ODDBOXX: December 20th release
 

http://www.oddworld.com/?p=292


this is going to be a kick ass birthday :p

i already prepared the money ;) 70 kuna and 09 lipa

Wow, I can't think of anything cynical to say. I'm genuinely happy.

lol just 2 days away.

I will only buy the game without internet connection, as a physical box(hardcopy) inside a real world store.

Looks like you'll be missing out then.

I hate the future because of digital distributions without a chance to get the physical copy of it in real world stores without internetconnection.

Offline is always the best and safest way to go when buying new games,
then you always have physical copies and don't have to bother with online digital distribution downloads.

If no one wants to buy the physical one, then buy digital cars, food, monitors and speakers and then when they reached 100% at download installation, then only click on them a like a regular executable file and then have fun with them like the real world thing to all corners and even up to the galaxy in our sun system we have outside our houses.
A computer can't simulate a 100x faster computer on its own like having mirrors inside mirrors and so on infinite.

Steam is one of the safest and most trusted internet video game providers on the market. There is no future in them being bankrupt, and they hold sales weekly that may save you up to 40 dollars in cash. If, for some reason, Valve does go under it will be a long time from now and WILL be seen happening long before it does. They will have a backup plan ready, hell they probably have one now. Your attitude is losing you money and comfort, just buy it online.

e: Oh yeah and this is never gonna be sold in physical copies so tough luck.

The difference between a game and a car is that a digital car is of no use outside of a computer, where you would need it most.
A car needs to be able to function in the real world.
A game just has to run on a computer.

Xavier I totally forgot we share a birthday! Yes it will be a good one indeed! :D

I don't like Steam very much, but there's no way I'll be missing out on this :)

Whats not to like about Steam?

Sometimes the things don't work like they're supposed to. Gamersgate.com, for instance, is much better.

Games aren't meant to be played, theyre meant to look nicely on your shelves :D
(God, I hope anyone will understand this). Anyway I will buy OddBoxx right away.

So guys.

Stranger's Wrath was released January 25th 2005 (in North America; March 3rd in the EU).

And now, 5 years and 11 months later, we're finally getting a new release from Oddworld tomorrow.

It's been almost 6 years, but Oddworld is on its way back again.

Thats why i mean physical copies instead of digital downlaods.

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. Could you elaborate?

No.

You can't do anything with outside your computer with a physical copy of a CD. Vastly different than, for instance, comparing .pdfs and books.

You can use CD as a frisbee.

I'd rather a digital distribution of the games. My Munch's Oddysee disc got damaged about five years ago and haven't been able to play it since.
Now I've just installed steam on my bootcamp. So i'm prepared for tomorrow

It has to download a 100MB update every time you launch it.

Physical copies can get damaged, they can get lost, they can become defunct if technology changes. Digital copies are always there, you can access them from any computer, they can be updated at the source. I'm not sure I'll ever buy a game physically again, there's just no point.

:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

Its strange how there isn't any info about the OddBoxx on Steam. oh well :D

And i like how you can have a chose what to buy, I already own Abe's Exoddus (original pc copy :D) so I'll just buy the other 3

There was a rather appraising article about this in a Hungarian gaming news portal, titled "OddBoxx: The Return of a Legend". I was pleased to see this, even though I'm not planning to buy the pack.

Crash, you will probably pay more for 3, than for 4.

You know you can turn automatic updates off, right? Besides, you'd just have to install the updates manually another time. There's nothing wrong with keeping up to date.

Hooray!

I request permission to post in large font, the phrase " Fuck yeah" In an inappropriate and spam like manner.

I didn't know this emoticon existed, but damn if it isn't appropriate.

Granted, but only once and in this thread...

Updates that are too big and too frequent are not a good idea. I'm all for up to date systems, but when the update functionality added is nothing compared to what it takes to update, something's broken within (I.e. you have to wait 2-12 minutes every time you launch Steam), something wrong with the system.

What is the source of your information?

I have no idea what you're talking about, but Steam for me opens within a minute every time, and I've never noticed it automatically downloading anything except game updates.

If you have a half decent internet connection it should only take you 5 seconds to launch and for games like Oddworld you might see an update maybe once a year (or not at all), plus those updates would be rather small <10MBs.

Well. I know what I'm gonna be playing for the next few days. :D

Word.

I'm talking about the updates to Steam itself, not the game. The game updates are reasonable. Also I only have 2.5 MbPS download connection (320KBPS download speed) because decent speeds are still insanely expensive here due to a crappy duopoly of Internet infrastructure providers, greedy ISPs and crappy politics. (Some good changes are going on though, and this slow nightmare will end in the next few years hopefully)

But anyway, as someone who doesn't use Steam quite often (Once a month or so, but that'll change in a few hours :P) I find it very annoying to have a client update every time I run it, it usually takes 5 minutes to download (I don't remember the size, but either it's too big for a minor update of a relatively small application, or their update servers are WAY too slow), and I don't plan to do anything with the client other than launching a game.

You can't complain about Steam taking a long time to update if you only run it once a month, and you can't blame Steam for your crappy connection.

Of course not, these only make things worse. The issues are:

-Why do they force people to update their clients when they only want to launch a game?

-Why are updates so big? Even with my 320KBPS connection a minor update to such a software shouldn't take that long. Something's probably wrong with their update mechanism.

Don't get me wrong, I think Steam's great, but it's the little things that get people annoyed.