Nabs
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No, because those are all related to the Mac release. They have been adding in Steamplay for the last couple of months.
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Steam Versions Batman:AA/AC & Bioshock 2 Adding Achievements, Removing GFWL/Securom?
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No, because those are all related to the Mac release. They have been adding in Steamplay for the last couple of months.
Wonko_C
Member
Nooooo! I must hurry up and %100 my Xbox Achievements for this game. I almost finish Catwoman's missions, and then marathon through Robin and Nightwing.
So if I own both vanilla AA and AC, if gfwl gets ripped out i'll likely be upgraded to goty edition for free?
EDIT: Has rockstar commented what they will do with GTA 4?
I never said it was probable, just that it'd be nice. If WB does go the predictable route, though, I intend to e-mail it a scan of my retail vanilla Asylum key and purchase receipt to aid in my plea for a Steam key... and before you say anything, yes, I realise this would be unlikely to bear any fruit.
I have to try!Nope.
That is what happened with Bioshock 2, since, technically you could have purchased the DLC through the GFWL store. There is no way to efficiently track that purchase, Microsoft does not issue keys for DLC purchased on their store.
The registry entries for vanilla AA and AC going completely untouched would corroborate that.
Nope.
Nothing yet, I will keep my eyes on those releases.
LP1, DMC3, and DMC4 are not GFWL, people forget those at times.
We don't know at this stage as it's entirely up to the publisher and the registry doesn't offer such information.
2K hit the ball out of the park with the Minerva's Den addition to existing Bioshock 2 owners and allowing retail activation of existing copies.
I would be surprised if Warner did not do that, but then again, public companies sure are greedy. Of course, Warner wants to generate good will for their new game, Arkham Origins.
It would sure be nice to get both existing Arkham games off GFWL. I finished them to completion as far as story goes. I never did finish all the challenges with 3 medals, but I'm not one that cares about my gamerscore so much that I'll freak out if I lose access to two games' achievements.
At this point removing GFWL from these titles far outweighs any potential loss of obtaining achievements.
At this point removing GFWL from these titles far outweighs any potential loss of obtaining achievements.
neoism
Member
definitely I just got really burnt... I beat the game the first time on easy and then got the DLC skins and the one you can play as Robin.. and my save got fuck.... after I had to rebeat it again on normal just to use the skins -_-... and never even got to play the dlc..
so I dont even have the GOTY edition anyway... but it really shouldn't have taken this long..Does anyone know how much RockSteady had to do with the new game coming.....
Games still generate revenue on the platform decades after they are released. There is still a reason to patch out GFWL from AC/AA.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I'm playing through arkham asylum in preparation for AO, and I noticed that yeah, the steam achievements are listed on the steam UI, but can't be unlocked in game yet. Oh well.
Bioshock 2 was the same way. The developers activated the achievements along time ago for internal testing, but did not unlock them until the patch went out.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Has GFWL stopped working for arkham assylum? I can't connect to live on my PC with it.
Not sure if it's a localized issue. It signs me in offline, basically.
Not sure if it's a localized issue. It signs me in offline, basically.
I'm not having any trouble signing in.
Yeah I wanted to replay AC before Origins came out but it's probably for the best that, like an assassin's creed game, I don't burn myself out of the formula before the new game comes out.
StopMakingSense
Member
SteamPlay version. (Feral is a Mac port house)
Derrick, you are so weird man.
You complain about dumbing down and homogenization, but then play the AC series and do not play Indie games.
Just makes no sense.
I figured.
If they are deploying the full update, GFWL patch will probably roll out with it.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
I want to play AC but I've been waiting for the post GFW update. Hurry it up!
Semantics, but GFW is just a set of requirements for developers to adhere to.
GFWL is the DRM.
I mean that's how I used to view it with the AC games. I'm not getting 4 unless I can get it for free on a b2g1 sale or some other way. I'm done spending money on that series after the embarrassment that AC3 was.
Indies...don't even get me started on them again. I'll go all day ranting about them.
phantomspiker
Member
The Batman games do a good job of making the player feel like Batman, can't wait to play Origins.
I can't wait to play AC!
keltickennedy
Member
Booted up this AC to play some as a refresher for Origins. Man.....I am still awesome at the combat. It's just so damn good. The gameplay videos of Origins doesn't really do it justice. In fact, whoever they have demoing the game actually kind of sucks. lol. I want to see if some of the advanced moves are still in there like the ability to vault off enemies, disarming weapons,etc.
Also them talking about the "new" shock gloves...weren't they introduced in the WiiU version of AC?
More on topic. So why are people waiting till they remove GFWL from Arkham City to replay it? I thought that it had both Live and Steam achievements unlockable?
Also them talking about the "new" shock gloves...weren't they introduced in the WiiU version of AC?
More on topic. So why are people waiting till they remove GFWL from Arkham City to replay it? I thought that it had both Live and Steam achievements unlockable?
phantomspiker
Member
The Steam achievements are locked right now.
You know, this is by far the worst of your many generalisations.
Arkham City has always had Steam achievements if you had the steam version. Arkham Asylum is the one that has locked Steam achievements right now.
Madrugador
Member
Nope, Arkham Asylum achievements are locked. AC achievements have been working since day one.
Edit: It still has bullshit DRM so I understand everyone who is waiting for the patch.
phantomspiker
Member
Oh yeah, forgot about that.
keltickennedy
Member
I have the steam achievement unlocked for AC. I'm looking at them right now...
http://steamcommunity.com/id/celtickennedy/stats/BatmanArkhamCity
He was mistaken, was probably thinking of AA.
AC's achievements have been available since release.
phantomspiker
Member
I got AA mixed up with AC.
ashecitism
Member
And what about AA? I'm mostly interested in that.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Play Kerbal Space Program, you turd-burglar.
Nothing really.
They pushed a Mac patch through earlier despite the game not being officially Steamplay yet.
Its possible, they just added this package to the AA GOTY app
Batman: Arkham Asylum GFWL Redemption
ShinobiFist
Banned
If this happens, I'm going to do a Batman marathon this weekend.
This always happens!
I'm literally on the brink of finishing BioShock 2, Tomb Raider, and SMTIV.
Now I get Hearthstone and AA/AC GFWL removal the same week!
I've been waiting to play AC for a long, long time.