Blood and Guts pack incoming Thursday. $2.99 USD

[Mhantra]

Well look what we have here...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259800

[Veho Nex]

lol, of course its a Halloween release. Why didnt i see that sooner!

[Hooahguy]

His helmet kinda looks like a bowler hat.

http://cdn3.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1383070085

[Mhantra]

I had STILL not made the Halloween connection! Thanks for that lol.

Hahaha @ Bowler's hat. Or maybe his head as the bowling ball, and the hat as the ball-bag. This is gonna be sick...

[Kamakazi]

yay!!! I love blood and gore!!!! ive wanting this since my first campaign! Fell in love with it in shogun 2

[Hooahguy]

Hahaha @ Bowler's hat. Or maybe his head as the bowling ball, and the hat as the ball-bag. This is gonna be sick...

The other guy clearly is the fashion police.

Also I just pre-ordered it because I am not going to miss out on this.

[fallen851]

Awesome. Looking forward to this one, I just hope the gore doesn't go overboard. Based on the screens, it looks like it does...

Can you return a DLC if you don't like it?

Also, it'd be great to know how much of an effect it has on performance. Right now, I'm stuck with medium and low settings. I don't want to have to go lower just to make this work.

[Hooahguy]

Nope, but that would be steam's fault.

And if you are at medium/low, Id see if others say if it really has an impact on performance or not before I get it.

[TarheelDan]

Pre-ordered today and looking forward to it too! Game's running pretty well for me right now, and I have hopes it'll get smoother over the coming months.

[Kamakazi]

yea I just preordered it

[Freedom!]

I pre-ordered it as well, I can't wait!

[Sp4]

Awesome. Looking forward to this one, I just hope the gore doesn't go overboard. Based on the screens, it looks like it does...

Can you return a DLC if you don't like it?

Also, it'd be great to know how much of an effect it has on performance. Right now, I'm stuck with medium and low settings. I don't want to have to go lower just to make this work.

Really, don't bother. It had quite a big impact on Shogun 2 already and I was just about running the game fine on ultra XD I'd like to get it but I don't think my PC can handle an awful lot of it.

[Hooahguy]

Awesome. Looking forward to this one, I just hope the gore doesn't go overboard. Based on the screens, it looks like it does...

Eh, nowhere near as absurd as the Shogun 2 bood pack.

I mean how can you compare this to this?

Really, don't bother. It had quite a big impact on Shogun 2 already and I was just about running the game fine on ultra XD I'd like to get it but I don't think my PC can handle an awful lot of it.

I didnt notice much of an impact on performance in Shogun 2. But then again, I only played about 3 hours of it.

[Sp4]

Yeah I played more than 3 hours of it and I am just sharing my experience but hey, maybe I have no idea :D

[Hooahguy]

Fair point, but then again I didnt really have any of the bugs or graphical glitches and stuttering that others had. Maybe Im just blessed.

[Sp4]

I never actually had graphical glitches with Shogun 2. I did have a few with Rome since this latest patch, with lots of area on the campaign or battle map just being black and weird shadows and all but it usually goes away when I restart the game. I think alt tabbing causes it, which I guess is really just my own fault.

[AntiDamascus]

I'm not a blood and gore guy so this one will stay away from me sadly

[Myth]

Oh I'm definitely getting it. It's so bloody cheap (he-he) that I view it as a free DLC anyway. My lunch costs twice the amount at least... If my PC can't handle it, i'll go and upgrade my graphics card. It's long overdue anyway.

[BroskiDerpman]

I'm hoping some benchmarks are done soon.

I believe it was AlQamar and a few others on TWC that did a benchmark for Shogun 2's blood dlc. They reported a 15% decrease in performance when running max graphics. Some report around 20% but I think 15% is closer to reality.

[Hooahguy]

So Trish from CA has graciously given us this exclusive Blood and Gore pack wallpaper!

[Myth]

Thank you, Trish!

[nearchos]

I prepurchased the pack and yesterday, steam just could not connect to dounload it, all night long...
Very frustrating.

[Amras]

I prepurchased the pack and yesterday, steam just could not connect to dounload it, all night long...
Very frustrating.

Just restart steam and the pack will be automatic download. This worked for me

[nearchos]

Just restart steam and the pack will be automatic download. This worked for me

I had a connection problem, steam client wouldnt start and displaying that there is a conection problem, internet was working fine, till the day before steam was running ok and yesterday just didnt make connection, had to run the game from offline and off course without the blood pack i have already pay for.

[Amras]

I had a connection problem, steam client wouldnt start and displaying that there is a conection problem, internet was working fine, till the day before steam was running ok and yesterday just didnt make connection, had to run the game from offline and off course without the blood pack i have already pay for.

I ran also in this connection problem from time to time. My solution is run Steam offline and then restart steam in online mode.
In the top-left there is a button called "Steam". Click that, and then click "Go Online".

Or see here for possible solutions to this issue.

[Amras]

Other possible solutions can find here:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_cat.php?id=4

[nearchos]

Other possible solutions can find here:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_cat.php?id=4

I did that but my PC and my internet connection didnt have any of the issues reported.
THank you very much anyway, i hope tonight it will work ok.

Thank you again.

[Sp4]

I thought it was going to be a hit on FPS and stuff kind of like in Shogun but I don't actually notice a difference. Kind of pleasantly surprised.

[Bramborough]

Agreed. My own earlier-expressed concerns have been proven groundless.