King's Bounty: Crossworlds GamersGate Pre-order

[Tianx]

Do you need to get the game through Steam if you have all your other King's game from Steam??

[JQueue]

If you plan to buy the non-steam expansion to patch your steam armored princess, then I'm going to say YES but you may need a bit of tech savvy and perhaps a bit of illegitimacy.

I wouldn't recommend it..

[Nike-it]

Originally Posted by Tianx

Do you need to get the game through Steam if you have all your other King's game from Steam??

If you have Armored Princess from Steam and you want to buy only Add-on then the answer is YES, you should buy it at Steam.

[Zhuangzi]

What about Gamersgate Crossworlds over DVD AP? Any reason why that wouldn't work?

[Nike-it]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

What about Gamersgate Crossworlds over DVD AP? Any reason why that wouldn't work?

Asked the question about compatibility of the versions to the devs.

[Nike-it]

So, all versions should be compatible, not sure only about Steam. More exact info will appear in a week.

[Dwagginz]

Originally Posted by Nike-it

So, all versions should be compatible, not sure only about Steam. More exact info will appear in a week.

The way it's often worked (in my experience) is that Steam only works with Steam. It happened with Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening from BioWare, most/all DLC they offer and so forth.

The reason is, I believe, that Steam-bought/based games install in the Steam directory and I *think* they install slightly differently, but I could be wrong. Either way, trying to buy a programme that requires another over Steam doesn't work because it "blocks" you from purchasing it. An example would be the Modern Warfare 2 map packs - You can't buy them without Modern Warfare 2.

[Saiko Kila]

Originally Posted by Dwagginz

The way it's often worked (in my experience) is that Steam only works with Steam. It happened with Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening from BioWare, most/all DLC they offer and so forth.

The reason is, I believe, that Steam-bought/based games install in the Steam directory and I *think* they install slightly differently, but I could be wrong. Either way, trying to buy a programme that requires another over Steam doesn't work because it "blocks" you from purchasing it. An example would be the Modern Warfare 2 map packs - You can't buy them without Modern Warfare 2.

I'd be interest in buying Crossworlds from Gamersgate, and I have both KBTL and KBAP from Steam. It would be very nice to know what dev guys think about it - and better don't ask Valve/Steam guys, because it's clear what would they say

From my experience Steam games usually are not compatible with other games, be it patches or DLC, but there ere exceptions. For instance, Steam version of Swords of the Star can be patched with at least one of the patches intended for another digital distribution (GG it was, I think). It can be quite important, because Steam is usually very late with patches.