Where The Water Tastes Like Wine is a narrative adventure that's partly about trekking across America, partly about the rich tradition of oral storytelling, and partly about what it means to live in a place that calls itself a melting pot in an era where many people aren't even invited to get in the pot.
Developer Johnnemann Nordhagen (Gone Home, Bioshock 2) spent a lot of his money and effort to make the game, including hiring the voice talents of Sting (DUNE, The Police, being Sting) for one of the characters. He made headlines a couple of years ago for a postmortem he wrote, in which he stated that he made $0 off the game.
But that might be about to change, as Nordhagen's studio Dim Bulb and publisher Serenity Forge have teamed up with PM Games to put Where The Water Tastes Like Wine onto a physical cart, alongside a Steelbook and a nicely thematic collector's edition.
The collector's edition includes:
- A collector's box
- A jewel case OST CD
- Fabric wall art of Sting's character, Dire Wolf
- A 15oz enamelled steel camper mug
The physical edition alone costs $34.99 with 2,500 copies available; the Steelbook version costs $44.99, with 2,000 copies available; the collector's edition costs $64.99, with only 250 copies available. All of them are available at Limited Run's website, and will go on sale on August 3rd, 12pm ET (5pm BST).
Do you reckon there's a secret fourth version that comes with Sting? We're just curious.
[source twitter.com]
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Man, this game looks lovely and boring in equal measure. Not many games I would rather watch a 'let's play' than play it. And I don't reckon that's a good spot for a game to be in.
Anyone played it? (Nlife gave it a 4!)
Based on what I've been seeing/watching of this game, and what I've been hearing, I think I'd pick the soundtrack and call it a day.
I recall this game being a pretty big flop, so it might be that selling through a limited physical print is the only way they can save face.
It's been the unusual case that some games don't succeed without a boutique physical print like this.
"All I see is an Atreides I want to kill..."
@noobish_hat
LRG are only distributing this through their store and nothing more.
They are selling this on behalf of another company for US distribution, it is not exclusive, and stock will likely be available in other regions under another distributor.
@noobish_hat So true companies making only 250 of CE is a SCAM regardless. They know people will want it. Now Scalpers on eBay will rake buyers on it.
Started playing this the other night. Seems like a good relaxing game to play in bed. Quite well written and seems interesting so far, will see how it holds up over extended play. I'd buy a physical if I could just get it in a shop. Oh well, I think i only paid $7.50 AUD (or maybe less) when i picked it up on sale.
Also, would be funny if the soundtrack had Roxanne on it
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