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Joystiq: PC versions of Dark Souls, Red Faction: Guerrilla and more removing GFWL
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You just made my day kind sir. Thank you.
And I expect at a minimum SOMETHING will be done for RE5. They care enough to port RE4 at this stage and it's one of their tent pole series (and the best selling entry) so they will probably decide it's worth it.
Offline profiles don't support DLC at all -- as in you can't even use it. Also, achievements are a no-go, too.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Well the Batman games dropped SecuROM at the same time, which has been known to cause performance loss in the past (The Witcher 2 for example). GFWL was probably not helping though, that is for sure.
And confirmed:
Dark Souls receiving the same treatment is all but assured at this point.
So I guess this confirms that a GFWL removal patch is coming for Ace Combat.
http://steamdb.info/app/228400/#section_depots
Am I late to this party?
Dark Souls receiving the same treatment is all but assured at this point.
Lets hope we'll hear something official from Bamco this week, since the cat is out the bag on Ace Combat.
I'm wondering though, who's doing the work? It seems like a strong possibility that they'd hire QLOC again since they did the original port. But what would that mean for Dark Souls, considering From did that in-house. Having never implemented G4WL nor Steamworks, I wonder how involved the process to move from one to another is. Obviously it's not just a search/replace, but how familiar one would have to be with the code in order to do it efficiently. Maybe QLOC should do Dark Souls as well, and add proper resolution options in there while they are at it.
For some reason I find it extremely amusing that they are calling the branch acah-2.0, bumping up the version number like that.
I'm wondering though, who's doing the work? It seems like a strong possibility that they'd hire QLOC again since they did the original port. But what would that mean for Dark Souls, considering From did that in-house. Having never implemented G4WL nor Steamworks, I wonder how involved the process to move from one to another is. Obviously it's not just a search/replace, but how familiar one would have to be with the code in order to do it efficiently. Maybe QLOC should do Dark Souls as well, and add proper resolution options in there while they are at it.
For some reason I find it extremely amusing that they are calling the branch acah-2.0, bumping up the version number like that.
alexandros
Banned
Well the removal of GFWL is by itself worthy of 2.0 status.
angular graphics
Banned
Guess when this bundle hits GFWL will be removed on Steam.
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http://steamcommunity.com/app/228400/discussions/0/558748822549751871/
C'mon Dark Souls...
http://steamcommunity.com/app/228400/discussions/0/558748822549751871/
C'mon Dark Souls...
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
alexandros
Banned
Cool, another one bites the dust.
Well, the GTA4 store page was supposedly recently updated with the following:
I can't confirm this, though, since Steam's age gate trips up Archive.org's crawler, so it's impossible to see an older state of the page.
Astral/H3X
Member
If Dark Souls gets this update, I might do the achievements. For... uh, something.
Monado Blade
Member
Oh that's nice! The only reason I stopped playing was because GFWL was giving me probs. Will be great to get back in again
Awesome.
I didn't expect that Relic/Sega would have one of their PC games in one of their biggest series to be left high and dry.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Sure would be nice to see those previously GFWL marketplace titles appear on Steam.
I would love to play Gears or Viva Pinata on PC. The closure of their market prevents downloads for prior purchases, doesn't it? A shame if so.
Nobody will ever use a MS games service again after this.
I would love to play Gears or Viva Pinata on PC. The closure of their market prevents downloads for prior purchases, doesn't it? A shame if so.
Nobody will ever use a MS games service again after this.
You can still download your GFWL purchases from the client.
Gear, VP, and Halo Trilogy would be a perfect fit for Steam.
The Marketplace just closed off content to would-be purchasers; it's still available, for now, to existing owners.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Is MS planning on deactivating downloads in client any time soon or will people have until at least the end of the X360's Live service?
The client will be functionally useless come July 1st.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
That's what I was thinking about, thanks. I sure hope their titles find a home on Steam... people love their games.
derExperte
Member
It will probably happen but was it ever announced officially by MS themselves?
Not yet. My guess is that a formal announcement will be made three months before the date, so late March~early April.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I seriously get giddy every time a new clue pops up, saying another game is being patched and dropping it. C'mon Resident Evil 5...
Gangxxter
Member
Oh, c'mon R*, just remove GfWL and abandon all its features (multiplayer, achievements etc.) I just want to play this game in singleplayer without this crap.
I own a significant number of games that aren't removing GFWL. That'll teach me to buy PC games.
It'll teach you for buying Microsoft supported products. Imagine the massacre that will be 360 Xbox Live in a few years. Regardless of the troubles it'll cause now, getting GFWL out of PC gaming is better for the whole platform.
I own a significant number of games that aren't removing GFWL. That'll teach me to buy PC games.
With exception of Bulletstorm, you'll still be able to play them with an Offline profile.
SniperHunter
Banned
How does red faction perform on the new hanswel processors? It is my game of the generation and i would love to play it at 60 fps locked!
Frame rate took big hits on my 1055t and 7970 rig
Frame rate took big hits on my 1055t and 7970 rig
Sentenza
Member
Like what?
Because in the end I don't expect more than a couple of them to be left unpatched.
Dark Void, Lost Planet, Resident Evil 5, Dirt 2 (I think Dirt 3 might have it too?), Blacklight, both OpFlashpoints, SFxT, Fable III, and Bulletstorm, which will likely hurt the most out of all of them (love that fucking game so much). Sure, I still have loads of other games, but it burns to have anything I bought just up and stop working like that.
Sentenza
Member
As I said, i don't expect more than a couple of them to be left unpatched on the long term.
Is Steamworks really a better solution, though? Sure, it doesn't have nearly the same number of problems, but if Steam ever goes out of business or gets shut down (it's possible, guys, nothing is bulletproof), there go my games. Even if Valve go through what they promised and remove the DRM if Steam goes away, will they modify every single Steamworks game to accept it?
Here's hoping.
TaroYamada
Member
SEGA's press release after the purchase mentioned Dawn of War as part of their Relic purchase IIRC but not if they had a license for future games. We still don't know for certain but there's hints that DoW3 may happen.
That said, we'll likely see DoW 2/CR expansion get steamwork patches, especially with the latest steam registry updates we're seeing for them. If not, it's really not the biggest deal, they can be played offline and retribution is steamworks and would preserve the online multiplayer.
There's a whole lot of 'what if's' in this industry. What if Sony goes bankrupt? What if Elop dumps Xbox? What if Nintendo exits the industry? In the end the answer is who knows, but as of this point Valve have presented themselves as highly reliably and trustworthy, the most reliable of the platform holders when it comes to this kind of stuff. I don't doubt they'd do whatever they can. And besides, a ton of Steamworks games run on player-run servers, and they certainly won't be shut down.