Steam and you.
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Holy balls I envy you!Rawne1980 said:
OT: The only sour experience with Steam that I've had is how backing up works. You don't save game files, so you have to redownload all that shit again. I wouldn't mind, but with DL speeds that don't pass 200 kpbs it does suck.
I love Steam, and have used it for years. The sales are incredible, the exclusive games are great, (Gmod), the platform is stable, the friends system and community systems are well organized, and the server infrastructure provided by Valve for their games runs well.
Let's gather up the facts, shall we? Steam is a form of DRM, if you're banned (VAC or not), you lose your games. Anyone saying "You can buy a hard copy", when I bought Killing Floor, I had to register it with Steam. Same with Red Faction: Guerrilla. And that's not even a Valve/Steam game. It makes you register some games even if you don't have Steam on your computer, which is what happened with my very first Steam-related game, The Ship.
Steam has some great deals, with the Valve Complete Pack which is about $200 normally, going for about $60-$70 during the Steam Christmas sale. Fucking great deals during sales. Plus, some of the games (See: Dwarfs?!, Eufloria, Beat Hazard, G-Mod, Limbo, Monday Night Combat, Magicka, etc.) aren't available in stores or on consoles (As hard copies, but at least on consoles you can keep them if the respective network goes down).
The Steam offline only works if you go offline when you still have internet, otherwise it says "Cannot connect to Steam" or, in reality, "Fuck off, I despise you." People have mixed emotions about Steam because of the way it treats them.
Plus, if you only play single-player games, then you may as well get a console and do your single-player gaming on there, because Steam gives the overlay which lets you track achievements, view videos, and talk to friends. Plus, unlike other distributors, Steam tracks who's completed what achievements and updates your games quickly, for free. You also get the latest news about any game in your library when you select it, as well as which friends are playing it.
Again, the evil comes from the fact that Steam can just disconnect and go offline at times, so you can just lose connection to your friends. If you'll notice, for someone who uses Steam alot, there's more pros than cons. I can't think of much else that's bad about Steam besides the offline, it's DRM, you can lose your games if you're banned for no reason, and some games are over-priced.
Steam has some great deals, with the Valve Complete Pack which is about $200 normally, going for about $60-$70 during the Steam Christmas sale. Fucking great deals during sales. Plus, some of the games (See: Dwarfs?!, Eufloria, Beat Hazard, G-Mod, Limbo, Monday Night Combat, Magicka, etc.) aren't available in stores or on consoles (As hard copies, but at least on consoles you can keep them if the respective network goes down).
The Steam offline only works if you go offline when you still have internet, otherwise it says "Cannot connect to Steam" or, in reality, "Fuck off, I despise you." People have mixed emotions about Steam because of the way it treats them.
Plus, if you only play single-player games, then you may as well get a console and do your single-player gaming on there, because Steam gives the overlay which lets you track achievements, view videos, and talk to friends. Plus, unlike other distributors, Steam tracks who's completed what achievements and updates your games quickly, for free. You also get the latest news about any game in your library when you select it, as well as which friends are playing it.
Again, the evil comes from the fact that Steam can just disconnect and go offline at times, so you can just lose connection to your friends. If you'll notice, for someone who uses Steam alot, there's more pros than cons. I can't think of much else that's bad about Steam besides the offline, it's DRM, you can lose your games if you're banned for no reason, and some games are over-priced.
I think people complaining either have technical issues on their end but blame steam because lack of know-how or they're just mental. There's far worse out there in terms of DRM (See Ubisoft and Origin) and honestly there's worse things to cry over. Such as spilled milk, now there's less to dunk your cookies in, sad times.
Steam is Ok. I don't particularly dislike it but I don't go out of my way to get games for Steam. I also buy my games from Gamersgate and GoG. Most my Steam games were bought from sales.
There are some benefits.
There are some benefits.
This is not true. Last week I had no Internet and was still able to start Steam offline. You just have to make sure that your password is saved(check "Remember Password").meepop said:
I personaly like it, but...
here, we have douchbags, lots of them, who will insult shit for no reason, you will need to learn to live with it
here, we have douchbags, lots of them, who will insult shit for no reason, you will need to learn to live with it
Steam is a big awesome slightly scary guy who is always making me give him all my money for games. I started actually using steam earlier this year and I now have significantly less money than I did then.
EDIT: it's probably worth noting that I live in australia so steam is about a million times cheaper than any retail stores here.
EDIT: it's probably worth noting that I live in australia so steam is about a million times cheaper than any retail stores here.