"We initially had a much longer story written and more levels planned, but to create what we envisioned, it would have taken at least triple the money, probably up to $15m, which we didn't realise until too late, and which we didn't have. The game's scope was smaller than Frozenbyte had planned, but budget constraints meant it had to scale things back a bit. "The cliffhanger story and the relative shortness of the game are valid criticisms but ones which we didn't realise would cause a disappointment in this scale," Kinnunen said. "The future of the series is now in question, as the feedback, user reviews and poor media attention has caught us by surprise," said Frozenbyte vice president Joel Kinnunen in a Steam update.Īccording to Kinnunen, most of the backlash has been centered around the game's length, price (£15.99) and conclusion. Frozenbyte was Trine something new with this sequel's 3D perspective. Trine 3 developer Forzenbyte said the fantasy adventure series may not continue due to fan backlash over its most recent outing's brief length and cliffhanger conclusion. "It's pretty much do or die for us at this point," Tuovinen concluded. It's my fault."įrozenbyte has yet to decide how - or if - it will continue the franchise, or release any kind of conciliatory DLC. "As head of marketing here, I have to bite the bullet. "In hindsight, our biggest mistake was that we didn't let you know we would be splitting the game into different parts," Tuovinen explains, "or that this would be a shorter game than others in the series. Neither did the developer discuss its decision to leave the game's story on a cliffhanger ending - a result of the shorter experience. The issue, Tuovinen says, is that Frozenbyte did not explain Trine 3's short length - a result of the series switch to 3D. In the drop down menu click View Downloadable Content, if Goblin Menace is listed there that means you own it! Rejoice! That’s all there’s to it! We apologize for the confusion surrounding Trine 2: Complete Story and we hope this has cleared the issue.UPDATE 27/8/15 10.45am: Trine 3 developer Frozenbyte has released a video response to the game's negative feedback, in which the company's marketing manager Kai Tuovinen personally takes the blame for the fact that player expectations were not met. If you’re unsure whether you own the Goblin Menace DLC, you can check it by going to your Steam Library and right clicking Trine 2 there. We also have the Trine Complete and Frozenbyte Collection which now include Trine 2: Complete Story, but if you bought one of the above before The Complete Story came out you need to get the Complete Story Upgrade if you want the Goblin Menace DLC and the Dwarven Caverns level. This came with Trine 2, the artbook and soundtrack. We also had Trine 2 Collector’s Edition earlier on Steam. If you bought the Goblin Menace DLC earlier, you’ll get updated to the Complete Story version to get the Dwarven Caverns level. So that’s what you’ll get when you purchase Trine 2: Complete Story.įor you guys and gals who bought the Trine 2 standalone game in the days of yore, you can get the Goblin Menace DLC and Dwarven Caverns level by purchasing the Trine 2: Complete Story Upgrade. Trine 2: Complete Story comes with Trine 2, the Goblin Menace DLC and the Dwarven Caverns level which was a Wii U exclusive up until this point. It’s been a bit unclear as to what’s included in this version of the game, and how this version affects the people who purchased Trine 2 earlier. Recently there’s been some confusion over our freshly released Trine 2: Complete Story for PC, Mac and Linux.
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