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Joystiq: PC versions of Dark Souls, Red Faction: Guerrilla and more removing GFWL
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Poetic.Injustice
Member
How are these companies going to sell their games if they don't remove GFWL?
Buy it sooner, rather than later, after Dark Souls 2 is released. You still have plenty of time to finish it before March, and at any price, Dark Souls is not a waste. Just bring a controller. Also, the best price I can find for Dark Souls
tD (steam code) is at Gamefanshop for half-price($15). Direct link or my affiliate link(if you're feeling generous).And don't forget to turn off in-game AA if you use DSfix.
Using Windows 8? Windows 8 doesn't like Dark Souls or GFWL very much. I think there's a fix though. If that doesn't apply to you, check this steam post.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Of those I want the dead rising 2 games and resident evil 5 and 6..
Felix Lighter
Member
Stop exploring options and set those plans, goddammit!
Though, I'm sure it's all hands on deck for Dark Souls 2 right now, so I'll cut them some slack. FROM, you should have listened when we warned you! NO GFWL!!!
Though, I'm sure it's all hands on deck for Dark Souls 2 right now, so I'll cut them some slack. FROM, you should have listened when we warned you! NO GFWL!!!
AcceptableGhost
Member
RE5 supports LAN and I think Gears of War does as well.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Oracle Dragon
Member
The one drawback to this (unless I'm wrong, which I hope I am)... didn't that method that let you play/prefer people on your friends list for Dark Souls PC rely on the GFWL ip pools?
Canis lupus
Member
This so awesome, I have the PC version for a long time and never actually got to play it because it required that stupid shit for saving.
Yeah, but at the cost of normal connectivity being a trainwreck. If they implement a new system that cuts down on all the SUMMONING FAILED, I'll consider it a net positive.
Kadayi
Banned
Indeed. I'm as hyped as anyone for DS2, but at the same time getting rid of GFWL and replacing it with Steam matchmaking or some such is required.
So exactly what does shutting down Games For Windows Live mean for the games that use the service? Are they totally unplayable if bought after the shutdown occurs? There are many games on that list I would love to play like Viva Pinata and Halo 2 etc. I'm lost here.
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the feedback.
Taco_Human
Member
Man, if Ace combat gets rid of it, I'm selling ps3 copy.
Micorosft situation is worse like for an example they don't even sell Fable 3 keys anymore. it look like they just don't even want anything to do with their GFWL games and don't want to bother even selling these game.
you can still play them in offline mode. but multiplayer is gone.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No one knows. No new games will be able to be activated, meaning anything with activation DRM is toast. Some games require you to sign in to access your saves -- no one knows if sign-ins will still be possible, meaning your saves might be toast. Some games let you play not signed in. Multiplayer will stop working for all games, 100%. If games still work, you might still be able to earn achievements or you might not. Leaderboards might still exist, they might not. No one knows.
I wouldn't buy a game a week before hand hoping to play through it, anyway.
Viva Pinata is no longer available digitally at all, but I guess you could still find it on a disc.
Azure Dream
Member
On one hand, I'm not sure it's fair to force developers to be completely forward-compatible for issues that develop years after they released some of these titles. That could be a slippery slope of sorts, they can't maintain old codebases forever.
On the other hand, I kind of want Valve to put their foot down on Capcom, and say, "You need to fix this, or we yank these games off our store." And Capcom will say, "Well, we'll just go to... Impulse?"
And Valve will laugh.
I think you know the answer to that.
On the other hand, I kind of want Valve to put their foot down on Capcom, and say, "You need to fix this, or we yank these games off our store." And Capcom will say, "Well, we'll just go to... Impulse?"
And Valve will laugh.
I think you know the answer to that.
You can also add this since Joystiq went barking up the wrong tree:
Granted, the comment straddles a blurry line between "there are plans" and "there are no plans".
"No plans" is a fairly standard PR response so I would take it with a grain of salt. There's a small hint that Age of Empires Online may be getting full Steamworks integration (and MS Flight may be returning as a paid game) so Steamworks-related things could very well be afoot at MS.
Krusenstern
Banned
YES! So glad to hear this.
LiquidSolid
Member
Would they even know what they're doing? I mean, not even regarding the ridiculous idea that they'd develop their own online service but since Volition is owned Deep Silver, I doubt Nordic Games would have anyone experienced with the code base to actually work on it.
NoPiece
Member
Anyone know if it is possible to get the Microsoft Flight DLC to download? I bought it on Steam during the Summer 2012 sale, and was trying to get it working before Microsoft shuts it down completely. I have the base game installed, and it says I can download the DLC through the GFW Marketplace client, but the client just gives a connection error when I try to launch it (I assume it is shut down).
graywolf323
Member
screw you Capcom, they better remove it from the Dead Rising games...
also Double Fine and Iron Brigade
also Double Fine and Iron Brigade
Hooligaani
Banned
Decision to not buy Lost Planet 1 & 2 in the last steam sale - Vindicated. Now I just need to look at the other 10 corpses in waiting in my steam library.
Have a Nice Day
Member
GODDAMNIT!!
YES. HOLY SHIT. Does this mean Guerrilla multiplayer lives on?
THANK YOU BASED NORDIC GAMES.
Reactor Zero handled the PC port. Assuming they're still around, I could picture Nordic contacting them about it.
Edit: WAIT, SHIT, NO MORE LOST PLANET 2 COOP POSING.
THANK YOU BASED NORDIC GAMES.
Reactor Zero handled the PC port. Assuming they're still around, I could picture Nordic contacting them about it.
Edit: WAIT, SHIT, NO MORE LOST PLANET 2 COOP POSING.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Kind of makes you wonder what's going to happen if the whole XBox thing doesn't work out.
Like Gears, Iron Brigade is in Microsoft's court.
Seems to be Microsoft's general response to something that they are thinking about lately.
That's good and unexpected news about Dark Souls. However, I'm quite sure removing GFWL will boil down to disabling online, not implementing a replacement (e.g. based on Steam). While that is better than nothing, the game will still lose a lot of its character that way.
LP2 is really the one game on the "no plans" list I'll miss the most. It's a fantastic co-op title, one of the best of this past generation.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Halo Trilogy on Steam in the Fall
Believe it, we haven't seen them
yet.
of Reach.
Finish the Fight
Yup
From Software, continue proving that you are the one true developer.
It's important to remember that "no plans" can mean "no plans we want to tell you right now", we've had games where they go "no plans" in interviews only to actually announce the game a few days later (Catherine notably I believe.)
... With that said, that seems like a weirdass policy to take to removing DRM. They may just be looking into it and don't want to comment on stuff just yet, but the deadline's drawing near and it's frustrating how many games that piece of shit may take out with it.
... With that said, that seems like a weirdass policy to take to removing DRM. They may just be looking into it and don't want to comment on stuff just yet, but the deadline's drawing near and it's frustrating how many games that piece of shit may take out with it.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Nice to see Dark Souls and Red Faction getting it removed as well.
You guys need to remember that IS his work, even if he gave permission they may rather solve things on their end to avoid potential problems and likely make it work smoother anyway, IE actually picking your damn resolution within the game like any normal game rather than playing with a text file (or finding a program to mess with that text file for you.)
Still, it's the end result we want, so hopefully they're aware of how well received that was and at least get some resolution updates in. I imagine FPS requires a lot more work unfortunately.
Still, it's the end result we want, so hopefully they're aware of how well received that was and at least get some resolution updates in. I imagine FPS requires a lot more work unfortunately.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Oh god, my Dark Souls savefiles! I already laid Arkham City to rest, now I have to go through the trauma again?