Fallout: New Vegas Switches to Steam
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I already have over 100 titles on my steam account thanks to all of the awesome weekend deals. I have over a dozen I haven't even played yet due to no time.(because Dragon Age: Origins demands I need a third playthrough)
Yuck, I'm never been a fan of Steam. I consider it a real vague annoying attempt to just slow down my comp.
I was hoping this could go to Impulse if you had to find a digital distributor. Oh well, whatever, I'll still probably play this on my console.
I was hoping this could go to Impulse if you had to find a digital distributor. Oh well, whatever, I'll still probably play this on my console.
Does this mean that (a) I can buy the game on the service I already use for all things PC gaming, and (b) no fucking around with the atrocious GFWL?
In the words of Three Dog, "if they've got the caps and you've got the space it's a win-win, right?"
In the words of Three Dog, "if they've got the caps and you've got the space it's a win-win, right?"
Its likely that a large proportion of Pc gamers already have Steam installed, wether though choice or another game requiring it. Some friends of mine barely game on anything, yet have steam just for a few indie titles.
I dont see this having any major impact, though there are some die hard steam haters out there.
I dont see this having any major impact, though there are some die hard steam haters out there.
Well, this game just keeps looking better and better! Dropping the GFWL in favor of steam? Yes! I already use steam for about half my games, and my (admittedly two-years-old-now)monster of a machine never has any slowdown issues with steam but does have a bunch of hurdles with GFWL, and of course if you can't log into GFWL, you can't load the saves you made while it was running. And, GFWL was incompatible with the FO3 Script extender, although steam never gave me any grief for any of the mods and mod tools I installed in FO3 (New Vegas uses the same engine, right?).
Nah, I got FO3 on steam (which still required the use of GFWL as well), and Steam never had problems with any of the many, many, many many many (just throw in another dozen many's in there) mods I installed. Any mod that used the FO3 Script Extender, however, was automatically incompatible with GFWL.Russian_Assassin said:
I got Fallout 3 and the first time I saw "GFWL" in the notes about a mod I thought it stood for God Forsaken Windows Live. Then I realized wait... that means Games For Windows Live.
Go Steam!
Go Steam!
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you should have got the gold edition on steam last week, it was only 20 bucks and while gfwl is a pain it doesnt kill the enjoyment of the game or even online playSoviet Heavy said:
you can turn off autopatching by rightclicking on the title in your library, hitting properties, going to the 'updates' tab, and switching the box below "Automatic Updates" from "Always keep this game up to date" to "Do not automatically update this game".Fr said:
That's the one reason I kinda like Impulse more, because it tells you you have an update available for a game and you have to tell it to update- kept a bunch of mods working for SOaSE because of that.
Most of my games are on steam, though.
Well, I can't say I'm happy about this, but since I usually have Steam installed anyway...
Actually, online ativation still stinks, and so does running Steam in the background.
I wasn't really bothered by the last system they used and this will probably annoy me more once they use it on a game I care more about.
Actually, online ativation still stinks, and so does running Steam in the background.
I wasn't really bothered by the last system they used and this will probably annoy me more once they use it on a game I care more about.