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In all seriousness this OP is to highlight games that will be left broken after GFWL is shutdown, with less than a month to go the listed games are still not patched.

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[Salsa]

lel

 

[Nethaniah]

I doubt R* is gonna patch anything, the steam releases of pretty much all of their games are broken or not working properly in one way or another.

San Andreas for example has no 1080p support because R* for some weird reason decided to update the game to version 3.00, not sure what is changed tough i doubt anything useful for the consumer, they have a support page up which has been up for about 3 years now, contacted them about it and they directed me to other versions of the game for widescreen, not confirming wether the issue was still being looked at, note that it is not difficult to change your exe to 1.00 or 1.01 legally but that is besides the point, the version on steam is broken.

Also remember Manhunt being played on a Giantbomb stream and it being all kinds of fucked up cause of crashes and progression bugs.

Bully for years had lots of issues compared to the console versions aswel though i'm not exactly sure what those were though many consider this version to be shit.

 

[SgtCobra]

*crickets*


Seriously though, that list is surprisingly long, but we know MS won't do anything about it.

 

[solarus]

I doubt R* is gonna patch anything, the steam releases of pretty much all of their games are broken or not working properly in one way or another.

Yup

 

[Taruranto]

Is this a funeral?

 

[Xpliskin]

This sucks.

There is no method to play the games without GFWL ?

 

[Doffen]

*crickets*


Seriously though, that list is surprisingly long, but we know MS won't do anything about it.

How do we know?

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

:/

 

[GuardianE]

Leaving those games broken is 100% unacceptable.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Best OT on all of Gaf.

 

[jabuseika]

RIP Fallout 3.

Please never again Microsoft.

Leave it to those that know what they're doing,

Spoiler

or that care about PC gaming.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Remember when microsoft thought people would pay to use gfwl

 

[Rich!]

Dark Souls...please, someone fix it.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

I actually miss the messaging for games like Dark Souls 2 and Street Fighter.

But aside from that, there isn't anything to like.

 

[GamerJM]

I actually miss the messaging for games like Dark Souls 2 and Street Fighter.

But aside from that, there isn't anything to like.

Aside from achievements if you're an achievement hunter.

(I'm not, I'm just pointing it out for those who are)

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

Yep, mostly because it adds to my XBL gamerscore. Being able to message and chat with my XBL friends during gameplay is cool too.

 

[Grief.exe]

In all seriousness this OP is to highlight games that will be left broken after GFWL is shutdown, with less than a month to go the listed games are still not patched.

Posts made by Capcom and Bandai would allude to Microsoft having pushed back the unofficial shutdown date of July to give publishers more time to implement a solution.

Keep in mind the July date only came from the original Age of Empires Online announcement which was taken down and never confirmed by Microsoft.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Remember when microsoft thought people would pay to use gfwl

Actually makes my stomach churn thinking about what MS had planned for PC gaming.

 

[Tan]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

I'm indifferent if we're only talking the in-game interface. But... that's not really what we're talking about here. Really blows that all these games are gonna go down.

 

[Lima]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

Yes? I never had a problem with it and I like adding the achievements to my profile when I'm playing on PC.

 

[Kingbrave]

But I wanted to pay for online games on the PC, dirty poors and their dirty poor free servers in the free place with all the free shit...

 

[The Cowboy]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

Right here matey, however this is because in all the years its been around I've never had an issue with it, I fully understand this isn't the case for most others and as such it needed to go (or actually get fixed), but i did like it..

I actually like how it was implemented in game (the interface IMO was great), and i really wish MS had of spent time actually improving it instead of simply letting it die.

 

[Grief.exe]

Do people actually use GFWL and actually like it?

There are some crazies on GAF that actually prefer it.

I really wish MS had of spent time actually improving it instead of simply letting it die.

Let it burn.

 

[Condemned]

RIP Fallout 3.

Please never again Microsoft.

Leave it to those that know what they're doing,

Spoiler

or that care about PC gaming.

Has Fallout 3 not been patched yet to remove GFWL?

 

[jaundicejuice]

I thought Blazeblu: Calamity Trigger had GFWL patched out.

 

[Canis lupus]

I can't believe there isn't any fuss about the fact that people's Dark Souls copies will be unplayable in a month. Me I'm more sad for Universe at War.

How did such a terrible idea like GFWL ever happen. Is the steam version of RE5 GFWL free?

This is why pc gaming is such a minefield, you never know what kind of drm a game has, they come in all kinds of forms. (FF7 Square Enix login, GFWL, Securom etc), almost got the wrong version of Riddick with the 5 activation limit.

 

[Grief.exe]

Has Fallout 3 not been patched yet to remove GFWL?

The GFWL implementation in Fallout 3 is hardly strict. You can apply a mod called xliveless that removes it entirely.

 

[Nethaniah]

RIP Fallout 3.

Please never again Microsoft.

Leave it to those that know what they're doing,

Spoiler

or that care about PC gaming.

First thing i always do after i installed F3 is remove GFWL, GFWL being in it is not an issue, never has been.

 

[Anoregon]

 

[BennyBlanco]

wasn't it just patched out of sf4?

 

[The Cowboy]

wasn't it just patched out of sf4?

It was patched out of Arcade Edition, all other current versions still have it.

 

[Adnor]

 

[SgtCobra]

How do we know?

In all fairness, do you believe that they will patch all those games to work properly even after GFWL is gone? I don't think they want to waste their time on fixing this up, but hey if they do then so be it, I'd welcome it with open arms. I love me some RF:G online just for the heck of it.

 

[Brakke]

lol now nobody can play Shadowrun (2007) oh no.

 

[Hip Hop]

I actually loved it and worked everytime I used it.

I could get LIVE achievements, and see and interact with my friends list of console gamers. Sad to see it go tbh. Kind of feel like Microsoft should come up with something to connect PC and Xbox together.

 

[flowsnake]

Should World of Goo really be on this list? A game which has DRM-free versions?

 

[MUnited83]

RIP Fallout 3.

Please never again Microsoft.

Leave it to those that know what they're doing,

Spoiler

or that care about PC gaming.

Has Fallout 3 not been patched yet to remove GFWL?

Fallout 3 doesn't even need to be patched at all. GFWL for F3 is basically optional and easily removed.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Dark Souls...please, someone fix it.

Seriously.

 

[Nethaniah]

I actually loved it and worked everytime I used it.

I could get LIVE achievements, and see and interact with my friends list of console gamers. Sad to see it go tbh. Kind of feel like Microsoft should come up with something to connect PC and Xbox together.

No they shouldn't.

 

[Card Boy]

I would to say fuck you to all publishers that forced this upon gamers. I would also like to say another further fuck you to all publishers that won't patch this shit out and leaving us with coasters (or digital coasters).

 

[Maintenance]

Finally we can put this piece of trash to rest. Never worked when I tried to play Dirt 2 I think, and always gave me problems with Fallout 3 and GTA IV. So long MS, turn off the lights when you leave.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

You know this is a prime example of why people refused to use GFWL. Many of us called this day 1. We knew that this would happen and sure enough it is. MS is shutting it down and now many people are screwed out of playing many of their games they paid good money for.

 

[Grief.exe]

Dark Souls...please, someone fix it.

I can't believe there isn't any fuss about the fact that people's Dark Souls copies will be unplayable in a month. Me I'm more sad for Universe at War.

How did such a terrible idea like GFWL ever happen. Is the steam version of RE5 GFWL free?

Seriously.

Bandai has already removed GFWL from Ace Combat in favor of Steamworks and 'is currently seeking avenues to continue support and ensure the functionality of Dark Souls on other services.'

With only one relevant avenue of support available on the PC platform that would easily and cheaply cover all the bases, you can only guess what they are going to use.

http://bandainamcous.tumblr.com/post/86242175669/dark-souls-games-for-windows-live-and-the

Steam version of RE5 has GFWL.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Iron Brigade

 

[Grief.exe]

You know this is a prime example of why people refused to use GFWL. Many of us called this day 1. We knew that this would happen and sure enough it is. MS is shutting it down and now many people are screwed out of playing many of their games they paid good money for.

Really the same reason I refuse to purchase games that have forced Uplay functionality.

Uplay is only available as a service as long as Ubisoft continues to produce successful games. As soon as they wish they will pull the plug on the service.

 

[Twin Tails]

Never had a issue with GFWL and actually liked getting achievements. But of course Steam is better.

 

[Magwik]

RIP Halo 2.

 

[MUnited83]

I can't believe there isn't any fuss about the fact that people's Dark Souls copies will be unplayable in a month. Me I'm more sad for Universe at War.

How did such a terrible idea like GFWL ever happen. Is the steam version of RE5 GFWL free?

This is why pc gaming is such a minefield, you never know what kind of drm a game has, they come in all kinds of forms. (FF7 Square Enix login, GFWL, Securom etc), almost got the wrong version of Riddick with the 5 activation limit.

Dark Souls GFWL removal is a pretty certain thing at this point, don't worry about it.