Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PC uses Games for Windows: LIVE features and this is the story of the harrowing experience that the author encountered with getting GFWL to work.
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I agree with this one hundred percent. Because I purchased the game Red Faction Guerrilla and I was unable to play the game and save without doing the update. So I let the update run.. and run.. and I decided to go out and come back and 3 hours later it was almost done. I still have yet to play the game because the stupid game for windows live update is so much of a pain that I would rather pass a kidney stone.
I was invited to the beta of Section 8: Prejudice. But i had to update the game. I let the update run and got out. When i got back the update wasn't even at 1%. Now i have the beta but i'm unable to play. Fuck you GFWL
In the image:
-Batman is Steam choking GFWL.
:P
Why do devs even bother with GFWL?
It doesn't stop pirates, neither does Ubisoft's fancy DRM, nor steam.
Last time I reformatted my machine and installed Arkham Asylum on Steam I had to sign into my LIVE account (use the same one for GFWL as I do for Xbox) and had to download an update and install it....I had to do this like 3 times at least before actually being able to complete the login process and actually play the game. I wouldn't have bothered with it but I was forced to in order to be actually able to save my game. Ridiculous.
I simply do not see the point of it all.