G4WL - worse than I was expecting

Uriel · 22 Nov 2010 at 11:25

GTA IV was the single most horrible, long winded installation process I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. That was mainly due to GFWL but Rockstar Social Club is another Grade A abomination.

Batman AA was another dreadful installation thanks to G4WL.

Strife212 · 22 Nov 2010 at 11:57

Memphis said:
I have NEVER had a single problem with it. Nor do I ever expect to .

Nice to read another GfWL bashing bandwagon thread though. They never get old.

Oh and you have to fully star out your swearing. Wouldn't want your pathetic rant to get you suspended now, would you?

Always funny when people come up with such self righteous stuff then eventually get problems themselves, it's nothing to do with the way they are using it, it's just an issue with the software itself.

RedDanDoc · 22 Nov 2010 at 13:32

orderoftheflame said:
You hate third partys controlling your games, but you bought the Steam copy instead of retail... Ooookaaaay.

STEAM is a second party anyway isnt it ?

platypus · 22 Nov 2010 at 13:38

Memphis said:
Nice to read another GfWL bashing bandwagon thread though. They never get old.

Is it a bandwagon I'm jumping on then, when my one and only experience of GFWL has ended in failure? Given that I am a paying customer, I find the idea of using GFWL again rather unappealing.

MikeHunt79 · 22 Nov 2010 at 13:38

Uriel said:
GTA IV was the single most horrible, long winded installation process I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. That was mainly due to GFWL but Rockstar Social Club is another Grade A abomination.

Batman AA was another dreadful installation thanks to G4WL.

Is there anyway of playing GTAiV without having to jump thru so many hoops? I have it on steam btw...

platypus · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:00

If games for windows live asks me one more time "if I'm sure I'm connected to the internet" I'm going to scream.

Antar Bolaeisk · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:16

platypus said:
If games for windows live asks me one more time "if I'm sure I'm connected to the internet" I'm going to scream.

Have you checked your firewall/NAT settings on your router as this is the source of most problems with GFWL.

Ravenger · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:33

MikeHunt79 said:
Is there anyway of playing GTAiV without having to jump thru so many hoops? I have it on steam btw...

Xliveless - google for it. It's a mod that removes GFWL and prevents your save games being encrypted. It also disables multiplayer.

platypus · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:36

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Have you checked your firewall/NAT settings on your router as this is the source of most problems with GFWL.

I've opened the ports GFWL help says to open, made sure uPnP is enabled, not really sure what else I can do.

platypus · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:47

Finally got it working. All I had to do was install msn messenger?

orderoftheflame · 22 Nov 2010 at 18:35

DampCat said:
Steam as a distribution platform is not really the same thing as GFWL/EA account management systems, though. Plus I kind of agree, having to sign up to external websites to play games is irritating. Even for the bioware stuff like DAO. Still, is mildly ironic.

Well it is the same thing. It's come a long way from just a distribution system. It's no different to what GFWL does with some games. e.g. Black Ops or New Vegas etc. Entirely integrated experiences using Steam works.

I'm not saying GFWL is better than Steam remotely, god help anyone that thinks it even comes close. They do do the same thing though.

RedDanDoc said:
STEAM is a second party anyway isnt it ?

Um... No. It's third party. :confused: