1/24/12 Steam Midweek Madness: From Dust 67% off

[KaOTiK]

From Dust $4.99 67% off

 

[PowerYoga]

the game looks very interesting but I heard it was a buggy piece of crap port to the PC. Is that still the case? Did they patch it up?

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

drm?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Ubisoft, wouldn't buy even for one cent.

 

[PowerYoga]

Ubisoft, wouldn't buy even for one cent.

ooh missed that. No thanks.

 

[Gothgar]

Hmmm... looks interesting.

 

[mindcycle]

Ubisoft, wouldn't buy even for one cent.

+1

 

[mmntech]

I have it for PS3. It's an okay puzzler. Sort of innovative. Definitely don't buy it for PC though. It's a piss poor port and AFAIK, they never patched it.

 

[CuriousMike]

Tracking sales on Steam since December 1st, as a Publisher, Ubisoft has a lot of content.

108- Paradox Interactive (Magicka / King Arthur )
99- Ubisoft
92- SEGA
91- RailSimulator.com
68- THQ
62- 2K Games
58- Electronic Arts
56- SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive
37- Popcap Games
31- Activision
31- Kalypso Media Digital
28- id Software

 

[Corporate Thug]

the game looks very interesting but I heard it was a buggy piece of crap port to the PC. Is that still the case? Did they patch it up?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/18/from-dust-does-need-online-badly-ported/

Yikes.

Not sure if patched.

edit: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/psa-from-dust-patch-now-available-on-pc-removes-ubi-drm/

Looks like the patch was only for DRM.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Tracking sales on Steam since December 1st, as a Publisher, Ubisoft has a lot of content.

108- Paradox Interactive (Magicka / King Arthur )
99- Ubisoft
92- SEGA
91- RailSimulator.com
68- THQ
62- 2K Games
58- Electronic Arts
56- SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive
37- Popcap Games
31- Activision
31- Kalypso Media Digital
28- id Software

Rail simulatior #91?! Really??!

 

[CuriousMike]

Those numbers are games on sale, which include DLC.
RailSimulator has a boat(train)load of DLC.

 

[PowerYoga]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/18/from-dust-does-need-online-badly-ported/

Yikes.

Not sure if patched.

edit: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/psa-from-dust-patch-now-available-on-pc-removes-ubi-drm/

Looks like the patch was only for DRM.

All interest gone once I heard it was from Ubisoft. Don't give a shit anymore.

 

[Barfo]

All interest gone once I heard it was from Ubisoft. Don't give a shit anymore.

This.

 

[Dankk]

I was tempted at first, but everywhere I go, people are telling me to avoid it like the plague. Combined with the fact that it's Ubisoft is reason enough for me to not buy it then. I'll save my $5 for something else.

 

[mmntech]

Those numbers are games on sale, which include DLC.
RailSimulator has a boat(train)load of DLC.

Over $1000 worth IIRC. You could build your own model railroad for that kind of money. :hmm:

 

[darkewaffle]

Got From Dust at release over the summer, every now and then I pick it up and I'm slowly finishing it. The music and ambience is excellent, and the puzzle aspect of it really ramps up in the later levels, it gets genuinely hectic at times trying to manage your villages and god powers to keep them safe. The levels do get kind of long as well, which I think is the reason I still haven't beaten it, whenever I complete a level I usually feel more like taking a break than taking on the next challenge.

I think players who enjoy puzzles or RTS will find something in it. For the puzzler you can just find the quickest way through it, or the 'uber micro' RTS player can spend a long time creating a 'perfect' path or trying to cover the entire map with vegetation, drain all the lakes, build something out of lava. Even just as a toy it's very cool, seeing how you can shift and shape the landscape.

Keyboard and mouse control works fine, better even than a controller I'd wager, I wouldn't call it a shitty port by any means; just a normal port. It looks and plays like the original game, I don't see the problem. But you will need an Ubisoft login for whenever you run the game, and I have had it crash on me rarely.

Money well spent on my part at least.

 

[PowerYoga]

But you will need an Ubisoft login for whenever you run the game

Fuck ubisoft, seriously.