Random Gaming Thoughts

[fastbilly1]

With Brutal Legend actually on steam now, and multiple other games from the leak being confirmed for steam, its looking very likely that Halo 1 - 3 will hit the service at some point.

Id rather have the Halos on GoG, but Steam will work.

[lisalover1]

With Brutal Legend actually on steam now, and multiple other games from the leak being confirmed for steam, its looking very likely that Halo 1 - 3 will hit the service at some point.

Id rather have the Halos on GoG, but Steam will work.

I don't know about the likelihood of this. Microsoft seems like they want a stranglehold over everything they release, and while a GoG release would be the best possible result, but I can imagine MS keeping a digital release as DRM-heavy as possible.

[BoringSupreez]

With Brutal Legend actually on steam now, and multiple other games from the leak being confirmed for steam, its looking very likely that Halo 1 - 3 will hit the service at some point.

Id rather have the Halos on GoG, but Steam will work.

I don't know about the likelihood of this. Microsoft seems like they want a stranglehold over everything they release, and while a GoG release would be the best possible result, but I can imagine MS keeping a digital release as DRM-heavy as possible.

There were rumors recently that Halo 3 would be coming to Steam, but MS shot that down along with all the other Halo games.

[isiolia]

That's true. It would work on those. I just wish big name companies like Nintendo, Squaresoft, Capcom, Konami, and Sega would focus more on 2D games. New 2D JRPs, platformers, run-n-guns, beat-em ups, and shoot-em ups with the quality and polish of such companies would be amazing to see happening on a regular basis again.

There are games like that from recent years, and coming down the pipe. Most just aren't from the same companies from the 80s and 90s - and the few published by them are probably farmed out to a small developer to create anyway.

Personally, I think those companies are exactly the ones we don't want to see those kinds of projects from. In part, their past efforts stand out because they were the ones pushing the limits of development and hardware available decades ago. Those successes kept them in business, and in the position to continue pushing the boundaries of each generation of hardware. To me, that's what they should do. They have the money and staff to do it.

Meanwhile there's plenty of room for new talent to step up, for which a retro style 2D game might be ambitious.

It's not even out yet. And are those companies working on Ouya? Or focusing on retro-styled games?

SE and Namco Bandai are named as having titles in the works. Probably just ports of existing Android products, but still...

[lisalover1]

Also, why would MS release Halo on Steam if they are trying their hardest to promote Games For Windows Live?

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Also, why would MS release Halo on Steam if they are trying their hardest to promote Games For Windows Live?

MS has been letting Games for Windows Live wilt away. They haven't updated it in ages.

[Stark]

Also, why would MS release Halo on Steam if they are trying their hardest to promote Games For Windows Live?

Is Games for Windows Live a digital download service? I thought it was like backend acheivement tracking and whatnot. Isn't Dark Souls a GfWL product and Steamworks?

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Also, why would MS release Halo on Steam if they are trying their hardest to promote Games For Windows Live?

Is Games for Windows Live a digital download service? I thought it was like backend acheivement tracking and whatnot. Isn't Dark Souls a GfWL product and Steamworks?

Yes. GFWL is basically just Windows based integration of Xbox Live with a half assed arcade store that never works just like the rest of the implementation.

[BoringSupreez]

Also, why would MS release Halo on Steam if they are trying their hardest to promote Games For Windows Live?

Is Games for Windows Live a digital download service? I thought it was like backend acheivement tracking and whatnot. Isn't Dark Souls a GfWL product and Steamworks?

Yes. GFWL is basically just Windows based integration of Xbox Live with a half assed arcade store that never works just like the rest of the implementation.

And speaking of Halo, Halo 2 for PC was supposed to be GFWL's juggernaut. Coincidentally, Halo 2 PC was as shoddily ported as GFWL was implemented.

I wish MS would just kill it off already. I hate having to log on to it for the few PC games that require it.

[pakopako]

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