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• Yeah that's pretty damn awesome of GoG. : MercFox1
• Best possible response ever. : one random winner
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  how often does steam have issues like this? : maulla
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    All the fucking time. See the Jedi Knight games on Windows 7 : EricZBA
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      is steam claiming that they work on windows 7, though? : maulla
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        Are you serious? I bought those games for Christmas and they don't work on Windows 7? Why not just excl... : handofthrawn
        • read the system requirements? : maulla
        • Here's how to get them working on Windows 7: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24900031 Also ther... : Schnapple
    • Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy lots of problem with Win7 and integrated graphics chipsets, which sucks bec... : roushimsx
    • All the Jedi Knight games work fine here :| : justwr!ght
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    More often than you think. Arx Fatalis, FUEL, Beyond Good & Evil, Fallout and Fallout 2 aren't really pla... : Alastayr
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      It's not Valve's fault on these. With Steam's design, they're responsible for any Steamworks issues, but... : Masem
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        Valve didn't have to sell them. : Happy Doodle Muffin
        • ^^^^^ : ashkie
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          If the game was completely buggered on all configurations, I'd agree. Pulling it until the dev fixed it m... : Masem
          • The harm is that they get a reputation as being unreliable, and people who pay for a game don't get to do... : Conan
          • The problem is that there isn't really a way to return a game you've bought. You're comparing steam to a ... : chrisschutz
    • Rainbow Six Vegas takes some work to get working. : SlingBlaze
  • All the time and when it does happen, there is usually NO response from Steam and you're basically SOL si... : ashkie
  • Khm, (oddworld), khm. : Kub666
  • Are you kidding? It can be pretty common. It might not be all their fault that another developer's game i... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Haha thats funny. You think Steam gives a fuck. : EricZBA
  • Ummm, MW2 and L4D2. : MercFox1
• http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzywabBjre1qz80cmo1_400.gif : harold.johnson
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  Well that just earned me as a customer : AssGoblin
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    I remember a couple months ago, people were singing a different tune "They lost me as a costumer forever!... : uglysad
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      Understandably. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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        I don't disagree. Just think it's funny. : uglysad
        • It is, but that negative reaction was so strong only because awesome stuff like this is SOP for them. : Happy Doodle Muffin
    • I just quit waiting to download stuff. Whenever I buy something, I download it right then and back it up : roushimsx
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  When there was a bad patch on, I think, COD:MW2, that caused VAC bans, Valve got the fix out and then off... : Masem
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    wait so they gave people who had been VAC banned a game that essentially requires connecting to VAC serve... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • They reversed the VAC ban as well because they shouldn't have been banned in the first place. : one random winner
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      IIRC, a patch for CODMW had a faulty sig or something that when the player launched MW2 and tried to MP, ... : Masem
      • Oh well that is an example of pretty decent service. They fucked up and made up for it pretty well and qu... : RetroRedEyeJr
• *cough* Jedi Knight on Steam. No CD audio or any tweaks at all. Ffffffffffff. : node
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  The thing with Steam is that those changes have to come from the developer/publisher. With GoG.com they ... : melkore
  • Gog does more than just make wrappers. They have a dude from dosbox on board, but for early windows stuff... : roushimsx
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  I wish I could find a $6 game I wanted on there :( : roushimsx
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    Tell me you are kidding : JohnnyRey
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      The only two I even remotely kind of maybe possibly think of are VR Soccer and Zork, but even then..... E... : roushimsx
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        All that diet soda is going to your head! : JohnnyRey
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          What would you pick? http://shackpics.com/files/selectable_15eb73cdcda8tpb8e7v9.jpg : roushimsx
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            I loved the Pro Pinball games. Of the ones GOG has, Timeshock is the best table. : Masem
            • I don't really enjoy playing pinball games on my pc :( : roushimsx
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            I assume you either have Serious Sam elsewhere or don't care for it? : one random winner
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              Else I'd probably pick Stronghold, maybe freedom force vs. the third reiche. : one random winner
              • Got all of those (either on Steam or I have the physical versions and don't feel like rebuying them on GO... : roushimsx
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        (Remember, Roushi already has like 20 virtual bookshelves with GOG.. so its a question of what *doesn't* ... : Masem
        • oh. lol. Ok, you're off the hook. buy zork! : JohnnyRey
      • VR Soccer? : Goto10
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  Example of good PR move: this Example of bad PR move: pretending to be shut down and denying access to y... : Ebu
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    Hahaha WHOOOPS! Also the turn around time has been ridiculous. People were shitting all over GOG back ... : MercFox1
    • four months ago : roushimsx
    • I think you'd be fooling yourself if you thought that the outrage then had nothing to do with the respons... : Ebu
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  So if I'm following this right, the game actually worked, but the copy protection that they hadn't succes... : Schnapple
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    It's supposed to entice people into buying the full version, like with FADE or with Spyro: Year of the Dr... : roushimsx
    • Yeah I guess when it works properly it probably has some effect. But it just seems like a thing that's... : Schnapple
• That's prety damn awesome of them. : Mr. Goodwrench