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Bardeh posted:This is the best option, so all your friends who haven't VPN'd or aren't aware of it can send you frantic messages asking how in the hell you're playing, and you can respond with smug cryptic messages Thanks for making me change my mind about how I would do it when I get home.
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I don't believe you have to change regions in Steam or anything, at least that wasn't the case for Skyrim. All I ever did was exit Steam, start the VPN and ensure the connection is active, launch Steam, start game, download/decrypt files, game starts (flurry of friends asking "HOW!?!?"), then if you want go into offline mode and turn off the VPN.
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Nov 9, 2015 12:33
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:I thought changing the store region was the big, get you banned no-no since that's what leads to people trying to get games cheaper via worthless Russian monies? "Hey, we put an option right there in the open to change store regions, BUT DON'T EVER USE IT!"
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Nov 9, 2015 12:35
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Keith Atherton posted:Yeah, I enjoyed Fallout 3 and played the hell out of it - finished it 3 or 4 times. I have played through New Vegas ~25 times and still play on a regular basis. I started up a new Fallout 3 game the other week and after a half hour gave up because all the cool stuff added in New Vegas wasn't there. In New Vegas you can have a completely different experience each time you play but in Fallout 3 it's going to be pretty much the same. ~25 times huh
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I thought this released at the same time everywhere? Wouldn't vpns be useless in that case?
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Sharzak posted:I thought this released at the same time everywhere? Wouldn't vpns be useless in that case? No, it's a rolling release, was supposed to release at midnight your local time, but apparently Bethesda decided that in some territories midnight is going to be 2am, because gently caress you, that's why.
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Sharzak posted:I thought this released at the same time everywhere? Wouldn't vpns be useless in that case? It does, but timezones.
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VideoGames posted:I never felt sorry for Benny. I did feel sorry for Benny, but that was entirely because he was voiced by Chandler from Friends. I was watching a lot of Friends at the time NV came out. I even killed Cesar and his whole camp just to save his life.
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Son of a Vondruke! posted:I did feel sorry for Benny, but that was entirely because he was voiced by Chandler from Friends. I was watching a lot of Friends at the time NV came out. I even killed Cesar and his whole camp just to save his life. gently caress you McNulty.
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Nov 9, 2015 12:44
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:I thought changing the store region was the big, get you banned no-no since that's what leads to people trying to get games cheaper via worthless Russian monies? Buying from a different region gets you banned. Faking region to unlock a game (outside of circumstances where a game is illegal in your country) is harmless.
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Nov 9, 2015 12:56
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So its a little over an hour to the kiwi release, and the lifting of the review embargo. Even if you can't play, you can read/watch reviews and have your hopes dashed! just like playing the game! Edit: Im pretty sure it releases at 2am because otherwise it would release before the review embargo lifts, and thats a dick move.
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:I thought changing the store region was the big, get you banned no-no since that's what leads to people trying to get games cheaper via worthless Russian monies? Buying games on VPN is, but no one's ever been banned for an unlock.
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Nov 9, 2015 12:56
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I may or may not have brought games via VPN in the past to avoid the NZ/AU tax. I have never been banned from a service, but YMMV. Also its not that common a thing for me to do.
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Nov 9, 2015 12:59
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Just landed in New Zealand for the next few days. Brought my PC with me. I am staying at the Trinity Wellington right now. What is all this talk about VPNs? Did I just fly out here for nothing?
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Nov 9, 2015 13:01
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I am going to play this game in an hour as I live in Australia and don't need a VPN.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:01
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Are we really complaining about not being able to read reviews from games that are not even out yet, really?
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HardKase posted:Edit: Im pretty sure it releases at 2am because otherwise it would release before the review embargo lifts, and thats a dick move. I highly doubt they'd care that much about a 2 hour window. Bethesda said the delay was due to Steam.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:04
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Bholder posted:Are we really complaining about not being able to read reviews from games that are not even out yet, really? Yes, yes we are. Is there something wrong with that?
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Colt Cannon posted:Just landed in New Zealand for the next few days. Brought my PC with me. I am staying at the Trinity Wellington right now. Some people feel it's worth the risk of losing your Steam account. I don't! I'm in room 204 if you wanna meet up for a drink before the launch.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:05
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Colt Cannon posted:Yes, yes we are. Is there something wrong with that? Call me when the reviews are held back for days after the official release, then you can actually worry.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:06
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Bholder posted:Are we really complaining about not being able to read reviews from games that are not even out yet, really? Yes? It usually means the company has made a bad product and milking the morons who preorder.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:07
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Bholder posted:Call me when the reviews are held back for days after the official release, then you can actually worry. Why hold them back at all? what possible reason could there be? how is it in any way customer friendly?
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Nov 9, 2015 13:07
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I came to New Zealand to get some chocolate milk and look at LOTR sets.
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Bholder posted:Call me when the reviews are held back for days after the official release, then you can actually worry. That actually used to happen.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:08
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guess should change the steam download location to the server in australia or new zealand though no?
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Apparently you have to do that to become Kiwi expat for entertainment purposes. Did all of you get the full game already and there isn't that 1% left that might check the store region?
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snuff posted:Yes? It usually means the company has made a bad product and milking the morons who preorder. Except that almost every company has an embargo until release day now. The only embargoes that I'd be wary of are the ones like AC: Unity where it didn't drop until noon on release day. And the main reason embargoes exist is to prevent a ton of half assed rushed reviews from sites ttying to be first. Games wouldn't get fair reviews at all in that scenario.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:14
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Zenimax usually pay quite a lot for their reviews so they'll probably be good
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Bholder posted:Call me when the reviews are held back for days after the official release, then you can actually worry. Well, the embargo for 'The Crew' wasn't removed until the servers went live on release day, which makes sense, but is also funny because that game was a bag of poo poo.
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TescoBag posted:Zenimax usually pay quite a lot for their reviews so they'll probably be good This doesn't seem to repeat how they had Fallout 3 and Skyrim reviewed where all the reviewers were in a posh DC area hotel on Zenimax's dime so I think the results will be interesting
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Nov 9, 2015 13:20
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Bholder posted:Are we really complaining about not being able to read reviews from games that are not even out yet, really? You sure are rather controlling about what people are allowed to be mad about, in your own little head.
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Mokinokaro posted:This doesn't seem to repeat how they had Fallout 3 and Skyrim reviewed where all the reviewers were in a posh DC area hotel on Zenimax's dime so I think the results will be interesting Do people still think that reviewers actually want to go to those lovely review events?
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If there's a negative review you guys will just ignore it because "Bethesda can do no wrong!?!" so the review embargo is pointless.
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Nov 9, 2015 13:23
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:It's bad. Lots of videos showing 15fps gameplay in empty rooms, using weapon scopes, simply wandering around the wasteland, etc. poo poo. I'll go for the PC version then. My rig's really showing its age, but it can muster more than that at least.
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Andrast posted:Do people still think that reviewers actually want to go to those lovely review events? Of course they don't, but at the same time getting the luxury treatment is likely to affect review scores. Also according to GAF some people having the PS4 FPS issues fixed it by doing a database rebuild. Edit: /\ by "lots" he means 3 or 4 videos and some are recorded from streams so it could be the stream itself. The issues seem to be fairly rare and if you're on a lower spec PC it might be just as bad. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Nov 9, 2015 |
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Is there a benchmark for this around? i5@3.5 GHz, 8 gigs RAM, GTX 760 should be enough, right? 
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Nov 9, 2015 13:28
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Half an hour until we can play this poo poo game.
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Beasteh posted:Is there a benchmark for this around? i5@3.5 GHz, 8 gigs RAM, GTX 760 should be enough, right? Should be good if Bethesda's requirements are accurate.
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which VPN are people using generally? i'm trying f-secure freedome but once i actually start the VPN i can't log into steam anymore for some reason.
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botany posted:which VPN are people using generally? i'm trying f-secure freedome but once i actually start the VPN i can't log into steam anymore for some reason.
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