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Uplay is fine in the same way that a visit to the dentist to get a root canal is fine
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Sep 26, 2017 02:14
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Consumers shouldn't give a hot poo poo about Ubisoft's or EA's bottom lines either through their own services or copy protection and I question the opinions of anyone that says 'my dude its fine!' because the only reason why Uplay or Origin exists is for Ubisoft and Electronic Arts to make more money. Do they offer anything for the end-user now? Without defaulting to company profits?
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Sep 26, 2017 02:21
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KakerMix posted:Consumers shouldn't give a hot poo poo about Ubisoft's or EA's bottom lines either through their own services or copy protection and I question the opinions of anyone that says 'my dude its fine!' because the only reason why Uplay or Origin exists is for Ubisoft and Electronic Arts to make more money. Do they offer anything for the end-user now? Without defaulting to company profits? They're often cheaper than buying the game on steam or through a third party.
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Sep 26, 2017 02:24
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Jordan7hm posted:They're often cheaper than buying the game on steam or through a third party. Then you have to decide if having software on other platforms and whatever inconveniences that adds is worth that cost. I'm quite lazy and Steam was first so that value has to skew pretty hard and pretty consistently for me to slovenly roll over and starting buying games not on Steam or GoG. Since the series I liked most from Electronic Arts used to be the Sim City series, well, there goes my number one reason to use Origin 
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Sep 26, 2017 02:29
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KakerMix posted:Then you have to decide if having software on other platforms and whatever inconveniences that adds is worth that cost. I'm quite lazy and Steam was first so that value has to skew pretty hard and pretty consistently for me to slovenly roll over and starting buying games not on Steam or GoG. yeah, I agree. Just saying there's a reason to use Uplay and Origin, and that's to avoid giving more of your money to a big company (Valve) than you have to.
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Sep 26, 2017 02:30
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I meant while the service is active, of course any responsible dev would take out a system that physically does not work any more. Starforce is a nightmare to me, I tried to play the follow up to the Silent Storm series, Hammer and Sickle, and that used Starforce. Then, it turned out the game was utter poo poo featuring lovely elevator music for the intro and butt rock for the combat, constantly pitting you up against 5-10 more illuminati/nazi fellas than you can realistically deal with along with probably the shittiest "stealth" and "espionage" mechanics I've ever come across. A supremely awful videogame, at least the weird vampire one had magic powers. if you play hasickle on easy it's not bad
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Sep 26, 2017 02:34
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Deakul posted:Uplay is completely fine now, dude. I never got to play The Crew that they gave away for free last year because of technical issues but I guess that's more of Ubi as whole being lovely than just Uplay. I also don't dare to use their cloud saves, even if people tell me it's fine. Origin has exclusives worth a drat and they have free games and sales often plus I never had any troubles with either the games or the client, their only fault is belonging to a less reputable game company, but it's not like Valve has a pristine reputation these days.
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Sep 26, 2017 03:22
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QuarkJets posted:Uplay is fine in the same way that a visit to the dentist to get a root canal is fine It's tough to argue with that. I got a root canal last year at it was one of the least painful things I've had to deal with.
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Sep 26, 2017 03:49
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Jordan7hm posted:Just saying there's a reason to use Uplay and Origin, and that's to avoid giving more of your money to a big company (Valve) than you have to. By in turn giving money to the little guys (Ubisoft and EA)?
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Sep 26, 2017 04:29
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Gromit posted:It's tough to argue with that. I got a root canal last year at it was one of the least painful things I've had to deal with. Yeah; it's an inoffensive inconvenience that you may wish that you didn't have to deal with but at least it's not Origin 1.0
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Sep 26, 2017 04:49
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bunky posted:By in turn giving money to the little guys (Ubisoft and EA)? By giving less money to any of them, he means. His suggestion is that the games on Uplay/Origin are sometimes cheaper and that means more green in your pocket
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Sep 26, 2017 04:51
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Kragger99 posted:Thanks for the reminder. So it's like a 3D Mr. Shifty?
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Sep 26, 2017 05:18
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My problem with services like Uplay is that they never put in the effort that even Valve bothered to in adding value to their platform. I'm a total sucker for profile customization and social features and Uplay offers virtually nothing of note on that front. I also think gating game content behind their achievement currency is a terrible idea, especially when Microsoft of all people got it right on the 360 by letting you unlock special avatar dress-up bits through achievements. I like unlocking fun bonuses, not poo poo I actually need. Anyway, the Weeklong Deals are kind of an eclectic bunch this time, with a lot of titles I've never even heard of. All of the Arcen game are discounted though, along with a few other little gems like Cities in Motion and Kairo. If you'd like the rundown and reviews, it's all right over here.
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Sep 26, 2017 05:36
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corn in the bible posted:if you play hasickle on easy it's not bad At that point it's only mediocre when the scripting doesn't bug out and suddenly 36 US troops ambush you in the town, or you accidentally provoke a guy carrying a bren gun right behind you. Weird game.
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Sep 26, 2017 08:54
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I was in the mood for some jank so I bought: Planet Alcatraz 7,62 High Calibre I also bought Dungeon Siege 2 (don't care about LAN), Depths Of Peril, Commandos franchise pack, AI War pack and Original War. DS2 seems ok so far and 7,62 is dope as hell. Anyone have any recommendations for more obscure strategy/action games (I know DS and Commandos isn't obscure)? I wish Necrovision didn't crash before the second level.
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Sep 26, 2017 08:58
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Seven Kingdoms is open source these days, great late nineties RTS.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:08
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Sacrifice.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:11
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You know what else is great about Heat Signature? No developer logo, no game logo, load the game and you're ready to kick rear end once you get your own rear end off the bar stool.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:15
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James Woods Fan posted:I was in the mood for some jank so I bought: I'm not sure they're necessarily good (Spellforce 2 probably is), but Spellforce and Knight's Tale are two quirky, dumb cheesy RTS-RPGs that are frequently ultra-cheap on Steam.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:22
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I enjoyed Hotline Miami 2 in the beginning as I haven't really experienced off-screen deaths but I dropped it somewhere in the middle of the jungle levels. It just wasn't really fun anymore.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:29
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Too Shy Guy posted:I also think gating game content behind their achievement currency is a terrible idea, especially when Microsoft of all people got it right on the 360 by letting you unlock special avatar dress-up bits through achievements. I like unlocking fun bonuses, not poo poo I actually need. Which games really do that though? Off the top of my head I think Anno 2070 might have a few important Uplay bonuses, but all of the other games I can think of just offer the same kind of inconsequential stuff that you'd see in pre-order bonuses.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:37
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For Honor has a few cosmetics you can only purchase with uplay points but it's pretty meaningless since they're all hokey poo poo like Watch_Dogs decals for your medieval plate armor.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:40
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Does it matter if South Park is a UPlay key? When I bought Ubisoft games on Steam before, it always ended up with some bizarre clusterfuck where launching the game from steam would somehow end up launching it from UPlay anyways, so you might as well cut out the middleman.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:49
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Yeah but imagine owning and not playing a game on a platform other than Steam???? Just thinking about not opening the Uplay client is exhausting.
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Sep 26, 2017 09:53
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James Woods Fan posted:I was in the mood for some jank so I bought: Shadow Tactics Blade of the Shogun is obscure and shouldn't be, it's a brilliant modern take on Commandos.
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Sep 26, 2017 10:01
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Synthbuttrange posted:You know what else is great about Heat Signature? Way too many games take their sweet time to actually let you play the game. It's one thing if it has to load during the logos, but most often it's just a waste of time.
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Sep 26, 2017 10:05
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John Murdoch posted:Which games really do that though? Off the top of my head I think Anno 2070 might have a few important Uplay bonuses, but all of the other games I can think of just offer the same kind of inconsequential stuff that you'd see in pre-order bonuses. None of them. Even the ones that are things like in-game currency for Assassin's Creed or whatever are such meaningless amounts that it isn't worth the time to unlock them. There are a lot of legitimate complaints to level against Uplay, meaningful content locked behind Uplay Points isn't one of them.
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Sep 26, 2017 10:11
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I passed Hotline Miami 2 multiple times  The worst thing about it was it made the first game way too easy for me. Also romanticising the selection of masks from the first game is a pretty stupid thing to do. Go back and play it again and notice that 2/3rds of those masks are useless. I end up just playing with the one that makes all the kills bloodier because the perks of the other masks aren't really crucial
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Sep 26, 2017 10:30
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Gerblyn posted:Does it matter if South Park is a UPlay key? When I bought Ubisoft games on Steam before, it always ended up with some bizarre clusterfuck where launching the game from steam would somehow end up launching it from UPlay anyways, so you might as well cut out the middleman.
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Sep 26, 2017 11:04
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James Woods Fan posted:I was in the mood for some jank so I bought: The Sudden Strike series. They are older, almost Men of War-like WW2 strategy games but 2D. Visually they look kind of like Blitzkrieg but play immensely better in my opinion and are criminally underrated, probably because they were in legal limbo for a while. They spawned the seriously badass and unfortunately named Hidden Stroke series of mods/retail spinoffs with realistic armor penetration modelling and stuff. The first three games were added to Steam a few months back and are dirt cheap. They ARE pretty hardcore and fastidious about how you should play/approach engaments so be wary of that. IF you are still in the market for probably the last great sprite based WW2 game you never heard about, you are in for a treat.
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Sep 26, 2017 11:12
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Orv posted:None of them. Even the ones that are things like in-game currency for Assassin's Creed or whatever are such meaningless amounts that it isn't worth the time to unlock them. There are a lot of legitimate complaints to level against Uplay, meaningful content locked behind Uplay Points isn't one of them. I went and had a peek at my Uplay games and there was a period where they liked to stick a bonus side mission in the Uplay rewards, so I guess if you're like me and care about having the "complete experience" then that's something you need versus want. Splinter Cell Conviction even has a whole game mode in there (that I think can also be unlocked by buying the DLC? I'm not sure). And a handful of games also seem to get genuinely useful multiplayer perks like extra weapons/money/XP (admittedly for games that I don't know who cared about the multiplayer even at launch, but w/e). The overwhelming majority of it is still bonus singleplayer goodies and cosmetic froofery though.
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Sep 26, 2017 12:10
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Child of Light gave 600ish Uplay points while normal games mostly give 100. That gave me enough to stop thinking about points for a while.
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Sep 26, 2017 12:53
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Synthbuttrange posted:You know what else is great about Heat Signature? Oh god, Bethesda is the worst offender. You'll usually get 5-6 unskippable(!) logo/splash videos before you get to the menu. Every single time you start the game. Ugh.
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Sep 26, 2017 13:14
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THe thing I hate about origin/uplay is that they do not pay well at all with steam's overlay and BPM. You want to set up a nice steam controller profile with a touch menu to use in, say, anno? Tough poo poo. Want to stream crysis to another device? Well, you better make sure everything is reset properly, otherwise it won't load! There's also how some ubisoft games you buy through steam force interactions between the markets. origin/uplay are opened forcefully along with the game, and never close themselves afterwards, which means that steam still thinks you are in game. I got hosed over by that with a refund. i was not happy.
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Sep 26, 2017 13:47
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Humble Bundle has Heat Signature $2 off for the next 2 days. https://www.humblebundle.com/store/heat-signature?hmb_source=search_bar edit: wrong link Turd Herder fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Sep 26, 2017 |
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Sep 26, 2017 13:55
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Turd Herder posted:Humble Bundle has Heat Signature $2 off for the next 2 days. I think you meant this link https://www.humblebundle.com/store/heat-signature?hmb_source=search_bar as that one just takes you to the upgrade to turn the normal game into the supporter's edition
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Sep 26, 2017 14:26
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StrixNebulosa posted:I think you meant this link Thanks, I fixed it.
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Sep 26, 2017 14:39
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If you buy a multiplayer game on GOG that requires GOG Galaxy, can you play with other people who have the game on Steam?
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Sep 26, 2017 14:56
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Imagined posted:If you buy a multiplayer game on GOG that requires GOG Galaxy, can you play with other people who have the game on Steam? I'm pretty sure the answer is "maybe". Do you have a specific game in mind?
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Sep 26, 2017 15:11
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Regarding the Steam vs. uPlay vs. Origin vs. GOG etc. chat, I have no particular affinity for Steam or Valve, that just happens to be where the vast vast majority of my games are. If there was some kind of combined games library app that would show and let me download/install everything I own everywhere I would be way more open to buy things on other stores. Too bad that will never happen.Blattdorf posted:Way too many games take their sweet time to actually let you play the game. It's one thing if it has to load during the logos, but most often it's just a waste of time. One of the first things I do when I install a new game is check PCGamingWiki to see if (among other things) there is a way to remove the publisher/developer/middleware screens.
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