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Metro LL Bonus

Discussion in 'Metro: Last Light General Discussion' started by DrDarcy, Apr 10, 2013.

  1. DrDarcy

    DrDarcy Well-Known Member

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    I don't know if this has been reported before but on the Steam page it states that the game comes with a:
    free copy of Dmitry Glukhovsky's international best-selling novel "Metro 2033", the epic story that started it all.

    Which is nice to to begin with. BUT the bonus part is that this isn't a pre-order thing. It is a key feature of the game. This, I think is great because it introduces the new gamer to the glory that is Dmitry Glukhovsky, without being a pre-order bonus, which I think only the cult Metro fans would go for. Thanks 4A/Deep Silver!
     
    #1 DrDarcy, Apr 10, 2013
  2. Komodo Saurian

    Komodo Saurian Guest

    Say thanks to Glukhovsky. When US publishers refused to publish his book, he just said "F*ck it, have it for free".
     
    #2 Komodo Saurian, Apr 10, 2013
  3. majnu

    majnu Well-Known Member

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    Isn't that USA only?
     
    #3 majnu, Apr 10, 2013
  4. Papercuter

    Papercuter Active Member

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    No suddenly it appeared as key feature on the german steam. Or i did not notice it before....
     
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  5. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    its on the Australian store too
     
    #5 TotalAaron, Apr 11, 2013
  6. Clear Sky Stalker

    Clear Sky Stalker Spartan Ranger
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    Sweet, Get to read the book at last!
     
    #6 Clear Sky Stalker, Apr 11, 2013
  7. Shurfire

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    For the American steam store we only get a digital comic. I don't know if that's the book (most likely not) but it doesn't matter. I've got my copy and that's all that matters. Only ironic thing is that you only get the extra bullets in hardcore mode.
     
    #7 Shurfire, Apr 11, 2013
  8. Crossing

    Crossing Well-Known Member

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    It says we get both the book and a comic, actually.
     
    #8 Crossing, Apr 11, 2013
  9. Papercuter

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    The comic is a preordering feature. And all who buy MLL will get a digital copy of the book Metro 2033.
     
    #9 Papercuter, Apr 11, 2013
  10. Professor Pew

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    The Metro 2033 digital novel copy is something we only have the rights to give away in the US, not sure why that is on other Steam store pages!

    But yes, this is something we managed to add to the pre-order bonus for the PC crowd in the USA :). We couldn't change everything THQ already had in place, but we tried to add what we could.
     
    #10 Professor Pew, Apr 11, 2013
  11. majnu

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    I'm sick of USA getting special deals, especially when the game is made from an Eastern European studio, published by a European Publisher. So why do we in Europe continue to get shafted with a pogo stick?

    As if the release date wasn't bad enough..

    :mad:
     
    #11 majnu, Apr 11, 2013
  12. TheStalker

    TheStalker Dragon Slayer

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    The reason it's for free in the usa is cuase us publishers refused to publish the book.
     
    #12 TheStalker, Apr 11, 2013
  13. Professor Pew

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    The rights agreement with the author are only valid for the US, where he self-publishes it as far as I know. Not really a case of that we hate the rest of the world as a European publisher, more a case of "at least we can give this away to some people rather than not at all."
     
    #13 Professor Pew, Apr 11, 2013
  14. TheStalker

    TheStalker Dragon Slayer

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    Yep he self publishes it. But when he went to us publishers for a more wide scale release they asked him to prove himself in the usa first. He said I'm a huge seller in the UK and crap. And they said but the uk is not the usa. So he went "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA STAND THIS ANYMORE" (not really his real words :p)
    I got all this info from his latest interview if you want to know :)
     
    #14 TheStalker, Apr 11, 2013
  15. Bamul

    Bamul S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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    He's not really that big of a deal in the UK, but he is pretty well known in the rest of Europe (even outside of Eastern Europe). Btw, guys, I wouldn't be too angry about the free digital version of the book being a US-only deal. It's no secret that most of us European fans of the game have already read the books and some of us are even into the Universe of Metro 2033 series. Metro is much less known in the US, so I doubt that many American fans of the first game have read the original book.

    And if you're a European that still hasn't read the novel, then you can get a much nicer physical copy of it from Amazon or your local bookstore. It has been translated into a ton of languages, including English. If you can speak Polish, German, Italian, Spanish (or any other of the languages that have these translations) then you can also grab Metro 2034, Piter, Towards the Light, Into the Darkness and the others while you're at it. Fans who only know English will soon be able to read an official English translation of 2034 too. ;)
     
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  16. Ush

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    I have American friends, I'm not bitter.
     
    #16 Ush, Apr 13, 2013
  17. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    @proffeser pew is the 2033 book avalible in the preorders for australia because some sites say nay and some say yay
     
    #17 TotalAaron, Apr 13, 2013
  18. Professor Pew

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    I'm not sure what the Australian pre-order deals are exactly, but unless the Aussie distributor also made a deal with Dmitry about giving away the novel with pre-orders, I doubt it.

    So I expect "no".
     
    #18 Professor Pew, Apr 14, 2013
  19. TotalAaron

    TotalAaron The Oracle of Awesome

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    Thankyou very much i shall call them in the morning
     
    #19 TotalAaron, Apr 14, 2013
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