Comments on: STALKER For Free (Not The Rubbish One)

By: a

Tue, 19 May 2009 18:11:25 +0000

Just pirate it, fuck a gametap.

By: lumpi

lumpi — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:03:42 +0000

Meh. Gametap seems basically fine, but I always feel as if there’s something missing that keeps their model from being truly great.

Maybe it’s the whole “licensing” philosophy and the service running “secretly in the background”. I can’t help but constantly searching for a catch.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:12:57 +0000

Yeah, Gametap don’t seem to do exclusivity on anything. They’re not stepping on the toes of any other digital distro platforms, as they offer a very different service. A subscription-rental kinda deal, rather than outright purchasing. I doubt they’ll ever be interfering with the likes of GOG.

It’s good for people who want to try out a lot of stuff, and aren’t bothered by the lack of finer customization, and for the price ($60 annually), I’m usually satisfied with the 3-4 must-play games it gets a year, with a bunch of lesser ones to try out.

By: Francis L

Francis L — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:17:41 +0000

@Vagueism: Actually, Stalker keeps its saved games in the All Users\Shared Documents folder, well outside of GameTap’s firewall of DRM encryption. I know this because I didn’t even consider backing up the All Users directory last time I wiped and reinstalled windows.

@sinister agent: Considering GOG’s entire launch day catalog of titles were all available at the time on GameTap too, I’d guess a game’s presence on GameTap is anything but detrimental to its chances of appearing on GOG.

By: sinister agent

sinister agent — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:50:19 +0000

Because the nearest game shop to me is … I don’t even know. Plus I’m supposed to not be buying any more games, so if I keep making excuses I’ll save money. In theory, anyway. In practice, I keep checking RPS and going “oooh!” like an eejit.

By: drewski

drewski — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:29:39 +0000

Why wait for GoG when it’s cheaper in a box now? Although of course you get scary scary Securom in the box too…

By: lumpi

lumpi — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:20:42 +0000

Free this week only

Worth mentioning indeed?

By: sinister agent

sinister agent — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:54:02 +0000

Quite a tempting offer, including a bunch of games I’d love to play and one I already know is excellent. I have no interest at all in inviting more adverts, but they’re not forcing anything on me, so I hope you all enjoy them instead. You gits.

I hope this doesn’t mean they won’t eventually appear on gog, mind.

By: Tim James

Tim James — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:12:43 +0000

Just an FYI that the mods aren’t super critical here. Float32 is probably the real nice thing you are missing out on (good shadows) and everyone loves repair and increased carry weight mods, but you can grind through without them.

By: Shadrach

Shadrach — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:58:24 +0000

Calling CS rubbish wasn’t very nice, disappointing yes (especially the end) – but still a nice looking and (after patches) quite playable game.

LIke other say you can get it for almost nothing in bargain bins and on Steam for 20€ so why submit your pc to this DRM cr*p?

By: 678

678 — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:28:53 +0000

Free this week only. You should mention it. Now i’m at 93%. Waste of time…

By: stormbringer951

stormbringer951 — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:27:41 +0000

About the encryption: Yuki of Shifter mod of Deus Ex found a way past it for DX, so maybe someone can get past the one on stalker?