If im not mistaken, then you got a key with every baldurs gate. Im pretty sure they got a list with every valid key.
Neither my BG1 or 2 came with a key, nor do they require any such key on installation. I bought both from Amazon a few years ago after losing my game CD binder. Furthermore, I find it hard to believe that if something as significant as the original game artwork went missing that anyone is keeping a close eye on things like CD key lists.
@luddi : This is not the company you bought the vanilla game from. Although some of the guys are the same. These people are fixing the game, that takes time and costs money, how would they earn a living if the gave away a copy to everyone who bought a game from someone else? How about gog? are they a bounch of greedy basterds for selling a less polished version for $10? did they give you a freebee? That make sense to you or should i draw a picture?
@Smaug is correct. The original discs didn't have keys. And yes, I still have my original game discs for both sagas. It was just "install and register if you want to."
That is it, the company from who we bought BG in the past is not the same working on BG:EE. That is why they can't really do that discount to "old customers". See it this way, without Beamdog there wouldnt even be any more BG. BG IP would just remain lost until some one took it and probably ruined it, now you have some of the original team working on extra content!
I think it is perfectly reasonable to be highly upset that something is being offered to people that want it, but not at a price that you think it should be...especially when you know little to nothing about the circumstances surrounding its development.
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These people are fixing the game, that takes time and costs money, how would they earn a living if the gave away a copy to everyone who bought a game from someone else? How about gog? are they a bounch of greedy basterds for selling a less polished version for $10? did they give you a freebee?
That make sense to you or should i draw a picture?
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