Pillars of Eternity is a great game, so much so I was about to gift a copy to a friend while the steam summer sale is on. To my surprise Paradox seems to have raised the pre-sales price and now the price with discount is the same as without discount before. This non-sense is absolutely disgusting and cannot be condoned.

As such, like so many others have said, I could not recommend buying Pillars of Eternity (or any of the DLC) due to Paradox Interactive's shady business practices.

In the end I chose gifting a copy of Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition by Larian Studios and I am much happier for it.

-----
PS: As some probably remember, in UK 2013 Tesco and a number of retailers (DFS, Dreams, CarpetRight etc) were found guilty of tricking and exploiting customers by inflating prices pre-sales (bank holiday) season and were fined by the OFT for millions of £££ collectively. Why should Paradox get away with it??

Pillars of Eternity is a great game, so much so I was about to gift a copy to a friend while the steam summer sale is on. To my surprise Paradox seems to have raised the pre-sales price and now the price with discount is the same as without discount before. This non-sense is absolutely disgusting and cannot be condoned. As such, like so many others have said, I [b]could not[/b] recommend buying Pillars of Eternity (or any of the DLC) due to Paradox Interactive's shady business practices. In the end I chose gifting a copy of Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition by Larian Studios and I am much happier for it. ----- PS: As some probably remember, in UK 2013 Tesco and a number of retailers (DFS, Dreams, CarpetRight etc) were found guilty of tricking and exploiting customers by inflating prices pre-sales (bank holiday) season and were fined by the OFT for millions of £££ collectively. Why should Paradox get away with it??