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Geek Culture / From Dust - The newest god game

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Thraxas
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Posted: 19th Aug 2011 00:26
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Quote: "Few snags that were irritating but pretty good game."


Lava?

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Libervurto
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Posted: 19th Aug 2011 00:41
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I love how dynamic the world is. You can be screwing around building a wall with lava for a few minutes and then turn around to find your other island has doubled in size from the rivers depositing soil!
Has there been another terraforming puzzle game before this?

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lazerus
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Posted: 19th Aug 2011 13:37 Edited at: 19th Aug 2011 13:40
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DON'T LET STEAM UPDATE IT! IT SCREWS IT!

Now it wont play most of the time -____________-

Fab, also on the Drm i'ma not happy, Cant play on my laptop in uni since the boot people off the wi-fi every hour for some security crap.

An yeah the dammed lava Thraxas xD I was evil though and forced the flows off map after a good 20mins of crap i won ;3

Ive also ticketed steam about this, there refunding people for it.


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MrValentine
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Posted: 19th Aug 2011 13:46
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Quote: "Fab, also on the Drm i'ma not happy, Cant play on my laptop in uni since the boot people off the wi-fi every hour for some security crap."


Its not exactly a security issue or reason... it is to refresh the connected device list... a router can only have so many active/registered wi-fi clients on the allowed list before no one else can access the router to use the network... found out this the hard way... while doing my cisco back in college last year... the hard way because our tutor was lazy which meant those of us who brought our own laptops into class to use the network... couldnt and made bringing our laptops redundant essentially...

You should be thanking the IT department for being so nice to you lot lol... Sad to see they ruined a classic game. but if the update ruined the game cant the developer simply roll back the update for now until they fix it?

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lazerus
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Posted: 20th Aug 2011 13:51
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Quote: "========= Please enter your reply ABOVE this line =========

Hello,

A staff member has replied to your question:

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

As with most software products, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.

Please review Section 4 of the Steam Subscriber Agreement for more information.
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=subscriber_agreement

We will make an exception and refund preorders as long as the request is received prior to the release of the game. This only applies to preorders purchased from your account, preordered titles received or sent through the Steam Trading system cannot be refunded.

Technical support for this title is handled by a third party support department - please follow the instructions below to contact the support provider to troubleshoot this issue:

Title: From Dust
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4700-ROSN-2703


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"


I wonder if they think I'm stupid.

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Is scrawled all over it, because dun dun dunn.
We have statutory rights that override your convoluted contracts,
(I was going to break out into a song but meh)
Short line i will not be going to ubisoft Mr steam. You sold it, you take responsibility.


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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 20th Aug 2011 14:45
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Ahah, well... I suppose it's very true that buying PC games from ubisoft is a bad idea.

Still, this game is really awesome, and I hope other developers try to create something like it in the future.


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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2011 02:14
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They're fixing it!


THIS time...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/22/ubisoft-u-turn-on-from-dust-drm/#more-70577


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lazerus
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 14:24
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I'm getting a refund still. Still been at it with steam support and i've finally heard back from them.

Quote: "Hello,

Ubisoft has just announced that they are working on a patch that will eliminate the need for any online authentication for From Dust. The patch will release in approximately two weeks.

If you don’t want to wait for the patch or if you haven’t played the game, per Ubisoft’s request, we will issue refunds for this title.

If you would still like your purchase of From Dust refunded, please reply to this ticket. "


Also would like to say a giant Fu to Ubisoft and i wont be buying any of there games from now on.


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MrValentine
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 14:35
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I see lazerus now understands my issues with Ubi lol, they make good games... but never worth a penny.

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Insert Name Here
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 15:07
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Also would like to say a giant Fu to Ubisoft and i wont be buying any of there games from now on.
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So one poorly handled refund is gonna stop you buying any of their games, ever ever again?

That's... silly.



You'll change your tune once Beyond Good and Evil 2 comes out

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lazerus
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 15:11
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The poorly handled refund ? nah that's just steam being a business.

The poorly ported bug strewn game they hawked off to us with promise of greatness is what got me. Oh and that they tried to cover there mistakes by deleting the knowledge of it. Lucky for us people take screen shots all the time.


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Quik
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 17:01
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now what stops ME from playing ubisoft games?
DRM, huuuge huuuge shoey WORTHLESS DRMs. Never bought a game from ubisoft since assassins creed 2.

and EAgames boycotting Steam for their own EAstore... well, EA, go back to the shoe you came from. I ONLY play my games on steam: no steam = no purchase really. it's so much more convenient.

ofc retail games work too, but if i have to activate it on EAstore then no, get out of here EA.

and for the record, I am a man.

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Ocho Geek
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 17:30
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I should call you a fish-licking lunatic, but at least steam supports some indie games... could you honestly imagine indie games on the EA store


Not Spanish, Not Eight, Just Ocho

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Quik
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 17:41
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nope, i can only imagine EAgames.. corrupted shoes.

And steam supports basicly every indie game i have wanted there

it even supports indie bundle! since u can activate that on steam...

and for the record, I am a man.

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crispex
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Posted: 24th Aug 2011 19:34
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The PC controls for From Dust are just plain awkward. It's a decent game though.


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