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[Kaper]

some stuff before I head to bed

Thank you for iBomber Attack!

 

[Rwinterhalter]

apparently this affects every digital platform. so it is locked out for Origin, Steam and Uplay. However, it still releases today on Singapore PSN so it only seems to be for PC. Someone told me to use VPN to play the game but i am not sure if i should do that. Steam also gave me a key for Uplay already so I am not sure if they will even let me cancel the pre order

Ubi pulled the same crap with South Park but a few days before release and only a couple of daya delay. This is ridiculous.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

apparently this affects every digital platform. so it is locked out for Origin, Steam and Uplay. However, it still releases today on Singapore PSN so it only seems to be for PC. Someone told me to use VPN to play the game but i am not sure if i should do that. Steam also gave me a key for Uplay already so I am not sure if they will even let me cancel the pre order

Shouldnt be a problem playing the Game using a VPN. Since I have been in China I almost use it every time I open Steam. I asked support and they said if its just playing, it doesnt matter.
It matters when there are unregularly transactions from all over the world, they told me like if you one day buy a Game from Russia, the next day from Brazil, then Germany, then HK and wherever.

 

[Pachimari]

Are anyone interested in playing The Stomping Land together when it releases? How many can we be on a server?

 

[Gianni Merryman]

some stuff before I head to bed

Thanks for Grimind!

 

[mrgone]

Ubi pulled the same crap with South Park but a few days before release and only a couple of daya delay. This is ridiculous.

This, release day embargoes, Uplay, announcing games then denying they were ever announced (Beyond Good and Evil 2). Just a few more signs and Ubocalypse will be upon us. Best start polishing up your francophone.

 

[kudoboi]

Shouldnt be a problem playing the Game using a VPN. Since I have been in China I almost use it every time I open Steam. I asked support and they said if its just playing, it doesnt matter.
It matters when there are unregularly transactions from all over the world, they told me like if you one day buy a Game from Russia, the next day from Brazil, then Germany, then HK and wherever.

from what I read, I would have to be offline all the time if I want to play the game before the release date?

 

[Kyougar]

If you enjoy management games and enjoy football then go for it. They usually disappear from Steam every year when the new is released too, so grab it now or chase after them like a fool when they're 'gone'!



I added all the time spent playing FM over the years and I've spent a legit year of my life playing Football Manager games. Worth it though considering what I do for a living now!

I really hope that we get the Football Manager games in Germany, now that EA has canned their own Fifa Manager.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

This, release day embargoes, Uplay, announcing games then denying they were ever announced (Beyond Good and Evil 2). Just a few more signs and Ubocalypse will be upon us. Best start polishing up your francophone.

Im not sure, but the BG&E2 "Trailer" was always just a Techdemo and was announced as one.

from what I read, I would have to be offline all the time if I want to play the game before the release date?

Not sure about that. Never played a Game before Release in my region

 

[Sarcasm]

Are anyone interested in playing The Stomping Land together when it releases? How many can we be on a server?

I am interested but I don't have the game =S lol

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

OMG A-Train 9 is on Steam! Only two years after its international release, and four years after its original japanese release

HOLY SHIT WHAT

I wish more people could get into these games. They're even more sandbox-y than SimCity, and the whole building-a-city-around-transit concept's alien to most Western gamers. Still, once you get things going, you'll soon have yourself a great Japanese metroplex to sculpt.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

I really hope that we get the Football Manager games in Germany, now that EA has canned their own Fifa Manager.

Sadly, I wouldn't hold you breath over that one. I think their FIFA series covers the same deal EA had for FIFA Manager. Likewise Konami have a deal with the German National team for Pro Evo series.

But you never know...

 

[mrgone]

Im not sure, but the BG&E2 "Trailer" was always just a Techdemo and was announced as one.

It didn't really demonstrate anything other than tease a sequel for a game people loved, though. Maybe it was a tech demo for Uplay, which is clearly powered entirely by schadenfreude and scum.

 

[Pachimari]

I am interested but I don't have the game =S lol

Nobody have it currently. Comes out May 31 I believe.

 

[Sarcasm]

You can still buy it off the kickstarter no? I don't have monies anyways.

 

[Milamber]

OMG A-Train 9 is on Steam! Only two years after its international release, and four years after its original japanese release

HOLY SHIT WHAT

I wish more people could get into these games. They're even more sandbox-y than SimCity, and the whole building-a-city-around-transit concept's alien to most Western gamers. Still, once you get things going, you'll soon have yourself a great Japanese metroplex to sculpt.

Never even heard of it. Wishlisted.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

It didn't really demonstrate anything other than tease a sequel for a game people loved, though. Maybe it was a tech demo for Uplay, which is clearly powered entirely by schadenfreude and scum.

It was a Trailer for one of their new engines for the next-generation at that time IIRC and after people thought its the Game they clearly said its not a Game. Just a techdemo featuring characters from BG&E, because even journalists thought its the Trailer for BG&E2.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Thanks for Nosferatu, Rhaknar!

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Never even heard of it. Wishlisted.

Definitely check out A-Train for DOS (a pot of A-Train III originally released for Japanese PCs), which was Maxim's first and second-to-last interaction with Artdink and this franchise (they later ported A-Train IV to the PlayStation as A-Train again). Here's Lazy Game Reviews' take on the DOS game.

 

[Aerocrane]

HOLY SHIT WHAT

I wish more people could get into these games. They're even more sandbox-y than SimCity, and the whole building-a-city-around-transit concept's alien to most Western gamers. Still, once you get things going, you'll soon have yourself a great Japanese metroplex to sculpt.

If A-Train 10 (A-Train X?) will ever be a thing I hope it won't take two years to get localized and it will have Steamworks. I think I still have my physical copy of A-Train 9 somewhere. Might pick up the Steam version on a sale.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Good lord, we'll be lucky if A-Train ever hits it somewhat big, given its troubling localization history and how unwilling simulation gamers are to get into it. The last isometric installment, A-Train 7, still hasn't gotten over here, which is a shame given how polished it looks.

 

[mrgone]

It was a Trailer for one of their new engines for the next-generation at that time IIRC and after people thought its the Game they clearly said its not a Game. Just a techdemo featuring characters from BG&E, because even journalists thought its the Trailer for BG&E2.

I just looked through the Wikipedia timeline and I was definitely misremembering something. I have the feeling the un-announcement I was thinking of was about the other leaked video that looked like a scene from the sequel, whereas the first teaser-trailer one was both a demonstration of their new engine technology and apparently a seqeul annoucement(?) As of two years ago the game was supposedly still in development for next-gen systems according to Michel Ancel, so I'm either relieved or more confused than ever

 

[Milamber]

I wanna play!

EDIT: But I'm at work!

 

[Atraveller]

I wanna play!

EDIT: But I'm at work!

There are no dogs in future Chicago?

 

[Salsa]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=113591356#post113591356

what a betrayal

rise of the machines omgg

 

[_hekk05]

Thanks for Litil Divil !

Anyone knows if Watch Dogs will run decently on a 650M laptop GPU?

Supposedly its CPU-limited. So I guess we could run it at medium @ 30fps 720p? I've got a 635M and only a 1366x768 screen anyway, so the 720p doesn't bother me

Luckily got a i7 for my laptop. I'm hoping Ubi's multi-threading skillz have improved

 

[DocSeuss]

Because it seems to be working for them. Formula that a wide range of people enjoy, just change up the setting every now and then, and you're good to go.

I'm surprised you felt that ship combat and mechanics were worse in AC4 than AC3 though, I thought they'd refined them somewhat. I did think setting, story and characters in particular were a step back compared to AC3 though.

One thing that would have helped significantly was retaining AC3's visual differences for sailing. Like... if you went to full speed, your sails would pop out on the sides. In AC4, they don't seem to change at all. Seems odd to me.

 

[KainXVIII]

Rhaknar, thanks for Lucius, i heard it has some juicy sex scenes..

 

[NingenJanai]

Supposedly its CPU-limited. So I guess we could run it at medium @ 30fps 720p? I've got a 635M and only a 1366x768 screen anyway, so the 720p doesn't bother me

Luckily got a i7 for my laptop. I'm hoping Ubi's multi-threading skillz have improved

I also have an i7, let me know how it runs if you try it, if I can run it at 720p with high settings I'll be happy.

 

[Tenrius]

Are Uplay keys region-locked? I wonder if I should just sell my Watch Dogs key for a huge profit. Don't have much interest in the game.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=113591356#post113591356

what a betrayal

rise of the machines omgg

Why was that thread locked? Seems like a legitimate discussion topic for me.

 

[JaseC]

Are Uplay keys region-locked? I wonder if I should just sell my Watch Dogs key for a huge profit. Don't have much interest in the game.

I noticed earlier that the RU subs for Watch Dogs have their own key DLC so I think it does have the dubious honour of being the first language-locked Uplay game.

 

[Salsa]

Why was that thread locked? Seems like a legitimate discussion topic for me.

GAF has been a bit tighter lately but it's not like the discussion was gonna blossom into something other than repeating what was already being said

 

[brotkasten]

It's strange, but something like Killer is Dead excites me more than Watch Dogs. :/

 

[Salsa]

It's strange, but something like Killer is Dead excites me more than Watch Dogs. :/

I cant think of many things less strange than that

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

It's strange, but something like Killer is Dead excites me more than Watch Dogs. :/

not many can resist the mondo zappa

 

[Milamber]

GAF has been a bit tighter lately but it's not like the discussion was gonna blossom into something other than repeating what was already being said

Maybe you're on a watchlist. Since your previous fiasco.

 

[wilflare]

hmm I'm impressed by the number of SG GAF here in SteamGAF :O

 

[Salsa]

Maybe you're on a watchlist. Since your previous fiasco.

hax

 

[_hekk05]

I also have an i7, let me know how it runs if you try it, if I can run it at 720p with high settings I'll be happy.

Well the only way I could is if I pirate the game. Not gonna touch uPlay with a 10 metre pole

hmm I'm impressed by the number of SG GAF here in SteamGAF :O

SG represent!!

 

[BoosterDuck]

golly gee guys, Watch_Dogs™ is available on Steam™ now

thanks Ubisoft™ for bringing the uplays™

 

[NingenJanai]

Well the only way I could is if I pirate the game. Not gonna touch uPlay with a 10 metre pole

I found this video on youtube, seems to be barely playable, I'll wait for a lower price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1HCPiDPkWc

 

[Salsa]

RPS on watch the dogs

The game is sloppy controls which cause you to constantly do the wrong thing accidentally with disastrous consequences; is inconsistently interactive world design; is a cover system whereby you get stuck on scenery or it guesses incorrectly where you want to move. The game is insta-fail stealth missions, wave-defense missions, escort missions, missions where what the character’s say and what the objective is don’t match up. The game is restrictive objectives which don’t make use of the possibilities provided by the open city or the hacking mechanics, and checkpoint positions that force you to re-watch short cutscenes or re-perform rote actions after every death.

http://youtu.be/Qkuu0Lwb5EM?t=18s

 

[Milamber]

I found this video on youtube, seems to be barely playable, I'll wait for a lower price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1HCPiDPkWc

To be fair, it's running on a toaster.

 

[abracadaver]

Someone from Austria in this thread ?

 

[Seanspeed]

RPS on watch the dogs



http://youtu.be/Qkuu0Lwb5EM?t=18s

And yet I see lots of reviews with opposite opinions on these aspects.

Not trying to defend Watch Dogs necessarily, but cherry picking the worst bits of reviews seems a tad unfair.

 

[Salsa]

And yet I see lots of reviews with opposite opinions on these aspects.

Not trying to defend Watch Dogs necessarily, but cherry picking the worst bits of reviews seems a tad unfair.

well, im not personally trying to shit on the game, it's rather a case of RPS being a PC-specific review and the site where me and others here tend to pay more attention to.

what I quoted about that specific review is the final paragraph wich tends to be a general summary tho, not cherry picking

 

[Milamber]

Everyone knows that the IGN review is where it really matters.

 

[Knurek]

And yet I see lots of reviews with opposite opinions on these aspects.

Not trying to defend Watch Dogs necessarily, but cherry picking the worst bits of reviews seems a tad unfair.

From what I've seen, console versions get 9/10, PC reviews (PC Gamer, RPS) ~7/10.

 

[-MD-]

And yet I see lots of reviews with opposite opinions on these aspects.

Not trying to defend Watch Dogs necessarily, but cherry picking the worst bits of reviews seems a tad unfair.

That quote is lifted directly from the review, it's how the reviewer summed up the entire article.

Hardly cherry picking.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

I dunno, RPS tends to be a bit overly negative and blows some things out of proportion for the sake of having heftier bullet lists these days.

They could be right, I sure as shit am not spending $60 to find out because open world games and I are kinda done for a long while after SR4 (how can you even top that) but I just don't find myself putting much stock in their reviews these days.

Hell of a different site, it is.