F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate versus Project Origin

june gloom on 15/2/2009 at 21:28

Would you rather have SecuROM? Suck it up, kid, 'cuz Steam's a good platform.

van HellSing on 15/2/2009 at 21:32

Quote Posted by dethtoll

I notice you didn't actually explain why Steam is bad, van Hellsing.

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Sucking it up.

Since 3 hours.

23%.

gunsmoke on 15/2/2009 at 21:33

Yeah, no shit. What the Hell problem could someone have w/Steam?

june gloom on 15/2/2009 at 21:36

I notice you didn't actually explain why Steam is bad, van Hellsing.

van HellSing on 15/2/2009 at 21:39

Great, now I've edited instead of posting, I'm that shaken :p

Jason Moyer on 15/2/2009 at 21:39

I like Steam for the convenience of patches and being able to redownload stuff (although I find the servers can be slow as balls when I really really want something). The downside is having to run their shitty web browser/chat client everytime you want to play a game.

I'm still in the minority who has no problems with the way EA is using SecureROM now though. Activation at install, no third party software, and no disc check = awesome.

van HellSing on 15/2/2009 at 21:43

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

(...)I find the servers can be slow as balls when I really really want something. The downside is having to run their shitty web browser/chat client everytime you want to play a game.

I'm still in the minority who has no problems with the way EA is using SecureROM now though. Activation at install, no third party software, and no disc check = awesome.

^This.

Took me a week to actually get to play Half-Life 2 after I bought it. Actually, half a week, since I flawlessy installed a pirated version in between.

june gloom on 15/2/2009 at 21:49

oh wow is it 2004 again?

blast from the paaaaaaaast

I'll be the first to admit Steam has its flaws, and in the early days Steam was a huge pain in the ass. But it's not like Valve just STOPPED working on it since then. It's infinitely better than it used to be and is a model for the future of digital distribution.

Jason Moyer on 15/2/2009 at 21:52

I have no idea what Steam used to be like, since I didn't actually use it for anything but demos until the Orange Box came out. I do know that since then I've had completely random issues downloading stuff at times, sometimes having to keep launching/cancelling repeatedly to trick the client into restarting the download process after it timed out.

I also wish there were a stripped down version of the client that would just log into your account and launch the game without loading the web browser/ad spamming/community shit.

van HellSing on 15/2/2009 at 21:54

So why am I now at 26% of updating steam when I should rather be shooting stuff since quite a while?

Oh, yeah, maybe I'll get to play it by tomorrow evening, that's better than a week.