Why is it not unlocking until NOON tomorrow on Steam? Dammit.

Because, despite this game being made by a Swedish dude, most releases go by Valve time, so 1000 gmt-8 usually. It won't unlock until 1800 for me :(

Here's hoping it unlocks early.

9am for me. I'm ready to buy as soon as people can confirm the game isn't a broken mess. I'm sticking to my no preordering guns!

I'm starting to think I'll play through this on Vita. That was a surprisingly decent way to play through the first (after originally going through on PC).

Plus, it looks like Ori will have a monopoly on any game time in the living room this week.

@mb: This is when being a European is useful. This game isn't out until tomorrow over here on PSN (I want to play it on my Vita) so I have a full day of Americans testing it out to make sure it works ok before I drop money on it.

@MB I have also declined from pre-ordering for some time now and I am a happier duder for it. I am not sure exactly how a game like this could be broken, but you never know.

@splodge: The first one was somewhat buggy from the jump for some, but the most egregious bugs were patched quite quickly.

I, too, have told myself to refuse pre-ordering any game. The only exception to this declination over the years has been Papers, Please and now this HM2. :/ Makes me feel ashamed, dirty, yet overly optimistic. But then again stupid, since I won't even be able to play the game right away when it comes out since I am going to my floorball [it's a sport, trust me] practice at the exact time the game is officially released.

Hopefully it goes live on PS4 sometime soon.

@malibuprofen: What is floorball?

The game plays fine so far, but I'm stuck already. The game assumes you played and finished the first one (which I have). Tutorial is basically reminding you of the controls.

Is this normal for PSN digital releases to not be available on the release date?

God why couldn't this have been a preorder game on PSN? Now I have to wait for the damn store to update at x time

No, the PSN store just updates later in the day. Usually around 5:00p.m EST.

Just checked PSN store and it seems to be available...

EDIT: and yup, just bought it and downloading it to my ps3 at home to throw on my Vita tonight!

EDIT 2: Is there anywhere I can purchase a digital version of the OST? I know of the vinyl version and it seems the special digital version on steam only contains an EP of a few remixes of songs....which is incredibly stupid.

I'm seeing it when I search for the game on their website, but it doesn't have the 10% discount for Plus subscribers.

@tearhead said:

I just paid full price, didn't even think about the discount until you brought it up. Oh well, he deserves full price from my perspective.

The fact that it can be purchased on psn right now, but without the discount, is torture. I know it's only a $1.50, but I'm a cheap bastard. Also, anyone know if the level editor will come to playstation, or is it pc only? That might effect where I end up buying it.

Edit: never mind? if shacknews is to be believed (not sure???) then it's coming to consoles as well. It being compared to ms paint makes me excited to mess around with it.

From what I've heard it's a tile based level editor.

Steam has the full 40+ track OST for $15. They put it up earlier today as "DLC."

@skippersonne: yeah I saw that...I can't just purchase the dlc, you have to purchase the game then I can buy the ost. Super fucking dumb

$15 is also steep when considering that the game itself is $15. Also I can't see the .ogg files like in the first game.

You could just rip from YouTube, but with 40 tracks, the time might not be worth it.

I don't normally pre order games either. This is only the second time I've ever done it. The first time was need for speed underground 2, about 10 years ago. I was happy with that but I just never do it, you never know what a game will be like.

This time I did it because I didn't know if the humble store would lock is Australians out of it at some point, so I went ahead and bought it early to be safe.

The one problem is that I did it the morning that I left to go interstate to Perth, and I still have a week and a half before I get back home to play it. :(