DedIago: well, they already ruled GOG out in 50% discount before price increase only for Steam and Humble, so why should they bother now? it seems that those DRM-freeks should be glad they are allowed to purchase the game at all.

hummer010: To be fair, no one called it a full game.

AlienMind: ? Release: The Long Dark

Not "The Long Dark Episode 1" or somethin

groze: Snipped.
As for the oh-so-usual on these forums "there's no guarantee that the rest of the game will be finished" fear-mongering slippery slope argument, I could also say there's no guarantee that my house won't burn to the ground one of these days, taking with it all of the external drives containing the backups of all my DRM-free games, so, there's no point in me -- or anyone else who lives in a house -- buying any game. Slippery slopes are stupid, it's just people dealing in hypothetical scenarios and treating them like factual truths.

Starmaker: Is survival actually possible, or do you always die in the end and the goal is to go for the highscore?

ariaspi: The game was on GOG sales several times. Last time (6 weeks ago) on Summer sale at 50% discount.

Incognita97: What caught me about the game was the fact one review that said the game was already very enjoyable and satisfying without story mode.

For me, this was absolutely right. As a survival game in sandbox mode the point of the game is to survive. There is also a challenge mode where you are given a specifc goal such as escape the bear or prep for the blizzard, but this is an extra feature. In sandbox/survivor mode the point is to explore and survive. Expect to die a lot. Without the permadeath feature, the game wouldn't be nearly as challenging. The stakes are high and that adds to the enjoyment of the game when you manage to beat the odds and live another day. I've put 90 hours into this game and I haven't even completed the challenges or played Story Mode/Wintermute yet.

ariaspi: The game was on GOG sales several times. Last time (6 weeks ago) on Summer sale at 50% discount.

BranjoHello: So maybe everyone who owns a game will get those as free updates.

BranjoHello: For those who are concerned about "only" first two episodes being released, I didn't see that anyone is mentioning that episodes 3, 4 and 5 will cost additional money. So maybe everyone who owns a game will get those as free updates. But even if those will have to be bought if they will be awesome it will feel faaaaar less a rip-off like some other really "low strikes" we have been experiencing from devs on these semi-sad days for having a "price=quality (but of course we all actually have a price<quality xD)" expectations.

On a personal note, I'm very excited about this game. Have it on Steam (payed for it 9,99€ when it was on a last sale and I don't remember when was the last time I spent that amount of money on a single game) but won't start playing it until I see few patches just to be sure (by 1st of September I'll give it a go). From start (I think it was on my wishlist for a year or so) I just had a feeling like these guys are really committed to make a great game and when I saw that awesome pre-release video the other day it felt even more satisfying that I place my trust into this piece of software that will hopefully also turn out to be a piece of art.

Ryamos: just incase people were wondering whether the devs want to see you criticize their game and it's unpolished and unfinished state that was released so they could appease gender ideologues, the answer is no: there is nothing to criticize citizen because there is nothing wrong with this beautiful work of art that tells men they cannot understand the death of their own children the way a woman can.