Games for Windows FAIL
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It wouldn't even let me buy the game. The client just said there was an error every time, and the online store said the deal wasn't available for my region (In Australia).
I don't have a problem with GFWL in principle, the execution has just always been so terrible.
You can only access community features in game, you often only find out about updates after you start a game, and then there was the wonderful insult to PC gamers in the first version where it had 360 controller button icons indicating which buttons to press.
I don't have a problem with GFWL in principle, the execution has just always been so terrible.
You can only access community features in game, you often only find out about updates after you start a game, and then there was the wonderful insult to PC gamers in the first version where it had 360 controller button icons indicating which buttons to press.
GFWL is an abomination and if cracks didn't exist that let me avoid installing it I wouldn't buy any game that required it.
Ye I remember the Halo 2 PC version had that, why would I pay monthly to play an FPS(no matter how good or bad it is)? T.T"Starke said:
Let's say you got a song playing in WMP and want to close it, using the [X] button. It will only minimize itself and you have to force close it threw the task manager which is bs...ultimateownage said:
Man, that really sucked.
Although, I really liked the comparison at the end. XD I laughed a lot.
Although, I really liked the comparison at the end. XD I laughed a lot.
Funny, the only problem I encountered was the Product Key thing. Aside from that I've yet to have a problem with it, yes I needed an update but it literally took me straight to the page to get the update from with a big message going "you need this to make GFWL work!" So, yeah you had a terrible experience with it, but I have to wonder if it was your system that just plain hates you because aside from waiting 24 hours for a CD key I never once had an issue.
I do agree that a cd key for a digital download item is ridiculous, why it was needed I cant fathom but whatever it was probably just less work to leave it like that rather than fix it.
I do agree that a cd key for a digital download item is ridiculous, why it was needed I cant fathom but whatever it was probably just less work to leave it like that rather than fix it.
As much as I hate Microsoft there good some things really good but your right just not this.Mista Miggins said:
I would have liked to have bought this game for 10 cents, but I made a very huge mistake. I tried buying it with a gift card with only a dollar left. MS still has that dollar tied up in authentication.
Ah well, I made a mistake, and I have to live with it. No biggie.
Ah well, I made a mistake, and I have to live with it. No biggie.
Or my experience DL gfwl click install, scroll through store and DL AOE3 30 min later i'm playing online. All this on a 4 year old laptop. Uninstall gfwl and i'm good to go.
Lol, I love it when you go on a tirade Shamus, because you still do it with intelligence and don't lose your cynicism.
Great article. I will stay the frak away from GFWL.
Great article. I will stay the frak away from GFWL.
Great article, the first 10 steps or so also happened to me last weekend when I wanted to buy the same game. How naive of me to believe that, since they said they wanted to compete with Steam (lol), they would be able to sell to more than ~20 countries...
Meh, I've had issues with both services. I've had far less with GFWL than Steam, but that could be due to Fallout 3 being the only GFWL game I've ever really played for a long time, and I avoided the thing altogether with the Mod Manager. Steam on the other hand seems to go looking for the slowest server it can find to download updates from every second time I open the freaking program.
