Question about buying more copies of Aquaria at the same time

[thorn3000]

Hi there, I am new to these forums and I have question. I wanted to buy Aquaria 2 times, once for me and once for my friend, but I want it on 2 different CDs obviously (yes I want to order on CD). Now when I fill out the form it cost 13 pounds for one game, and for two games thats 26 pounds roughly, but when I click the Order on CD, it shows up 8 additional pounds only no matter how many copies are there in the basket, but since I ordered two copies, should it not be 8x2 so 16 pounds???

Just want to make sure it comes on two separate CDs and not for ex. two games on one CD. So I wanted to ask if the additional price is correct and its only 8 additional pounds per 2 CDs or if its some sort of bug in the system and I should rather order the game two time separately each time paying the 8 pounds (I really don't mind a few pounds extra, just want to make sure to get the game two times to give the second copy to my friend for his birthday).

Also if I understood correctly the limited 20 dollar (14 pounds) soundtrack comes on CD as well? Since I want to order that as well, only copy though

Thanks you the clarification! Am happy to be here 

[False.Genesis]

You're talking about plimus, right?
I would't order the CD. Aquria was never released on CD (only download), so all that plimus sends you is a CD-R with the installer burned on it.
On the plus side it's all DRM-free.

See also:
http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=2181.0
http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=2020.0
http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=1546.0
http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=1970.0

But I can't really help you, so you better decide for yourself what to do.

EDIT: This seems to be roughly what you want (from one of the links above):

The disc is a normal crappy burnt disc, so don't buy it. If you want an awesome box with cool artsy stuff and extra love, buy the soundtrack in addition to the downloadable game.

Check this thread for pics: http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=1927.0

order it here: http://infiniteammo.bigcartel.com/products

[thorn3000]

Thanks for the info. I bough the two DVD soundtrack than, now wondering how long until it gets here to UK. Other people wrote about a month, hope its less, but I can wait 

Now I am wondering about the game itself. Any suggestion how can I buy the game for a friend? Since the CDs are not a good choice (the do look ugly), I'll probably go for the digital download then. But I mean can I just send a link to the digital download once I bough it, since you note its DRM-free?

[False.Genesis]

First, I don't know if plimus offers sending a gift to someone.

But I mean can I just send a link to the digital download once I bough it, since you note its DRM-free?

Technically that's the easiest solution, yes. Or burn the installer on a disc yourself. Or install the game on our machine, update it to the newest version, add a lot of mods, and burn that to a CD. You can't run it from a CD but copying everything from one machine to another works fine.
(I have ca. 6 installations on my 2 machines for testing purposes.)

Just be sure you keep the original installer around (like, also on an external drive), because as one of the other topics I linked states, the download link expires rather quickly once used, and it can be used a few times only.


EDIT: Also see http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=187.msg5199#msg5199 for a nice cover

[Maira]

Aquaria is also on Steam, if I remember correctly.

[GMMan]

But Steam is really a huge DRM and resource hog. If you go the Steam route, be sure to get False.Genesis' update packs for better working code and independence from having to run Steam all the time.