King's Bounty: Crossworlds on Steam with pre-purchase?

[nemesis99]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

$10 for Crossworlds AND The Legend? Never mind the fact that those two won't work in combination, I don't think.

The Legend is a pre-order bonus. So while they don't work together and you still need AP, it's just a little extra incentive for those who never played Legend before. You can apparently re-gift The Legend on Steam if you already own a copy of KB:Legend on Steam. Sadly I had my KB:Legend on Gamersgate, so, my Steam KB:Legend is tied to my steam account and I can't re-gift it.

[malcolmm]

It's not just the price that is wrong on Steam. If you buy the game, as I did, you can download and play it, even though it says it is not released until Sept. 17th.

It does look very interesting, although I can't find the editor yet.

[Zhuangzi]

You mean I could have paid $10 and started playing now?

[Mandea]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

You mean I could have paid $10 and started playing now?

yes. I am already playing it. Already finished defender of the crown campaign. Very short. I am a little disappointed. I was dead sure I was supposed to get to 50-60 levels with my hero. unfortunately that was not the case.

[rancor26]

Lol steam fails... it says the game will unlock in approximately 6 days or so and you can already download and play the game lol... i wonder when they notice this...

[Dwagginz]

I went and prepurchased it, too. Not bothered about the free copy of The Legend (I have the retail edition). Very surprised about the cheap price, though. £7 is a steal!

Edit: I can also confirm it's unlocked (for some reason) and playable.

[pcbun]

I wonder if 1C will change the release date on other platform too. STEAM does a good job for players, but I don't think it's good for the whole market.

[Zhuangzi]

Originally Posted by Mandea

yes. I am already playing it. Already finished defender of the crown campaign. Very short. I am a little disappointed. I was dead sure I was supposed to get to 50-60 levels with my hero. unfortunately that was not the case.

Was it 6-8 hours of play, Mandea? My understanding that Defender of the Crown was this length, but with randomised monsters so that there is a high level of replayability. Isn't there some kind of spawning tower or something? I'd love to here a short run down of what the Defender of the Crown mini campaign consists of.

Also, anyone play Champion of the Arena before they got shut out? I've got high hopes for this one as well. Basically I am hoping that these two short campaigns will have a high level of replayability and allow advanced players to experiment with and finetune new strategies.

[Mandea]

No, it was about 1 hour (on normal), 6-7 fights.

I also managed to finish champion of the arena. Very hard in the beginning (so much to buy, so few money) and very easy in the end (normal difficulty) but has a much replay value.

I didn't get to be in all the guilds (you can't) and you also have contracts which get you more money and experience. Neither champion of the arena took me 6-8 hourse (3-4 maybe 8 bosses and 8 contracts or something like that) but it is very interesting.
And there are many companions some very expensive but also unique.

[Zhuangzi]

Okay. Hopefully it will be more of a challenge on Impossible. I would love for one or both of these mini campaigns to actually provide a decent challenge on Impossible so that I don't have to impose extra limitations on myself (like no losses) to keep it interesting.