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The Witcher - Atari Download Safe?

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JackSpadesSI

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As a last minute gift idea I was thinking of asking for The Witcher. I usually buy my games from Amazon.com as I still like having physical media delivered to me. However, Amazon doesn't sell the Enhanced Edition.

I looked around and saw that Atari sells the digital download of the Enhanced Edition (Director's Cut) for 50% off right now. That seems like a screaming deal to me!

I just have to know, what is the DRM like when downloading a game from Atari? Also, is it an easy process? Steam and Impulse have the same download but for $40, so Atari is the obvious choice if their system works and won't wreck havoc on my computer!
 
I really don't see your point. Gogamer has The Witcher for $50. Atari has the download for $15. That is night and day.

I'm not asking "where are places to buy The Witcher Enhanced Edition: Director's Cut". I'm asking if buying a digital download directly from Atari is a good idea and if they pack it full of annoying DRM.
 
I've seen that I can upgrade from Enhanced Edition to Director's Cut, but I haven't heard of a way to upgrade from vanilla to EE, let alone DC. Is that possible?

If so, I believe Amazon.com sells the vanilla version directly (I try not to buy from the 3rd party vendors, if I can help it).
 
JackSpadesSI said:
I really don't see your point. Gogamer has The Witcher for $50. Atari has the download for $15. That is night and day.

I'm not asking "where are places to buy The Witcher Enhanced Edition: Director's Cut". I'm asking if buying a digital download directly from Atari is a good idea and if they pack it full of annoying DRM.
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I usually buy my games from Amazon.com as I still like having physical media delivered to me. However, Amazon doesn't sell the Enhanced Edition.
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JackSpadesSI said:
I've seen that I can upgrade from Enhanced Edition to Director's Cut, but I haven't heard of a way to upgrade from vanilla to EE, let alone DC. Is that possible?
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I've been under the impression that you can patch vanilla to EE for free and patch EE to DC for free as well. I could be wrong.
 
Is directors cut the same as the European version of the Enhanced Edition? (Which is what I have)

I have never bought anything directly from Atari, so I don't know about their DRM. I believe that the Witcher EE doens't have any native DRM if I remember correctly however.
 
ITPaladin, sorry for the confusion. I guess I was trying to imply that if the price was right I would be ok with without a physical game disc. Saving $35 by buying from Atari is enough that I don't need the disc, but I still want to know that Atari's downloads work.

Martimus, yes, the Director's Cut is the same as the European (unrated) version.
 
you2 said:
Well steam has it on sale now for something like $14 dollars; I trust steam >>>> over atari.
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Atari is fine...but for $13.59 it would be easier to get the Steam version. Downside is you can't sell it later if you wanted to.
 
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