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[Stumpokapow]

BTW, what happened to Zeliard?

Still alive, spoke to him a few days ago. I think he had some stuff going on, he's been busy.

 

[zkylon]

You really want to be responsible for ruining another life?

ruining lives is what i do :>

just ask cheesy :>

Considering that a) the issues the game has in Windows 7 and b) The localizations like the french one are completely fucking broken that argument doesn't make much sense.

But you're missing a vital part for your argumentation. Bamco did not care at all what state they released the game in. You make it sound like they didn't add certain features because they might feared that they fuck up the port in the process. But what happened is, that they ultimately fucked up the port regardless.

Did you take a look at the respective thread? There was either zero Q&A done or nobody listened to their feedback anyways.

i'm probably bad at explaining myself but i'm just saying their lack of q&a or whatever is not because they're lazy, but because they're cheap

 

[Phinor]

That $1 tier is three good games. Pretty rare these days. Not a bad bundle overall, if you can tolerate Uplay.

 

[Backlogger]

This isn't the Ubi bundle to sway me to just skip Steam and go straight to Uplay for Ubi games.

 

[MUnited83]

Kickass 1$ tier, get on it.

 

[sadblob]

Need For Speed Most Wanted is free on Origin.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[Spirited]

Really solid $1 tier, been looking to buy those for cheap before and it being steam keys is pretty nice.

 

[iosefe]

if any of you fine folks don't mind parting with them uplay keys for Rayman, and grow home, i'd appreciate it

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

hmm, even if it is uplay $1 for Rayman Origins deserves some respect. Grow home is fun and Gunslinger is worth your time, too.

the BTA is kinda crap though

 

[JaseC]

Firewatch is now pre-purchasable. Cheaper than I'd anticipated, too (USD$18 or USD$22.50 for the Soundtrack Edition, inclusive of a 10% discount, or your regional equivalent).

 

[arts&crafts]

We need FarCry 4 in there somewhere, but no way its in the BTA

 

[zkylon]

i didn't care much about neither grow home or gunslinger but i think those games are pretty interesting to play for a while at least and for $1 it's a steal

No this totally makes sense and I agree 100%. I encounter this often with my own work on Enhanced Steam - it's a free program, so if it doesn't work for your particular instance then I'm under 0 obligation to fix it. If a particular bug affects a large percentage of users, I try to fix it if possible. I obviously realize that if I were doing official work for Valve then fixes and changes I would propose would need a very high level of QA because if something doesn't work for even a small percentage of users, that's a problem. But that's also the difference between me doing ES in my spare time for free and potentially taking a salaried position at Valve.

The real kicker here is that they felt the need to add a third party DRM solution on top of Steam, and specifically one that borders on "anti-tamper" as if they thought that would prevent fixes like Durante's from happening. That's the part I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around, because implementing said DRM (and, subsequently, doing all the QA involved in it's implementation) couldn't have taken less time than actually fixing the game, right? Right?

Like you said, it all comes down to money and money drives the priorities of the "higher ups" on these sorts of projects. I'm sure some shareholder or board member somewhere is going "Excellent work on implementing that DRM Johnson-san, now we won't have as many lost sales to pirates with this release."

EDIT: And yeah, like others have said - the game is an incompetent mess otherwise ie. Windows 7 bugs and translation issues.

yeah i'm mostly talking about how ppl seem to think this is a 15 minute fix when in reality the situations for a big company vs a hobbyist are very different

doesn't excuse in any way bamco releasing shit ports left and right but i think the context is important

and i didn't know about the drm stuff, that's pretty darned bad lol

 

[Baron_Calamity]

I can't see this any other way

 

[Arthea]

guys, be aware, I bought that bundle, no steam keys

Really solid $1 tier, been looking to buy those for cheap before and it being steam keys is pretty nice.

I got no steam keys, it could be a bug
we'll see

 

[uncredited male]

So Darkest Dungeon is sniffing around my wallet.

 

[Hektor]

if any of you fine folks don't mind parting with them uplay keys for Rayman, and grow home, i'd appreciate it

Too bad grow home is a steamkey tho. :[

 

[JaseC]

guys, be aware, I bought that bundle, no steam keys

Gunslinger and Grow Home are Steam keys. Uplay or DRM-free versions of either don't actually exist.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

paid a dollar, only got a rayman key. must be bugged right now

 

[arts&crafts]

guys, be aware, I bought that bundle, no steam keys




I got no steam keys, it could be a bug
we'll see

It says right on the page Grow Home and Gunslinger Steam, the rest Ubi

 

[Arthea]

Gunslinger and Grow Home are Steam keys.

no steam keys at all, I'm looking at empty steam tab atm, it can be a bug as I said, we are talking about me after all.

 

[Teggy]

you could've at least used my header image and merge all three threads

i call collusion here

This cat girl is making me feel very confused inside. Anyone know a good therapist?

 

[Dr Dogg]

Firewatch is now pre-purchasable. Cheaper than I'd anticipated, too (USD$18 or USD$22.50 for the Soundtrack Edition, inclusive of a 10% discount, or your regional equivalent).

No artbook for a game worked on by Olly Moss makes me sad. That and it's got a really cool aesthetic that I'd love to see some of the concept stuff.

 

[electroflame]

Another Uplay bundle, another two weeks of a wasted front-page bundle.

At least stick a good Steam bundle in between the two Uplay ones, guys.

Or, alternatively, add Steam keys. I've still gotta go through Uplay (and have it installed) so it's not like they're losing anything.

 

[MUnited83]

guys, be aware, I bought that bundle, no steam keys

Gunslinger and Grow Home are Steam both.

 

[madjoki]

We need FarCry 4 in there somewhere, but no way its in the BTA

Probably Blood Dragon is added.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

Gunslinger and Grow Home are Steam both.

FYI we know that Grow Home and COJ are steam keys. the issue is that the keys aren't showing up after purchase

edit: it's working now!

 

[Baron_Calamity]

These Ubi bundles are so common that they should be themed. Have an all Assassin's Creed Bundle, or an all Rayman. Splintercell... Just jumbling together isn't as compelling.

 

[The Dear Leader]

That's a great bundle, you guys need to embrace the Uplay future.

 

[MUnited83]

no steam keys at all, I'm looking at empty steam tab atm, it can be a bug as I said, we are talking about me after all.

It is a bug. Just wait and all will ok

 

[Arthea]

Gunslinger and Grow Home are Steam both.

Ok, I'll repeat one more time, I got no steam keys
not saying it's not a bug, just wanted to warn you guys in case it's not a bug.
I shouldn't have?

edited: what I mean uplay keys are fine

 

[Belgarion]

Need For Speed Most Wanted is free on Origin.

Thanks for the heads up

Added to library, thanks!

 

[corrosivefrost]

That's actually a really good question
Oh I know you didn't mean it to be answered in any way, but that won't stop me.

You see, I live in some sort of increased probability of bad things happening to hardware bubble, I also tend to encounter any bug in any given software. So my case is kinda special, I'm aware how fragile our technology is much more than your average person, I'm also awaiting everything to go kaboom every moment of my life, I sometimes complain about it, but as it changes nothing I have to take that into account when making decisions like that.
Would I dare to play Trails if it had any harmful DRM? Probably I would, and then I'll have to pay for it dearly expensively and swear never again, you know, the usual.

No, I actually wanted you to answer it if you felt like it. I was just wondering which would win out with you, your desire/love for a franchise or your perceived issues (real or not) with the DRM. Thanks for taking the time.

I hope you know that if I do poke you a bit sometimes, it's mostly supposed to be in good fun. I hope you don't take offense, as I try my best to not be rude to the posters I'm fond of.

Still alive, spoke to him a few days ago. I think he had some stuff going on, he's been busy.

He's been active on Steam. I saw him in my feed the other day; I think he just picked up The Witness.

yeah i'm mostly talking about how ppl seem to think this is a 15 minute fix when in reality the situations for a big company vs a hobbyist are very different

doesn't excuse in any way bamco releasing shit ports left and right but i think the context is important

and i didn't know about the drm stuff, that's pretty darned bad lol

You understand, and I like that.
And yeah, the DRM is kind of the worst part, I think... but it doesn't seem to be doing anything super restrictive at this point in the way of TAGES or something like it.

I wonder what possessed Namco to do such a thing? I wonder if it had something to do with the way they did the port or part of some legal agreement or something?

So Darkest Dungeon is sniffing around my wallet.

If it gets you, you'd do well to name someone after me. Ask Rhaknar.

 

[brau]

Firewatch is now pre-purchasable. Cheaper than I'd anticipated, too (USD$18 or USD$22.50 for the Soundtrack Edition, inclusive of a 10% discount, or your regional equivalent).

That looks great.

I am excited to look at this game. So pretty.

 

[Hektor]

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[yuraya]

Ubisoft finally had a chance to do a good AssCreed bundle and they blew it. Such a shame.

Also a shitty move not to give steam key for Rayman Origins.

 

[Buraindo]

Great bundle. BTA for me as I was planning on getting Far Cry 3 or 4 anyway. This just made it a lot easier to decide.

 

[tmarg]

Rayman! Rayman Rayman Rayman

Spoiler

You should play Rayman

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

spare

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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger -- MB-6F96D191D437FF08 - Taken by kagamin. 10 entrants total.

 

[Dr Dogg]

I wonder if Uplay Rayman Origins is DRM free like the Steam and GOG versions?

 

[zkylon]

This cat girl is making me feel very confused inside. Anyone know a good therapist?

first she's a fox girl

second, order is, you have to enjoy it first, then be confused, then go to therapy

you can't just jump to the therapy step and pretend it's ok dude

that's not how it works

You understand, and I like that.
And yeah, the DRM is kind of the worst part, I think... but it doesn't seem to be doing anything super restrictive at this point in the way of TAGES or something like it.

I wonder what possessed Namco to do such a thing? I wonder if it had something to do with the way they did the port or part of some legal agreement or something?

regardless of what my many detractors may say, i am pretty understanding

i dunno why they went with that, companies make hard to figure out decisions all the time cos they operate on strange knowledge that sometimes is just kind of wrong

 

[tmarg]

I wonder if Uplay Rayman Origins is DRM free like the Steam and GOG versions?

I hope so, it was one of the last games Ubisoft put tages on.

 

[Tenrius]

Looks like I missed all the confusion! Too bad that couldn't have been worked out in advance.

Anyway, finished realMyst: Masterpiece Edition the other day. And it was great! It was my first experience with Myst anything and I regret not trying it earlier. For some reason, I thought I wouldn't enjoy it that much, but I got totally lost in the atmosphere and the puzzles were not as hard as I expected. Great atmosphere, great approach to storytelling, awesome visual design. Seriously, can't recommend it enough! Playing through Riven now and it's similarly great.

 

[SSPssp]

I also didn't get my steam keys at first, but I just refreshed the page, and they showed up.

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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger -- MB-7AF6CCD97E45A21A - Taken by Megauap

 

[The Red Wizard]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=194044875&postcount=612

I love you.

 

[Arthea]

I wonder if Uplay Rayman Origins is DRM free like the Steam and GOG versions?

in my case no DRM free versions either, none


edited: steam keys appeared after reloading and refreshing, no DRM free anything, though

 

[MUnited83]

Ok, I'll repeat one more time, I got no steam keys
not saying it's not a bug, just wanted to warn you guys in case it's not a bug.
I shouldn't have?

edited: what I mean uplay keys are fine

I mean that there's no way it is not a bug, hence people just need to wait a little bit and get them.

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Thanks for the heads up

Added to library, thanks!

You are welcome.

 

[Annubis]

Firewatch is now pre-purchasable. Cheaper than I'd anticipated, too (USD$18 or USD$22.50 for the Soundtrack Edition, inclusive of a 10% discount, or your regional equivalent).

Wow! That CAD price is surprisingly low (considering current exchange rate).
Don't any of you dare tell them that till I buy it.

 

[alr1ght]

in my case no DRM free versions either, none

He means being able to directly launch the exe, not through the client.

 

[dex3108]

This Humble UPlay Bundle is another proof that price is not issue in video games I mean people don't want to buy amazing game (Rayman Origins is amazing) for 1$ just because it is UPlay key.