Having dealt with them extensively, they suck. They're great at saying "We want to help, contact us", but nothing beyond that. I'd go into my horror stories dealing with them, but the numbers on that site speak for themselves:

336 Negative Comments out of 406 Total Comments is 82.76%.

To anyone wondering how the client works, I've downloaded a couple games now and I can say for certain that:


1. You "download" the game through the client; this is extremely slow (200-300kbps on broadband).

2. You "install" the game through the client; sometimes pressing the "install" button will simply launch the same setup you'd see if you ran the game from a CD or used the game's default setup program.

3. You select the installation path before or (sometimes) during the setup; this will install the game files extraneous from the GameFly client.

4. When you first launch the game, a GameFly window will popup and automatically activate the game; if you do this offline, you simply need to check in your purchase history for the game's activation key and put that in.


And that's it. The GameFly client is NOT a game client like Steam or Origin, it's simply a downloader/installer. It's slow, yes, but beyond that it's really no big deal and it's easy enough to navigate (and also allows you to specify the installation path, which is nice).

If you're offline and trying to activate a game that DOESN'T come with an activation code (like VTM: Bloodlines), the popup will give you an "unlock request code". You need to contact GameFly support and give them this number, they will get back to quite quickly (only took a few minutes for me) with an activation code you can use.

All in all, I'm pleased enough with how they do things. Steam is nice, but my gaming laptop right now CANNOT go online whatsoever, so it's impossible for me to play Steam games. I'm happy that GameFly gives offline gamers a chance to play.

The speeds didn't seem too bad. I bought two games the other night, started them up before I went to sleep and they we're both done when I woke up. TOO easy.

Max Payne 3 on steam however took forever...

Downloading overnight means they took quite awhile to download, lol. Personally I don't really care how long it takes to download something anyways, like you said, overnight downloading isn't a big deal.

Excellent price on Shogun 2. I got it, and it's product key is usable with Steam. Has it ever been lower than $9?

Nice price on Civ V. I'll get that too when the sale happens.

Originally Posted by TotalHenshin Excellent price on Shogun 2. I got it, and it's product key is usable with Steam. Has it ever been lower than $9? Nice price on Civ V. I'll get that too when the sale happens.

It's pretty much constantly been 7.50 in sales for the past few months.

Originally Posted by Corpekata It's pretty much constantly been 7.50 in sales for the past few months.

Yeah, I couldn't remember whether or not I remembered it being $7.50 during Amazon's Mayhem PCDD Sale. It's an awesome game at either price.

For those who are perhaps buying The Witcher, GOG.com is letting you use the product key from The Witcher (doesn't work with Steam), to have the game on GOG and download it through them. Their downloading client is about 3 times faster than Gamefly's.

Anyone else waiting for arma 2 to go on sale anywhere

I got the Witcher 2 for 4.74 after 5% off..I liked 2 and figured 1 was worth 5

Originally Posted by plus1zero I got the Witcher 2 for 4.74 after 5% off..I liked 2 and figured 1 was worth 5

Uh, the Witcher 2 for $4.74?

Do you need to have a membership in order for the prices to show up as they are?

Originally Posted by Blabadon Do you need to have a membership in order for the prices to show up as they are?

No, you don't have to have a sub to the service. you will however have to sign up for a free account to purchase anything.

Is GTA4 redeemable on steam with the activation code from gamefly?

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Originally Posted by JayFx2 Is GTA4 redeemable on steam with the activation code from gamefly?

No, that should be for GFWL. It doesn't register on Steam.

Loving Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines so far. To anyone considering picking it up when it goes on sale again (on the 19th was it?), it installs with the official v1.2 patch, so there's no need to grab that online.

A lot will tell you the fan patches are better (and I can't say otherwise), but it seems to be a common thought that the official patch fixes things up fine for the most part.

Hmm, I've gotten 1200+ KB/s with their downloading client. It seems to work smoothly if you've nothing else going on.

Not sure where you're getting that common thought from. The basic fan patch fixes like a zillion bugs. Can you even select most widescreen resolutions with the official patch?

I've seen multiple gaming communities say again and again that it's not that big of a deal to play through it with the official 1.2 patch. I really haven't run into any bugs yet myself, and the ones that remain don't break the game as far as everyone says. The fan patches also change things that don't need to be changed from what I hear, such as a line being changed to "Oh wait, Troika didn't finish making that weapon, lolololol" or something. Kinda makes one rather play it Vanilla first (I'll try Wesp's patch after I play through the game once, probably).

As far as the resolutions, I've got it on my standard laptop resolution of 1366x768, so it's good for me.

I bought one game in the gamefly client and one game on the gamefly website. I had to wait an age for the website to confirm my order, but the game I bought in the client activated strait away. Not sure if this was a coincidence, but it might be better to download the gamefly client and buy the game from there. Can anybody corroborate?

Originally Posted by democrax I bought one game in the gamefly client and one game on the gamefly website. I had to wait an age for the website to confirm my order, but the game I bought in the client activated strait away. Not sure if this was a coincidence, but it might be better to download the gamefly client and buy the game from there. Can anybody corroborate?

I bought Assassin's Creed II on the site, and almost instantly was able to start downloading it from the client.