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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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After the game is released in your timezone / location / country.
Lé Blade Runner
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This is going to be a dilemma for me as well. I pre-ordered both and with my limited free time I can dedicate myself to only one. I have to choose which first.
flipswitch
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Ok.Once I install spotflux and get the game running, can I uninstall spotflux right away?
After you get the game running once (= you unlock it, and possibly download the last few mb), quit the game and put steam into offline mode. Then you can stop running, or even uninstall, whatever VPN service/software you are using.
Following this. Steam should remain in offline mode and you can run the game whenever you want. After it gets released in your country you can put steam in online mode again.
They're both pretty fantastic so far. I'd strongly recommend getting both if you're able to. The real difficulty in my experience is in deciding which one to play at any given point.
Two of the best multiplat games to come along in years.
FWIW, unless you're using a VPN service that has bandwidth/session time limits, there's no need to go offline after using a VPN to unlock the game, because as soon as you log in while a VPN is active, that IP address has been logged and Valve is then aware that your account has been accessed from "elsewhere". Hiding via Offline Mode for a few days isn't going to achieve anything as far as being inconspicuous is concerned.
That said, if you do decide to leave the VPN running while playing the game, you just need to be sure to disable it when not running the game, lest you accidentally purchase something from a regional Steam store that's not your own.
That said, if you do decide to leave the VPN running while playing the game, you just need to be sure to disable it when not running the game, lest you accidentally purchase something from a regional Steam store that's not your own.
If you don't go offline, there's a reasonably high chance that your game gets locked again. I've tried it before, although that was in 2011 so I'm wondering if something has changed since then.
I always used a free VPN service (temporary trial), which means that it's not always running. Only for the 5 min to activate the game. This means I'd have to reactivate the game via the VPN every time I'd want to start the game. That's why I use offline mode - to keep the game unlocked, not be be inconspicuous.
This. My Borderlands 2 got relocked, after I put steam in online mode again to redeem and preload my Torchlight 2.
Odd, that's never happened to me. Most recently I used Spotflux to play Borderlands 2, while remaining online across a few days, just fine.
Edit: Oh, restarting Steam (with a VPN enabled) fixes a game reverting to pre-load status moments after a VPN connection has been disabled . I thought you meant that the game was "hard-locked" until the release date in your region (i.e. using a VPN would no longer work).
Yeah, I edited my post to include cases of limited trials and the like.
Anyone ever been punished for doing this by Valve?
Rumors are that buying games out of region (=cheaper) is very frowned upon and could lead to the termination of your account. I don't recall any instances, or even rumors, of trouble for unlocking a game a few days earlier.
Yay.
You sir just made my sick day much more bearable. I'll get spotflux downloaded and give it a shot. Will have to disable it for retro city rampage whenever that hits though.
matrix-cat
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This game, you guys. I've been playing for 3.5 hours and I just got to the first real mission; something about this genre just makes me want to exhaustively explore every inch of every area. I got to the Pub hub area and immediately went off on my own, climbing everything I saw, looting everything from every room, reading every book, and then I did it all again when I learned to blink. And then again when I realised that the talking heart is the best thing in the whole game; I must have spent a good half hour just listening to her say maudlin things in that syrupy voice.
Talking Heart: The Game
Man, I think I can predict the heart's Twist.
The fact settings aren't sticking is really annoying me, and now that I'm past the introductory stuff setting that back will wear thin. I'll have to look for a specific solution or see if they release a hotfix for that before I dive in more seriously.
The fact settings aren't sticking is really annoying me, and now that I'm past the introductory stuff setting that back will wear thin. I'll have to look for a specific solution or see if they release a hotfix for that before I dive in more seriously.
Macho Madness
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Hopefully when I wake up, the game will be available for download on PSN. Just pre-ordered it.
It's the Empress' heart, right?
That's what I'm suspecting, especially with that dialogue in the first proper assassination mission. AND the new book I found on Piero's table.
So I thought I was going to spend half the night playing the game but I came down with a stomach virus and I was up longer than expected, it just wasn't spent on Dishonored. Worst time to get something like that 
But I did play until 2am and I got to the pub. I'm already impressed with the exploration considering most of what I found was in a linear area. I also found a 2 book series called A Gaffer's Tale which, sadly, did not contain any girl-age stories. I'm looking forward to starting the first real level. I just don't want to do it while I'm a few minutes away from puking my brains out again.
But I did play until 2am and I got to the pub. I'm already impressed with the exploration considering most of what I found was in a linear area. I also found a 2 book series called A Gaffer's Tale which, sadly, did not contain any girl-age stories. I'm looking forward to starting the first real level. I just don't want to do it while I'm a few minutes away from puking my brains out again.
I suspected it from the first quote you have when you hover on Admiral Havelock. The heart kinda... hitches when talking about the Empress' Death.
matrix-cat
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It's the Empress' heart, right?
That's the impression I got too, from a line it said while I was looking at Havelock, I think.
Man, that first safe...
Looking Glass code!!! (0)451 in my veins
Where can I that code? Been looking everywhere but can't find it.
It's right behind the safe with the shelf that has whiskey bottles on it. The code is behind the bottles
Is that further down the sewers? Kinda stopped going forward as soon as I found that safe.
I dunno I just checked the
Looking Glass code
It's been the
first code in every game of this type since System Shock 1
playing a game like this
The perfect Dark
Banned
Oh, this thread makes me sad
I just want to play this game...
I just want to play this game...
Nah it's
literally right behind the safe. Like 2 feet away. It's kind of dark in that corner so it's a little hard to spot right away.
Aw man I didn't realize! That's so awesome!Man, that first safe...
Looking Glass code!!! (0)451 in my veins
Anyways, been playing it for a while and loving it. Blinking feels awesome and I just love letting myself get caught and have them chase me while I teleport all over the place. Whoever beats this game in 4 hours is a sad little person. I've clocked a full 6 hours and I just finished the first mission.
Only thing I'm a little bugged about is that quicksave seems not to work sometimes, randomly as far as I can tell, so I load and I find myself 20 minutes earlier than I should be :/
We almost always get games on Friday? Apart from the odd Tuesday release like COD.
US should have been delayed then
I'm fine for waiting but to be honest releases would be better if they were at the same time worldwide. Would make all the VPN workarounds unnecessary.
Wow, it's like a videogame where the large majority of people who play them and DONT post on videogame forums about them are fucking idiots. GO FIGURE
I told everyone even if you had a 5 year old computer you could play this just fine.
EdibleExplosives
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7 more hours until I can finally play.
The_Darkest_Red
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Ah, that sucks man, I hope you feel better soon.So I thought I was going to spend half the night playing the game but I came down with a stomach virus and I was up longer than expected, it just wasn't spent on Dishonored. Worst time to get something like that
That is kind of weird. Dunwall just screams steampunk London which makes the voice acting quite off-putting.
On PC with 360 wireless; controller rumbles with
the beating of the heart as you get close to anything