Question about SE IV Gold?

[UncleJoe]

OK, thanks BOOM and Fyron. Also found something on this (I think) on another SE IV forum.

Fyron, if Gold is as you say, just a patch (and I believe you, since I have both the original IV and Gold), why did I have to buy the game at full price? I asked about this before purchasing, and whoever replied said I could not treat it as a patch, I had to buy Gold because it's essentially a new game. Now I've got 'em both and I don't believe it's anything but a super-size patch, so I feel cheated. Nothing you or I can do about that, but I think I'll be very careful about buying anything else "new" from Shrapnel.