Bubbles
I'm forever blowing
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2013
- Messages
- 7,817
The logic eludes me.
-
Welcome to rpgcodex.net, a site dedicated to discussing computer based role-playing games in a free and open fashion. We're less strict than other forums, but please refer to the rules.
"This message is awaiting moderator approval": All new users must pass through our moderation queue before they will be able to post normally. Until your account has "passed" your posts will only be visible to yourself (and moderators) until they are approved. Give us a week to get around to approving / deleting / ignoring your mundane opinion on crap before hassling us about it. Once you have passed the moderation period (think of it as a test), you will be able to post normally, just like all the other retards.
Facebook buys Occulus Rift
- Thread starter Siel
- Start date
The logic eludes me.
Dwemer Puzzle Box
Arcane
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
21st century, bro.
deuxhero
Arcane
EA gives a shit, that's why people voted. I doubt all the Foxconn folks speak English.
It's not just that. Steam was bossing me around on my own computer.
It didn't ask me whether I wanted to update the game I was trying to play, it informed I would be able to play after 1.2 gigs of updates were installed.
I buy from GOG or I don't buy it at all.
himmy
Arcane
Clockwork Knight
Arcane
It's set to install updates automatically by default. You should probably change that if your internet connection is a piece of shit.
Last I checked it still forces the update when you try to launch the game in online mode. They could have changed that recently though, I guess.
Either way, no matter how much anyone likes Steam, it certainly restricts what you can do with your games more than DRM free games do. "I would like to revert back to an old patch." "NO." I would like to install some games on C and some on D." "NO." "I would like to not use this DLC." "NO." Etc. etc.
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
What are you doing here? This isn't the beg thread.
Great, support Witcher 3. I also don't get the fucking butthurt over automatic updates. Only games I can think of that you wouldn't want updated are older ones and, in general, you can simply copy them elsewhere on your computer and launch them independent of Steam.
It also has achievements and trading cards, rendering any negatives a moot point.
What's with Metro and Steam?
Clockwork Knight
Arcane
Metro is one of us, the Children of the Gaben. We have seen the light. Have you come seeking the light as well?
Well, it goes without saying that any DRM is more restrictive than no DRM at all (not that GOG's executables will be of much use a few decades from now should they go belly-up, either).
And yeah, those are some of the problems with the system (you also can't burn the games on a disc to run on some computer that is not connected to the internet, and sometimes Steam forgets its settings because it's in Permanent Beta), which only makes it stranger that people would rather focus on "what if Gaben steals all the games" tinfoilhattery instead of those.
Well, it goes without saying that any DRM is more restrictive than no DRM at all (not that GOG's executables will be of much use a few decades from now should they go belly-up, either).
And yeah, those are some of the problems with the system (you also can't burn the games on a disc to run on some computer that is not connected to the internet, and sometimes Steam forgets its settings because it's in Permanent Beta), which only makes it stranger that people would rather focus on "what if Gaben steals all the games" tinfoilhattery instead of those.
tuluse
Arcane
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2008
- Messages
- 11,400
You can do the first, and the second is up to the game maker.
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
What's with you and GOG? I have no problem with people not liking Steam because it's a form of DRM but your criticisms are foolish. Exactly what games don't you want updated?
Games that I was testing out, not wanting to make any investments in time or bandwith doing so.
What's with me and GOG? They cater to my wants.
What's with me and GOG? They cater to my wants.
I more or less agree, because 1) I don't see Steam closing for decades and 2) there are always DRM free backups on the pirate bay. I mostly just get annoyed I can't do certain things I want to, like turn off Deus Ex's preorder DLC or revert to a previous patch when the new one breaks something like Skyrim's resistances. These are simple fixes I am assuming Valve have never done because they see more options as confusing to consumers, which sucks.
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
Can you possibly be more vague?
Rome Total War 2 and some other piece of shit I grabbed out of the bargain bin.
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
So... it's the same complaint as your limited download capacity and really nothing to do with an 'unwanted updating.'
My download capacity and "unwanted updating" are kinda related, moron.
Metro
Arcane
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2009
- Messages
- 27,792
Uh... you implied that complaint was a different problem, moron. Or do you not understand the proper usage of 'it's not just that.' So, as I said before: '21st century.' That covers both your complaints... which is really only one.
Most competent developers don't majorly fuck up with their patches, so for the most part it's a non-issue.
Cassidy
Arcane
As shitty as Steam is, it cannot really beat Facebook in shittiness*, specially when considering Facebook as a gaming platform in comparison to it.
*unless Valve sells Steam to Activizion-Blizzard
*unless Valve sells Steam to Activizion-Blizzard
As an Amazon Associate, rpgcodex.net earns from qualifying purchases.