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ZeroObedianceZeroObediance
edited September 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
I am getting back into pc gaming and trying out adventure games. I downloaded the free tales game for pirate day but am wondering if i can somehow link that game to a steam account without having to buy the game on steam. Any help would be great!

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  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited September 2009
    You don't have to buy the game on Steam. You can buy everything direct from Telltale.

    I would never use Steam for Telltale games. It's much more beneficial to get stuff from Telltale direct, because then they let you do season upgrades if you've got a qualifying single episode in your account, and plus getting the full season entiles you to the DVD hard copy for free (just pay for shipping).

    You don't get any of that with Steam. Plus you can't use the freebie coupons on Steam.

    The only time I've used Steam was to get LucasArt's release of Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition which doesn't seem to be available from anywhere else. So that's only because I was forced to use Steam.
  • FuryFury
    edited September 2009
    If you want, just add it as a non-steam game. It's exactly the same as if you bought it through steam.

    Heck, that's what I do. Buy off telltale and then play through steam.
  • TheMandingoTheMandingo
    edited September 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    If you want, just add it as a non-steam game. It's exactly the same as if you bought it through steam.

    Heck, that's what I do. Buy off telltale and then play through steam.

    Well, that's not accurate. It's basically adding an icon to your list of Steam games to make it organized for you. But it doesn't really run it through Steam and it's not linked in any way as a redownloadable game. Just clearing that up for others.
  • FuryFury
    edited September 2009
    You can still use Steam Chat, and it's linked as a rendownloadable game to your telltale account.

    There's really not that much of a difference.
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited September 2009
    What i love of buying a game in TTG is that u get a hard copy of it! Which is great meanwhile if TTG dissapears in a yr or site goes forever out in 10 yrs it will be uncool to have bought a game that now you cant download. Thats why i dont approve of Steam. My recommendation is TTG over Steam, just because of that option. Im very paranoid that Steam dissapears. (which i know its unlikely but still possible)
  • moo535moo535
    edited September 2009
    the good games get updated ten-20 years later anyway. and story games have little replay for me in the first place

    so steam away. tomi wasn't announced on steam for weeks after telltale announced it which is the only reason i bought through telltale. i'll take a countdown timer telling me exactly when the content is available, over this setup.

    not that the timer is compatible with telltale release dates,
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited September 2009
    I bought it here for the secret forum and the exclusive cover art.
  • meandermeander
    edited September 2009
    Yeah I get tales direct from telltale - I got sam and max season one through steam, because I was too silly to actually come to this website to see what other options there were. Now have Tales and season two of Sam and Max direct from Telltale - better benefits (such as preorder goodies, and hard copies for only the price of shipping). Plus I heard somewhere that Telltale make a bigger profit from their direct sales, rather than through Steam, and if I'm paying, would rather all of it go to Telltale so they'll keep making awesome games.
  • FuryFury
    edited September 2009
    meander wrote: »
    Yeah I get tales direct from telltale - I got sam and max season one through steam, because I was too silly to actually come to this website to see what other options there were. Now have Tales and season two of Sam and Max direct from Telltale - better benefits (such as preorder goodies, and hard copies for only the price of shipping). Plus I heard somewhere that Telltale make a bigger profit from their direct sales, rather than through Steam, and if I'm paying, would rather all of it go to Telltale so they'll keep making awesome games.

    If they sell through steam, they lose 30%. I only know this cos some indy game creator, the guy who made Aquaria, was talking about it on his forum.

    Buying it through telltale so they got more mulah was actually the main reason I got it off TTG. I want MI to continue, and I want to support it. I mean, I could have easily just got pirate copies of the game, there's torrents everywhere, but it was morals that made me get it off TTG.

    I'm fine with pirating the big end stuff, cos they're still making a fortune, but you gotta support Indy companies, and that was why I didn't buy it through steam. Plus the cover art.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited September 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    If they sell through steam, they lose 30%. I only know this cos some indy game creator, the guy who made Aquaria, was talking about it on his forum.

    That's still a lot less then the loss through retail-sales.
  • FuryFury
    edited September 2009
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    That's still a lot less then the loss through retail-sales.

    Yeah, that's true. That's why there are indy games on steam. But it's a bigger profit if you sell it on your website.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited September 2009
    That might be right.
    But if it is on Steam it will be seen by a lot more people. I never heard of Aqaria until it was on there and it is one of the best games I ever played.
    I found out about quite a lot of indiegames because of steam. And I bought a lot of them.
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