Yay! More and more devs are ditching this awful and sorry excuse of a service known as GFW LIVE and going with Steam. Good.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/06/16/kane-lynch-2-ditches-gfwl-and-its-good/
Games for Windows - Live
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Microsoft's PC branch of its Live service. Lends the same functionality as Xbox Live Gold to Games For Windows games including cross-platform compatibility for achievements, friends & messages, downloadable content, and in some cases, multiplayer.
More dev's leaving behind gfwl on pc
I prefer GFWL achievements over Steam achievements :3 I dunno the current state of GFWL seemed OK, some games (like Bioshock 2) implement it kinda poorly.
Steam is a completely different thing though. I'd rather BUY games at retail or Steam that use GFWL over shitty Steam achievements.
" I prefer GFWL achievements over Steam achievements :3 I dunno the current state of GFWL seemed OK, some games (like Bioshock 2) implement it kinda poorly. Steam is a completely different thing though. I'd rather BUY games at retail or Steam that use GFWL over shitty Steam achievements. "gfwl is dead microsoft has give up on pc no one cares for it.
I honestly hate GFWL, I don't want a xboxlive account at all. Honestly i've never used it before, I haven't played alot of their games online even if it's free. I'm glad developers are realising it's not a good investment and going with steam.
" I have never heard of this thing before. "GFWL = "Games For Windows Live" = piece of shit wanna-be Steam for PC games with Xbox Live achievements and UI aesthetics. It's buggy, slow, and unreliable.
"This doesn't make sense. 1st you say you hate it but then you say you've never used it. Then you say you haven't played a lot of GFWL games online... which implies that you've played some?I honestly hate GFWL, I don't want a xboxlive account at all. Honestly i've never used it before, I haven't played alot of their games online even if it's free. I'm glad developers are realising it's not a good investment and going with steam.
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I'm not trolling, I just read that and was like, 'what?'
I personally only use GFWL for achievements. If it didn't have them I wouldn't care about GFWL at all. I know Steam has achievements now but I'm already invested in Live's system and don't really care about Steam achievement or Sony Trophies, etc.
Steam totally is better. I like its auto-update system for games, the selection, and stuff is always on sale.
I like the service. Yeah it's a shame that most of the titles that have Games for Windows on their cover don't exactly run the service, but when you have achievements that stack with your Xbox Live achievements then that is really good. But then so is Steam because I have the disc and the download.
I just read the story too. How is the service crappy? I've played Halo 2 on there and there is nothing wrong with it. Besides aren't the developers or publishers supposed to make sure that their servers run legitimately? Last I checked I always see the developers throwing out patches to make sure that all the glitches and other problems are taken care of. So PC Gamer... you can suck my hairy white ass.
I don't have to try aids to know what it's like, that's my point. I have a general idea. I'm comparing the service to aids.
" @Azteck said:Ohhh. Then I've heard of it. Just didn't know the acronym." I have never heard of this thing before. "GFWL = "Games For Windows Live" = piece of shit wanna-be Steam for PC games with Xbox Live achievements and UI aesthetics. It's buggy, slow, and unreliable. "
" @CL60 said:I've never had any problems either. I think you're just grumpy." I've had no problems with GFWL. "You are 1/1,000,000,000 who do "
More games should go down the road of Dawn of War 2 and have both so I can get Xbox Live Achievements but also be able to get them cheap on a weekend sale!
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