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 xan   |
Is it just me, or would the Creatures series benefit immensely from a relaunch via Steam? Gameware would make a spare buck or two off the IP without really having to do anything to it, and it would be very easy to get a hold of the game (and therefore check market interest -- especially what with the spore feeding frenzy). Win-win. What do you think? Am I missing some detail? Fill me in here, I can't really see why it hasn't happened already. |
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 Prodigal Sock Ghosthande  |
Don't you have to log-in to Steam in order to play their games, though? I don't know how it is with true offline games (ie. that don't have online capability), but every time I go to launch Portal I have to wait through Steam logging itself in, too... even though I never go online with Portal.  |
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xan |
Yes, and personally, this is my primary beef with Steam. It's gotten much better with broadband internet being relatively ubiquitous in population centers, but I still don't like it in principle. You can play games offline, but you still need the initial connection for Valve's games/other utterly steam-reliant games. (You don't know how...? It's file -> go offline) I wouldn't have a problem with it if it was just an optional functionality where you can put in a serial and have the option of downloading/updating from steam -- but well, it was originally conceived as an anti-piracy measure, and Steam games are still an utter PITA to pirate. Regardless, there's a large audience of people who have it whether they like the concept or not. It seems like it would be an advantageous release. |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
But would Gameware really want to have their property dependant on someone else's system, to have their customers forced to go through some other company all the time? I know I wouldn't do it. |
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xan |
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dvideogames&field-keywords=creatures&x=11&y=19 No. It's an alternative, since, you know, the only way to get as is is waiting a couple of weeks through Amazon. And that's if you know about it in the first place. |
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 Squishy-Fudge |
or finding a copy on ebay :B I APPROVE OF THIS IDEA although i don't have steam and i can play portal and audiosurf. soo.... *shrugs* i think it's because my C:/ drive died before, taking steam with it, but leaving portal fully intact. hmm. |
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xan |
It's set up weird like that. It wouldn't be my ideal content distribution system, but it seems to be the one that's taken off the most... |
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