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[Game On] Dawn of War II: Retribution (soon-to-be-released expansion)
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Looks like it's not.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/15/relic-ditch-games-for-windows-live-for-steam/
EDIT: Also, I wonder if this means we'll now be able to have matchmaking for coop this time, instead of friends list only coop.
At least inviting to a game is easier in Steamworks.
Not that I care about losing my warlock antlers with GFWL gone.
If we were unlocking units like in C&C4 I'd be annoyed, but since that's all cosmetic, I can't say I mind.
Plus it's been a while since I played DoW2 online, so a skill rank reset would probably help me out some. :P
It all accesses the same game files and everything else though.
MWO: Adamski
Oh the lolz.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
I just realised, now that the game's no longer tied to Live's content standards, I'm guessing you can allow us custom banners and things right? Like how we could customise them in DoW1? Or was that not a GFWL issue?
Please tell me that's the case and you're going to be allowing us to use our own, instead of just the limited selection that was in-game?
GFWL always worked great for me, i have a core group of friends who play DoW and 360 with, extra achievements from PC, etc. I dunno, i never had a problem with it.
Even if you didn't have problems connecting with your friends you don't realize how GFWL affected the patching process.
sorry, achievements that matter and add to my Live profile
I literally don't understand the point of steam achievements at all.
edit - did not know about that patching delay
It's an achievement!
There are steam achievement score websites (using the % of people who have the achievement as a metric for the score) if you care about that nonsense.
MS really need to do something about the Certification process if they want to revive the GFWL service. That shit doesn't work on PC like they thought subscriptions would.
Yeah it's really really bizarre to me when people say "well these arbitrary goals that you can achieve are completely pointless compared to those arbitrary goals you can achieve but that also have an arbitrary point value attached to them."
I mean I've never been "into" the whole achievement culture thing, but saying that they need to offer points as well or else they don't matter just strikes me as weird. Doesn't that effectively mean that PS3 achievements (or trophies or whatever they're called) are also meaningless? I mean more meaningless?
EDIT: And yeah, patching took on an additional month around about because of GFWL certification.
One of the Relic devs posted this at RelicNews forums:
no because they are hardly integrated into my steam profile in any way or are cross referenced between games or a host of other reasons. if you play on your 360 at all the integration of achievements is completely different
edit - it's not that the achievements themselves are pointless, it's the way steam implements them, there's no reason to even have them in steam is my feeling but it depends what you like about them.
If you follow the steamcommunity blotter updates you can see updates of when your friends get achievements
You even get to see for achievements how many % of players obtained it. Some games (TF2, L4D) you see when players in the game obtain achievements. In TF2 items are tied to achievements etc.
The only difference being there's not a silly Gam0rSc0re attached to your steamcommunity page. I suppose they could show on your main profile page the latest x achievements obtained but I'm not too bothered. The power of steamcommunity to me is the ease of inviting people and the group chatrooms.
Steam Achievements aren't as blingy enough on the main profile page but everything else you're missing is there, just check the blotter.
My friend bought his copies of DOW2 and Chaos Rising yesterday. I spent 2 hours fighting Windows 7, GFWL and regional settings to get it working for him. God. Worth it? sure, but you can't tell me this was the best solution for the consumer.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
XBL and GFWL, though technically parts of the same system, are still wholly different beasts.
I'll gladly praised the former for what it's done for console online, whilst castigating the other for its shortsighted and often bizarre implementation.
...the fuck. Can I copy a friend's directory or something? Last time it updated like this it took a week.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
MWO: Adamski
Hey Croak, do your peeps know about the Battle Cry bug on the latest version? If you have the highest energy ability as the Force Commander, when wearing Terminator armor, you can't use the Battle Cry ability, it literally disapears from your loadout.
A lot of people have reported that AFAIK.
http://www.thq.com/uk/thqtv/index?movieId=4376