rollingstart
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Does Driver use the typical Ubi always-on DRM?
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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drhankmccoyphd
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According to the product page: Internet: An Internet connection is required to activate the game during initial installation
Leon Belmont
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My backlog is so big so I think I'm gonna pass with Driver: SF
Wow, Driver: SF -- an Ubi game -- has no Aussie Tax. Is... is this real life?
The Deluxe Edition weighs in at 10,674.5MB.
The Deluxe Edition weighs in at 10,674.5MB.
Thanks!
Gabe's got you're back:
I think that, even though many of us know the rule by heart, it's never really explained.
So i'll do my best with my shitty grammar:
On big Sale Events (Publisher weekends, Summer Sale, Winter Sale, Haloween sale), in which the entirety of a catalog is on sale (usually something between 25% and 50% off) for a period of time, if you want a game so badly that you're on the verge of buying it right now, don't do it.
Wait until the last day of the sale, since there's at least one heavily discounted game on each day of the sale. If by the last day, the game you want did not go into a daily sale, you're free to purchase it with the regular publisher/service-wide discount.
HOWEVER, if the game you want is on sale for 75% or more, even if it's not a daily deal, be glad to pick it up outside of the rules explained before, as it's most likely a pricing error that will be fixed anywhere between 5 minutes and 1 hour after that price went up.
I don't think there has been a record of something going up for 75% off for real and getting a bigger discount on a daily deal. The chance that the 75% discount is an error is far greater than it's an actual discount that will get even bigger in the duration of the sale.
I hope this gets engraved on every Steam user's mind. If not, don't worry: You'll learn your lesson the moment you buy something for 25% off and it's 75% off in the next 2 days.
Not exactly; as of last August, you still need an internet connection to launch the game, but once in-game you're free to play offline.
No worries.
Honestly, that's 98% as awful as an always-online requirement.
Haha, yeah, it's an improvement that exists far more in a theoretical sense rather than practical.
At least it fixes the problem of the internet cutting on you, or their servers being somewhat wonky, you get playing and it's smooth sailing.
That's certainly true.
CornBurrito
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Doesn't Steam itself now have this form of DRM?
I can no longer launch Steam in offline mode initially (so now access to games), however if I am signed into Steam and then go into offline mode everything works fine.
For me, not really. Offline mode works perfectly for me, though I get no cheevos
Offline Mode working as intended is a crapshoot. It needs to be overhauled.
CornBurrito
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For me, not really. Offline mode works perfectly for me, though I get no cheevos
I used to be able to launch Steam in offline mode, but can no longer do so. Now I must have been initially logged into Steam in order for offline mode to work.
So it being UBISOFT level DRM isn't intentional?
Offline mode really does seem to be a crapshoot. I don't know that I've ever had a problem with it on my desktop PC, some people have apparently even been able to play offline and be rewarded their achievements when they go back online, and some people swear it doesn't work at all (presumably even if they disable their network adapter).
I wish Valve would say ANYTHING at all about it, but like most everything else, Valve are nearly 100% silent about such things aside from the Steam page saying to manually go offline, which is obviously terrible and shouldn't be the only option.
I wish Valve would say ANYTHING at all about it, but like most everything else, Valve are nearly 100% silent about such things aside from the Steam page saying to manually go offline, which is obviously terrible and shouldn't be the only option.
Yaska
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Worked always perfectly for me. Got achievements and played games. Civ 5 on train without internet is so welcome ^^
jaundicejuice
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Driver has Ubisoft's Always-On DRM and the problem with that is their Always-On DRM servers are not always on.
It actually makes me somewhat confident we really may not see always online DRM adopted: if it's too much hassle for a big publisher like them what are the odds the rest will REALLY want to do this for DRM alone? More likely it gets used for crap like SimCity's economic ideas or Diablo III's RMAH, as running those servers JUST to thwart piracy seems like it might cost enough to cancel out the extra copies sold.
rohlfinator
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Bah, I bought Driver a few weeks ago on a different service and didn't get around to playing until this weekend. Should have waited.
Definitely worth it at that price if you're at all interested. It's easily one of the most creative racers I've seen in a long while, and there are a few fun "wtf" moments in the story.
Definitely worth it at that price if you're at all interested. It's easily one of the most creative racers I've seen in a long while, and there are a few fun "wtf" moments in the story.
Godfuckingdammit! I have no money in my account at the moment. Super tapped out this week. Been waiting for Driver to go this low forever. Dammit, get paid Tuesday...this deal hadddd to be on Sunday lol. I wonder if this'll get a daily deal during the summer sale...kinda doubt it now that it's today's deal.
Offline mode has always worked for me. But my big concern is that I trust Steam far more than I trust Ubi's authentication servers. Those things cost money (even if it isn't much) and public companies do all sorts of stupid stuff in the name of cost-cutting.
...and the online requirement is lousy for the three people who play games in locations without internet access.
jediyoshi
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You guys don't have Credit Cards? They have this amazing feature where you can charge things to them and they only charge them back to you at a later date, for events like these, in which an opportunity is presented to you and you can't financially take advantage of it.
With them Credit Cards you can take the opportunity at hand. But be aware, one needs to have control over his finances to be able to combine both the gift of buying things without having money for it and not being bankrupt in two months.
SteveWinwood
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Be careful with credit cards kids. They're a great tool for good but can also be your ruin.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Gabe's got you're back:
oh and:
Will Brian get his computer back plus get paid in time? Tune in next week!
fluffydelusions
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And there you have it. Ron Swanson approved
Scott32020
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Deluxe edition worth it?
jediyoshi
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I'd hazard to guess there's at least around an extra dollars worth of entertainment there. Doesn't even look like you could buy it separately down the line if you wanted to.
lol
Nope. I got one when I started college, living on my own, and it didn't turn out so good (not anything crazy though). Haven't gotten around to getting another one now that I'm not a dummy.
Wok
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Games do get cheaper with time.
And credit can be risky: people do get in trouble with credit cards.
So: if you don't have the money, it is a good reason to wait for the Steam Winter sales.
By the time, clear some of your backlog.
Leon Belmont
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I don't know how active the online is anymore but I played the multiplayer on console and had a blast with it. The body hopping thing makes for some really interesting modes.
Here's an example of multiplayer in Driver. This is one of my favorite gamemodes where the object is simply to be in the trail left by the lead car but if you are in it then people behind you won't get points so you're always jockeying for lead position.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSigJtKhPLM&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSigJtKhPLM&feature=relmfu
foomfoom415
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Crud. Didn't even notice the Deluxe edition. Bugging Steam support now to see if they can help me out.
EDIT: It looks like you can buy the challenge pack that comes in the deluxe version for 40 Ubisoft achievement points. I've got 130 left over from the various Ass Creeds. Neat.
Cuban Legend
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80 on Metacritic and 8.0 on Gametrailers?? I'll bite.
Hell even if I play this game for only 8 hours, it'll be at less than a dollar an hour. Much better than spending 8 bucks on a matinee movie ticket for PROMETHEUS, lol.
Nice call, Salsa.
I think a lot of people will write this one off and say the Driver series is dead, but this is a pretty worthy installment. Yea the story is
strange
the cutscenes and voice acting is cheesy (but funny). But the driving is just plain fun in this game. It controls great (I used the 360 pad) and the multiplayer is tons of fun, too bad not many are playing now on PC. Add in a badass car selection and a great Driver-series-esque soundtrack and its a great game.
I did things like this for far too long:
I did things like this for far too long:
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