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Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition releasing March 11th on XB1/W10

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RoKKeR

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witchedwiz said:
Honesty i hope it's a 3/5 dollar tag price for update of existing version..
It's not a NEW GAME, it's some new feature on an existing game..
You want to call it dlc (while i honesty would consider it a generous patch) be my guest, but for existing owners this must come at a substa tial discount..
I know some will defend this saying "don't pay, you're not obliged to play this", but feigning ignorance on a problem is not solving it..
We started with an armor on an horse and everybody played it cool, see how dlc have now become more and more part of gaming..
We're now calling definitive edition a large patch for an existing game that was out like 1 year ago or so for the VERY SAME systems..
Honestly i'm not fine with this practice..
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To be fair, there is new content in addition to a large patch. New assets, music, story, gameplay, etc.

I would be shocked if the upgrade fee was more than $5. Speaking of which Thomas, we should probably be hearing about that pretty soon...?
 
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SmartWaffles

Member
witchedwiz said:
Honesty i hope it's a 3/5 dollar tag price for update of existing version..
It's not a NEW GAME, it's some new feature on an existing game..
You want to call it dlc (while i honesty would consider it a generous patch) be my guest, but for existing owners this must come at a substa tial discount..
I know some will defend this saying "don't pay, you're not obliged to play this", but feigning ignorance on a problem is not solving it..
We started with an armor on an horse and everybody played it cool, see how dlc have now become more and more part of gaming..
We're now calling definitive edition a large patch for an existing game that was out like 1 year ago or so for the VERY SAME systems..
Honestly i'm not fine with this practice..
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Adding an entirely new playable area, with new story, new music, new abilities and new mechanics definitely is beyond a "patch". This is very much an expansion to the base game and Thomas has stated multiple times that existing owners will only need to pay a small upgrade fee. Keep in mind the base game is only $20, there is no way the upgrade fee is unreasonable. I don't understand why this could be a "problem".
 
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thomasmahler

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I don't think any of you will be shocked by the upgrade fee :)

There's a trailer coming up pretty soon, as far as I know, the price and upgrade path pricing will be announced at the same time.
 
Green Yoshi

Green Yoshi

Member
Secret Owl said:
So nobody has heard an update about the 360 version?
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Somebody asked him about it a few weeks ago in a German board. He said he's not allowed to talk about it.

Microsoft's 2016 lineup for Xbox 360 is quite empty, so Ori would be a welcoming surprise, but probably it's dead. :-(
 
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Kid Goku

Banned
A masterpiece, one of my all time fav games. Deserves everything and then some.

Though weird that the upgrade fee hasn't been mentioned yet seeing as it comes out in less than 3 days. Either way will be getting it no matter what. Game is just that great.
 
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#sorrynotsorry

Member
Will there be new achievements for this? I know Windows Central reported there were, but it sounded like a guess. If yes, are we looking at a full 1000 or an addition to the base game?
 
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Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Native 21:9 support added? Or will we still need an external fan fix(Flawless Widescreen)?

Wouldn't be very definitive if they didn't actually add it in....
 
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thomasmahler

Member
Brandon F said:
Native 21:9 support added? Or will we still need an external fan fix(Flawless Widescreen)?

Wouldn't be very definitive if they didn't actually add it in....
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The external fan fix was never really all that good. We fully support 21:9 now, even made the cutscenes work with it and had to go over every single level and extend the boundaries and the art to support 21:9. It was a huge pain to do all of that, but if you have a nice 21:9 widescreen monitor, you can enjoy the DE in 21:9 :)
 
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samn

Member
I wish there was a no-combat mode. The original game was so tedious when dealing with the respawning enemies.
 
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Ushay

Member
CHC said:
Windows 10? Jesus this stupid app store is dominating the titles here.....
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Choice to buy?

Jesus games are games, just buy the ones you want. Now storefronts are an issue? Good content should be king, not this stupid shit.

OT - What does this mean for those of us that own the original game?
 
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ArjanN

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samn said:
I wish there was a no-combat mode. The original game was so tedious when dealing with the respawning enemies.
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Eh, once you get the power to leap off projectiles/enemies you barely have to fight anything, they all just become springboards.
 
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SmartWaffles

Member
The combat is tedious and boring only if you do nothing but spamming the basic attack, but there are tons of better options to deal with enemies in Bash, Charged Flame and Ground Stomp.
 
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mike4001_

Member
Corpekata said:
The new trailer suggests the PC versions are launching later. Wonder what the deal is.
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See here: http://news.xbox.com/2016/03/09/ori-blind-forest-definitive-edition-launch-trailer/

Yes, we did announce a release date of March 11th. But to make sure everyone who plays Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition gets a great experience regardless of platform, we’re taking a bit of extra time with the Windows Store and Steam versions. We will launch the Xbox One version on March 11, and will update you soon on when the other versions will launch.
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thomasmahler

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Hey everyone,

Yeah, there were some issues left to fix regarding the PC versions that we couldn't tackle in time... We're burning the midnight oil to get the Windows 10 and Steam versions out ASAP. I know we said before that these versions would also be release don March 11th, but we just couldn't make it in time anymore. I hope you guys understand that situation, we didn't want to push something out that wasn't quite ready yet.

There will be a bunch more very positive Ori news in the upcoming weeks - We're super excited about a few upcoming things and I'm sure you guys will love it, too :)

I hope you guys enjoy the Definitive Edition of Ori. Another year of work was put into it and with all the new features, I'm hoping that we made all of you happy with the DE! :)
 
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Red Hood

Banned
thomasmahler said:
Hey everyone,

Yeah, there were some issues left to fix regarding the PC versions that we couldn't tackle in time... We're burning the midnight oil to get the Windows 10 and Steam versions out ASAP. I know we said before that these versions would also be release don March 11th, but we just couldn't make it in time anymore. I hope you guys understand that situation, we didn't want to push something out that wasn't quite ready yet.

There will be a bunch more very positive Ori news in the upcoming weeks - We're super excited about a few upcoming things and I'm sure you guys will love it, too :)

I hope you guys enjoy the Definitive Edition of Ori. Another year of work was put into it and with all the new features, I'm hoping that we made all of you happy with the DE! :)
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May I ask why I keep reading "Windows 10" instead of just Windows Store? Since it's also playable on Windows 7 and 8, I feel like it's needlessly confusing. If anything, it may hurt potential sales for people who haven't downgraded upgraded to W10.

Other than that, I'll be eagerly waiting for the DE. 5$ for an upgrade is no problem.
 
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thomasmahler

Member
Grief.exe said:
I see new areas, story, abilities, and fast travel, anything else added to the game?
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We also fully revamped the Theater with a ton of Making Of Content, you can now fully backtrack to any place you visited before, 21:9 support on PC, optimized everything and, and, and... We put another year of work into this version, the new 'DLC' areas are obviously the biggest thing, but on top of that we also went over every single criticism we heard and tackled all of that - That's what truly makes it the 'Definitive Edition' of Ori :)
 
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Bsigg12

Member
Red Hood said:
May I ask why I keep reading "Windows 10" instead of just Windows Store? Since it's also playable on Windows 7 and 8, I feel like it's needlessly confusing.

Other than that, I'll be eagerly waiting for the DE. 5$ for an upgrade is no problem.
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There's a Windows 10 version and then there's the Steam version. Two separate things.
 
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