I can't say i care. Played through Halo Reach over christmas (twice). Storyline is nothing to write home about and once you up the difficulty all you do is snipe and abuse the crappy AI. Taking on Zealots is a waste of time as they will almost always kill you before you kill them. Multiplayer was a joke too, you spent most the time letting autoaim do the work for you, other than that it was dull. Doubt it differs all that much from the other Halo's... Not an experience you couldn't get better from existing games.
Microsoft Game Studios publishing on Steam - Has hell froze over / Pigs grew wings?
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then what's the advantage of buying on steam over gfwlm?
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Are they really called that? What a blatent rip off from Starcraft
...what?
Do you know what the word Zealot means?
Are they really called that? What a blatent rip off from Starcraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealotry
...its hardly a new term. The ones that wield energy swords are a bit though
I'm amazed how many people saying they want Halo when it seems to get nothing but ridicule from most PC gamers
I think most people just like the story and/or the series' score. That's what I love it for.
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Possibly testing the waters? Lots of publishers have realised the benefit of Steam. Just one recent example:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-21-steam-switch-boosted-dawn-of-war-sales
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...what?
Do you know what the word Zealot means?
No. Thanks for the rolleyes though. I now realise I must be a complete idiot for having never heard the term before outwith Starcraft.
Maybe it's just an experiment. They have no idea how many units sell on Steam because they haven't partnered with Valve until now and we all know Valve only releases sales figures to their partners for only their specific titles. So perhaps they're gauging to see how well Fable III sells on Steam vs GfWL. They'll have access to both figures. Is the offer of Fable I enough to tempt more people to buy on GfWL or will it flop?
Maybe when the results are in, they'll think about ditching the GfWL Marketplace.
Maybe when the results are in, they'll think about ditching the GfWL Marketplace.
Especially as it'll probably use GFWL SSA authentication which will lock it to a GFWL account anyway. So that's 3 DRMs stacked together - Steam, GFWL, and Securom. Why do they bother?
Maybe when the results are in, they'll think about ditching the GfWL Marketplace.
ROFL
Regarding flight Sim X, you cannot even buy it in the UK GFWLM store, only the American one.
Boo.
Personally, I like the Steam download and update manager and other features having a game linked to my account brings.
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Well perhaps you should do a little bit of research before accusing a company of plagiarism!! It's not like it's an obscure term
Its fair to say that GFWL is run at the very top by total idiots who do not have a clue at all its so pathetic the way they run it. I only like the LIVE achievements & some co-op games the rest I could not care less for!
When MS cannot even sell their own game on the GFWMarketplace for a decent price & offer the Fable3 exclusives outside US (yep that's right US GFWM has a different offer just like they gave away Gears Of War to Bulletstorm buyers in the US only & just like they sell EA games to US only).
I doubt GFWMarketplace will be around much longer as it seems to be doing everything it possibly can to commit commercial suicide & releasing Fable3 day & date with The Witcher2 will also only end one way
MS need to either take the PC seriously or get out as Fable3, AOEOnline, Flight X are not PC games which will do well even if they all had full DX11+Steamworks most PC gamers will be uninterested regardless!
Will be interesting to see sales figures for both (pc only as Fable 3 has sold somewhere in the region of 3 million copies to date on 360).
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Its unfortunate but as an experiment for the PC, Fable 3 doesnt have a great chance.
Not only do the 360 reviews and feedback call it the worst of the series, but its launching against Witcher2 which has much better reviews and targets a similar gaming demographic.
Silly move, they should have tried to release a few weeks earlier.
Not only do the 360 reviews and feedback call it the worst of the series, but its launching against Witcher2 which has much better reviews and targets a similar gaming demographic.
Silly move, they should have tried to release a few weeks earlier.