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It's a glitch with the site not updating. I got an e-mail yesterday informing me my order has shipped, but the portal still says 'shipping soon'. I also bought an extra digital copy of the game and have generated a key for it but the order status still says 'pending'. I wouldn't worry about it.

But I thought that they would send the physical extras before the boxed copies? Sorry, I mis-typed. I believe they said they shipped the physical goodies a couple days ago. My bad on the wording. Hopefully a dev will pop in to give more concrete info though.

No, it looks like they're working on it. Darth Trethon noticed he has an extra copy in his account and posted about it just a short while ago. The thread's titled "Two copies of the game in backer portal? Mistake? "

Seems to be a glitch that just started today. Earlier on the forums were behaving normally, but in the past couple hours they've been glitchy.

I'd suggest the Tech forum. They seem to be collecting all manner of bugs there.

That's awfully nice of them but where did they say this? Have I not been paying close enough attention to the last few updates? I don't remember this being mentioned anywhere that I recall. Darth, it's just new this morning. There were some backers that had concerns because they had planned on being able to play their physical and digital copies together with their partners and had asked Obs if Obs would do anything for them, since they had backed with the assumption they'd be able to play both copies on release. So Obs decided to give at least those two tiers an extra digital copy to cover for the fact the physical one was delayed. Darren Monahan posted in a couple of the related threads (one is marked Solved, if you want to have a look for it. Should be on the front page or at worst the second page).

The shipped all the boxed copies via air freight to Paradox a couple days ago, if memory serves. So however long it usually takes to get there and then from Paradox to you guys is when you'll see them.

Nope. Obs is giving at least the 65 and 140 dollar tiers an extra digital copy, since the physical copy is being delayed. So it's intended.

It will probably take them some time to get all the 65 and 140 backers parsed so they can add the game to their accounts.

Darren, kudos to you guys for doing this and I don't want to be a jerk here, but does this apply to all tiers or just specific ones? I backed at the $500 tier which includes the physical disc as well as a digital copy. Now, I redeemed the digital already, but was planning on giving a copy to my brother (this is moot now, as he recently passed away). But I'd love to be able to give a digital copy to a friend who has shown interest (I actually bought an extra Hero edition as well, which I plan on giving to another family member). Anyway, just wondering if it's restricted to specific KS tiers or if every physical copy is supposed to get an extra digital key?

You get XP from kills until your bestiary for that creature type is complete. After that, none. My guess is the OP had already filled the bestiary for that mob.

Yes, be prepared to wait for a few days after a patch is released before it appears on GOG. They create their own installers for it and test it before releasing it. This delays the release.

I haven't seen a single game release where there aren't a seemingly large number of bugs reported. This game isn't unusual in that regard (and I daresay it's a lot better than many I've seen). Once a game is released into the wild and you go from (assuming a beta period) a few thousand computer configurations to tens or hundreds of thousands, there are bound to be things crop up that were not discovered by QA and beta testers. Honestly, from my experience, the bug reports for this one are fairly minimal compared to a lot of other games.

I've been itching to build a new rig, but honestly, I've not really found any reason to do so yet. This rig is working just fine for every game I've thrown at it. Might be a different story when the Witcher 3 releases though.

Just a tip: Don't buy Torment:Tides of Numenera when it comes out.

I like some voice acting, but I completely disagree with the OP on its importance. While it can give a good feel for a character, it also has the potential to completely throw you out of the game if it doesn't fit your impression of that character or (even worse) if the VA is bad or inconsistent. I feel bad for the OP, as he's missing out on what looks to be a stellar offering from Obs and has also missed out on two other great games in WL2 and D:OS due to what I feel is something very minor. And that's a shame. Having said that, my impression of the game pretty much mirrors PrimeJunta's.

Try disabling the in-game tutorial tips. This worked for me and many others. Not sure if it will resolve the no voice sounds thing though.

As noted, disable the in-game Tutorial Tips. This worked for me and many others. Give it a shot and you should at least be able to play without going nuts.

I believe Obs said it's going to be sometime next week before a patch arrives. I'll see if I can find the post.

Yeah, I offset this issue with only reading grey text when the VO is running, so I can enjoy the voice acting. Afterward, if I think I may possibly have missed anything the VO said, I scan the highlighted text. Hope that makes sense.

Good point. I didn't change anything in my game. Playing in 1920x1200 resolution, just to add a tad more info.

I can see how that would make it a lot more challenging. Probably best to listen first, then read the grey text afterward in that case.

So far the game has run flawlessly for me. My rig is a bit old, but not ancient: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel Core i7 920 6 GB RAM GTX 560 Ti game is installed on a small SSD Win 7 Pro 64 bit

I found this odd at first, but I'm of the opinion that this has something to do with the overall story, which we'll discover later on. *edit* Or are these the Kickstarter named NPCs, perhaps?

I`m all for it IF it can be turned off. I actually find encumbrance in CRPGs to be tedious so I'd rather not have to deal with it.