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Anyone bought F1 2015? It's a giant pile of unplayable cack. Thank god for the new refund feature.
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fuckpot posted:Anyone bought F1 2015? It's a giant pile of unplayable cack. Thank god for the new refund feature. It's getting reamed by the Steam reviews, and the top 5-6 have paragraph long breakdowns of the essential game failures.
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Jul 12, 2015 08:37
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Fun Times! posted:I just got a boat for the first time after doing part of the main quest in The Witcher 3 and I ended up on an island that had an abandoned tower and it spooked me. I wasn't expecting creepy poo poo to happen in this game. It's a good game so far and I recommend it on any platform. This here  just got his tax notice in the mail, gunna use some of these government funbucks to get myself a 4GB 970 just so I can play this.
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Jul 12, 2015 08:37
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DumbparameciuM posted:This here How the hell did you even manage to get the tax site to stay online long enough to finish your return?
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Jul 12, 2015 08:47
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Testekill posted:Some people are super autistic about having to use multiple libraries. It's not like it's well know that the only version of Witcher 3 that comes with steam keys are ones that you purchase on steam or anything. It's not well known.
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Jul 12, 2015 08:50
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Kin posted:It's not well known. Well, it tells you on the store page.  
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Jul 12, 2015 08:58
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CJacobs posted:Go to your library on GOG.com under "account" and click on the game. Don't do this, use GoG Downloader, which is still separate from Galaxy. Downloader does it all in one go. Linkies
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Jul 12, 2015 09:04
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Drifter posted:Well, it tells you on the store page. Sure, if you know where to look and bother to check. For years and countless other games it hasn't been necessary to check that you're getting a Steam key for a game that is definitely on Steam, so it's not surprising that people are being surprised with The Witcher 3 breaking the trend.
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Jul 12, 2015 10:05
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GMG really do go all out and spoil you when they hand out mystery games... enjoy Huntsman: The Orphanage 6FDP0-76QEQ-IZZNR
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Jul 12, 2015 10:06
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pentyne posted:It's getting reamed by the Steam reviews, and the top 5-6 have paragraph long breakdowns of the essential game failures. Well! I had to turn away a disappointed customer at work about a week ago who wanted to preorder F1 2015 for PC and it wouldn't go through in our system. Turns out we weren't actually going to get any copies of it on PC when we phoned the higher ups (which was the first we'd heard of it), so clearly the publishers already knew it was going to be poo poo. Looks like the guy dodged a bullet though! Unless he ended up buying it on Steam or something 
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Jul 12, 2015 11:17
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SynthOrange posted:How the hell did you even manage to get the tax site to stay online long enough to finish your return? Haven't lodged yet due to mygov shittiness, but I know how much return I'm getting for reasons.
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Jul 12, 2015 11:25
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QuarkJets posted:Sure, if you know where to look and bother to check. For years and countless other games it hasn't been necessary to check that you're getting a Steam key for a game that is definitely on Steam, so it's not surprising that people are being surprised with The Witcher 3 breaking the trend. Palpek fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 11:59
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Oh yeah, I forgot about how GTA 5 went through its Social Club launcher or something.
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Jul 12, 2015 12:05
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Do any non-Steam vendors even offer Steam codes for The Witcher 3? I kinda assumed it would always be GOG offsite since it's CDPR's thing.
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Jul 12, 2015 12:18
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Kin posted:Cool, i will do. As soon as i find a Steam version that isn't ridiculously overpriced. £50, lol You're going to have to get used to this - Valve appear to have re-jigged their prices recently and have decided that giving the UK by far the most expensive prices (20% extra on top of EU prices which are 20% over US prices) is a thing that was worth doing.
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Jul 12, 2015 12:34
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Sometimes Valve does strike gold. By trying to kowtow to European Union demands on consumer rights, Valve is solving two problems that were plaguing them and would become increasingly more problematic now that they have a "console" in the race: 1) the fact most people were buying Steam games from outside Steam. Them allowing publishers to generate how many keys they wanted to sell offsite was instrumental for the growth of Steam, but now it's just tons of revenue lost. Refunds that you can only get by buying through Steam change that because some people will think why they would risk their money just to save $5 or whatever by buying elsewhere. 2) the fact most console to PC ports are shoddy as gently caress. This is a big problem when they want to offer a console-like experience. Refunds force publishers to think twice if they really want to release another shoddy game on PC because the time to release a lovely game and go "oops, we are sorry about that, we promise not to do it next time" while laughing all the way to the bank is over. Stuff like Arkham Knight and the Mac version of FFXIV being removed from Steam? That would never have happened one year ago; they'd just get your money and tell you to gently caress off. This is something I just realized as F1 2015 came out. It will be one of the last examples of this attitude, because it has to be. It would be just inconceivable to keep losing tons of money by rushing ports or hiring poo poo companies (HVS et al). They could do this stuff before, but now? Change or die. Saoshyant fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 12:50
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ookiimarukochan posted:You're going to have to get used to this - Valve appear to have re-jigged their prices recently and have decided that giving the UK by far the most expensive prices (20% extra on top of EU prices which are 20% over US prices) is a thing that was worth doing. I thought the publishers set the prices, not Valve? Also several pages late but a Gen 1 Transformers made by Platinum is almost too much for me to handle. I got emotional seeing that trailer. No jokes I was getting misty.
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Jul 12, 2015 13:28
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F1 2015 was amazing. I opened it just as I was leaving for work and configured the graphics and ran a quick benchmark. It crashed at the end and I left for work thinking hmm that's odd. I come home and there's a patch with that issue and others fixed. So I jump into the game to perform a few laps and what's this? I am in gear 1 and the engine just revs and the car goes nowhere. Am I doing something wrong? Some sort of new clutch feature or something? Nope, plenty of other people are experiencing the exact same problem. You literally cannot drive the car. The refund feature is a god send.
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Jul 12, 2015 13:30
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Centipeed posted:Also several pages late but a Gen 1 Transformers made by Platinum is almost too much for me to handle. I got emotional seeing that trailer. No jokes I was getting misty. Most likely it is going to be another Korra, so dont get your hopes up
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Jul 12, 2015 13:43
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Centipeed posted:I thought the publishers set the prices, not Valve? IIRC there are recommended ratios for the different regions. So a $60 game in US equals a £50 game in UK region. Except it used to be $60 equalled £40, which is far closer to the actual exchange rate.
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Jul 12, 2015 13:59
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AirRaid posted:IIRC there are recommended ratios for the different regions. So a $60 game in US equals a £50 game in UK region. Except it used to be $60 equalled £40, which is far closer to the actual exchange rate. Not to mention one of the two EU regions which often has the same price as the US. As in, switching the $ for a euro sign. Ask me about paying 50% more for the same game.
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Jul 12, 2015 14:02
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 That... doesn't seem right. 
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Jul 12, 2015 14:35
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WarLocke posted:
Yeah something broke. I have something similar on idlemaster. Meanwhile the steam profile with enhanced steam shows 0 card drops remaining whne I know I have like 200 or so left.
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Jul 12, 2015 14:38
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QuarkJets posted:Sure, if you know where to look and bother to check. For years and countless other games it hasn't been necessary to check that you're getting a Steam key for a game that is definitely on Steam, so it's not surprising that people are being surprised with The Witcher 3 breaking the trend. It's literally the first words beneath the pictures at the top of every page, dude. If you "know where to look" means if you know how to read.
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Jul 12, 2015 15:13
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Drifter posted:It's literally the first words beneath the pictures at the top of every page, dude. If you "know where to look" means if you know how to read. I think the original complaint re: Witcher 3 and GMG was from the VIP section, you had to add it directly to your cart from there, and it doesn't say anything during the checkout process about which platform it is. The regular store page states the platform/DRM but the VIP page wasn't the normal store page for the better deals.
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Jul 12, 2015 17:03
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mr. nobody posted:I think the original complaint re: Witcher 3 and GMG was from the VIP section, you had to add it directly to your cart from there, and it doesn't say anything during the checkout process about which platform it is. The regular store page states the platform/DRM but the VIP page wasn't the normal store page for the better deals. Yeah, and we all discussed how lovely of GMG that was to do - whether by design or error - and seriously, screw them for not refunding an unused key. But Quarkjets is just advocating blindly purchasing random poo poo without checking. Like, some measure of due diligence is necessary on the buyer's end if you're buying a thing to work on another thing - maybe not a lot, but some. Assumption and expectation are two of the largest fault points in anything. Drifter fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 17:12
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AirRaid posted:IIRC there are recommended ratios for the different regions. So a $60 game in US equals a £50 game in UK region. Except it used to be $60 equalled £40, which is far closer to the actual exchange rate. I assume they figured the goodwill wasn't going anywhere because anyone buying a game outside of sales or Nuuvem will pay anything and started moving things closer back to figures expected by purchase power parity. For luxury goods like vidya games it sucks but shouldn't be surprising to see pricing where $=€=£
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Jul 12, 2015 17:26
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What's to stop someone from using the key after getting the refund? I don't think resellers can invalidate keys, so it makes sense they won't refund them.
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Jul 12, 2015 17:27
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a7m2 posted:What's to stop someone from using the key after getting the refund? I don't think resellers can invalidate keys, so it makes sense they won't refund them. They can and do invalidate them.
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Jul 12, 2015 17:47
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The Shadow of Mordor deal at Bundle Stars is running again. $20 for the game + DLC http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-bundle/
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Jul 12, 2015 18:40
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http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/indie/expeditions-conquistador/#item-s1 Greenman Gaming has a steam key for Conquistadors Expeditions for $4. It's a really good South American Might and Magic Heroes-y/XCOM-lite rpg. It's got a good story and everything. Someone mentioned that 20% coupon works on these things, too. it's a good game if you like the screenshots.
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Jul 12, 2015 18:48
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How's With Fire & Sword compared to the other Mount and Blade games?
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Jul 12, 2015 18:51
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Drifter posted:Yeah, and we all discussed how lovely of GMG that was to do - whether by design or error - and seriously, screw them for not refunding an unused key. But Quarkjets is just advocating blindly purchasing random poo poo without checking. Like, some measure of due diligence is necessary on the buyer's end if you're buying a thing to work on another thing - maybe not a lot, but some. No, I'm not. Christ you're dense. I'm pointing out that other people have been blindsided by the exact thing that you're complaining about in this post
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Jul 12, 2015 19:39
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:How's With Fire & Sword compared to the other Mount and Blade games? Not worth a dime.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:59
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Warband is the only Mount & Blade you need.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:03
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Until Mount & Blade 2 comes out anyway.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:15
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In a nearby thread Derek Smart expresses opinions on Battlecruiser...D_Smart posted:Yeah, once in awhile I look at them, and I go "yikes" too. You're in good company. D_Smart posted:It's doing fine. Since it's not a copy of any other game, it's all good. Just because a game has similar mechanics, gameplay etc, doesn't make it a copy. That's just the stuff of lawsuits. D_Smart posted:I'm cheap, and experienced like that. Case in point, Line Of Defense cost me less than $15m and contains every single feature they're trying to build Here's a lego shot 
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Jul 12, 2015 20:58
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I know somebody suggested it earlier in the thread but the magic circle owns and you should buy it if you like story heavy games.
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Jul 12, 2015 21:00
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SelenicMartian posted:In a nearby thread Derek Smart expresses opinions on Battlecruiser... Please don't post suggestive pictures where it looks like you're having sex with furniture.
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Jul 12, 2015 21:03
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Deakul posted:Please don't post suggestive pictures where it looks like you're having sex with furniture.
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