Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
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Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
I know you don't work for Valve, so asking you about Steam specific stuff is boorish of me, but I'm tired and lazy. So.
If I buy it on Steam and install it on this computer, and then get a new computer in, say, a month, will I be able to use it on that computer without buying it again?
Hell, anyone who knows can answer that. I'm new to the whole Steam thing. Because I'm a nub.
Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
I know you don't work for Valve, so asking you about Steam specific stuff is boorish of me, but I'm tired and lazy. So.
If I buy it on Steam and install it on this computer, and then get a new computer in, say, a month, will I be able to use it on that computer without buying it again?
Hell, anyone who knows can answer that. I'm new to the whole Steam thing. Because I'm a nub.
Steam doesn't care if you play your games on a new computer.
All Valve seems to care about is account sharing, which shouldn't pop up in that case.
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Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
I know you don't work for Valve, so asking you about Steam specific stuff is boorish of me, but I'm tired and lazy. So.
If I buy it on Steam and install it on this computer, and then get a new computer in, say, a month, will I be able to use it on that computer without buying it again?
Hell, anyone who knows can answer that. I'm new to the whole Steam thing. Because I'm a nub.
Steam doesn't care if you play your games on a new computer.
All Valve seems to care about is account sharing, which shouldn't pop up in that case.
Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Also keep in mind that you can't change difficulty after starting a particular campaign (though you can have any number of campaigns going at once). We did that because the scoring and achievements are different between the various difficulty settings.
And if you're not logged into GFWL, you don't get achievements, nor can you play a campaign you've started in GFWL offline, or vice versa.
Croak, no one answered before, so can you answer?
Does the game require activation on Steam for singleplayer and for multiplayer? I've already bought it on Steam, but I was pretty curious about those with physical copies.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
When exactly does the game release for people on the west coast of the U.S. if we pre-orderd via Steam? Australia gets it at 12:01am Perth Australia time. (Source) I'm assuming that means I'll get it at 12:00am my time (GMT -8 I think).
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That means it should be unlocked for me when I wake up in the morning.
When exactly does the game release for people on the west coast of the U.S. if we pre-orderd via Steam? Australia gets it at 12:01am Perth Australia time. (Source) I'm assuming that means I'll get it at 12:00am my time (GMT -8 I think).
Its listed as unlocking at 9am EST Thursday morning which would be 6am PST (most/all of the west coast). Assuming Steam is correct and doesn't end up unlocking late.
When exactly does the game release for people on the west coast of the U.S. if we pre-orderd via Steam? Australia gets it at 12:01am Perth Australia time. (Source) I'm assuming that means I'll get it at 12:00am my time (GMT -8 I think).
Its listed as unlocking at 9am EST Thursday morning which would be 6am PST (most/all of the west coast). Assuming Steam is correct and doesn't end up unlocking late.
You should probably count on at least ten to twenty minutes because they're never on time.
That means it should be unlocked for me when I wake up in the morning.
Oh dear!
If it unlocks at perth time for everyone then I'll have it around 8:00am but I'm not sure since the steam counter says the game will unlock in one day and 8 hours. So I have no idea when it's going to actually be available.
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"There are two skinny guys from Illinois who have made a difference, Abe Lincoln and Barrak Obama."
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
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Does the manual feature drop bears and kangaroos as units then?
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
I can forgive you only because most of us are just buying it online anyway and manuals lose their charm in .pdf form anyway.
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
What did you do in Australia? Seems like a beautiful place.
I really want to try the Single Player campaign and see what it's like. I'm kinda still skeptical about it because early reviews haven't been great, but apparently they weren't on the full code and there is more variation and such. Very keen to see how the RPG aspects blend into the game.
Hopefully it will give me something to do while waiting for the seven hours it takes my gel purification column to pack and set up this weekend.
Go check out Metacritic, a couple new reviews went up today based on the zero-day patch version, the version you're buying, rather than the pre-release press build with November data and code.
Don't get me started on the folly of giving the press pre-release code that early, but print mags need that much lead time.
Long story short, we scored a couple 90's with the revised campaign version, compared to mid-low 80's with the old version.
Supposedly one of those press pre-releases is out in the wild.
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As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
I will consult the magic 8-ball on this forgiveness.
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
Forgiven. I mean it's REALLY nice down there.
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"There are two skinny guys from Illinois who have made a difference, Abe Lincoln and Barrak Obama."
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
What did you do in Australia? Seems like a beautiful place.
Did a whirlwind press tour, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, and Brisbane in 5 days, then took my vacation.
That consisted of renting a Honda VFR in Brisbane, and taking a four day very scenic but spirited ride up the coast to Cairns, then spent a couple days there, then flew back to Vancouver. As an avid sport bike touring junkie, it was one of the better rides I've done, and I've done some great ones. Magic.
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
Well I just bought it through Steam with the added bonus of the fact that I won't be able to play it until I get my exams done with on Thursday so I have no temptation.
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
This exclusive edition includes the ‘Artificer Wargear Set’ which features:
One additional multiplayer map – "Legis High Stratum"
Five pieces of Wargear for use in the singleplayer campaign
Two Unique Purity Seals
One Unique Space Marine Chapter – "Marauders"
Four metallic army painter colours
Looks like it might be Europe only though.
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How can a unique multiplayer map work well in this game anyway?
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
This exclusive edition includes the ‘Artificer Wargear Set’ which features:
One additional multiplayer map – "Legis High Stratum"
Five pieces of Wargear for use in the singleplayer campaign
Two Unique Purity Seals
One Unique Space Marine Chapter – "Marauders"
Four metallic army painter colours
Looks like it might be Europe only though.
Yeah the price is listed in Euros so even if it is available outside Europe it'll be about 50% more expensive.
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
This exclusive edition includes the ‘Artificer Wargear Set’ which features:
One additional multiplayer map – "Legis High Stratum"
Five pieces of Wargear for use in the singleplayer campaign
Two Unique Purity Seals
One Unique Space Marine Chapter – "Marauders"
Four metallic army painter colours
Looks like it might be Europe only though.
Yeah the price is listed in Euros so even if it is available outside Europe it'll be about 50% more expensive.
God theres like thirty unique colours out there between all the preorder kits...
Cant you just let me pay you for all the pre-order bonuses croak? Let me give you my money.
If they can either be free DLC down the line or something I can buy soon after release I will be happy, all this running around for a handful of colours is starting to get slightly ridiculous.
I doubt it'll be that long. And um, anyone notice the thread jumped up to 102 pages? Isn't that illegal or something?
Oh, cool. So does that colors could be DLC, too? Or... or are you just allowed to make custom colors...?
Oh yeah we were talking about this earlier, does the army painter just have a bunch of set colours or is it like DoW1 where you have a big palette to pick custom colours?
Gonna say this again, most of you in this thread should start at Captain difficulty level. And Primarch, while handing out a serious ass beating if you're playing alone, can be quite entertaining in co-op.
Man, you just called me a pussy.
There is only one difficulty for me. One.
I started the original game on insane. The worst level was the Eldar one by far. Endless waves of guardians, banshees and I think Fire Prisms. Then that damn Avatar comes and you get a massive zerg again. Then they'd sneak a gate somewhere random and they'd Zerg you from behind your turrets and it was all arrrghhhh.
It was so satisfying to squish the whole lot of them in the end.
So no, there is ONE difficulty. The hardest and I will hear none of this nonsense there are other difficulty settings.
I will join you on this endeavor.
So the game was released here yesterday, got a call from EB Tuesday morning saying it was ready for collection and went to pick it up today. I'm all installed and ready to go, Steam says it unlocks at about 2 AM or so.
[tiny]I want to play it nowwwwww.[/tiny]
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And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
This exclusive edition includes the ‘Artificer Wargear Set’ which features:
One additional multiplayer map – "Legis High Stratum"
Five pieces of Wargear for use in the singleplayer campaign
Two Unique Purity Seals
One Unique Space Marine Chapter – "Marauders"
Four metallic army painter colours
Looks like it might be Europe only though.
Yeah the price is listed in Euros so even if it is available outside Europe it'll be about 50% more expensive.
Yeah, about $62.00 USD, or $101,298.00 CAD.
I am so tired, and have been studying for my cell biology exam for so long, that for several moments I actually though "wow, that's really expensive...poor Canadians."
Someone kill me.
Also, I'm literally counting the hours until I can download this game. Sweet, sweet Dawn of War II. Come to daddy.
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I assume they're talking about Steam.
You activate it once to make sure it's legit (fucking 'rats have it already though, there goes Christmas), and then you can play offline all you want. But you need to authenticate through Steam anytime you want to log onto GFWL (achievement enabled single player, co-op campaign, or non-LAN multiplayer).
And Akira, I don't know of any Steam offers at this time, they were all slated for brick and mortar stores, with the exception of the THQ Store digital download. Might want to check that version out if you want goodies and don't want a box.
I know you don't work for Valve, so asking you about Steam specific stuff is boorish of me, but I'm tired and lazy. So.
If I buy it on Steam and install it on this computer, and then get a new computer in, say, a month, will I be able to use it on that computer without buying it again?
Hell, anyone who knows can answer that. I'm new to the whole Steam thing. Because I'm a nub.
Steam doesn't care if you play your games on a new computer.
All Valve seems to care about is account sharing, which shouldn't pop up in that case.
Groovy. Thanks for the answer.
As far as the physical copies go, what's the manual like?
Does the THQ store actually have a direct download service? All I see are redirects to online retailers.
Oh dear!
Its listed as unlocking at 9am EST Thursday morning which would be 6am PST (most/all of the west coast). Assuming Steam is correct and doesn't end up unlocking late.
You should probably count on at least ten to twenty minutes because they're never on time.
If it unlocks at perth time for everyone then I'll have it around 8:00am but I'm not sure since the steam counter says the game will unlock in one day and 8 hours. So I have no idea when it's going to actually be available.
Pretty fucking thin, sadly. It's not horrible, on par with most games these days, but we wanted to do a whole lot more with it.
Time bit us in the ass there. And I'll take the heat for that one, I was the guy who was going to jazz it up, but went to Australia for two weeks in October (1 week press tour, 1 week vacation because it was fucking AUSTRALIA, and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there!)
That two weeks was my wiggle room to do it, so it didn't get the proper love. I'm ashamed, but it was fucking AUSTRALIA and it was fucking SPRINGTIME there! Forgive me?
I can forgive you only because most of us are just buying it online anyway and manuals lose their charm in .pdf form anyway.
What did you do in Australia? Seems like a beautiful place.
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I will consult the magic 8-ball on this forgiveness.
Well Shit.
Forgiven. I mean it's REALLY nice down there.
Did a whirlwind press tour, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, and Brisbane in 5 days, then took my vacation.
That consisted of renting a Honda VFR in Brisbane, and taking a four day very scenic but spirited ride up the coast to Cairns, then spent a couple days there, then flew back to Vancouver. As an avid sport bike touring junkie, it was one of the better rides I've done, and I've done some great ones. Magic.
Highly, highly, highly relevent to my interests.
What bonuses does the THQ site get? More specifically is it in part the eight unique colours?
Also
http://www.thq-games.com/uk/news/show/6213
One additional multiplayer map – "Legis High Stratum"
Five pieces of Wargear for use in the singleplayer campaign
Two Unique Purity Seals
One Unique Space Marine Chapter – "Marauders"
Four metallic army painter colours
Looks like it might be Europe only though.
It's probably not be in the ranked playlist.
Yeah the price is listed in Euros so even if it is available outside Europe it'll be about 50% more expensive.
I doubt it'll be that long. And um, anyone notice the thread jumped up to 102 pages? Isn't that illegal or something?
Yeah, about $62.00 USD, or $101,298.00 CAD.
Cant you just let me pay you for all the pre-order bonuses croak? Let me give you my money.
If they can either be free DLC down the line or something I can buy soon after release I will be happy, all this running around for a handful of colours is starting to get slightly ridiculous.
Oh yeah we were talking about this earlier, does the army painter just have a bunch of set colours or is it like DoW1 where you have a big palette to pick custom colours?
I will join you on this endeavor.
So the game was released here yesterday, got a call from EB Tuesday morning saying it was ready for collection and went to pick it up today. I'm all installed and ready to go, Steam says it unlocks at about 2 AM or so.
[tiny]I want to play it nowwwwww.[/tiny]
I am so tired, and have been studying for my cell biology exam for so long, that for several moments I actually though "wow, that's really expensive...poor Canadians."
Someone kill me.
Also, I'm literally counting the hours until I can download this game. Sweet, sweet Dawn of War II. Come to daddy.
Apparently its 55 canadian.
It's about 80$ Canadian.