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[Makoto-Yuki]

Ran into an irritating issue and was wondering if anyone has any ideas how to get around it.

My missus has an older pc which is practically on life support, she loves RPG's and has been wanting Divinity: Original Sin for a while now. I saw its on sale on Steam so bought it for her as a christmas gift and seeing shes at work and I'm off I'd download it and set it all up for her so she can get on and play over the holidays... Except the damn Enhanced Edition has upped the requirements to a DX11 GPU and hers is only an older 9600GT.

The original release is supposed to run well on older hardware, one of the reasons I bought the game for her but it seems you can't get the original release anymore.

So here's my questions:

- Does anyone know if theres a way to download the original release through steam or somehow downgrade the Enhanced Edition to it ?

- If no to the above, are there any other workarounds that anyone might know ?

- If no to both of the above, is it possible to get a Steam refund on a gift and how would it work ? Would I have to apply for a refund through her steam account or mine ?

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong thread but seeing its the sales and the thread is probably quite active, I thought I'd have better luck finding answers here from users who have dealt with all things steam more than I may have.

I'm sorry I can't help you to get the game working but here is some information on the steam refund process:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6643-QEUV-0459#redeemed_gift

it seems you will need to initiate a refund through the account that it was gifted to and then do it through your account that you used to purchase it. as long as it has been 14 days since purchase and less than 2 hours game time then you will be fine.

 

[Repo Man]

i think the enhanced edition is a separate game so she should have them both in her library?

Checked her library but theres only the EE, no sign of the original.

It's only separate if you have the original. Anyone else who was late and only bought the Enhanced edition only has that in their library.

Yea I'm trying to do some googling but it appears that once you buy enhanced edition you're stuck with it with no way to go back/downgrade, perhaps it was stupid of me to assume that it would be an option but I still find it pretty poor support. Are the devs allergic to money or something ? Suppose they didn't have the resources or willpower to support 2 clients.

 

[Repo Man]

I'm sorry I can't help you to get the game working but here is some information on the steam refund process:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6643-QEUV-0459#redeemed_gift

it seems you will need to initiate a refund through the account that it was gifted to and then do it through your account that you used to purchase it. as long as it has been 14 days since purchase and less than 2 hours game time then you will be fine.

Thank you very much, I'll do a bit more searching around the web and if it proves fruitless I'll have to request a refund. She'll be a bit gutted but luckily I plan to upgrade her PC in a few months time anyway. I was hoping this could be something to keep her busy untill then.

 

[creamsugar]

tinybuild giving away some of their games (you'll probably get speedrunners dlc) also need facebook/twitter i guess

https://twitter.com/tinyBuild/status/679938089054285824

Thanks, so I'm the 91%...

 

[Jason Frost]

Note: Chairmanchuck
died on the way
back to his
home Planet

 

[zerokoolpsx]

I wanted steeper discounts. Have yet to buy anything this Steam sale.

 

[Nabs]

tinybuild giving away some of their games (you'll probably get speedrunners dlc) also need facebook/twitter i guess

https://twitter.com/tinyBuild/status/679938089054285824

i'm guessing i got speedrunners dlc: HPBWB-Q2QK0-Z5QRW

 

[Bboy AJ]

Still buying all day ery day

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Note: Chairmanchuck
died on the way
back to his
home Planet

uh, what does that mean?

Also, Rocket League. It's fun but also just so frustrating to get the physics down.

 

[The Dear Leader]

i'm guessing i got speedrunners dlc: HPBWB-Q2QK0-Z5QRW

I redeemed this, thanks! It's the youtuber pack 2... so I can now play as Pewdiepie... I don't know how I feel about this lol.

 

[bobnowhere]

Played a bit of this, very cool. Rogue-like/tower defence...ish chess game where you select 4 pieces from Rooks, Bishops and Knights and defend your end against an unending swarm of opposition pawns. You can build walls, bombs etc... to help but once too many get past or they take your pieces it's game over. My best strategy so far is one rook, 1 knight and 2 bishops on opposite colours.

The game looks a bit rough and could use some usability upgrades like no way to get back to the main menu and no mouseover prompts, but the Dev seems very serious and listens to the community and is constantly improving the game.

It was in one of the recent Build a Greenlights so check your Groupees!

 

[Jason Frost]

uh, what does that mean?

He's showering with his dad now.

 

[The Red Wizard]

Sanity Check: I own Dark Souls 2 and its season pass. Has the Scholar of the first sin upgrade ever been cheaper than 9.99/67% off during a sale?

It was about $4 in the Autumn sale.

 

[Dr.Acula]

tinybuild giving away some of their games (you'll probably get speedrunners dlc) also need facebook/twitter i guess

https://twitter.com/tinyBuild/status/679938089054285824

So, how does this work? I click "get reward" a little twitter api thing comes up, I allow it, the window closes... and what?

edit: Ahh got it, need a facebook.

 

[YianGaruga]

I redeemed this, thanks! It's the youtuber pack 2... so I can now play as Pewdiepie... I don't know how I feel about this lol.

christmas came early for you! brofist!

 

[Nabs]

I redeemed this, thanks! It's the youtuber pack 2... so I can now play as Pewdiepie... I don't know how I feel about this lol.

That's probably my favorite pack to use. Strippin' may have the best jump animation in the game.

more SpeedRunners DLC: A0EA8-KYPCX-3HH9N

 

[Ozium]

quote this post for a speedrunners dlc key dunno which one I have both so it could be either

 

[YianGaruga]

quote this post for a speedrunners dlc key dunno which one I have both so it could be either

Oh yeah now I can be Peeeeeewdiepie as well.

 

[bobnowhere]

Apparently the $5 deal for Stasis at GMG is a mistake according to the Dev.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/380150/discussions/0/458604254422364108/

Might want to get in quick.

 

[Monooboe]

So while playing Mad Max I somehow always think "pick up" is on the B button, which is shotgun... so accidents often happen when trying to pick up gas canisters haha.XD I am wondering thought, what game have I picked up that habit, Assassins Creed?

 

[nbraun80]

tinybuild giving away some of their games (you'll probably get speedrunners dlc) also need facebook/twitter i guess

https://twitter.com/tinyBuild/status/679938089054285824

Nice, guess I got to be lucky and in the 9%, got the game divide by sheep. 90 cent game get! ha

 

[NingenJanai]

Apparently the $5 deal for Stasis at GMG is a mistake according to the Dev.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/380150/discussions/0/458604254422364108/

Might want to get in quick.

Thanks, bought it.

 

[ramoisdead]

So I bought Quake Live and The Long Dank.

 

[AppleSeason]

Nothing bought so far. Maybe this time I've learned my lesson and every time I see something that "could be insteresting", I immediately think back to the list of games I have in my backlog.

 

[C4rter]

Apparently the $5 deal for Stasis at GMG is a mistake according to the Dev.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/380150/discussions/0/458604254422364108/

Might want to get in quick.

Did the link point to a specific thread on steam? Because it shows just the Stasis Board for me.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i ended up buying the witcher 3 expansion but got it refunded. changed my mind and just gonna wait for the second one before going through the game again.

i have £7.19 in my wallet so any suggestions on what i should get? i've seen undertale being mentioned a lot. anything else? i'm looking through the sales but just asking incase there is something i miss/disregard.

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

So are the sales changing? South Park wasn't on sale and now it is.

 

[Zeknurn]

I haven't bought anything from this sale .. (yet) even though I'd like to think my game catalogue isn't huge compared to other accounts I've seen. (575 currently)

I either want to work through my backlog or play DOTA 2 as none of the games interests me so far. The only game I'm looking forward to is Hearts of Iron IV for next year.

Yeah, I wouldn't even think about buying any games when HoI IV is just a few months out.

 

[wbEMX]

Got Serious Sam 3: BFE Gold and Outland for now. Having tons of fun with Serious Sam. I have missed out on a great shooter.

Also considering to buy Elite Dangerous, but I don't own a flight stick. Is it worth it to play it with keyboard/mouse or even the DualShock 4?

 

[bobnowhere]

Did the link point to a specific thread on steam? Because it shows just the Stasis Board for me.

Looks like the thread was just deleted. Dev said he would leave the post up to Christmas, he didn't.

 

[NingenJanai]

So are the sales changing? South Park wasn't on sale and now it is.

No idea, but South Park deal ends on December 26 instead of January 4, lol.

 

[Jimrpg]

Saw that binary domain thread and as I'm really enjoying Yakuza 5 at the moment, I picked this up.

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

It's been said over and over again but I'm on episode 3 of Tales from the Borderlands and it's REALLY good.

 

[spineduke]

Did the link point to a specific thread on steam? Because it shows just the Stasis Board for me.

Regardless - here's the GOG link

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/stasis/

Use the 20% off voucher XMAS20-PERGMG-SVINGS to knock it down to $5

 

[C4rter]

Looks like the thread was just deleted. Dev said he would leave the post up to Christmas, he didn't.

Well, too bad. But as long as GMG keeps the deal alive, everything is great :-D

 

[Benedict]

edit:
see "new" post below.

 

[spineduke]

Would do that but then you have to allow a thirdparty to post twitters for you.

I think you're mixing up the tinybuild giveaway with the GMG deal on Stasis. They're not related.

 

[Benedict]

I think you're mixing up the tinybuild giveaway with the GMG deal on Stasis. They're not related.

oops

 

[Tizoc]

Saw that binary domain thread and as I'm really enjoying Yakuza 5 at the moment, I picked this up.

You did good son.

 

[Benedict]

tinybuild giving away some of their games (you'll probably get speedrunners dlc) also need facebook/twitter i guess

https://twitter.com/tinyBuild/status/679938089054285824

Would do that but then you have to allow a thirdparty to post tweets for you.

 

[hooijdonk17]

$5 for STASIS sounds insanely good, it's even cheaper (almost by half) than what it costs for me with regional pricing.

 

[creamsugar]

Would do that but then you have to allow a thirdparty to post tweets for you.

Remove it after you get the key.
https://twitter.com/settings/applications

 

[Jiggaloboy]

Apparently the $5 deal for Stasis at GMG is a mistake according to the Dev.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/380150/discussions/0/458604254422364108/

Might want to get in quick.

Bought, thanks.

It's been said over and over again but I'm on episode 3 of Tales from the Borderlands and it's REALLY good.

I started this recently myself and am just about to start episode 3. I figured it wouldn't live up to all the good things I've read about it here but I've been pleasantly surprised so far.

 

[GHG]

Warshift is $8.99/50% off
http://store.steampowered.com/app/392580

Made by one guy

Yo, this looks great.

Might buy this.

 

[codswallop]

I redeemed this, thanks! It's the youtuber pack 2... so I can now play as Pewdiepie... I don't know how I feel about this lol.

Aww, they're just giving away Youtuber DLC? I already have that (came via Humble Bundle).

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Note: Chairmanchuck
died on the way
back to his
home Planet

I actually did and was reborn. Back to SteamGAF.

A strange thing happened to me though. I am back in Germany and still have chinese prices. Perfect for me, but just wonder why.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Aww, they're just giving away Youtuber DLC? I already have that (came via Humble Bundle).

That's the only DLC available for the game according to the Steam page.

 

[Pachimari]

Are any of the extra stuff in the Champion and Royal edition of Pillars of Eternity any good or necessary?

 

[Ludens]

I just completed Murder: Steam says I played literally 21 minutes.
And this by achieving the...hidden ending? I don't even know if it's hidden or what, it's just a couple of repeated screens and that's it.

Very disappointed: art is great, here (and it was in Stranded), but there's no gameplay, but that's ok too, because this was an "interactive short story".

The real problem is, there's not even a story. Really, what's the point of the plot?

The game literally starts, throw you in a...situation? I mean, it's not even a "situation", it's just a fact? And the game ends.

There are free to play titles on Steam much, much better than this (in example, Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist) providing great contents and asking literally zero, when they should deserve some money for what they offer.

Here the developer charges 3€ for this product. It's not that much, but really the game doesn't deserve so much money, because it offers literally NOTHING except four or five good looking screens (a couple are great, the others are just uninteresting).

 

[JohnCYQ]

"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."

Well then, seems like Steam ain't wanting my monies. Anyone know of a fix for this issue? I tried removing some games from the list and its still giving me this error.