coldalarm said:
Whilst I do see this argument, PC gamers without Steam are likely becoming a minority. Half-Life 2, Portal, TF2, MW2, L4D... The list goes on.
All but MW2 are Valve games, and since Valve owns Steam... yeah.
But I do see where your going with this, and I agree. There seems to be less and less PC games where you just put in the disk, put in the disk code, and play. And it makes me a sad panda.
Nohra said:
Irridium said:
Well, I still don't quite like being forced to use a system and have to activate it online, its still a lot better than Games for Windows Live.
After having to deal with it cripple the game's performance, not to mention it being awful in terms of distributing the DLC, I'll take anything but GFWL.
Still though. I'm against forcing consumers to use a platform they have no interest in using, whether or not its Steam or GFWL.
Glad to see it won't impact modding in a negative way.
Steam's really rather nice. I'd say give it a shot before you go ZOMG RAEG.
Valve have been huge proponents of modding, HL and HL2 were built with massive support for it, and Counter-Strike even began as a mod for the original Half-Life, which Valve (wisely) purchased and made into a for-sale product. I'm not as sure about the original Team Fortress, but suffice it to say Team Fortress 2 has been a juggernaut, and the original was a free-to-play mod as well.
But then, Valve also throw their SDKs at people willingly.
I've had Steam ever since Half Life 2 was released. So... 5 or 6
years I've used Steam. I have most certainly given it a shot, and I have become familiar with all its pro's, con's, and everything else. I know all about Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Portal, and how they basically started out as mods. Well except Portal, which was a project by students but was picked up by Valve because Valve thought it was awesome.
And while I love Steam, I hate having to be forced to use it. I'd prefer if companies go the Unreal Tournament 3 route. Which you could either install it the old fashioned way, put in the disk and disk key and play, or install it through Steam.
It gave the user a choice, and I wish more games would do that.
Not everyone loves Steam, and not everyone wants to use it. For some they don't care for it at all, and just want to play their games. For others like me, our internet is bad and Steam is just another internet hog. Ever try to use Steam on a 50kb/s connection? Its just pure ass on computers with bad connections.
After 5-6 years with Steam, and after going through all its in and outs, good and bad times, and everything in between, I'll rage whenever I feel like.
