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Sleeping Dogs |OT| not releasing this would have been a True Crime
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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Some interesting info for expats living in Japan.
Got word from a trusted source that SQEX has issued a "cockblock" order which basically is them trying to stop Asia / Western versions of the game from entering the country. Which is messing with the business models of import shops within the country that serve generally the expat / hardcore community.
So apparently talk of things like reverse importing may not be all that too far from the truth with this new info.
Some places may just try to get around the embargo other ways, but am sure that will drive the price of the game up a bit.
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As others have said fucking FANTASTIC OT!
Looks like my asian version from Play Asia is about to ship. I hope this isn't true and even more that it doesn't become a trend.
I think it could well do. Region locking and IP blocking is becoming more common and parallel importing is starting to get under publisher's skin.
This video shows the PS3 Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arC5hM6f-z8#t=11m12s
Unfortunately not the best video quality, but looks fine for me so far
German USK version is cut and it's release was delayed a few weeks.
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/sleeping-dogs/news/sleeping_dogs,45986,3003830.html
Lucky me, I ordered the PEGI AT version
€: Due to the recent Steam license changes - even imported PC versions won't be able to get activated at the non-german release date. :-(
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/sleeping-dogs/news/sleeping_dogs,45986,3003830.html
Lucky me, I ordered the PEGI AT version
€: Due to the recent Steam license changes - even imported PC versions won't be able to get activated at the non-german release date. :-(
Revolutionary
Member
Are you certain?
I pre-ordered Deus Ex from GMG back when it was released and received the TF2 bonus items for it even though the GMG page stated nothing about it. As far as I can tell, GMG buys pre-order keys just like the rest of us, but in bulk (and therefore discounted).. so the pre-order bonuses come with those keys. At least, that's been my experience with GMG thus far. Maybe they changed it since then.
EDIT: Pretty sure this happened with Red Orchestra 2 as well, now that I think about it.
iNvid02
Member
German USK version is cut and it's release was delayed a few weeks.
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/sleeping-dogs/news/sleeping_dogs,45986,3003830.html
Lucky me, I ordered the PEGI AT version
: Due to the recent Steam license changes - even imported PC versions won't be able to get activated at the non-german release date. :-(
use a vpn to get around the release date lock
Forgot to mention, that you can lose your account when doing this. (this was added with latest user agreement update)
Mister0079
Member
I wouldn't recommend using VPNs with Steam anymore.
edit: beaten
edit: beaten
Skyfireblaze
Member
German USK version is cut and it's release was delayed a few weeks.
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/sleeping-dogs/news/sleeping_dogs,45986,3003830.html
Lucky me, I ordered the PEGI AT version
: Due to the recent Steam license changes - even imported PC versions won't be able to get activated at the non-german release date. :-(
It's been quite a while since I was hyped for a game like this but if I understand you correctly we won't be able to play till the USK does their stuff even if we get the PEGI version?
It's been quite a while since I was hyped for a game like this but if I understand you correctly we won't be able to play till the USK does their stuff even if we get the PEGI version?
Seems so... it also could be possible, that steam will downgrade your pegi version to a cut version or they simply disallow Non-USK keys in germany.
Glad I'm getting the 360 version - and my austrian retailer will dispatch my copy on monday
iNvid02
Member
i think its for people trying to make purchases with a VPN, you should be OK but its up to you
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
we going to be able to preload soon?
Yeah it used to be a violation to buy stuf via VPN but ~1 week ago they banned activations also.
Extra Sauce
Member
I watched the Giantbomb quick look with a buddy yesterday and we were laughing at some of the stuff happening onscreen. The mobile car jacking (probably inspired by Just Cause), the badass disarming of a thug (which happened right after we said "when is he gonna get a gun"), the kicking people into water, etc.
Also, the city looks great.
Only real gripe so far from what I've seen is the racing. Not a fan of that arcadey crap.
Also, the city looks great.
Only real gripe so far from what I've seen is the racing. Not a fan of that arcadey crap.
Castor Krieg
Banned
German USK version is cut and it's release was delayed a few weeks.
http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/sleeping-dogs/news/sleeping_dogs,45986,3003830.html
Lucky me, I ordered the PEGI AT version
: Due to the recent Steam license changes - even imported PC versions won't be able to get activated at the non-german release date. :-(
Are you telling me I have to wait if I live in Germany? Oh well, I will try regardless, if nothing works I will call my bro in Poland, tell him to log to my account and activate the game. This is allowed, right?
Angel Abaddon
Member
Won't work, the game checks where you are each time it loads. Its why for the VPN trick to work, you had to load it each time you ran the game. Although thats not even an option anymore going by some of the posts above.
SJRB
Gold Member
Really? That's bad news.
Nabs
Member
Not sure about that.
base shagohod
Member
Yeah, the driving is probably the only thing I'm not crazy about. The car jacking does look ridiculous and awesome though, lol.
Castor Krieg
Banned
What if I get a CD-Key in Poland, and activate the game in Poland? Don't tell me I cannot even do that, that is f****** ridiculous!
You can do that - but until the game releases in germany you have to setup a vpn tunnel to poland to start the game.
Angel Abaddon
Member
Now this I'm not sure on, but going on memory, I believe your region is based on the Steam clients current location, NOT the game's region, but I could be absolutely wrong on that.
Edit: Turns out I'm wrong, see ekim's post above.
Stitch
Gold Member
The Gamestar site doesn't mention this anywhere. I only see a post in the forum from some unknown guy with no link to a source...
Normally steam just checks your region when you register your key. Only very few games check your region when you start the game. Skyrim, Prototype 2.... uhhh I think one of the russian Max Payne 3 versions (there's one with a check and a early pre-order one without.)
edit: actually only the russian versions of skyrim and prototype 2 check your region.
Angel Abaddon
Member
I'm only going off what I had to do with Deus Ex last year.
What a week of vidya:
Makes my wallet hurt just from 3 of those games.
Angel Abaddon
Member
Castor Krieg asked about waiting for the game in Germany, and unlocking it in Poland then logging back in in Germany to play it. So yes we were talking about unlocking it before release date, not activating foreign keys which your right, can be done in any region after release (bar Russian keys).
Subterranean
Member
Since the result of Dark Souls being lead as a terrible PC port I have decided to pre-order this instead. I grew up watching and loving Jackie Chan movies so this should be an awesome experience.
I'm 100% sure you didn't get the Deus Ex bonus TF2 items with GMG pre-order. It simply didn't happen, not to anyone. Now Red Orchestra 2, that game was an exception and all pre-orders regardless of the store you bought the digital version from got you the TF2 hats. It has never happened since Red Orchestra 2, and it very likely won't happen with Sleeping Dogs or any other game for that matter. Maybe some small indie games at some point, maybe.
LongDongJunon
Member
I like exciting rides.
Stitch
Gold Member
oh ok.
well, I guess we have to wait and see what happens on the release day.
steam page still says "This game will unlock in approximately 1 week, and 3 hours"
-- Alex Navarro, Giantbomb
also, launch trailer: http://www.giantbomb.com/sleeping-dogs-launch-trailer-arrives-a-bit-early/17-6425/
VibratingDonkey
Member
Yeah that was probably my main beef with Streets of LA. It just gets boring when there's no dynamic feel to the driving. At least in LA you could spontaneously make your car drive on two wheels and nonsense like that. Don't think those stunts are returning?
keltickennedy
Member
Yeah, me too. They were definitly a step up from the previous games, but still felt like you were driving a pair of roller skates. And trying to do stunt jumps was pretty bad. The cars just never got that much airtime.
Looking at some of the videos from Sleeping Dogs the cars and bikes seem to be much more floaty when going off jumps. When I played it at PAX the cars handled similar to Just Cause 2, but were better handling around turns.
I didn't and most of gaf didn't. Red Orchestra 2 is the only exception
Yup, sucks especially as I've been playing a lot of Mafia II which has pretty awesome vehicle physics.
R_thanatos
Member
I think that only applies to activations of region locked products, I can't see Steam going out if their way to protect brick and mortar retailer's release dates when you're activating a ROW key. But I guess we'll find out next week.
davidsaurus
Member
With Dead Island and a few other games - I log in to a US VPN and open steam, the game will be unlocked and I can play. I log in without a VPN, the game is still locked even if I already played it / redeemed my CD key for it.