GFWL Mandatory update 10th May

AWPC · 9 May 2011 at 22:30

So you may as well get it now as after tomorrow any game you have with GFWL will not work until you update the client with this 72MB download. MS as promised are making improvements finally although this new client looks no different but underneath its much quicker & the installer now tells you if you need any other components like dot.net.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/0/F/D0F9F1BD-9BE6-49E4-8729-4AAAFCAC20F9/gfwlivesetup.exe

I'v been using this since last week & it works fine with every GFWL game I tested plus is a lot quicker to bring up the sub-menu's. It will be on Windows Update tomorrow & every game you use with GFWL will not allow you to connect until you update either manually or from the disconnect until update prompt that will appear tomorrow!

Gazanimal · 9 May 2011 at 22:32

Thanks for the info.

Updating now

Cycrow · 9 May 2011 at 22:35

does the mouse work properly yet ?

Evilsod · 9 May 2011 at 22:45

Runs faster? Improvements that they promised being fulfilled?

I'll believe it when I see it tbh.

Amnesia · 9 May 2011 at 22:57

I hate it, the only improvement they could give me is if it wasn't required.

Komedy · 9 May 2011 at 23:18

Evilsod said:
Runs faster? Improvements that they promised being fulfilled?

I'll believe it when I see it tbh.

I found it very very slow ?

AWPC · 9 May 2011 at 23:22

Amnesia said:
I hate it, the only improvement they could give me is if it wasn't required.

Easy to do just use an offline profile & disable all notifications it will sit in the background & not trouble you!

Evilsod · 9 May 2011 at 23:28

Komedy said:
I found it very very slow ?

Not exactly slow... more incredibly clunky. And no amount of 'updating' is going to change that short of a complete redesign.

Rroff · 10 May 2011 at 00:06

I've been giving games that use GFWL a wide berth for awhile now... even tho it means missing out on 1-2 titles I was interested in.

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 00:12

Before watching The Dark Knight I couldn't believe that Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker was really that good. My cynicism told me that attitudes may have been favourably adjusted by his sad demise. Then I finally watched the film and, to my joy, found that Ledger's performance really was as astounding as had been claimed.

In a fairly similar way, I didn't really believe that GFWL was really that bad. I mean, it must at least work, right? However horribly? Christ. I've since used it to buy precisely one game and that was enough. I will never buy another game through that miserable platform. GFWL is Microsoft's attempt to kill gaming on the PC and drive everyone to the Xbox. One of the most horrible pieces of software it's ever been my misfortune to use - and this coming from someone who regularly and cheerfully downloads abandoned v0.015 releases of obscure Linux software.

If GFWL became the only way to get new PC games, I'd stop getting new PC games.

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 May 2011 at 00:14

All they need to include now is:

The ability to add GFWL games bought through retail to my account
Proper GFWL webpages instead of the xBox pages
A decent client which will allow me to install the games I have bought through them (it was only a penny or something stupid like that)
Game updates automatically through Windows Update
The ability to interact with friends outside of a game
An IM client for interacting with friends

And it'll approach something resembling decent.

Evilsod · 10 May 2011 at 00:18

Antar Bolaeisk said:
And it'll approach something resembling decent.

Though of course, by the time Microsoft ever do all of that, Steam will have surpassed it in even more ways.

Rroff · 10 May 2011 at 00:20

Huw said:
GFWL is Microsoft's attempt to kill gaming on the PC and drive everyone to the Xbox. One of the most horrible pieces of software it's ever been my misfortune to use - and this coming from someone who regularly and cheerfully downloads abandoned v0.015 releases of obscure Linux software.

That I can believe... all it adds is an extra clunky layer between me and the game, adding nothing thats at all useful to me and taking up extra time and effort to get into my games...

Paul_cz · 10 May 2011 at 00:25

Yeah these days steam does screenshots, ingame overlay, I would not be surprised if soon it had ability of displaying framerate and catching videos rendering fraps obsolete...

Steam rocks, GFWL sucks.

Evilsod · 10 May 2011 at 00:29

Paul_cz said:
Yeah these days steam does screenshots, ingame overlay, I would not be surprised if soon it had ability of displaying framerate and catching videos rendering fraps obsolete...

Well they aren't far off... you can add your uploaded youtube videos to your account profile, next step is filming them yourself I imagine.

Murray · 10 May 2011 at 00:31

Why does everyone hate GFWL so much everytime i have used it seemed fine.

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 00:34

Murray said:
Why does everyone hate GFWL so much everytime i have used it seemed fine.

You're lucky then. Every time I have used it it did almost the exact opposite of what I wanted it to do. It seems most people's experiences are similar to mine, hence all the hate.

mame · 10 May 2011 at 01:01

I'll get this installed as it offers me a worthwhile gaming tool, adding to my Xbox 360 gamerscore

cosmos55 · 10 May 2011 at 01:11

I actively avoid any games with this abomination spyware built in.

They just want information and control ..same as google.

I will have to update though just to complete batman. and that will be the last time i use it, if i can remember my username and pw.

HarryPainful · 10 May 2011 at 01:28

Make sure you wear your fin foil hate when you play m8!