I constantly hear people complaining that Games for Windows LIVE is terrible, but I just cant work out why, in fact I enjoy using it. Can anyone enlighten me as to why it "Sucks"?
Whats wrong with Games for Windows LIVE?
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Everything.
It doesn't let you access your save games if you're not online, sometimes it doesn't let you play the game. It doesn't register my copy of Arkham City as legit, so I cannot get any DLC for the game. It's shit. It doesn't work. It needs to die.
It doesn't let you access your save games if you're not online, sometimes it doesn't let you play the game. It doesn't register my copy of Arkham City as legit, so I cannot get any DLC for the game. It's shit. It doesn't work. It needs to die.
For me there was a time where it said it needed an update in order for me to play online. But the update would never install(loaded halfway then stopped), I tried looking for a solution and asking for help(filing a ticket, went on forums, etc.) but no avail. Never got to play Dawn of War 2 or Chaos Rising online.
Now the problem seems to have resolved itself, but I'm already playing Retribution.
Which uses Steam.
And Steamworks.
Fuck you GFWL.
Now the problem seems to have resolved itself, but I'm already playing Retribution.
Which uses Steam.
And Steamworks.
Fuck you GFWL.
The most experience I've had with it was trying to play DoW2. It constantly failed to login and needed a lot of encouragement to update itself. The only other game I really played with it involved was Fallout 3 but once I installed FOSE I didn't need to worry about it.
It's nowhere near as bad as Ubisoft's Game Launcher. It took me a day to find a version of that awful software that would actually patch properly.
It's nowhere near as bad as Ubisoft's Game Launcher. It took me a day to find a version of that awful software that would actually patch properly.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/8365-Games-for-Windows-FAIL
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=8059
Short version: Its a lazy, ugly attempt to copypaste xbox live onto PC, provides absolutely no value whatsoever to compensate for it being there, and it's just plain old broken.
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=8059
Short version: Its a lazy, ugly attempt to copypaste xbox live onto PC, provides absolutely no value whatsoever to compensate for it being there, and it's just plain old broken.
I used to have problems with it a few years ago, when I was using Vista, but I don't think I've had any issues with games that use it in the last year. I don't try to use any of the pointless GFWL features, and it doesn't stop or interrupt me from playing the games, so I am accepting it for now.
The only games I have that use GFWL are Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, and HAWX.
I played the last two cooperatively with friends, and GFWL was a constant headache for all of us. We'll be avoiding it whenever we can in the future for multiplayer gaming.
It's comparatively difficult to navigate, it gets incredibly finicky whenever an update comes out, it causes connectivity issues, it's often not very intuitive to use... It just bites.
I played the last two cooperatively with friends, and GFWL was a constant headache for all of us. We'll be avoiding it whenever we can in the future for multiplayer gaming.
It's comparatively difficult to navigate, it gets incredibly finicky whenever an update comes out, it causes connectivity issues, it's often not very intuitive to use... It just bites.
BloatedGuppy said:
I loved that response.Although, frankly, I don't have experience with GFWL myself...because I've heard how bad it was. It even put me off from buying a couple of games when I understood they would only work with it. To be fair, I was at a coin toss of whether I wanted them or not and GFWL was the decisive vote for "not".
I'd say that all the answers so far could be applied to all digital distribution programs. I have never used a good service yet - the only thing that comes close is Steam, and that's because of its prices. The program itself absolutely sucks.
Getting a bit more abstract with why it sucks, you don't really own a physical copy of the game. Technically if you have a CD you don't actually own the software on it anyway, but you still have the option to copy it & play around with it as you want. The major flaw with digital distribution of anything is that it allows other people to take what you've bought back from you, for no specified reason, at any time. Granted this rarely happens, but it seriously sucks when it does.
Getting a bit more abstract with why it sucks, you don't really own a physical copy of the game. Technically if you have a CD you don't actually own the software on it anyway, but you still have the option to copy it & play around with it as you want. The major flaw with digital distribution of anything is that it allows other people to take what you've bought back from you, for no specified reason, at any time. Granted this rarely happens, but it seriously sucks when it does.
I had this same problem as this guy when i bought DiRT 2 on steam, It's a beond crappy service that's not even capable of updating itselfDeathleaper said: