Steam, in conjunction with Games for WIndows Live decided to stop my copy of WH40K
OW2 from working. no patches and no gamer profile to be downloaded.
OW2 from working. no patches and no gamer profile to be downloaded.
Has Steam ever screwed you over?
- Thread starter Safe in the Dark
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I'll say what I said before... I only buy things on Steam when they're on sale. I bought Battlefield 2 and something is wrong with it... when it connects, I get kicked by punkbuster for having something installed that I never installed... I know it's not Steams fault and I know I probably downloaded it on accident but that's kind of crap. Luckily, I bought it on sale.
Also, I might buy the Square Enix/Eidos package... tell me if it's good!
Also, I might buy the Square Enix/Eidos package... tell me if it's good!
Steam screws me over on-going. I've been trying for the last three days to get onto TF2, and the servers are too busy. In fact, every game I try to play claims to be too busy to handle my request.
If only Vavle was a multi-million dollar developer with tons of heavy-hitters and bumloads of cash. Then they'd be able to get adequate servers. Oh well, all I can do is dream.
If only Vavle was a multi-million dollar developer with tons of heavy-hitters and bumloads of cash. Then they'd be able to get adequate servers. Oh well, all I can do is dream.
Not so far, Steam has actually been pretty good to me. I bought Audiosurf just after Christmas for $2.49, Geometry Wars for whatever regular price is $4.99 I think and I got Portal for free during some sort of promotion they had going a month or so ago.
I bought half life anthology for £8, then it went down to £3 5 MINUTES LATER
And I also bought Counter strike 1 because i couldnt afford source, and then soucre went down from £15 to £3.50 for the weekend >.<
Then I bought killing floor for £15, then it went down to £7.50 in the christmas sale, THEN it went down again on the 26th december to £3 for a day >.<
Steam bases its sales around me, it puts on sale the games I buy ( let me know if you want games to go on sale, and ill try to make it happen ;P)
And I also bought Counter strike 1 because i couldnt afford source, and then soucre went down from £15 to £3.50 for the weekend >.<
Then I bought killing floor for £15, then it went down to £7.50 in the christmas sale, THEN it went down again on the 26th december to £3 for a day >.<
Steam bases its sales around me, it puts on sale the games I buy ( let me know if you want games to go on sale, and ill try to make it happen ;P)
Eh, it changes every 24 hours at a specific time. It even says how long it has left before the next ones come in on sale. I don't think it really screwed you over.
I kinda got screwed, but it's fine really. I bought GTA SA marked down to $10 and thought that it was pretty good at 33% off. Then today it's only $3.75. Not really annoyed or anything though since I still got it at a damn good price. Also picked up the latest Flatout for only $2 at something like 95% off so I'm quite happy still.
I kinda got screwed, but it's fine really. I bought GTA SA marked down to $10 and thought that it was pretty good at 33% off. Then today it's only $3.75. Not really annoyed or anything though since I still got it at a damn good price. Also picked up the latest Flatout for only $2 at something like 95% off so I'm quite happy still.
Steam died one day and I lost access to all my games. All my games being just one, Audiosurf...
And then I bought it again with a new account. So, no not really.
And then I bought it again with a new account. So, no not really.
Getting screwed right now. Torchlight keeps crashing on startup. Played it with a couple of mods, came off it and put another mod on, it crashes. Take all the mods off, still crashes. Reinstall completely, no mods added, crashes on startup. Score.
That's fixable. Hit Ctrl+alt+del, go to processes, find the game, right click it and hit 'set affinity', and then get rid of some of the cores.Twilight_guy said:
I THINK that fixed it for me. I think.
EDIT: OT: Nah, never has.
It's not really fuck me up, but it's kinda pissing me off. I live in the US but am on vacation in the UK right now, but I would like to buy half-life 2 for the flight back but it refuses to accept that it is actually me using the card.
only time i been annoyed with steam is the preload of empire total war that they waited to like the last minute to announce there would be no preload. that aggravated me cause trying to dl 14 gigs on launch day when i could drive to a store and get a copy in a fraction of the time. oreload for me means i got the game and i can play the game the day it comes out, no mucking around no running to the store.
Another minor gripe about steam is its unlock policy where games unlock on west coast time and they do not do staggered unlocks or midnight ones that you can do if you buy a game at the store at midnight you can play it then, any steam game your waiting till noon or 2 pm the next day for it to unlock. Seems to me if they worked at it they could do a system that automates the process for different time zones without much fuss.
But then again with steam wherever i go i have my games, sometimes they have great sales, the good outweighs the bad with steam either way.
Another minor gripe about steam is its unlock policy where games unlock on west coast time and they do not do staggered unlocks or midnight ones that you can do if you buy a game at the store at midnight you can play it then, any steam game your waiting till noon or 2 pm the next day for it to unlock. Seems to me if they worked at it they could do a system that automates the process for different time zones without much fuss.
But then again with steam wherever i go i have my games, sometimes they have great sales, the good outweighs the bad with steam either way.
No, Steam's been good to me. It's always downloaded quickly for me and has never screwed me out of a game.
On the other hand, it screwed my friend over due to his own stupidity. Since there's no refunds, he bought Portal by itself thinking it was a separate game when he had the orange box, and he couldn't return it.
On the other hand, it screwed my friend over due to his own stupidity. Since there's no refunds, he bought Portal by itself thinking it was a separate game when he had the orange box, and he couldn't return it.