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[JaseC]

Amazon seems to think Dark Souls II will be Steamworks, Black Armor or Collector's Edition not available for preorder yet.

While Steamworks hasn't been formally confirmed, due to the sizeable outcry that occurred when Scamco finally -- and hesitatingly -- admitted that the original would utilise GFWL, it's safe to assume it's been selected. I mean, it's certainly not going to be a Uplay or Origin game, and archaic alternatives such as GameShield and TAGES, in addition to being ill-received, don't protect against "zero-day" piracy, which is of absolute importance to publishers (R* aside ).

 

[Grief.exe]

Other than Dark Souls 2, was there anything worth while for PC gamers at TGS? This years TGS left a VERY bad taste in my mouth.

Titanfall is there.

I totally expect MGSV and Crimson Dragon to launch on PC at one point

 

[Turfster]

Greenmangaming added a 75% off on the Civilizations to its deals. Brave New World is only 33% off.
Tomorrow will be a Bioshock Infinite at 50% off deal.

 

[Momentary]

Titanfall is there.

I totally expect MGSV and Crimson Dragon to launch on PC at one point

I hope you're right. I'm also hoping for FFXV.

 

[JaseC]

Greenmangaming added a 75% off on the Civilizations to its deals. Brave New World is only 33% off.

I misread "Civilizations" as "Carmageddon" and my heart skipped a beat. (I have it on GOG already as I backed Reincarnation, but a Steam version would be nice.)

 

[Pickles Spill]

I was wondering if Steam-GAF would know the answer to this. I have a copy of Oblivion: Anniversary Addition on DVD. Is it possible to link the game with Steam, or will I always have to go through the DVD to install it? I know for the Witcher 2 it's possible to obtain a steam code, but I'm not sure if there's anywhere to do that for Oblivion.

 

[Turfster]

I misread "Civilizations" as "Carmageddon" and my heart skipped a beat. (I have it on GOG already as I backed Reincarnation, but a Steam version would be nice.)

But... Carmageddon isn't on steam, is it? Maybe when the new one comes out

 

[JaseC]

I was wondering if Steam-GAF would know the answer to this. I have a copy of Oblivion: Anniversary Addition on DVD. Is it possible to link the game with Steam, or will I always have to go through the DVD to install it? I know for the Witcher 2 it's possible to obtain a steam code, but I'm not sure if there's anywhere to do that for Oblivion.

Your only hope is, if you've kept the receipt or can provide a copy of a digital one, to e-mail Bethesda and plead for a Steam key for Oblivion GOTY Deluxe.

But... Carmageddon isn't on steam, is it? Maybe when the new one comes out

It's not, no, but I when I glanced over your post I briefly assumed GMG would be offering keys for the Steam version despite it not being available via the store. This isn't entirely unheard of -- Disciples Reincarnation is one such example.

 

[Tenrius]

Your only hope is, if you've kept the receipt or can provide a copy of a digital one, to e-mail Bethesda and plead for a Steam key for Oblivion GOTY Deluxe.

Did that ever work?

 

[The_Monk]

Your only hope is, if you've kept the receipt or can provide a copy of a digital one, to e-mail Bethesda and plead for a Steam key for Oblivion GOTY Deluxe.

Have you ever tried something like that, fellow GAFfer? I wonder if that would work, just curious.

 

[Baha]

Amazon seems to think Dark Souls II will be Steamworks, Black Armor or Collector's Edition not available for preorder yet.

My birthday is around the PC release, I know exactly what I will be asking for!

http://i.imgur.com/Zn3q3id.png



I can't wait to try it out, I'm a little tapped right now though.

I was sure this was confirmed back not too long after the reveal.

 

[Cydonian__Knight]

I finished The Walking Dead: 400 Days last night. I thought it was very well done and even though you didn't spend a ton of time with each of the characters, it still managed to tell some interesting stories. I am really anticipating Season 2 now.

 

[Pickles Spill]

Welp, looks like I'm out of luck. My receipt is long gone by now.

 

[JaseC]

Did that ever work?

Have you ever tried something like that, fellow GAFfer? I wonder if that would work, just curious.

I can't say I'm aware of any such success stories, and personally I haven't gotten around to purchasing a retail copy of Arkham Asylum vanilla just yet. I'll be sure to post word of my good fortune -- or lack thereof, as the case may be -- when I get around to it.

Welp, looks like I'm out of luck. My receipt is long gone by now.

Bugger.

 

[The_Monk]

I finished The Walking Dead: 400 Days last night. I thought it was very well done and even though you didn't spend a ton of time with each of the characters, it still managed to tell some interesting stories. I am really anticipating Season 2 now.

Happy that you liked it fellow GAFfer, and I agree, can't wait for Season 2. It was such a great game. I might replay it on a different platform, but right now, it's not a priority.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Did one of the reveal trailers have a Steamworks logo at the end too?

 

[Grief.exe]

Did one of the reveal trailers have a Steamworks logo at the end too?

One of the trailers had the Steam logo and their website has the Steam logo, nothing has been confirmed though. Namco has also gone all-in for Steamworks recently.

At this point, the evidence has started to mount. You can never trust Japanese publishers to make competent decisions though.

 

[xenoflux2113]

Welp, looks like I'm out of luck. My receipt is long gone by now.

Plus side is when it does go on sale its pretty cheap.

 

[Dambrosi]

Amazon seems to think Dark Souls II will be Steamworks, Black Armor or Collector's Edition not available for preorder yet.

My birthday is around the PC release, I know exactly what I will be asking for!

Well, it ain't gonna be GFWL again, is it?

I'm signed up for the PS3 "beta test", and I can't bloody wait. Come to me, Dark Souls 2. Come to my tender embrace.

 

[Anustart]

So I went to play some more Bioshock Infinite a second ago and the game wouldn't launch because it was saying it required dx 10...

I have a new gtx 760 so I'm quite certain that I meet that requirement (not to mention I'd played the game yesterday).

A restart fixed this problem, but when I signed out of Windows 8, the screen got stuck on black with the mouse cursor flashing in and out of existence :/ I'm worried gaf, what's going on???

 

[JaseC]

One of the trailers had the Steam logo and their website has the Steam logo, nothing has been confirmed though. Namco has also gone all-in for Steamworks recently.

At this point, the evidence has started to mount. You can never trust Japanese publishers to make competent decisions though.

So it does.

 

[Tecl0n]

Another TGS, another non-existant announcement of Dragon's Dogma port **** you Capcom.

 

[Turfster]

So I went to play some more Bioshock Infinite a second ago and the game wouldn't launch because it was saying it required dx 10...

I have a new gtx 760 so I'm quite certain that I meet that requirement (not to mention I'd played the game yesterday).

A restart fixed this problem, but when I signed out of Windows 8, the screen got stuck on black with the mouse cursor flashing in and out of existence :/ I'm worried gaf, what's going on???

Try downgrading your Nvidia drivers if you recently upgraded them (or upgrading if there's a higher version number). I guess it could also be a sign of something more seriously wrong with your system, but try that first.

 

[Pickles Spill]

Plus side is when it does go on sale its pretty cheap.

I was thinking of getting it on the GMG sale, but when I finally decided to get it, the sale was already over. I'll just have to wait.

 

[Tenrius]

Another TGS, another non-existant announcement of Dragon's Dogma port **** you Capcom.

Good riddance, it's a pretty mediocre game. I genuinely regret spending $40 on Dark Arisen.

 

[JaseC]

Another TGS, another non-existant announcement of Dragon's Dogma port **** you Capcom.

It'll happen one day, same with RDR and a Steam release of ilomilo+.

 

[Turfster]

It seems all the Gamefly 2K Deals are back for an encore performance.

 

[Tecl0n]

Good riddance, it's a pretty mediocre game.

I played a bit on a friend's PS3 and was quite entertained. But lolframes made it...unstable.

It'll happen one day, same with RDR and a Steam release of ilomilo+.

I thought maybe DD was more likely since a GOTY version still hasn't appeared....

 

[Pickles Spill]

It seems all the Gamefly 2K Deals are back for an encore performance.

Is there anything really worth getting?

 

[jediyoshi]

Looking at the content server stats since users seem to be peaking right now

Crazy to think how little Asia has, or how much Russia has over relatively

 

[Turfster]

Is there anything really worth getting?

Depends on what you like, really. According to Enhanced Steam, some of these are the lowest price they've been.
Have a gander. (This also includes some non-2K deals)

Apparently, the coupons GFDSEP20UK (UK/Europe) and GFDSEP20 (US) still work, too.

 

[Pickles Spill]

Depends on what you like, really.
Have a gander. (This also includes some non-2K deals)

Apparently, the coupons GFDSEP20UK (UK/Europe) and GFDSEP20 (US) still work, too.

I'll have to check if the coupon works on the Batman pack.

 

[fantomena]

Probably old, but found this cofirmation from AOE and the GFWL shutdown: http://ageofempiresonline.com/en/articles/blog-20130916-1

 

[Nabs]

I'll have to check if the coupon works on the Batman pack.

The Batman pack is ~46 at GMG with code GMG25-J4B0D-FLH8M

 

[Deques]

Depends on what you like, really. According to Enhanced Steam, some of these are the lowest price they've been.
Have a gander. (This also includes some non-2K deals)

Apparently, the coupons GFDSEP20UK (UK/Europe) and GFDSEP20 (US) still work, too.

Civ V Brave New World 66%. seems to be lowest

 

[JaseC]

I thought maybe DD was more likely since a GOTY version still hasn't appeared....

Oh, I wasn't joking. I choose to be optimistic!

 

[Pickles Spill]

The Batman pack is ~46 at GMG with code GMG25-J4B0D-FLH8M

I'll look into that. Also, does the Bioshock pack get any cheaper besides the one on Amazon?

 

[MRORANGE]

I want to submit some sort of response but I'm not quite sure what you're getting at.

It's an interesting film, but I just feel some of the scenes with the family she travels with adds nothing to the story and just elongates the whole film, we don't even know what happens to them at the end. I did like Ronan's character though.

I watched this at 5am in the morning so memory of the film is quite groggy.

 

[JaseC]

I'll look into that. Also, does the Bioshock pack get any cheaper besides the one on Amazon?

If you're in need of all three games, then Amazon's bundle is the best offering, but if you're only after Infinite in particular, it's been <$20 in the past.

Edit: Oh, I thought GameFly's sale had ended. Never mind.

 

[jadedcynic]

Probably old, but found this cofirmation from AOE and the GFWL shutdown: http://ageofempiresonline.com/en/articles/blog-20130916-1

Nothing about GFWL shutting down, just AOE online.

 

[Nabs]

I'll look into that. Also, does the Bioshock pack get any cheaper besides the one on Amazon?

Buy Bioshock Infinite from Gamefly for $10 and then get the Dual Pack from Amazon for $5.

 

[Cru]

Has anyone who purchased Takedown: Red Sabre noticed the folder in your Steam dir is labeled Early Access? I feel cheated. Such an awful fucking game.

 

[Soule]

Looking at the content server stats since users seem to be peaking right now

Crazy to think how little Asia has, or how much Russia has over relatively

Where do you see this?

EDIT: Nvm I found it, never saw this before though so thank you for bringing this to my attention.

 

[MRORANGE]

Where do you see this?

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/

 

[Cydonian__Knight]

Happy that you liked it fellow GAFfer, and I agree, can't wait for Season 2. It was such a great game. I might replay it on a different platform, but right now, it's not a priority.

Agreed, I'd also be interested in playing it again and making different choices. It also made me really excited to see what they do with The Wolf Among Us.

 

[Purkake4]

Any specific reason we're peaking again?

 

[JaseC]

It's an interesting film, but I just feel some of the scenes with the family she travels with adds nothing to the story and just elongates the whole film, we don't even know what happens to them at the end. I did like Ronan's character though.

I watched this at 5am in the morning so memory of the film is quite groggy.

Oh, I agree that the script has its fair share of faults. I rather enjoyed the scenes with Hanna interacting with the family due to how her unworldly and upfront nature clashed with their learned free spirits, and I gathered that we're supposed to assume

Spoiler

they're killed off, given the ruthless nature of Marissa's henchmen

, though I concede this isn't telegraphed quite as well as it should have been. My biggest issue with the film, besides the occasional egregious oversight in the script (Hanna is handily overcome when she has difficulty navigating the niceties of a dingy motel room but can Google like a pro?) is that the motivation for Eric grooming Hanna to kill Marissa is never explored in any meaningful fashion -- I mean, you can infer that it's a mission born from the desire for revenge, but why the exorbitant risk when the two were living undisturbed? It just seems overly contrived and foolhardy.

Edit: Because I'm full of them, here's a fun fact: The kiss was Saoirse's idea -- it wasn't in the script.

 

[fantomena]

Any specific reason we're peaking again?

hl3 arg

 

[Jawmuncher]

Any specific reason we're peaking again?

Must be the Showdown Effect free weekend

Spoiler

yeah peaking right now is odd

 

[Purkake4]

hl3 arg

Ooh, is there a thread for that?