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[JaseC]

Uplay's current system on PC is getting pretty close to always-online.

Both you and their servers need to be online in order to launch the game you paid for.

People complain all the time in here that UniSoft's servers are down and they cannot launch their game.

I'm just glad I'm not a fan of Ubisofts output, they really fuck consumers over.

Uplay has an offline mode. You do need to be online the first time you boot up a Uplay game from within Steam, though, so the automated product activation process can complete.

Edit: At least I think the process is automated. The last Uplay game I activated was AssCreed 3 and I don't recall having to enter my key manually.

 

[Arthea]

I was hoping that the irony would have worked

It worked fine, I just sometimes have to be the captain obvious, because its funny, sorry about that (><)

 

[derExperte]

It's too bad that the game is a mess even after the resolution fix.

I still can't wait to continue playing later today, if he manages to fix the map issue I'm happy.

 

[Milamber]

Uplay has an offline mode. You do need to be online the first time you boot up a Uplay game from within Steam, though, so the automated product activation process can complete.

But when the issue is that a single player only gaming feature is completely inaccessible unless they are online in the first place, is a whole new can of worms though.

 

[Stitch]

Uplay's current system on PC is getting pretty close to always-online.
Both you and their servers need to be online in order to launch the game you paid for.

People complain all the time in here that UniSoft's servers are down and they cannot launch their game.

No, most people just forget to enable offline mode and disable cloud saves.

 

[JaseC]

But when the issue is that a single player feature is completely inaccessible unless they are online is a whole new can of worms though.

Sure, but I was just addressing the bold.

 

[Milamber]

Sure, but I was just addressing the bold.

Ah, sorry. Bolded items are hard to see in night mode theme.

 

[KenOD]

It definitely looks like a very unique game with an interesting concept. I have been watching that game for a while now.

The developers did abandon the game, though. There are a few non-critical bugs and broken achievements.

I'm not one to care about achievements unless they add some sort of fun or interesting challenge, and most of those I can come up with and strive for myself, so that's okay.

What type of bugs though? Anything that would take me out of the experience or become something to be extra tedious?

 

[Stallion Free]

It definitely looks like a very unique game with an interesting concept. I have been watching that game for a while now.

The developers did abandon the game, though. There are a few non-critical bugs and broken achievements.

I wish Valve would go through and just remove broken achievements from game lists. Risen 2 is still pissing me off with like 15 total.

 

[Hasney]

I wish Valve would go through and just remove broken achievements from game lists. Risen 2 is still pissing me off with like 15 total.

They've still not even fixed all the TF2 ones, so I wouldn't hold your breath.

The number of A+ matches I've had in MVM and that achievement still not unlocking haunts me.

 

[Deques]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

 

[Grief.exe]

I'm not one to care about achievements unless they add some sort of fun or interesting challenge, and most of those I can come up with and strive for myself, so that's okay.

What type of bugs though? Anything that would take me out of the experience or become something to be extra tedious?

I don't own the game yet, but browsing through the forum I don't see any real problems.

I wish Valve would go through and just remove broken achievements from game lists. Risen 2 is still pissing me off with like 15 total.

Valve is very laissez-faire with their control of the store. They have really only taken action in the face of public outcry.

 

[nexen]

The girl who is terrified of yellow in "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
is next level annoying.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I wish Valve would go through and just remove broken achievements from game lists. Risen 2 is still pissing me off with like 15 total.

Fuck, I almost started Risen 2 also! Did they ever fix the Age of Empire II HD ones? Bums me out having 1 out of over a hundred. :/

 

[Knurek]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

No $1 limit for a Steam Key? Umm... Right, let me just check one thing...

 

[Glass Rebel]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

Just a heads up for those who have the same problem: Bought and activated it but it didn't show up for me until I restarted Steam.

 

[Buster Machine]

From beating the (incredibly low) average in that Vodo bundle

Just quote this message and paste the quote in the thread:

I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Hacker Evolution Duality -- MB-A5C3AD1D325F71FF - Taken by Knurek

 

[Martian]

Fuck, I almost started Risen 2 also! Did they ever fix the Age of Empire II HD ones? Bums me out having 1 out of over a hundred. :/

Yeah and the weird thing about AoE is that they worked for like a month before they broke again. So I have like 8 and cant get anymore. I want my damn achievements

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Yeah and the weird thing about AoE is that they worked for like a month before they broke again. So I have like 8 and cant get anymore. I want my damn achievements

My completion percentage is suffering! It pains me.

 

[Deques]

But I only began collecting hoarding games 15 months ago!

Edit: Incidentally, Archive.org captured my profile the day before last year's Summer Sale began. Including DLC, I had 931 "games"; I now have 3,688.

Archive.org had my profile too, earliest is from February 2012. Had around 300 games back then. Now I got almost 700 games

Here is a chart on all purchase transactions I had since I started with Steam. The data is from my Steam account details. Note that this chart only shows all transactions per month, not games bought per month

 

[FloatOn]

Sega and logic don't mix, same goes for Square Enix.

Typing of the dead and the dreamcast games dropped so far disagree. Then there is sonic a racing transformed on PC being #gamechanger for kart racers.

Sega is good by me now.

Square and Capcom though...

 

[Parsnip]

I was afraid of that. Can you elaborate?

As someone who really likes a warm cup of coffee this is sad news.

You and me both man. Someone else listed some of the troubles, and this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Controller support is advertised but doesn't work.

I can't even make my own controller support because the game constantly reads D-pad up input from the controller.

Framerate/animations are broken for many people until they restart (who knows how long until the issue comes back and they have to restart again)

I press F with my map open. All control is lost, have to F4.

I can't even reassign the movement keys, and if you try to assign w,a,s, or d to another control you get an engrish error message "key not support".

Somebody else posted that the game crashes every time a cutscene starts.

Whenever I try to drive the car the game completely crashes.

I still can't wait to continue playing later today, if he manages to fix the map issue I'm happy.

I'm a controller kind of guy, so the lack of it is a deal breaker for me.
I'm just hoping that they either patch it or the community will.

 

[SneakyStephan]

idk where else to post this:
is battlelog down?
I tried to start battlefield 3 but I click on play in origin it just says it can't load the battlelog website.

'pagina niet beschikbaar' (page not available)

 

[JaseC]

Here is a chart on all purchase transactions I had since I started with Steam. The data is from my Steam account details. Note that this chart only shows all transactions per month, not games bought per month

I wonder what mine would look like. I didn't start buying stuff on a semi-regular basis until 2011.

 

[nexen]

idk where else to post this:
is battlelog down?
I tried to start battlefield 3 but I click on play in origin it just says it can't load the battlelog website.

GET HIM

 

[Lostconfused]

So I played Arkham Origins for a couple of minutes and I can't see the complaints. The combat is just so much faster and snappier, it's way more fun than Arkham City. The enemies don't seem that overly aggressive either. Unless the enemy encounters change dramatically after the start of the game, I don't see a problem here. The 100 to 1 challenge unlocked at the start is also way better than Joker's Funhouse challenge, you get way more enemies on screen and the combat ramps up so much faster in Origins.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

I for some reason thought F.E.A.R 2 was GWFL? Am I wrong?

 

[Nymphae]

I am so cheap. Stared at the Penumbra collection for like half an hour last night and didn't end up buying. Trying my hardest not to buy Outlast because I want to play it on PS4 eventually, but damn it's tempting.

Does anyone have any experience with the Sherlock Holmes games? I love the books, and enjoy Myst games but have never tried any other "hidden object" games. Just curious if anyone else has any impressions.

 

[NaM]

I wonder what mine would look like. I didn't start buying stuff on a semi-regular basis until 2011.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I for some reason thought F.E.A.R 2 was GWFL? Am I wrong?

It isn't GFWL from what I can see on my copy.

 

[Turfster]

I for some reason thought F.E.A.R 2 was GWFL? Am I wrong?

You are wrong.

 

[JaseC]

I for some reason thought F.E.A.R 2 was GWFL? Am I wrong?

It uses GameSpy for the MP.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

It isn't GFWL from what I can see on my copy.

You are wrong.

It uses GameSpy for the MP.

Thanks guys! I remember why I thought that now! I have a copy on the GFWL store when they were selling the games for 80MSP each. I shall re-buy it to have them all on steam

 

[Deques]

I wonder what mine would look like. I didn't start buying stuff on a semi-regular basis until 2011.

I can make a chart for you, but that means that I need access to your account

 

[drizzle]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

That's.... crazy. It's too damn low. I actually feel bad.

Oh well. No I don't.

 

[nexen]

That's.... crazy. It's too damn low. I actually feel bad.

Oh well. No I don't.

If the game continues to be as good as the bit I played last night then the price is right.

 

[The_Monk]

I can make a chart for you, but that means that I need access to your account

Why would someone want JaseC's account? It's not like he have Anno 1404... or Anno 1404 Venice in there, pfft.

 

[JaseC]

I can make a chart for you, but that means that I need access to your account

I'm not that curious.

 

[Arthea]

decided to join schematic fun

 

[drizzle]

decided to join schematic fun

There has been more Steam Sales since 2011 because of jase, or he started selling much more on Steam since 2011 or what.

Your graphic is not easy to read.

 

[Arthea]

There has been more Steam Sales since 2011 because of jase, or he started selling much more on Steam since 2011 or what.

Your graphic is not easy to read.

It's not supposed to be! from perspective of Universe and space and all!

 

[I H8 Memes]

I don't know how I feel about this...

"Art"

 

[I H8 Memes]

idk where else to post this:
is battlelog down?
I tried to start battlefield 3 but I click on play in origin it just says it can't load the battlelog website.

'pagina niet beschikbaar' (page not available)

GET HIM

Dont worry I'm on this.

 

[Accoun]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

A month of VPN for BTA? Interesting idea...

(skipped like 100 pages because I didn't read the thread for a few days. Nice)

 

[Li Kao]

It's depressing how little attention was paid to ensuring source assets were backed up or stored for posterity even in the late 90s and early 2000s. Two examples that come to mind are Squeenix losing the original higher-res art assets for FFVII's pre-rendered backgrounds and Gearbox thus far not being able to find any source assets pertaining to Homeworld: Cataclysm.



This is a good idea and certainly worth a shot, but I think he'll just be told to talk to the game's distributor/publisher.

Mmh, this keeps reminding me of the early tv situation. What's with some Superbowl and tv programs lost to time. So much waste. One might say that it's an entirely different matter because we are speaking about tv programs from the 50's/60's (to my knowledge)... maybe not so different if we adopt another angle.
Maybe the right angle is money, more accurately the moment when a company understands that it can make money with its old products.
Before that I fear that, without mocking my hobby or that of someone else, the thing is viewed as a worthless toy, film, etc, just taking space. When the company realizes that it is indeed worth something, it become suddenly more aware on the preservation front.
Just surprising that when the times were 'darker' for preservation, we did not have mad individuals fighting the good fight and keeping these 'worthless' things. But after all I don't know, maybe old assets and tv programs were too difficult to preserve for a simple individual.

I liked it in the beginning, but it gets repetitive

Don't tell me. I'm in the strange mood of replaying it in glorious hd, but really, all I can recall of that game is turning fucking cranks. Cranks everywhere. A little fight here and there, some hike, and a metric shit ton of cranks to turn.

 

[nexen]

Mmh, this keeps reminding me of the early tv situation. What's with some Superbowl and tv programs lost to time. So much waste. One might say that it's an entirely different matter because we are speaking about tv programs from the 50's/60's (to my knowledge)... maybe not so different if we adopt another angle.
Maybe the right angle is money, more accurately the moment when a company understands that it can make money with its old products.
Before that I fear that, without mocking my hobby or that of someone else, the thing is viewed as a worthless toy, film, etc, just taking space. When the company realizes that it is indeed worth something, it become suddenly more aware on the preservation front.
Just surprising that when the times were 'darker' for preservation, we did not have mad individuals fighting the good fight and keeping these 'worthless' things. But after all I don't know, maybe old assets and tv programs were too difficult to preserve for a simple individual.

This reminds me that the source code to almost every Ultima is lost, and then I become sad again.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

Goes to buy:

Page not found
This content you requested cannot be found.

Hm, guess you don't want my money then.

Okay.

 

[JaseC]

Potential megaton: it would appear Rise of Prussia is on its way back:

42 minutes ago Added Unknown Depot 42871 to the package
42 minutes ago Changed changenumber – 317892 › 317893
43 minutes ago Removed Unknown Depot 42871 from the package
43 minutes ago Changed changenumber – 317891 › 317892
43 minutes ago Removed Unknown Depot 42874 from the package
43 minutes ago Changed changenumber – 317890 › 317891
43 minutes ago Removed Unknown Depot 42873 from the package
43 minutes ago Changed changenumber – 317889 › 317890
43 minutes ago Removed Unknown Depot 42872 from the package
43 minutes ago Changed changenumber – 153765 › 317889
about 15 hours ago Removed depot Rise of Prussia from the package
about 15 hours ago Added Rise of Prussia to the package
about 15 hours ago Removed Rise of Prussia from the package
about 15 hours ago Added depot Rise of Prussia to the package

 

[derExperte]

Old?

Not really a gaming related bundle, but it contains I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which is on sale right now in Steam. It's also steam redeemable

http://vodo.net/bigbrother

No 12 hours after I paid 1,84€ for I Have No Mouth. My timing has been terrible lately.

idk where else to post this:
is battlelog down?

No, works here.

 

[Stallion Free]

I am so cheap. Stared at the Penumbra collection for like half an hour last night and didn't end up buying. Trying my hardest not to buy Outlast because I want to play it on PS4 eventually, but damn it's tempting.

What are the benefits of waiting to play it on PS4 exactly?