) |
| 01:57 | <@Alek> | but still, annoying, especially when the older edition, with DLC, is still for sale as well. |
| 01:57 | <@celticminstrel> | Yeah okay, that might actually be a viable reason for DE for someone who hasn't bought the original Steam version. |
| 01:57 | <@celticminstrel> | I imagine it's cheaper to buy DE than it is to get the original plus all DLC. |
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| 02:17 | <@Reiv> | Does it offer a discount to buyers who owned the old one? |
| 02:17 | <@Reiv> | That's been the pretty standard Kings Bounty approach to expandalones for some years. |
| 02:18 | <@celticminstrel> | Well, there's a bundle of the two, I'm not sure if that actually amounts to a discount tho. |
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