Comments on: King’s Bounty No Longer A King’s Bounty (Briefly)

By: DeliriumWartner

DeliriumWartner — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:51:26 +0000

Got my code and got an email, same thing as Jarmo. What annoys me is that it’s just a copy and paste, without an apology in sight. Surely we deserve more than that?

By: pkt-zer0

pkt-zer0 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:19:09 +0000

I actually prefer it to Steam because it doesn’t have any additional DRM, and I usually have much better download speeds. Once you’ve downloaded something and have your key, that’s all you ever need.

Isn’t it online-activation-only SecuROM they use? Between that and Steam, there isn’t that much of a difference, you still depend on an activation server.

By: Funky Badger

Funky Badger — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:10:21 +0000

They’ve sent me a link to a working copy of the downloader and I appear to have a serial key – downloading now. Good service so far though.

By: Jarmo

Jarmo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:13:37 +0000

Tony, yes. I just received an e-mail from Gamer’s Gate support: “the sales were better then expected and we ran out of serial keys for this game. We have added more keys now and you should find your key in the usual location.”

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:45:17 +0000

My key-code has turned up too. Looks like someone at GamerGate came to work on Monday morning and found out the Kings Bounty key-code tank needs refilling.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:19 +0000

ah… gone… bugger

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:41:32 +0000

True enough, but visualise the scene. Group say “yay gamersgate lets get KB” then return “It dont work”.

Sale gone yet? i do want it. even if 20 quid is hardly a sale.

By: UncleLou

UncleLou — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:01:35 +0000

“The tech issues i’m hearing are all i need to know. Steam, impulse or in 5 years when it shows up on gog”

For what it’s worth, I’ve been using Gamersgate for years without a single problem – that includes a purchase of King’s Bounty. I actually prefer it to Steam because it doesn’t have any additional DRM, and I usually have much better download speeds. Once you’ve downloaded something and have your key, that’s all you ever need.

Fair enough if the stories here put you off, but it’s not like you won’t find similar reports about Steam or Impulse.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:52:47 +0000

How come i can torrent massive mods flawlessly but paid services have problems? It blows my mind. Just use the torrent infrastructure with obviously optional uploads, overlay a security layer. Done.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:49:27 +0000

The tech issues i’m hearing are all i need to know. Steam, impulse or in 5 years when it shows up on gog. It’d have to be cheaper on steam than i’d demand on impulse mind you. Portability has value.

By: Jarmo

Jarmo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:42:14 +0000

The serial number for King’s Bounty has now turned up on my Gamer’s Gate My games page. I have received no e-mail from them, but it’s good that the key is now available. It showed up pretty quick which partly mitigates the problems I had.

In my opinion, the downloader has to be fixed. The download speed was always high (>5 MB/s, the maximum speed of my connection) when it was working, but the tens of interruptions it suffered from were exasperating.

By: Alex Hopkinson

Alex Hopkinson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:26:05 +0000

I grabbed this as soon as I got in on Friday night and I had a trouble free process – game downloaded at 1MB/s and my key was available when I came to install it. Enjoying it so far, although not as much as Alec apparently did. Thumbs up.