I'm not 100% sure but it may have to do with transferring over save files, I know Microsoft is very protective of Xbox Live/ GfWL save files because of their ability to unlock achievements.
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Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition listed on PEGI for PC/Steam
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I'm not 100% sure but it may have to do with transferring over save files, I know Microsoft is very protective of Xbox Live/ GfWL save files because of their ability to unlock achievements.
Derpcrawler
Member
Ofcourse not, different offsets for memory injection.
GazzaScotland
Member
Yep that will be it, shame they can't push out a beta branch for people who don't need/want to transfer old stuff over.
I have no understanding of "offsets" and "memory injections", so it isn't "of course not" for me :lol
Sweet! Haven't been able to play it since it ran like ass on my old C2D and my new motherboard is incompatible with my DVD drive since it uses a less ancient connector for the DVD reader.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Damn it Capcom.
That's weird, my PS3 version works just fine. Maybe your PS3 isn't working properly....?
Dead Man Typing
Member
I can wait for the next sale. I'm in no hurry to play RE5 again, it would almost just be for the novelty of playing it on my new PC. Plus hopefully by the time I come back they'll have patched in local co-op.
Jawmuncher
Member
Were waiting on MS to approve the Achievement and Save Transfer.
It's in their hands, it's all done besides that though.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Thanks for the update. I sure hope it's soon, and that a split screen mod is there ASAP.
Thanks for letting us know. Looking foward to it releasing =)
Jawmuncher
Member
Shame steam doesn't do releases on the weekend. Hopefully capcom throws this up on the store on monday as a weekly or something.
GoldandBlue
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If there was an update dropping today it'd be at 1PM EST right?
Jawmuncher
Member
More than likely since that's when new sales Pop up. More than likely will show up as a midweek or weekend sale.
Do the midweek sales usually happen on Tuesdays or Wednesdays?
CrichtonKicks
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Given that Capcom announced the release of the Dead Rising 2 Steamworks release a day in advance I expect they will do the same here. We probably won't see a stealth update.
AcceptableGhost
Member
me waiting for re5 gold edition for pc
Handsomejan
Member
oh come on :/ thought we had some news here 
daninthemix
Member
I am interested in playing this again, so long as it doesn't try to install GFWL just to transfer saves etc.
How much of a grind is it to earn the best weapons? Remember it taking a while before.
How much of a grind is it to earn the best weapons? Remember it taking a while before.
Got excited at the bump, sigh.
Well, if anything would be a problem on my end it would be the lag on my monitor, but I specifically bought my current monitor because it only has about 8 MS of lag. Other Move games feel virtually lag free, including the HD RE Chronicles games.
The resetting cursor is just how it is, it's not a PS3 problem.
Well, if anything would be a problem on my end it would be the lag on my monitor, but I specifically bought my current monitor because it only has about 8 MS of lag. Other Move games feel virtually lag free, including the HD RE Chronicles games.
The resetting cursor is just how it is, it's not a PS3 problem.
Jawmuncher
Member
Tuesday. So we know it won't be a midweek since metal gear took that spot.
From Steam forums, just about an hour ago:
Hopefully it's a Street Fighter IV/ Dark Souls situation where GFWL keys can be used as a free gift copy. If anybody has a spare key they'd like to give me, I would love it if one happened to show up in my inbox.
GFWL keys now activate on steam.
Patch can't be too far away.
Hopefully it's a Street Fighter IV/ Dark Souls situation where GFWL keys can be used as a free gift copy. If anybody has a spare key they'd like to give me, I would love it if one happened to show up in my inbox.
GazzaScotland
Member
GFWL retail keys are now working to redeem the game. Getting closer!
Edit: That was close
Edit: That was close
Jaded Alyx
Member
How does this work again? Right click on the game in your library and get the Key?
RELEASE. THE. GODDAMN. PATCH. CAPCOM. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
I've been waiting a week now. I want to get in on that Merc action. WHYYYYY.
Right-Click on Game in Library->View CD-key. Or just click CD-key in the information panel to the right of the library listing on clicking the game to "install/play."
Yup. Steam doesn't really use keys - they use licenses bound to accounts - and so the extra key acts as a free gift copy.
Getting the Gold Edition on PC would be really nice. I had never played a RE game until a few weeks ago, when I finished REmake HD on PC. After that, I beat Zero, RE2 and RE3, and I'm starting CVX in a few minutes. It'd be nice if RE5 Gold was available on Steam by the time I get to it!
AndyMoogle
Member
It sure would have been nice to be able to connect to GFWL so that I could get my CD key...
If you installed it on your PC recently, you should have the serial key in the registry of Windows, apparently.
Charles Alan Ratliff
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Resident Evil 5 was my Game of the Generation. I would love to play through it on the PC (beat it multiple times on the 360 and PS3). Looking forward to the patch.
Why haven't you? The game has been out on PC for a while. ;P
Same here! After starting the damn game (REmake) on Dolphin about a thousand times and managing to screw myself over again and again while not far into the game, it finally clicked with me when I played the recent PC release. Since then I've finished 2, 3, CVX, Zero and 4. Waiting on 5. I dunno, I don't love the games but they keep you on your toes all the time, and there's something very satisfying about slowly progressing through them. Plus, the B-series plot, setting and its characters have grown on me in all their glorious cheesiness.
I didn't like CVX that much, mostly, I think, because of the dull 3D environments. Coincidentally it makes missing objects slightly easier, and I had to use a walkthrough at one point because I wasn't making any progress, just to realise I hadn't picked up on a very ordinary puzzle item that was on plain sight. Also, trust me on this, if you aren't doing it already (and I bet you are by now), make sure to save on different slots and to save the ammo for the most powerful weapons for you-know-when. After CVX, just last week, I played though Zero. Didn't enjoy that one that much either, but mostly because of how seriously tedious and annoying it is to have to ferry all your stuff from location to location as you make your way through it. No magic boxes.
Thanks for the heads up.
I had my old Resi 5 manual lying about for ages in the hope that the Steam transition would happen some time. Finally I can play the game again.
AndyMoogle
Member
I managed to connect to GFWL Marketplace and get my key, but it doesn't work on Steam.