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Article #696866Re: Battlefield One -- What a game
From: Idaho Homo Joe
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:08
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:08
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"PW" <emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote in message news:1ste1chirmpjqir3o3spe10uet2vjptdqo@4ax.com... > On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:59:36 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> > wrote: > >>On 2016-10-29, PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote: >>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 21:08:41 +0000 (UTC), rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca >>> (Ross Ridge) wrote: >>> >>>>PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote: >>>>>But it's download only. No plans for a DVD so I will not buy it. I >>>>>just bought Civ VI from Amazon. Only one DVD disc and all it did was >>>>>to download the bonus pack. I was up and running with it in about 15 >>>>>minutes. >>>> >>>>That's pretty impressive. I would've expected a huge 10Gb day one >>>>patch, >>>>just like pretty much every other game these days. >>>> >>>> Ross Ridge >>> >>> >>> *--- >>> >>> I am pretty sure that the game/Steam just downloaded teh Aztec >>> Civilization pack. I did not preorder it but I guess it counted as a >>> poreorder. I will check again. But no major patches that I know of. >>> I am still going through the tutorial as it has been many years since >>> I played a Civ game! >>> >>> Some of the games that Amazon, etc.... carry say "No disc". I don't >>> know the point of that since it's just a DVD in a jewel case and no >>> keycards or whatever. >> >>I want to get Deus Ex Mankind Divided for Christmas but can't find a >>boxed version for my family to buy for me anywhere. >>Looks like it'll have to be Steam gift card which is less nice to wrap >>for a present. > > > *---- > > Well, another change due to the general public (one of my favorite > bands, by the way) :-) > > Not being able to purchase games and other software on CD/DVD > absolutely will stop me from upgrading my computer, graphic card, and > everything else. > > I might as well by a console, but which one? > > -pw Are you ever gonna stop pissing & moaning? Go fuck your mother, loser!
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