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Flashpoint, the first of three expansions planned for BattleTech, hit digital storefronts yesterday. I'm a Kickstarter backer of the base game and bought the season pass a couple of months ago when the expansions were officially announced.
Yesterday I get home, start GOG's client, and...no updates. The expansion, along a major patch for the base game, unlocks at 19:30. Sure.
Download starts at that time, and after 30 minutes it's done.
I start the game and...the expansion isn't installed. The patch is.
Quick search on the internet indicates there are problems for people on GOG and season pass.
Did a quick search a few minutes ago and apparently the problem still persists.
Groan.
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Here's a thing [MENTION=5941]Asura[/MENTION] brought up recently and is something already affecting me: Digital games are harder to buy as good gifts. For example, one of my kids want a Switch game for Christmas that is digital only. It has been on sale for a limited time. But if I buy it, it will just be sitting on our Switch. If I wait, it is back to full price. There isn't an option to buy it, save it and present it as a gift. And as Asura said, giving a digital game just isn't the same.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostHere's a thing @Asura brought up recently and is something already affecting me: Digital games are harder to buy as good gifts. For example, one of my kids want a Switch game for Christmas that is digital only. It has been on sale for a limited time. But if I buy it, it will just be sitting on our Switch. If I wait, it is back to full price. There isn't an option to buy it, save it and present it as a gift. And as Asura said, giving a digital game just isn't the same.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostYeah, the thing is, I think Steam has managed to sort this out pretty well. You can buy stuff as gifts, and queue it up to send on a specific date. When you receive them, the flow for "opening" the gift is pretty nice too.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostI didn't know that. That sounds like exactly what I would want in this scenario. The console people should get on that.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostI realise I’m probably in the minority here but I think the sales on Steam are too good. They often cut the prices so much that, yeah, many people will wait for the inevitable sale to buy a game and it devalues games on the platform. It’s not quite App Store level but it approaches that.
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I unexpectedly ended up with a day mostly clear to sink my time into something yesterday so rather than chip at existing stuff I took the opportunity to start something relatively quick to play through, the choice was Call of Cthulu
I fairly enjoyed the first third, it's very Murdered: Soul Suspect as in you play it but there's little to it you'd consider to be a game. It's probably most like a walking sim, then the middle third kicks in and it turns into a weak stealth game but by then I felt immersed enough in the story. Evening hits and I have just enough time to actually complete the game in a single day and what happens? Desktop error.
The game was running but after loading up would kind of flick to black screen for a second and then display but you couldn't interact with it. Tried everything I could and it kept doing the same, googled it and nothing so to find out what happens ended up doing that most awful of things...
watching the last third on Youtube.
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