They kept it long. Isn’t it usually a subscription model and thus only used for the first 6 months with the most revenue?
Ok, so I love JC3. I still play it. I was playing it on Monday in fact. It’s one of those games that I just keep coming back to. I enjoy liberating cities and outposts and whatnot, but it’s the flying that I go back for. I can spend hours listening to music and just flying around. 260 hours on PC alone (I’ve probably played more than that on PS), and I’ve never finished the campaign.
Removing Denuvo is great, and I’m on board… but for the love of all that is good and holy: CLOUD SAVES!!! Having to restart every time I reinstall it is WHY I’ve never finished the campaign.
You delete your saves with the game? But why?
If they are on Linux, Steam automatically deletes the Windows prefix every time you uninstall a game. So any game without cloud saves, has their save games deleted if you don’t back them up separately (e.g. via Ludusavi).
Ah, Steam proton. They could just point the
drive_c/users/steamuser/<dir>symlinks to $XDG_DATA_HOME instead. But considering that the “use XDG dirs” issue is unanswered for years now…
4 is actually pretty fun too. Have you played the DLC with the jetpack and weather weapons?
Yep, played 4. I didn’t think it deserved the hate it got on release, but I do remember thinking it was kinda meh. I played it pretty early on though. Apparently it’s had a lot of work done since then so I should probably give it another go. I think I just like the location of 3 better. Greek island vibes are nicer than a dark jungle/desert/tundra imo.
I’ve also played the DLC, but honestly could take them or leave them. I like the skill involved in staying on the wingsuit, and the jetpack kinda ruins that. As for the mechs, meh. They’re fun, but not really why I’m there.
You might be the first person who liked it. Did you not play 2?
Imo 2 was just a little too rough compared to 3. I never finished 2, but I moved right onto 3 when it came out and I had a blast.
Oh man, I replayed it after your comment and JC3 really is so fucking good. I was thinking of 4, which ruined everything
I bet it’ll run a tad smoother now, too.
I mean… it’s a Just Cause game. It might somehow run considerably worse for no apparent reason.
What do you mean? Try Just Cause 2, I remember it ran perfect on a very old machine
JC2 crashed a lot
Ok, maybe it’s part nostalgia. Ran impressively though
Its a bit weird. The game came out 10 years ago, which mean Square paid Denuvo 10 years long. The game was countless times on sale for 3 Euros on Steam: https://steamdb.info/app/225540/
SteamDB lowest recorded price is 2,99€ at -85%
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I have no clue how this paid off.
Denuvo is a subscription? They sell licenses to old versions that have been broken for years?
Contraband was semi-recently cancelled by microsoft. I have no idea how the hell Nordisk Film ended up owning Avalanche, but I wouldn’t be shocked if they were planning to sell off or shutter the studio entirely.
So removing the fraction of a penny that Denuvo Corp get per Just Cause 3 sale probably IS worth it while you are calling security ahead of the mass layoffs.
I actually meant how it paid off to pay for 10 years. Denuvo is quite expensive as far as I know.
Probably a specific contract deal they had with them
Think it was this game that I went to play a while back and it needed an internet connection to start. So I didn’t play it but instead left the only review that I have ever made on Steam to not recommend it.
This is the game that put me off preordering forever. I got it just as it came out and it was SHIIIIIIIIIIT. After starting the game I would get 15 minutes of “xXBlazeIt420Xx beat your score on (some shit challenge)” scrolling up the side of the screen. I’d understand if it just told me my friends had beaten me, but it felt like telling me the whole world had.
Then there was the memory optimisation… Start a flying challenge, fuck it up, restart… IT TOOK OVER A MINUTE to load back to the start of the challenge.
If that wasn’t enough, the world just felt empty compared to JC2. There were vast areas of nothing but fields between towns and it sucked. I put it down a week after buying and never picked it up again.
Honestly, you dodged a bullet - game is ass, DRM or not
No, it’s fun.
They were paying for that shit still? And they wonder why they are having financial issues haha
I hope this means they’ll release it on GOG.
