Is Fez coming to Steam really that weird? I thought it was pretty much guaranteed.
1 is more likely than Microsoft approving Halo for Steam.
That's not fair, Halo didn't go through Greenlight.
Huh? Halo 2 was only Vista exclusive at the time because of DX10, you can play it on W7.
Is Fez coming to Steam really that weird? I thought it was pretty much guaranteed.
At first I laughed, and then I became quickly sad realizing my game will never make it through greenlight.That's not fair, Halo didn't go through Greenlight.
well fable 3 was approved for steam. and alan wake.
It was.
Microsoft published XBLA titles actually have pretty good policies. Short timed exclusive, then can be ported.
Fez and Dust are coming very soon.
Unlikely imho. They don't let Mac-only games on Steam, and the install base for W8 on Steam is about as minute, compared to XP + W7.Kinda doubt Halo 3 being Win8 exclusive, given Valve's stance on Win8.
Huh? Halo 2 was only Vista exclusive at the time because of DX10, you can play it on W7.
And yet no classic Age of Empires. Rise of Rome itself even works just fine* on Win7 x64!
* Well, you have to kill explorer.exe to remove the "confetti" which is otherwise peppered throughout the water tiles. But other than that, it's perfect.
Yes they do. http://store.steampowered.com/app/214630/Unlikely imho. They don't let Mac-only games on Steam, and the install base for W8 on Steam is about as minute, compared to XP + W7.
I'm not talking about Steamplay / non-Steamplay. There's clearly a separate Windows version of BLOPS.
Is there actually a source on Dust? I did some googling the other day for info about a PC release and found nothing.
IIRC, Halo 2 used a DX9 renderer.
Ah, interesting. I remember some fiddling being done to get it on XP, but I don't think it allowed for multiplayer. Knowing that's the entire extent they went to make it not work on XP now makes the exclusivity seem even dumber. To think they thought it had that much pull.Halo 2 was Vista exclusive because MS intentionally made a single map load in a way that Win XP wouldn't be able to handle. IIRC Win XP could handle loading in 64 bit chunks so they made 1 of the chunks from the Gravemind level 65 bits big. Just 1 single piece just to be able to say it wouldn't run on XP.
I may be misspeaking on the exact technical details, but that is pretty much what they did. It was hacked to work in XP in a day though.
Other weird stuff.
Civ V - Frankenstein
So, another confirmation about how most of the stuff in that list could be legit."Frankenstein" is the code name of their community tester group. It's also been leaked a week ago a new Civ5 expansion pack is in the works.
I really hope KoF XIII , 02UM, and 98UM all get good netcode via steam. Good God 13 with good netcode would be insanely hype for me. I only have 2 people I can play with and its only when one of us has a day off which means its far and in between. Thing is all of us are definitely hooked and in the lab when we are apart though as we are all seeing improvements with our cast each time we meet up.
Fix'd for ya.If KOFXIII shows up on Steam with playable netcode, I will dance in the streets.
I don't think I'm being foolish when I say that there is no point in porting such an old game on PC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brütal_Legend
https://twitter.com/Dracogen/status/297914878151249920
http://cdr.xpaw.ru/sub/19259/
it's been 3 and a half years, the company has made dozens more games, the publisher considers the game a dead letter, etc etc
I linked that exact thing in the OP!
"The King of Fighters games all run on Windows XP-based arcade hardware as it is, so cleaning them up to make barebones PC versions wouldn't be that difficult."
This is the case for almost all current fighting games except namco ones (that run on modified PS3s) and VF which runs on PC hardware, but runs something like a Linux-based embedded OS.
I don't get why you are so against games coming to other platforms. Literally every game should be on PC.
Never bothered trying it, but considering the fierce dislike I had for the first one, I don't have a hard time believing you.Gears 2 makes Reach look like [insert what you think the best FPS ever is] for those who haven't played it and Reach is worse than MW2. Nothing is good about this game, even the menu sucks.
At first I laughed, and then I became quickly sad realizing my game will never make it through greenlight.
I wish valve or microsoft would just come out and say something, just to put our restless souls at ease, for the good or the worse.
I thought this was an Age of Empires 2 issue, not an Age of Empires: Rise of Rome issue.
Age of Empires (original) is running just fine for me. Been playing it more than anything else the past week.
"Current puzzle count: 505." - Jonathan Blow
I thought Gears 3 was the one that everyone agreed sucked.
I didn't like it at least. Bullet sponges were no fun to shoot after playing Binary Domain.
I like you.I don't know how to explain that one. Gears 2 was atrocious and no one liked it. Epic tried to change the gameplay to what they wanted Gears to be and didn't like the fast-paced, close quarters oriented style the multiplayer was in the first game.
The game was a mess and games would last ridiculously long. It would end up being long range stalemates because the Hammerburst was ridiculously OP and would 3 shot anyone. The game had a terrible netcode so host had an even bigger advantage than in 1.
I don't see how anyone can like Gears 2. While it does some things better than 3, it's not even close. 2 also had the worst maps of the trio.
I never bothered trying it myself, but I actually read you can already play these games on PC with some sort of Taito front-end/emulator.Those KOF games are basically on PC already, as I'm sure some people have pointed out already. Their arcade versions run on Taito Type X hardware that is just a PC running a modified Win XP or something. Porting them would be trivial.