Paradox Doomsday Direct Download

[JudgeDredd]

Very decent of you, posting a follow up Rhonda. Alot of people wouldn't have bothered.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

I thought I owed Paradox an update on this thread since I started it. I just received the following e-mail from them announcing a total revamping of their direct download site. SO..... the problems that I encountered may have now been solved.

Maybe someone else can report on their download efforts with this new setup.

I still won't touch their setup with a 10-foot pole. You still have to install a downloader (only now it's called Gamersgatedownload instead of ZtormDownload), so that's a big fat no-no for me. Paradox really needs to take a look at the Matrix/DR way of doing things. Their way isn't good enough.

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

I thought I owed Paradox an update on this thread since I started it. I just received the following e-mail from them announcing a total revamping of their direct download site. SO..... the problems that I encountered may have now been solved.

Maybe someone else can report on their download efforts with this new setup.

I still won't touch their setup with a 10-foot pole. You still have to install a downloader (only now it's called Gamersgatedownload instead of ZtormDownload), so that's a big fat no-no for me. Paradox really needs to take a look at the Matrix/DR way of doing things. Their way isn't good enough.

I would certainly agree with you. Paradox DOES need to look at how Matrix handles things! I just cleaned Zstorm downloader off my machine and I definitely won't be trying their new setup if it still includes download software for direct download.

Are you listening Paradox? Time for version three.....

[Sarge]

Do you get the windows installer that can be burned to a disk along with a key from Paradox ?

[SlapBone]

ORIGINAL: Sarge

Do you get the windows installer that can be burned to a disk along with a key from Paradox ?

Negative...it has a funky installer that makes you log in. It downloads some kind of encrypted file that install after verification.

[wodin]

The only interest I have in Paradox is that they have the ASL lincence.

Matrix where the hell where you when this was up for grabs?

[Sarge]

ORIGINAL: SlapBone

Negative...it has a funky installer that makes you log in. It downloads some kind of encrypted file that install after verification.

So what are you suppose to do if the title/developer stops getting support form Paradox , or even better yet Paradox goes down.?

But I am not surprised that Paradox has made a mess out of DD

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Sarge

So what are you suppose to do if the title/developer stops getting support form Paradox , or even better yet Paradox goes down.?

Then you'll be, to use a technical term, fucked.

[JudgeDredd]

There seems to be a fair bit of criticism aimed at Paradox and, tbh, I fail to understand why for a lot of it.

The DD stuff, I get...but some of the other criticism is a bit harsh. HoI2 and Doomsday are absolute blasts and extremely varied in the tasks that you have to do...I don't remember the last time I had fun with a game of this scale.

I'm having a few problems with Europa Universalis 2 which I bought on a whim...but only because I haven't dedicated the time to it....I'm thinking it's going to be good.

I personally think they are very good at the type of games they do (at least the ones I've played) and would easily buy another title from them....if it suited.

[DuckofTindalos]

I will never criticise Paradox for their GAMES. I own HOI, HOI2, Doomsday, EU, EU2, Crusader Kings and Victoria, so I'm a Paradox fanboy, but they've really dropped a clanger on the direct download thing. It's almost like they've conciously gone for making as many mistakes in setting this up as they could...

[JudgeDredd]

It does sound like a doosey, I'll grant you.

As for their games, people are entitled their opinion...absolutely. I just recently posted on the Oblivion thread saying how boring I found the game and yet there are a shed load of posts saying they love it.

Horses for courses springs to mind.