Battlefield Bad Company 2 Clubhouse

[Easy Rhino]

From L4D2 I remember I first heard the term, "Valve Time," which is the actually time of release, which is generally 2-6 hours after the game is scheduled to come out. What pissed me off most was people who worked for Steam were playing L4D2, and when I messaged one, he responded, "Yeah we haven't lit the cigars yet, someone forgot to upload the decryption algorithm for the pre-load, it might be a while..."

how a massive game distro like steam doesnt work hand in hand with developers to successfully launch games on time is beyond me. either that or they are all morons who simply dont care about it...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

I can't blame Steam on stuff like this. Everyone downloading the game at the same time on March 2nd hurts them. If their servers lag because of it, sale and downloads of other games suffer as well. It just not financial smart to not be on top of this.

I think EA took a little longer to finalize bug fixes for the game and new DLC maps. But that is just my opinion.

 

[1Kurgan1]

this is no surprise. anybody who has ever bought pre-ordered a game from steam expects to be delayed atleast 12 hours. steam just cant get their shit together when it comes to actually launching a game on time. god only knows what they are doing in the mean time...

Only game I have actually bought on Steam beyond BC2 is Borderlands and that expirence was great, pre-loaded and everything, guess it was just luck before. No biggie I guess since I have the disc.

 

[shevanel]

steam was quick about refunding me my money.. if i decide to play it ill probbaly just buy it in the store tomorrow if it's on the shelf.

 

[boise49ers]

steam was quick about refunding me my money.. if i decide to play it ill probbaly just buy it in the store tomorrow if it's on the shelf.

I did digital through EA and have had it downloaded and
ready for the release code since 1 p.m. MST yesterday.
I'd just do the download, unless you are wanting the case
and disk for something.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

how a massive game distro like steam doesnt work hand in hand with developers to successfully launch games on time is beyond me. either that or they are all morons who simply dont care about it...

I think they know they have already made the cash so they lose motivation. I am unsure though, but they are consistently late EVERY TIME.

 

[ShogoXT]

Just pre ordered on steam yesterday. I like steam and stardock because its overall easier to manage on those 2. I didnt play beta, but I played almost all the previous battlefield games, so maybe I can play with you guys?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Just pre ordered on steam yesterday. I like steam and stardock because its overall easier to manage on those 2. I didnt play beta, but I played almost all the previous battlefield games, so maybe I can play with you guys?

No you can't play with us.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

No you can't play with us.

Don't listen to him. He is just joking.....you never had a chance to play with us.

 

[ShogoXT]

Would be nice to play with people who know something about computers. A little tired of playing AVP with people who dont know how to host properly.

I liked BF2142 more than BF2 mostly because the vehicles were better balanced. Jet fighters were very overpowered and my friends feel the same way I do.

There are balanced countermeasures vs vehicles in this game right?

 

[digibucc]

yeah much better. and we actually talked about it in the server meeting, things that break balance - like using the UAV to get on top of the chopper, and push it to the ground and explode - will not be allowed, even if the game itself allows them.

the server won't be strict by any means, but things we feel break balance and we don't believe were intended will not be allowed. that UAV thing and the c4 on UAVs are the only things as of now. yes it could happen in real life, but it's not good for game balance.

and as far as steam goes - i could accept the "it's not their fault" if it happened once or twice. but as was said it happens consistently, at least 80% of major releases have problems , if you actually want to get it on release. a few days later, it's fine - but release day is horrible.
and whether it's steam's doing or not, i think it's their responsibility to figure out a solution.

 

[TheMailMan78]

yeah much better. and we actually talked about it in the server meeting, things that break balance - like using the UAV to get on top of the chopper, and push it to the ground and explode - will not be allowed, even if the game itself allows them.

the server won't be strict by any means, but things we feel break balance and we don't believe were intended will not be allowed. that UAV thing and the c4 on UAVs are the only things as of now. yes it could happen in real life, but it's not good for game balance.

and as far as steam goes - i could accept the "it's not their fault" if it happened once or twice. but as was said it happens consistently, at least 80% of major releases have problems , if you actually want to get it on release. a few days later, it's fine - but release day is horrible.
and whether it's steam's doing or not, i think it's their responsibility to figure out a solution.

C4 on the UAV sounds like an epic win!

What about Jhading? You know C4 on the ATV?

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

C4 on the UAV sounds like an epic win!

What about Jhading? You know C4 on the ATV?

If you can get 12 c4 on a UAV or ATV and blow up a console thats a little different. The 3 or 4 c4 required in the beta was just dumb.

 

[digibucc]

yeah for sure, if they make it tactical. but in beta it was obviously flawed.

 

[TheMailMan78]

yeah for sure, if they make it tactical. but in beta it was obviously flawed.

Ok because I like to blow stuff up.

 

[digibucc]

Ok because I like to blow stuff up.

we would not DREAM of taking that pleasure away from ANYBODY
i like to blow stuff up too

 

[overclocking101]

really a bummer steam isnt allowing preload but whatever the game will be downloaded and ready when I get home from work so w00t for me!

 

[Boneface]

For those that have it preloaded through eagames at least, you can play the single player right now, just use the ea loader to run it, it will update then take you to game, if this is old news sorry lol

 

[shevanel]

i hated the beta. I cancelled my preorder. I bought the game at walmart because I wanted to try the full version.

Best military FPS ever!

Dice has really upped the ante.. this game is retarded fun and looks beautiful.. finally a great NEW pc game.. finally.

 

[JackAttack]

Picking my copies up this morning at 10:00, it's 7:15 now, can't wait.
GameStop held me 2 copies reserved with a small deposit. Cool store.

It's been a long wait until today, I hope it was worth it.

 

[twicksisted]

awesome... i must say that the beta wasnt really selling it to me, though id already bought the game to get the beta.... so hearing that the final product is better is good news... looking forward to DL'ing it on the 5th

 

[shevanel]

normally i can goto bed cuz im bored... its 1/4 to 8 and im still up playing this game.. it's so quick to get into a good game.. hardly any waiting at all.. action action action.

so far i like playing conquest on panama canal

 

[kid41212003]

5 more hours until it unlocks on Steam.

 

[Easy Rhino]

5 more hours until it unlocks on Steam.

wishful thinking

 

[kid41212003]

That's what it said on the Store page... =/.