The STEAM Thread

MooglePorn · 04-07-2008, 07:41 PM

So I know the gaming section gets little attention, and PC gaming even less on top of that, but I thought why not have a Steam thread.

Steam is fast becomming the default gaming platform for PC games and is, in my multi-platform opinion, the best gaming community available. It has all the features Xbox Live has plus more PC centered ones, all for free, and all with faster and more intuitive design.

Biggest Steam news recently is the addition of Ubisoft, one of the last publisher holdouts. Ubisoft as announced 40 titles are planned for addition to Steam over the coming weeks, with Splinter Cell, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed leading the march this week.

I purchased Assassin's Creed and look forward to playing a superior version of that game. Considering getting Far Cry just to have a Steam version of it.

So who else is using Steam, loving Steam, hating Steam, or wants to know more about it?

billnye97 · 04-07-2008, 08:32 PM

I just need to upgrade my video card on my computer before I even consider using my PC to game with. I think I asked you before can you re download a game if you have to reinstall your system or are you screwed? What about multiple computers? Is it like iTunes where you can only license so many? I would probably use it for buying games at all hours of the night. Oh are the prices reasonable?

Ruined · 04-07-2008, 08:46 PM

STEAM has come a long way from when it first came out, where it was clunky and buggy IMO. Also by proving itself for so long it can now be considered that buying something on it is a safe bet. There is a more likely chance you will misplace your CD KEY than STEAM being killed off. Also, now that most developers have joined STEAM it makes the nightmare scenario of multiple STEAM-like systems less likely.

In light of these new developments, I am now PRO-steam as opposed to ANTI-steam in the past.

MooglePorn · 04-07-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by billnye97

I just need to upgrade my video card on my computer before I even consider using my PC to game with. I think I asked you before can you re download a game if you have to reinstall your system or are you screwed? What about multiple computers? Is it like iTunes where you can only license so many? I would probably use it for buying games at all hours of the night. Oh are the prices reasonable?

You can redownload things as many times as you want and you can use them on limitless computers as long as you are signed into your steam account... pretty badass.

billnye97 · 04-07-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MooglePorn

You can redownload things as many times as you want and you can use them on limitless computers as long as you are signed into your steam account... pretty badass.

Wow, maybe a new graphic card for the computer is looking better and better.

RaceTripper · 04-08-2008, 12:59 AM

I've had Steam on my PC laptop for a while as a Half Life player, but I recently picked up Prey for a $5 special on Stream. Not a great game, but worth the price I paid.

But I don't use it much anymore since switching to Mac as amy primary computer.

04-07-2008, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
MooglePorn Actor Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA	The STEAM Thread So I know the gaming section gets little attention, and PC gaming even less on top of that, but I thought why not have a Steam thread. Steam is fast becomming the default gaming platform for PC games and is, in my multi-platform opinion, the best gaming community available. It has all the features Xbox Live has plus more PC centered ones, all for free, and all with faster and more intuitive design. Biggest Steam news recently is the addition of Ubisoft, one of the last publisher holdouts. Ubisoft as announced 40 titles are planned for addition to Steam over the coming weeks, with Splinter Cell, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed leading the march this week. I purchased Assassin's Creed and look forward to playing a superior version of that game. Considering getting Far Cry just to have a Steam version of it. So who else is using Steam, loving Steam, hating Steam, or wants to know more about it?

04-07-2008, 08:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
billnye97 Actor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a van down by the river	I just need to upgrade my video card on my computer before I even consider using my PC to game with. I think I asked you before can you re download a game if you have to reinstall your system or are you screwed? What about multiple computers? Is it like iTunes where you can only license so many? I would probably use it for buying games at all hours of the night. Oh are the prices reasonable? __________________ "I don't drink coffee, sir. I don't drink hot liquids of any kind. That's the devil's temperature." ~ Kenneth the Page. 30 Rock

04-07-2008, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ruined It's Good to Play Together Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NJ, USA	STEAM has come a long way from when it first came out, where it was clunky and buggy IMO. Also by proving itself for so long it can now be considered that buying something on it is a safe bet. There is a more likely chance you will misplace your CD KEY than STEAM being killed off. Also, now that most developers have joined STEAM it makes the nightmare scenario of multiple STEAM-like systems less likely. In light of these new developments, I am now PRO-steam as opposed to ANTI-steam in the past. __________________ For every shadow, no matter how deep, is threatened by morning light.

04-08-2008, 12:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
RaceTripper Actor Join Date: May 2003	I've had Steam on my PC laptop for a while as a Half Life player, but I recently picked up Prey for a $5 special on Stream. Not a great game, but worth the price I paid. But I don't use it much anymore since switching to Mac as amy primary computer. __________________ RaceTripper Racing is life! Anything that happens before or after, is just waiting! -- Steve McQueen

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