Chiefly from a recent client update that added an option to have Origin close after exiting a game, thus effectively turning it into a launcher not unlike Uplay.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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Chiefly from a recent client update that added an option to have Origin close after exiting a game, thus effectively turning it into a launcher not unlike Uplay.
woo and indeed hoo
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don't fuck with evilore and really don't make fun of his self pics!
No, you really, really shouldn't!
Why was school history so boring?
Indeed and he may well have been banned for just that but his response sealed the deal.
It's been on sale pretty frequently. Has it not been on your radar until now?
Rather that clutter than 99% of the other off topic clutter.
speaking of origin, I actually like the look of the client, I sometimes even launches it just to look at it for a minute.
but I've never bought anything from the origin store
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
The console version literally made me sick but after three years of owning a PS3 copy, I can finally play Enslaved. No shakes, only PC time now. And they dropped the film-grain, yay!
And boy, is this game pretty. I know, I know. The texture quality might be poor and it could use some more AA, but besides that it looks great. Especially the art-direction and facial expressions. Feels really good at 60 FPS as well.
I'm really liking the game! Just completed chapter 4. Loving the pacing and structure. Jumping around, collecting some orbs, smashing some mechs. And the level-design is fantastic. Checkpoints can be a bit irritating, though.
Thanks Amazon! ^^
And boy, is this game pretty. I know, I know. The texture quality might be poor and it could use some more AA, but besides that it looks great. Especially the art-direction and facial expressions. Feels really good at 60 FPS as well.
I'm really liking the game! Just completed chapter 4. Loving the pacing and structure. Jumping around, collecting some orbs, smashing some mechs. And the level-design is fantastic. Checkpoints can be a bit irritating, though.
Thanks Amazon! ^^
This is the first time in a long time that I've had a decent PC to game on,
PandaPedinte
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don't fuck with evilore and really don't make fun of his self pics!
Look at his eyes and notice the lack of mercy. D:
Oh wow, I didn't even know about this (I guess I should catch up on this thread before I post, but you guys are so proficient at posting!). Great news.
Fair point. I guess I am ok with those because it doesn't affect the strategy as much, but having to only have one tank on each tile ended up being too distracting from the core strategy. Just me though. I am quite glad that Civ V is popular in its new form.
Yeah, I played Civ V for 40+ hours, so it's not like I hated it. I just played Civ II, III and IV for easily double or triple that time.
Well, Uplay nicely asked me to fill the survey, about how much I don't enjoy their service, while Origin never did so. You see? They are different (><)
angular graphics
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I've been looking at this since it was posted and couldn't "get it". Oddly familiar but what does it mean?????????
My brain finally woke up and I realized why it was looking familiar.
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Jawmuncher
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It's Dino Crisis 15th anniversary this year.
I hope capcom can at least give us a rerelease on steam to celebrate. though they'll probably pull a mega man and forget it exists.
MMBosstones86
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I don't think we want ModBot 'learning' anymore.
don't fuck with evilore and really don't make fun of his self pics!
..wut?
PandaPedinte
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Last year they said december, I was wondering if it would still come out since december is kind of not here anymore. It's good to know it's still coming. I will double dip on that and SC.
Interfectum
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This could be good news. Maybe EA has decided it likes money again and realizes there is no real future for Origin as a PC storefront.
I think they said 2013 winter, but they had in mind winter 2013-14, so theoretically it's not late yet, although it was delayed somewhat. It's coming, they seem to be more concerned about a second game, as it's their largest project yet.
woo and indeed hoo
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Ah
. I wish I had a copy in my inventory so I could gift it to you but sadly I do not .I was teasing RealityExists as that is what he was banned for recently [not Evilore but a fellow GAFer].
I think I am a little too excited about this news.
I did a search and couldn't find a source to this, but is there a link to something?
Add this evidence to the rest pointing to EA's Origin platform not matching Steam's which implies them potentially returning to Steam:
- EA continues with tons of sales on Steam
- EA's recent PC releases have been lackluster (Simcity, BF4, etc)
- EA saying publicly last year that they were interested in making Origin into more of a service than a storefront
- EA's investor calls have stopped going into detail about PC or Origin growth implying there isn't a good story to tell
- Steam's continued surge in membership (15% in 3 months) and revenue (62% YoY)
Oh man, I'm so hyped for SC. Loved the first Trails on the PSP, but it ends on a infuriating cliffhanger. Day 1 for both games on steam. Hope to see them soon.
Isn't it better to do a thread when it actually happens? It might not, and we would only be making fool's of ourselves.
Jawmuncher
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Day 0 for the first game here, I would even beta test it, or buy early access, whatever if it gets me the second game! Finnish or not, I have to get both of them.
I so wish the first one would sell great on steam, and second one and all after that!
edited: I really hope that Xseed knows they need to add cards and achievements to boost sales, especially cards.
Just to chime in. If you don't see his avatar gone, he wasn't perma-banned. But since he pissed off Evilore, it could be a while.
Never argue with a mod, even if you are right.
Oh man, I'm going to miss him if this is true.
For some reason it's not listed among the client update notes but I posted an image yesterday:
Edit edit: Here's the auto-exit option in the (digital) flesh:
Perma-bans resulting in the removal of a user's avatar is a myth -- in truth it's just a bug that occasionally occurs and isn't tied to the length of a ban.
I'm pretty sure that's a bug and not an indicator of a permaban.
I can finish my mass effect collection on steam if it happens. Though only for like 5 bucks. Same with Dead Space 3 and Battlefield 3. Not gonna touch 4.
Still, needing origin like a uplay thing anyway still sucks, not to forget about the horrible battlelog system for battlefield..
But let's see if anything actually happens first, I've been fine without those games and not giving EA any money ever since they made origin, I'll be fine if they don't come back to steam. Only thing I would REALLY miss would be Mirror's Edge 2
Still, needing origin like a uplay thing anyway still sucks, not to forget about the horrible battlelog system for battlefield..
But let's see if anything actually happens first, I've been fine without those games and not giving EA any money ever since they made origin, I'll be fine if they don't come back to steam. Only thing I would REALLY miss would be Mirror's Edge 2
Have at it folks!
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Hero Siege --MB-7B1E58F083E55D5D- Taken by Smash88. 7 entrants total.
Day 0 for the first game here, I would even beta test it, or buy early access, whatever if it gets me the second game! Finnish or not, I have to get both of them.
I so wish the first one would sell great on steam, and second one and all after that!
edited: I really hope that Xseed knows they need to add cards and achievements to boost sales, especially cards.
They did achievements for Ys, you'd expect they put them in FC too. Cards are a different matter, but I think they might.
I'm in the camp: I can live without all EA games, but Ubi games... I cry for them every day. Uplay isn't going away for this reason alone, ever. I waited long enough to know this to be true
edited: talking about Hero Siege. Anyone got their steam key from Indie Royale?
Well opinions vary, but I think that them adding that functionality is something that has actually happened. I would guess if I am at EA, and I see a lot of comments over something as small as adding that functionality that it might make them work that much faster to complete it. Alternatively, if there is a collective "meh" with this change, maybe they'll think that Steam support isn't really that important to most people and put their people on other projects. I have no idea what their thinking is, but I don't think either of those things is crazy.
Thank you.
Yeah, I have been surprised how little I have missed EA's games too since they left Steam, but I would still be excited about more options. And who knows, there's always the chance that EA turns things around and delivers an amazing game (e.g. maybe Titanfall?) that would be nice to be able to get on Steam.
Either way, I'm not wed to the idea of an OT on it or anything, but I do think it's a pretty big deal.
PandaPedinte
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Reminds me of yuraya's runner up entry from my contest.
lol this is so mean.
It helps that EA has gotten much worse since they left Steam. Bioware and Dice have both gone down hill, they released a broken SimCity game.
It just keeps getting worse and worse.
That's what makes it so good, no?
PandaPedinte
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Yes. When you stop to think how many praised franchises Capcom owns and they barely acknowledge they exist it's so sad, I hope some day a Capcom employee discover the secret room where all these franchises are kept hidden and bring them to the light.
MMBosstones86
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I'm in the camp: I can live without all EA games, but Ubi games... I cry for them every day. Uplay isn't going away for this reason alone, ever. I waited long enough to know this to be true
I'm with you on that. Thankfully I havn't had too many issues with UPlay yet, but i'm sure it'll happen sooner or later
knocks on wood
SparkleMotion
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Is South Park: Stick of Truth really going to have Steam achievements? It says "Steam Achievements" on the store page, but all of the other Ubisoft games don't have achievements.
Part of the reason why I didn't care too much about EA leaving is because they almost never make anything that isn't the most generic and homogeneous game of its genre. If anything I was more afraid of them possibly setting a precedent with the other major publishers but it seems like Steam's popularity grew too much for anyone else to feel ballsy.
It would be nice to have Mass Effect 1 and 3 in my library to go along with 2 though.
SparkleMotion said:
Nobody knows if it'll be steamworks but it seems like it's leaning towards it happening. It's not a 1st party, internally developed Ubisoft game.
It could, since the game was originally not going to be a uPlay game
I'm sure they'll add cards. Everyone and their mother add cards these days. It's just a few images and some text, it would be silly not to.Day 0 for the first game here, I would even beta test it, or buy early access, whatever if it gets me the second game! Finnish or not, I have to get both of them.
I so wish the first one would sell great on steam, and second one and all after that!
edited: I really hope that Xseed knows they need to add cards and achievements to boost sales, especially cards.
Ubisoft doesn't force Uplay on its 3rd party developers, there is a good possibility it will have achievements and won't have Uplay integration.
They should make it insanely difficult too. Like, a 2 card drop game with 20 cards to complete for a badge.
Possibly... it's an Obsidian game after all. They even give a Steam key with the retail copy.
And that reminds me that I haven't preordered the game yet.
Pretty much, all of the recent games I would buy from them on Steam have something wrong with them.
Mass Effect 3 - Origin integration, obvious time constraints with rushed ending.
Dead Space 3 - Almost forced co-op, more action than horror, pretty much killing the game.
Battlefield 3/4 - Battlelog, bugs, expansions out the ass and 4 to me just looks like a minor upgrade from 3.
Every game I would want has bad stuff going on with it. If they do come to steam I would only buy them with a heavy discount. Still can't believe how much they fuck things up.
Unfortunately that doesn't necessarily mean the game will be Steamworks in the general sense: Rocksmith 2014 also has Steam achievements, while Blood Dragon and the F2P Might & Magic game have cards. Having said that, as I noted yesterday Ubi doesn't thrust Uplay upon its external development partners and since the game began life as a Steamworks title there's a good chance this is still the case.
Edit: Kindasorta beaten.
Wouldn't this mean that the game has Steamworks?
Well... yes.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
You'd think these motherfuckers would know it's a selling point and make sure to remind us at every opportunity.
Yes, this was my fear as well, but I think enough of the mid and small developers know that their exposure through Steam is a lot more than they could get through their own marketing. I would guess EA is realizing this is true even for them.
It's baffling to me, but I think card adoption is still a bit hit and miss. A number of games have been released recently without them, and some that had cards now have sequels without cards (Walking Dead is the one example that comes to mind). I agree though that for the amount of work involved that they should be a no-brainer.
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