need4speed
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I'll be disappointed if it didn't have GFWL, I actually liked collecting achievements for Asylum and City, its nice to show 1000/1000 gamerscore.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 II - ITT we buy $1 games and complain about them
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Mavromatis
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stump. you have a tales game listed. i thought you were the only one who hated tales more than me. what is happening here.
You are welcome rookiejet! It is on ios as well, as I just found out today from Xelios.
I'm glad that this knowledge will contribute to eroding your "work" ethic!
posted from my work computer
sickening.
I'll be honest, I'm a little hesitant to just add random keys to my profile.
Don't want to be stuck with some weird games. Get enough of that from the bundles I used to add.
I am also guilty, but I do concede that GFWL does suck ... for some people.
One day it will probably suck for us all.
need4speed
Banned
I used to buy games from the GFWL store all the time, I though it was the bomb.
At least the games were DRM free....
derExperte
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YES MY FRIEND. 2014 will be the year of Opera.
May get delayed to 2015. Or 17.
Correct, they're changing to Blink and building a brand new browser in the process. http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ Not sure yet if I like this tbh.
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Except they weren't.
XANDER CAGE
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Hit level ten and my next drop was a Demoman foil. Neat!
What?
GFWL has been one of the most egregious forms of DRM we have seen.
And unless you can't read between the lines we might have a problem within the year whether GFWL games even function anymore.
Its not a question of if the service will ever be shutdown, its when. And where does that leave our games?
need4speed
Banned
It didn't need to client to be opened, you could play games without a internet connection without needing a unreliable offline mode and the game could be copied to any computer, and you could create offline profile for GFWL games too
source: I tested it.
wouldnt it make mroe sense to wait for the summer sale to start, then have a summer sale thread and then a new Steam thread?
Grief to take over?
Threads have post count limits. Time stands still for no Orange.
the day something other than opera.com works alright in that browser I'll happily give it another try
I would be down.
Mavromatis
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It did need a client to be open and it opened it, just because it didn't have a nice window like Steam doesn't mean it doesn't exist. For both Steam and GFWL you needed to register your game once with the client and you can play offline afterwards. GFWL had lots of problem at creating that profile and Steam had problems with offline mode. You can copy any game you have to any machine you have with Steam too. And creating offline GWFL killed features and was generally well hidden.
I have yet to play any Batman DLC. But I'm not buying it until its sub $10 anyways. That'll take about 3 months.
I have yet to play any Batman DLC either, but that's because I have the vanilla game and the DLC got pulled from Steam. I mean, I could spend 800 moon dollars to get it, but, honestly, shit like this just gives the pro-piracy argument a leg to stand on.
Tryst is currently 95% off on Steam, making it $1.24 for the base game, $1.49 for the premium edition and $2.99 for a 4-pack.
If you own the premium edition of Tryst you will now own the new Survival DLC.
If you own the premium edition of Tryst you will now own the new Survival DLC.
Da DreadLord
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For a second thought this was related to Myst >.> Then remembered that was Pyst lol
Just 75% when I checked.
Also, I'm disappointed that a game called "Tryst" is an RTS. With a name like that, you'd expect some Catherine-type stuff. Makes about as much sense as naming a clothing store "Fresh Produce."
Ridge Racer: Unbounded is $4.80 on GMG with the 20% discount voucher GMG20-JLKSA-7A8HA.
Inversion (NA) is $5.44 on GMG with the same voucher.
EU link.
Still -95% for me (USA).
APOX - $3.74 and related are also 75% off on Steam.
Inversion (NA) is $5.44 on GMG with the same voucher.
EU link.
Still -95% for me (USA).
APOX - $3.74 and related are also 75% off on Steam.
MMBosstones86
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I was away from this thread for about 18 hours and missed 5 pages. What in the hell happened?
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USA also. Maybe you're seeing a different price because you already own it?
Edit: Friend 7extonly told me the answer. If you own APOX you get an additional 20% off Tryst.
jediyoshi
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Gfwl was much more lighter in its presence in that it launched simultaneously with the game and exited alongside it. Can be more preferable depending on how much overhead you're willing to deal with as far as the clients went. If gfwl and steam were to both go down right now,I imagine there'd be a bit less hassle to get into a gfwl game, switch profiles, etc
Mavromatis
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Repeating:
Glass Rebel
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You and your threads will be missed. I already noticed that you weren't posting as often anymore.
In which case I would gladly PP you money for it when you're next about on Steam for the Premium edition etc? Much kittens to you if you could!
Mavromatis
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I don't know for sure but can you play with an online profile offline? Also that Live Sign-in thing and other stuff it forced on your pc wasn't light. But you are right about the first, Steam doesn't go away when you exit the game.
Thanks, Xelios. (But the store still shows it at 75%, so what sort of discount are you getting?)
Oh, that explains it.
7extonly told me the answer. If you own APOX you get an additional 20% off Tryst.
Edit: Grr
jediyoshi
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Not 100% sure. But creating and using an offline made profile is so oddly straightforward, I don't think it treats the two very differently.
FUCK YES thank you. That was the only thing Opera was lacking. It's now ascended to Browser Nirvana.
Mavromatis
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Dice
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omg even I would be down for this
Ah, and of course, that's probably why Steam's discount stacking needs looking at.
$24.99 - 75% with an extra 20% off would be $5 approx but Valve do not use discounting how normal retailers do, heh. Still, awesome price!
Edit: As partial Karma balancing for this, if anyone wants a Spacechem key, pm me!
Mavromatis
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As far as I know you couldn't switch your save games from offline to online or vice versa. That's why I never tried offline profile.
Yeah, well, I admit the Wii version is not too good. Like, not at all. And the newest version for Android is literally a piece of shit (yes, with the smell and shape and texture and everything).
But on PC it's the best browser there is, and it has been ever since I started using it 12 years ago.
preach on brother
I use Opera Mini for iOS, it's okay I guess.
Glass Rebel
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didn't think we could unite all opera users in one thread but we really did it
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Assuming the new Batman game is Steamworks, there won't ever be a second version of the game and DLC will never disappear from the store like GFWL DLC did.
You have an awful specific vision of what DRM entails.
You have an awful specific vision of what DRM entails.
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