Steam, Origin, Epic, Twitch, Good*, *Games Sales [2007-2021]
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I've thought about it, believe me. I've sent them a purchase confirmation email but I'm dangerously close to swearing off Steam even IF they manage to sort this out!
I'm finally back on Steam. They did have a problem with that July 12th update where some accounts changed account name so they were saying my account name was now "bob70" instead of "bob". A few people from support got involved and now it's all settled. It did leave me wondering if Steam should be above retail on my shopping priority list.
One of the many reasons why I still prefer buying my games from amazon when they reach dirt cheap levels. I think having the media minimalizes the chance of somethnig like this happening...well unless the DRM always need internet on server goes on the fritz but still better than losing ALL the games you paid for in one go...that will only happen if the place gets robbed!
The other side of the coin being relying on rather frail media.
To be honest, the few issues I had with EA downloader/origin for a game not registering etc. were solved in a matter of minutes. The benefit of Origin (for now) is that it is just a download service, I don't need Origin to play my games nor do I need it for updates.
The benefit of steam is not having to keep my games up to date, and being able to join friends playing games. (See people playing and join in, or check the game reviews of what they are playing...)
Also if steam meant no other DRM it would be nice.
That's how most non Steam stores work. But updates or getting some game's DRM going after a Windows reinstall (see EA games) can mean a full redownload.
Steam is clearly a dream for people who do a lot of multiplayer games that are well integrated with it. I don't, so I shop around a lot. Steam is like the multiplayer gamer's Facebook. Valve had/has vision.
Grats! (Late to the party, I know.
)Yeah, Quake 4 is now out, finally... How many years has it been now that this lone game has been unavailable on Steam? And what the hell kept it?
Probably Activision still sore about id going with EA and then Zenimax since Q4 was developed by Activision-owned Raven Software.
EDIT: you can also now pre-order Rage and Skyrim (more stupid hats for TF2 if you do)
You mean Elite Force 1 & 2? I love those, mainly the first.
Damnit, I'm tempted by the QuakeCon pack. I have all id games already in retail and most Bethesda games (i.e. the good ones) but I wouldn't mind having a spare copy without requiring cd-keys, etc. OTOH, lot's of brand new games coming up for me to spend money on.
I came quite far into "A Final Unity", but got stuck on a puzzle after getting myself locked inside a cage and never picked up the game again after that. Lost the save file since about 1 million years now, so...
I wouldn't mind re-purchasing the game through GoG (or hell, Steam would be OK too, but they generally don't bother with games quite THAT old), and trying again. It was a quite good point-and-click adventure, I liked it.
I wouldn't mind re-purchasing the game through GoG (or hell, Steam would be OK too, but they generally don't bother with games quite THAT old), and trying again. It was a quite good point-and-click adventure, I liked it.
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