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[Gav47]

We have worked on this release for a while. We got a lot more experience in shipping DX11 titles.

https://twitter.com/RiotRMD/status/763402686230302724
Imagine if the DX11 version runs better than DX12

 

[GavinUK86]

interesting

edit: dammit lol

 

[Parsnip]

It sold close to around 500,000 copies, not bad for a new IP but this could've been a lot better.

********, not even once.

Oh right, that word is actually banned.

 

[EmiPrime]

So what's good about the game other than being a third person shooter?

Very little. It's not a very good shooter, the platforming is awful and the time manipulation is very canned and linear (no puzzle elements, just mandatory press and hold Y to do something to progress).

 

[flaxknuckles]

If I had known it was coming to Steam that soon I would have waited. No more Windows Store games for me.

 

[GavinUK86]

So what's good about the game other than being a third person shooter?

Come to think of it I still need to give Alan Wake another chance. Played it totally the wrong way the first time around and had a frustrating experience, eventually just getting bored in the middle of that first DLC.

I liked the action in Max Payne 1 &2 though.

well a lot of people love it, and are excited for it, because it's a remedy shooter. that alone, in my book, warrants a purchase.

 

[Abilidebob]

So the steam release won't have DX12 support?

 

[SugarDave]

Great news! Hopefully it's just the beginning.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

Good! I'm inclined to buy it now.

 

[GavinUK86]

So the steam release won't have DX12 support?

for windows 10 users it will

 

[Maximilian Kolbe]

Wasn't not long ago Tim Sweeney said Microsoft is trying to kill Steam lol.

 

[BHK3]

Does it still run like complete garbage at xbox one visual settings?

 

[SirNinja]

Hopefully this is the first of many cases. I'd love for this to have an even faster conversion rate than GFWL -> Steamworks last gen.

 

[tioslash]

Does it still run like complete garbage at xbox one visual settings?

Maybe someone should travel in time to September 14th to find out and report back to you.

 

[Big_Al]

Very little. It's not a very good shooter, the platforming is awful and the time manipulation is very canned and linear (no puzzle elements, just mandatory press and hold Y to do something to progress).

I'm gonna go the other way and strongly disagree with you saying it's a fantastic shooter and one of my favourite games this year. Enemy reactions are superb and the guns/powers are really fun to intermix and use together.

Now I'll admit I can take or leave the live action parts but even they are perfectly fine in a cheesy B movie way. I certainly enjoyed them enough at least.

 

[Brerlappin]

This is great news, because I still can't download the fucking thing from Windows store.

 

[Tain]

honestly, Microsoft funding big games in an attempt to push poor and/or failure-bound platforms and then allowing these things to eventually come to good platforms is a pretty great trend. I kinda hope it keeps going.

 

[Sydle]

I'm gonna go the other way and strongly disagree with you saying it's a fantastic shooter and one of my favourite games this year. Enemy reactions are superb and the guns/powers are really fun to intermix and use together.

Now I'll admit I can take or leave the live action parts but even they are perfectly fine in a cheesy B movie way. I certainly enjoyed them enough at least.

Yeah, when I stopped just taking cover and learned how to use the range of time powers it became quite a bit of fun.

I skipped all the live action stuff, they're far too long. Story was still easy to follow.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I do find it hilarious though that it comes with 5 game disks... In 2016.

 

[King Gilga]

Oh, nice, will get it at some point then.

 

[Mifec]

I do find it hilarious though that it comes with 5 game disks... In 2016.

GTA did the same thing last year

 

[EmiPrime]

I'm gonna go the other way and strongly disagree with you saying it's a fantastic shooter and one of my favourite games this year. Enemy reactions are superb and the guns/powers are really fun to intermix and use together.

Now I'll admit I can take or leave the live action parts but even they are perfectly fine in a cheesy B movie way. I certainly enjoyed them enough at least.

I can understand that some will enjoy the shooting parts a lot more than I did but those are less than a third of the game. I don't think anyone can defend the woeful platforming and the being told to stand in a certain spot and press Y to manipulate time to do a canned sequence is a waste of a cool premise that could have been used to make puzzles.

 

[Gestault]

This is awesome news. I wouldn't have expected as quick a store shift, but more options are better for devs/publishers in general. You (the publisher) can't always mandate your selling platform and expect the broader market to respond.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Play anywhere indeed! Good news for non-Windows 10 folks.

 

[Drilbit777]

Hopwfully this means that killer instinct will also get a release on steam too

 

[FyreWulff]

I can't wait until this PC game is ported to PC.. wait.. what?

 

[cakely]

Damn I wish I could go back in time and not bought the code(cheap)for the windows store. I could have easily waited for this

Try holding down the "Y" button.

 

[dickroach]

GTA did the same thing last year

what..... what do they all do?
is it just 5 copies of the game? if so, why?

 

[Jafku]

Completed it on Xbox. Will wait for a steam sale if I do decide to pick it up again

 

[SliChillax]

what..... what do they all do?
is it just 5 copies of the game? if so, why?

Obviously it's not 5 copies of the game. One cd wont fit the whole game unless it's blu ray

 

[FyreWulff]

I don't understand why they are putting their exclusives on Steam since the whole point of having a windows store is to bring customers to your own store.

It won't matter after a while since you'll get the same UWP binary from Steam or Windows Store, eventually.

what..... what do they all do?
is it just 5 copies of the game? if so, why?

It's 5 DVDs. PC games don't ship on Blu Ray because PC users didn't adopt Blu Ray.

 

[CertifiedFP]

I do find it hilarious though that it comes with 5 game disks... In 2016.

When the average PC has a Blu Ray drive installed you can say goodbye to this.

Until then, large games are going to have multiple DVDs.

 

[Grief.exe]

I can't wait until this PC game is ported to PC.. wait.. what?

The game was initially ported to Microsoft's new standard, UWP. The initial standard, which is backwards compatible and has decades of third party programs built in is x64/x86.
This is the game being ported to the latter.

what..... what do they all do?
is it just 5 copies of the game? if so, why?

Too large for a DVD.

I do find it hilarious though that it comes with 5 game disks... In 2016.

That's how data works.

I already have it on Xbox and Windows Store version, but I'm curious to see if there is going to be some type of xbox live/steam integration sorta how like when you buy a Ubisoft game, you still login with uPlay.

I can see it being a thing especially if MS is going to release more games on steam.

I am thinking this is them testing the waters (besides other obvious reasons).

No.

This is purely an x64 release, has nothing in common with Windows Store UWP integration.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

If you want it on Steam, you likely have to give up the idea of earning xbox achievements or using Xbox-specific features.

I already have it on Xbox and Windows Store version, but I'm curious to see if there is going to be some type of xbox live/steam integration sorta how like when you buy a Ubisoft game, you still login with uPlay.

I can see it being a thing especially if MS is going to release more games on steam.

I am thinking this is them testing the waters (besides other obvious reasons).

 

[comshoplesce]

great news !!!

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 68 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 4690, 3.9GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 68 GB available space

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Now all that's left is the adequate price in Russia. And MS, don't even think about charging 4K RUB, no one's gonna buy it even with 66-75% off.

 

[dickroach]

Obviously it's not 5 copies of the game. One cd wont fit the whole game unless it's blu ray

oh ya. I haven't bought a physical PC game in god knows how long; didn't even think about the fact that console games were blu ray and PC games aren't (...why aren't they?)

 

[FyreWulff]

I do find it hilarious though that it comes with 5 game disks... In 2016.

That's how badly Blu Ray did in the PC space. If you don't ship DVD almost nobody can install your game. But you don't have to disc swap after install so it doesn't matter, either.

 

[Black Soma]

Cool. Completely forgot that this still had a chance to happen. Hopefully I'll be able to run it on my PC.

 

[dhonk]

When the average PC has a Blu Ray drive installed you can say goodbye to this.

Until then, large games are going to have multiple DVDs.

It's never gonna happen thanks to the absolutely fucked situation with bluray playing software. :/ You can spend 100 ish bucks on software you like for them to just stop supporting it.

 

[Sydle]

oh ya. I haven't bought a physical PC game in god knows how long; didn't even think about the fact that console games were blu ray and PC games aren't (...why aren't they?)

Because blu ray drives aren't cheap and DVD drives are?

 

[_Ryo_]

Hope this takes off. Physical PC needs more love. Also that box with the discs look like it'd be great to display.

40$ is a great price as well.

That said, game isn't very great imo but if you wanna support retail for PC it's absolutely a good deal.

 

[Granjinha]

Good news. Can see it doing well on Steam.

Very little. It's not a very good shooter, the platforming is awful and the time manipulation is very canned and linear (no puzzle elements, just mandatory press and hold Y to do something to progress).

It's a fantastic shooter.

 

[IcyRhythms]

great news !!!

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 68 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 4690, 3.9GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 68 GB available space

Are these the same as the Windows store release?

edit:

Nevermind.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Someone tell Microsoft Studios that they are supposed to be helping the company wide initiative to kill steam, and that Win32 is legacy. Email must be sitting unread in someone's mailbox



Really awesome that more people get to experience the game now. Remedy deserves all eyes on the game

 

[shandy706]

This doesn't necessarily mean performance will be any better guys.

Why wouldn't it? Its win32.

The game is a beast in a good way. I do hope Steam build helps performance some though.

Very little. It's not a very good shooter, the platforming is awful and the time manipulation is very canned and linear (no puzzle elements, just mandatory press and hold Y to do something to progress).

This is an absolute lie. Must have just watched an Angry Joe review of it. Ha

 

[DeathSparks]

********, not even once.

Oh right, that word is actually banned.

I would use a different source but this gave me the most specific

 

[chromatic9]

Thought it would go to Steam but expected a year or two, not months.

Want to check it out one day, hope they can fix the issues.

 

[Night Angel]

Might actually get it if it's not UWP.

 

[dnmt]

This is an absolute lie. Must have just watched an Angry Joe review of it. Ha

? Game is extremely mediocre. Definitely Remedy's worst.