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@totsboy: Where did you put the file? The game directory? I believe it's a DirectX .dll and should be in the system32 folder. That's where it is for me on Windows 8.1. Check if it's in there. If putting the dll in there doesn't help, I would suggest reinstalling the latest DirectX.

@a_e_martin: Yup, you're totally right. I just signed in to GFWL in 2015, what am I doing with my time on this Earth? I totally forgot that they never actually made any announcement about it shutting down.

So yeah, GFWL is still a thing and it saved my game etc, @choi.

@df I only tried it for a few minutes, because that game drowns you in tutorials for ages, but it was running fine on my Windows 8.1, so I can't speak to Windows 10 conclusively, but they'd have to be very similar in compatibility. Still looks pretty nice on the highest settings, all things considered.

The other bonus of the physical PC version is that you can look at the case and 35 page booklet and enjoy the font choice there, and then wonder why the game is bursting at the seams with Comic Sans.

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure...

I fished out my copy, I'll install it and see what's up.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't hold my breath for Rare Replay on PC, because it would basically mean officially having xbox 360 compatibility on PC.

To my knowledge, the PC version only exists in a GFWL form, which means that a digital version is almost certainly not still available. If you want the PC version of Viva Pinata, you'll have to get the physical copy on disc. If that's an option, you can probably find it somewhere pretty cheap. I got it a couple of years ago in a "Get three games for $10" offer, so it's bound to be somewhere for a couple of bucks. Should still work with GFWL being dead, it just wouldn't give achievements etc

I guess I don't really care how it looks if it plays the way it should. I'm not terribly optimistic about that though. We should probably all just play THPS3 again.

If you want direct comparison, you can't go past Digital Foundry.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-metal-gear-solid-ground-zeroes-face-off

But it's probably all pretty negligible, especially if you don't care that much about resolution.

Cashews are peanuts for people with standards. Walnuts are amazing, they go great with apple or pear.

@neilx96: Haha dammit, I was totally thinking In Cold Blood, but I didn't say it because I didn't play that much of it and I don't think I ever saw any R2-like droids.

Well there totally WAS a PS1 game called C-12: Final Resistance. Never played it, just saw it in magazine ads, so I can't say how well it matches the rest of your description. The story was to do with aliens wanting to harvest Earth of all its carbon, with C12 being the most common carbon isotope, I believe.

That's cool, the PC version of Ground Zeroes was fantastic and seemed really well optimised, so it's nice that what will probably be the best version of that game will be out day and date.

Will the behind the scenes video just be members of the Konami board taking turns between holding back the arms of various devs and punching them in the stomach?