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Company News Virgin rips off IWD2 buyers.

Saint_Proverbius

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As if it didn't take <a href="Http://icewind2.blackisle.com">IWD2</a> long enough to get to Europe, <A href="http://www.rpgdot.com">RPGDot</a> is <a href="http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php#12881">reporting</a> that German buyers are feeling the burn of getting less than what they were promised in terms of additional content. Apparently the cloth map was replaced with a paper one, and the dice are missing, but they got an additional CD that has a whopping five MP3s on it.
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Whoooooooo!
 

Rosh

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Hey, they can't be called Virgin anymore since they love to dick over their customers!

/me listens for rim shot.
 

Mistress

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Saint_Proverbius said:
..... and the dice are missing...

Well, it was only one step between having the amazingly teeny dice and not bothering anyway.
 

Rosh

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Saint_Proverbius said:
I've heard some people talking about how small the dice were in the CE. Exactly how tiny were they?

It's not like "nickel dice" (about the size of a nickel) are that expensive, either. If you really want a custom set cast (color, not shape, and with custom print), often is under 50c each or less if you designed them yourself.
 

Sol Invictus

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I don't think anyone cares too much about the dice, but it really sucks about the whole cloth map and audio cd business, though. I mean, gosh, cloth maps rule and the real audio cd has a whole bunch of tracks from IWD1 and HOW.
 

Rosh

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Well, audio can be ripped to listen, so it's no big deal. But cloth maps and other real goodies are the best. Good, well-crafted dice are nice to have.

But they ditched the cloth map in lieu of a 5-track CD with what is likely just some of the background music. Not good.
 

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