Gearbox weren't involved in the original development really.

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It took them quite a while, good to see that the game is approaching release. I'm more worried about their future games, since MS bought the studio recently. I asked them about their future plans for Linux and DRM-free releases, and they said:

We do not know yet. That's a question for Microsoft.

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Yeah, what happened to the Linux release on GOG for the first game?

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Quoting: Guest"So I expect you're wondering what happened to the DRM-free version. Simply, the Steam version is the DRM-free version. As a small studio it's so much easier to have one point of distribution for each platform and for PC there's only one sensible choice, Steam. So it's only distributed through Steam but the version you're getting is 100% DRM-free nonetheless."

That's not a satisfactory answer, and a pity that developers took that route to handle their DRM-free promise where they explicitly mentioned non Steam users (see quote above). As I said, many DRM-free users view Steam itself as DRM and therefore saying that "the game is DRM-free on Steam" isn't the way to address it.

I can understand that they don't want to deal with many distributors because it's time consuming, but I don't agree that "Steam is the only sensible choice for PC". This kind of approach is quite unhealthy.

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Quoting: GuestWhich is what the Steam version does, just as DRM-free as any other drm-free game

We already had this discussion, Steam itself is not a DRM-free store. So when I say DRM-free store, I don't mean Steam.

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Quoting: GuestWhile the Steam version is the only version available, it IS actually DRM-free and can run without the steam client just fine (last time I checked, anyway)

Then they should have no problems releasing it in other stores.

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Still waiting for GOG or any other DRM-free store release.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption/faqs [External Link]

Will Road Redemption include DRM (digital rights management)?

No. Road Redemption will release DRM-FREE on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

We believe the best way to combat piracy is by giving Road Redemption purchasers free content updates, as a reward for their support.

We believe that always-on DRM has made a lot of great games a lot worse, for those who bought them legally.

While we definitely plan on making Road Redemption for purchase on Steam, all content updates will be provided DRM-free to non-Steam users as well.

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Nice, as long as they'll release their games on GOG. Vikings: Wolves of Midgard never made it there.

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Good to see that the game is using XDG base directory specification. Saves go into

$HOME/.local/share/THQNordic/Desperados

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Although, my first playthrough lasted all of about 5 minutes before I was thrown in jail and sent back to the main menu, which felt really quite abrupt and odd.

Heh, that's classic Quest for Glory / Sierra style failure approach :)

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