THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Stoney Mason on December 04, 2015, 01:29:59 AM

Title: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 04, 2015, 01:29:59 AM: https://www.epicgames.com/shadowcomplex/download?dismiss=https://www.epicgames.com/shadowcomplex/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6wGaDmIkQY
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: benjipwns on December 04, 2015, 01:35:22 AM: hoped this would some day come to PC, and this seems like a pretty good price for it

had no idea they were "remastering" it for PS4/XBO
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: benjipwns on December 04, 2015, 02:30:56 AM: If you already have the Epic Games Launcher (say, for UT or UE4) just load it up and it'll tell you about an update and then after it Shadow Complex will be one of the options like the rest of the games and you just have to click install on it, then only a 1GB download.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 04:23:59 AM: This is still just taking up room on my 360's HDD.

Why are the offering it for free, do you think?
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: archnemesis on December 04, 2015, 04:44:30 AM: Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 04:23:59 AM
Why are the offering it for free, do you think?
It must be a promotion for a sequel, right?

I never played it so I will happily download it tonight.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: Rufus on December 04, 2015, 09:23:36 AM: Huh, didn't expect it to be free. Downloading.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: demi on December 04, 2015, 09:25:01 AM: Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 04:23:59 AM
This is still just taking up room on my 360's HDD.

Why are the offering it for free, do you think?

Focusing you to use their client.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: thisismyusername on December 04, 2015, 09:46:20 AM: Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 04:23:59 AM
Why are the offering it for free, do you think?

To get more people to use their shitty client.

No reason they couldn't stealth release this on GoG/Steam/et. al. otherwise.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 04, 2015, 09:48:08 AM: Downloaded it, played it for 10 minutes. Yup it's Shadow Complex.
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 04, 2015, 06:23:24 PM: Adding to Steam

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Huge thanks to /u/Kopert for advising on how to skip the Epic Games Launcher. It fixes all problems.
Annoyingly, no Steam release, so install the game via their launcher (after registering, bleh), then manually add the Shadow Complex executable to Steam. That executable is located here:
C:\Program Files\Epic Games\ShadowComplexRemastered\Binaries\Win32\ShadowComplex-Win32-EGL.exe
To skip the launcher (essential for proper use), set these launch options for the Shadow Complex shortcut:
-AUTH_LOGIN= -AUTH_PASSWORD= -AUTH_TYPE=
Title: Re: Shadow Complex remastered (Free on PC right now)
Post by: chronovore on December 05, 2015, 10:27:52 AM: Quote from: demi on December 04, 2015, 09:25:01 AM
Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 04:23:59 AM
This is still just taking up room on my 360's HDD.

Why are the offering it for free, do you think?

Focusing you to use their client.
Quote from: thisismyusername on December 04, 2015, 09:46:20 AM
To get more people to use their shitty client.

No reason they couldn't stealth release this on GoG/Steam/et. al. otherwise.
This is the most likely reason. Still, pretty generous as offers go.

I hope the other guess about a sequel is correct, though that would be better as a simultaneous announcement, no?