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I remember there were issues with Games For Windows Live with Fallout 3, but I have not had any issues with it on the other games I own. Viva Pinata on the PC is still pretty rad.
Don't really care, had less problems with GFWL than Steam so....yeah. And lol at shadeoflight, you are really going to wait 6 months to a year to play arkham city on the wiiu? you could probably get it for $20 by then on any other platform but on the wiiu it will be full price.
Someone enlighten me, why does everyone hate GFWL again? I've purchased a bunch of GFWL games and I've personally never had any issues whatsoever, and friends of mine haven't had issues either. In fact, I prefer them as I can keep touch with buddies on xbox live (where most of them are unfortunately)
Seriously, I think everyone jumps on the hater bandwagon because they heard somewhere from a random 1337 'puter gamer years ago that it's bad and they continue to spread it around. Hell, maybe when it first came out it could have been awful. All I know is that it's not nearly as bad as people think it is.
Seriously though, I'd like to know specifically what people don't like about it. The only complaint I have really is that sometimes the initial login takes, like, 10 seconds. It's mildly annoying, but not a reason to avoid buying a game.
Seriously, I think everyone jumps on the hater bandwagon because they heard somewhere from a random 1337 'puter gamer years ago that it's bad and they continue to spread it around. Hell, maybe when it first came out it could have been awful. All I know is that it's not nearly as bad as people think it is.
Seriously though, I'd like to know specifically what people don't like about it. The only complaint I have really is that sometimes the initial login takes, like, 10 seconds. It's mildly annoying, but not a reason to avoid buying a game.
you are really going to wait 6 months to a year to play arkham city on the wiiu?
Yes, yes I am. Because I want it to succeed on WiiU, because Rocksteady deserves every penny if City is even half as good as Asylum, and because my PC wasn't going to run it smoothly in the first place. Is there a problem with that?
Yes, yes I am. Because I want it to succeed on WiiU, because Rocksteady deserves every penny if City is even half as good as Asylum, and because my PC wasn't going to run it smoothly in the first place. Is there a problem with that?
There'll probably be a day-two crack for the GFWL functionality to get rid of it.
Hopefully that won't fuck me over running it with a Steam copy.
Hopefully that won't fuck me over running it with a Steam copy.
@theGameGoblin: I hear a lot of people have issues with it, like technical issues and not just we hate it issues. Me persaonlly have never had a problem with it. The one thing I wish they would do is keep from putting 2 over-lays in one game. I seriously don't need GFWL over-lay on if I bought it on Steam >.<. Just give me one over-lay and be done with it.
GFWL has an atrocious user interface, but since I already have it for Bioshock 2 the worst is already over.
@The GAMEGOBLIN
In my experience, it has been awful. I purchased Red Faction: Guerilla on Steam, and was forced to use GWFL on it, which had a glitch that made it impossible to patch without an extensive workaround, and if you couldn't patch and update, GWFL wouldn't let you save, so I basically purchased a broken copy of a game.
Batman: AA worked alright, except that my GWFL account is so confused that I apparently have two gamertags for one email address, so I don't know what happened.
Also, because of GWFL, I have never been able to continue a save file after reformatting, because it deems it corrupted whenever I try and load one that I created on the previous format.
Lastly, someone hacked into my GWFL account, and used $240 to buy XBOX Live Gold stuff, and after going through the motions to get it back, Microsoft locked my GWFL account, and now any game that I own that is tied to the account is completely unplayable.
I have to crack my own games that I bought in order to play them. It is one of the worst services I have ever encountered.
In my experience, it has been awful. I purchased Red Faction: Guerilla on Steam, and was forced to use GWFL on it, which had a glitch that made it impossible to patch without an extensive workaround, and if you couldn't patch and update, GWFL wouldn't let you save, so I basically purchased a broken copy of a game.
Batman: AA worked alright, except that my GWFL account is so confused that I apparently have two gamertags for one email address, so I don't know what happened.
Also, because of GWFL, I have never been able to continue a save file after reformatting, because it deems it corrupted whenever I try and load one that I created on the previous format.
Lastly, someone hacked into my GWFL account, and used $240 to buy XBOX Live Gold stuff, and after going through the motions to get it back, Microsoft locked my GWFL account, and now any game that I own that is tied to the account is completely unplayable.
I have to crack my own games that I bought in order to play them. It is one of the worst services I have ever encountered.
One more thing, I run games on a MacBook Pro, which like most laptops (I think) has no HOME key. And GWFL wants you to press the home key to bring it up. How useful.
I played Arkham Asylum on the PC with GFWL and I never had any problems with it to be honest. I think not having a multiplayer component helped.
River City Ransom / Batman crossover.
someone make this happen.
i will give so much of my money to whoever makes this happen.
someone make this happen.
i will give so much of my money to whoever makes this happen.
The original Arkham Aslyum used Windows live, so I'm not surprised.
Besides, I'm getting it for the 360 anyway.
Besides, I'm getting it for the 360 anyway.
I'm a be honest... I'm ok with this news.
Though... not not having played the first one, and having little interest in this one... does this opinion really matter? <.<;
Though... not not having played the first one, and having little interest in this one... does this opinion really matter? <.<;
@the GAMEGOBLIN
Fallout 3, one of my favorite games ever, used GFWL. That experience made me never, ever want to play a GFWL title again.
Such an bloody, incomprehensible, brain-melting hassle, every damn time I tried to play the game. In order to even log into GFWL, I would have to start Fallout 3, CLOSE Fallout 3, then restart it, AT LEAST ONCE, and sometimes a couple of times, otherwise it would tell me that something was wrong with MY connection. This is a big deal when it won't even let you access your fucking saves unless you're logged in. Besides that, you HAD to update when it told you to update, or again, you couldn't login and access your save data. I had so much trouble, so many problems, so many rage-quits BEFORE I'd even started playing the game I wanted to play.
Besides that, the GFWL marketplace fucking sucked. The navigation was as senseless and brainless as I've ever seen, and WHY THE FUCK do they still have some of my money just because I wanted to buy an expansion that didn't match up exactly with their purchase increments? Basically, I got robbed. Which reminds me, getting that expansion downloaded was another pain in the ass, especially compared to Steam.
I've never played BioShock. Do you know why? Because it's GFWL. I have an unopened copy that has been sitting on my shelf for years, and it's entirely the fault of GFWL. This isn't me jumping on a bandwagon, because I didn't even KNOW people hated GFWL before I bought Fallout 3. This is me hating GFWL because it was the single most frustration experience I've ever had with gaming, period.
Fallout 3, one of my favorite games ever, used GFWL. That experience made me never, ever want to play a GFWL title again.
Such an bloody, incomprehensible, brain-melting hassle, every damn time I tried to play the game. In order to even log into GFWL, I would have to start Fallout 3, CLOSE Fallout 3, then restart it, AT LEAST ONCE, and sometimes a couple of times, otherwise it would tell me that something was wrong with MY connection. This is a big deal when it won't even let you access your fucking saves unless you're logged in. Besides that, you HAD to update when it told you to update, or again, you couldn't login and access your save data. I had so much trouble, so many problems, so many rage-quits BEFORE I'd even started playing the game I wanted to play.
Besides that, the GFWL marketplace fucking sucked. The navigation was as senseless and brainless as I've ever seen, and WHY THE FUCK do they still have some of my money just because I wanted to buy an expansion that didn't match up exactly with their purchase increments? Basically, I got robbed. Which reminds me, getting that expansion downloaded was another pain in the ass, especially compared to Steam.
I've never played BioShock. Do you know why? Because it's GFWL. I have an unopened copy that has been sitting on my shelf for years, and it's entirely the fault of GFWL. This isn't me jumping on a bandwagon, because I didn't even KNOW people hated GFWL before I bought Fallout 3. This is me hating GFWL because it was the single most frustration experience I've ever had with gaming, period.
I don't understand why we have to deal with GFWL if we buy this on steam. I'm really pissed I can't access my saves most of the time thanks to the spotty login of GFWL. Why do we have to deal with save's being tied to xbox live accounts on pc as well as 360?
Stupid shit. Just as I was about to buy one. Well, if it's gonna have drm loaded up the ass, fuck it.
Why do I have GFWL. because it doesn't need to actually be there. I brought a game on steam why do I have to register with windows live?
@ Epic - Definitely pick it up. The smooth combat, "predator" and detective sections work beautifully with nary a hitch. In short - you are Batman, through and through.
@Epic-KxDtoid
You should definitely try it. You can buy the first game used for pretty cheap and play hours on this thing, trying to find little secrets and achievements.
The gameplay is solid, albeit not really like most superhero games. It's a lot more stealthy. Great sound, graphics and all. One of the biggest surprises of '09 IMO.
You should definitely try it. You can buy the first game used for pretty cheap and play hours on this thing, trying to find little secrets and achievements.
The gameplay is solid, albeit not really like most superhero games. It's a lot more stealthy. Great sound, graphics and all. One of the biggest surprises of '09 IMO.
@Epic - if you like a action adventure games with a good combat system based on timing (it's almost rythmic), then definitely get this! It has an excellent story (mostly), lots of content, and is likely the best take on Batman's abilities being put to use - with a Metroid flare to it!
@the GAMEGOBLIN
Add me to the list as well. GFWL's awful insistence on separate spaces for saves was annoying, but what really got me was the updating problem Duster mentioned. I went online to track down a solution, and I find out MS knows about the issue, has known about it for years, but still has no fix for it. All they have is a partial list of all their games and how you can potentially work around the problem (and those workarounds don't work, BTW).
In short, I don't give two licks about achievements. I just want to play my damn games without a lot of BS getting in the way.
Add me to the list as well. GFWL's awful insistence on separate spaces for saves was annoying, but what really got me was the updating problem Duster mentioned. I went online to track down a solution, and I find out MS knows about the issue, has known about it for years, but still has no fix for it. All they have is a partial list of all their games and how you can potentially work around the problem (and those workarounds don't work, BTW).
In short, I don't give two licks about achievements. I just want to play my damn games without a lot of BS getting in the way.
Just like the last one did? Shocking. It's not like this has multiplayer to be ruined by that anyways, Batman: AA ran fine on PC with it.
@pokota
I feel your pain man, I'm in the same situation. If this is the path they want to take, then they wont be taking my money that's for damn sure.
I feel your pain man, I'm in the same situation. If this is the path they want to take, then they wont be taking my money that's for damn sure.
GFWL has been so infuriatingly annoying it has pushed me to not even bother playing Bioshock 2. Too many hang-ups, updates not registering, or even updating for that matter, and as mentioned by some, why do I need this crap on stop of steam to begin with?
Considering the whit I went therough to play DiRT3, which still won't patch unless I get the latch from torrent sites, they can fuck right off.
I personally love GFWL. Achievables that add to my XBL Gamertag while I'm on the PC? Yes please! Also, it does't get in the way of anything, I don't understand what people's problems with it are.
At least GFWL isn't pulling an EA and taking their games off Steam.
At least GFWL isn't pulling an EA and taking their games off Steam.
Does this mean I can't play it if My Documents is not in its default location? Because that shit pissed me off with BM: AA. I have a goddamned SSD boot drive, I don't have enough room to put my entire fucking documents folder on it.
I actually like Game for Windows Live.. I like achievments in my games when there.
Plus the downloader isnīt that bad..
In the other hand > FUCK ORIGIN
Plus the downloader isnīt that bad..
In the other hand > FUCK ORIGIN
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