Sorry I need to rephrase that. What I meant was that since my Credit Card is American (and my sign up address for Steam is American) and I am currently in a different country, steam won't let me purchase any games (which it verifies by checking your IP and such) since I'm not located in the same country as my CC.
I vaguely understand why they do it, presumably if someone had stolen my CC information, but then I would find it strange that someone who stole my info also had my steam account information and was buying games for me.
It hasn't stopped me from buying games through telltale thankfully, it's just a Steam issue.
Get over your, so called "Steamphobia" and buy some good games.
All of the greatest games are on there now.
Even Telltale decided to sell Tales on there!
Seriously..
Steam is the way forward.
The way forward??? no-way... steam is the realisation of laziness.
What ever happened to waiting for a game to arrive, then going to an actual store, buying the box... going home full of anticipation, ripping of the plastic and checking out the contents of the carton that was called the box.
A5 size full color manuals, a game on floppy's, discs, cd or DVD.
then reading the mostly interesting manuals before actually playing the game.
Steam is the exact oposite.
Game comes out, click on it to buy it... wait till it is fully downloaded... then play right away.
and even if a game comes with a manual, 95% of the people never even read it, and most of the manuals are lame basic controll guides.
Steam is a lazy-man's dream... I actually miss the good old days... even with the current hard-copy media.
Why do you hate Steam so much Rozee? I've never used Steam so I don't know much about it.
LOL!
I never expected so many replies to my posting a few weeks ago!
I don't hate Steam, I just don't like using it. The one experience was a bad one and so I have never gone back. Admittedly it was a few years ago and perhaps things have changed, but once bitten.......
The reasons for disliking Steam, and it's not a phobia as I have used the application, was everytime I wanted to play the game I bought it would spend time checking or updating the game, I know I could stop this but you want a game to be updated with patches if there are any. This was annoying in itself and took ages to complete.
If I wanted to make room on my hard drive and take the the game off I had to spend time downloading it again. This was total frustration. It took forever even on a fast Internet connection. The website would be busy even at non peak times and on one occasion I had to wait hours for the game to download to play it again. I had to remember my password when I wanted to do things, and when I needed information trying to navigate the site for information was for me a nightmare! I found it difficult to understand how to play the game offline, the application wanted me to put another download on my computer to do so. I'm not as young as I used to be and technology is moving so fast I have trouble keeping up!
I know many youngsters will not blink an eye at doing this, they of course have had the advantage of growing up with computers and using websites. Perhaps 10+ years ago I probably wouldn't have thought much about it myself.
The trouble with a download is that you will probably not have that game forever, it is reliant on that site staying open and afloat. For many I guess that doesn't pose a problem, they play the game and that's it, but for me I cherish my "classic" games and keep the technology to play them on. Of course if the opportunity comes along to get an updated version of that game of course I want it to play on my newer computer.
I'm still undecided about getting a download, I want the game badly, but the thought of going through Steam or any other application like that is for me very off putting, so for now I will have to be content on playing the original.
Thank you all for your views, it has made a very interesting read.
You only have to watch the official press release on YouTube to imagine what the remake looks/sounds like and how it plays. Basically the novelty wears off within 1 second.
LOL!
I never expected so many replies to my posting a few weeks ago!
I don't hate Steam, I just don't like using it. The one experience was a bad one and so I have never gone back. Admittedly it was a few years ago and perhaps things have changed, but once bitten.......
The reasons for disliking Steam, and it's not a phobia as I have used the application, was everytime I wanted to play the game I bought it would spend time checking or updating the game, I know I could stop this but you want a game to be updated with patches if there are any. This was annoying in itself and took ages to complete. 1)
If I wanted to make room on my hard drive and take the the game off I had to spend time downloading it again. This was total frustration. It took forever even on a fast Internet connection. The website would be busy even at non peak times and on one occasion I had to wait hours for the game to download to play it again. 2) I had to remember my password when I wanted to do things, 3) and when I needed information trying to navigate the site for information was for me a nightmare! 4) I found it difficult to understand how to play the game offline, 5) the application wanted me to put another download on my computer to do so. I'm not as young as I used to be and technology is moving so fast I have trouble keeping up!
I know many youngsters will not blink an eye at doing this, they of course have had the advantage of growing up with computers and using websites. Perhaps 10+ years ago I probably wouldn't have thought much about it myself.
The trouble with a download is that you will probably not have that game forever, it is reliant on that site staying open and afloat. 6) For many I guess that doesn't pose a problem, they play the game and that's it, but for me I cherish my "classic" games and keep the technology to play them on. Of course if the opportunity comes along to get an updated version of that game of course I want it to play on my newer computer.
I'm still undecided about getting a download, I want the game badly, but the thought of going through Steam or any other application like that is for me very off putting, so for now I will have to be content on playing the original.
Thank you all for your views, it has made a very interesting read.
1) True, although you have to admit that if you got a game that recieved a load of patches (e.g. Unreal Tournament 3), it's far easier using Steam than trying to find, download and install patches. Especially if they have to be applied in a certain order. 2) Backups are your friend. There's a little bit of downloading and the rest of the game is installed via the disc. Far faster than download only, although you will have to download any new patches afterwards. 3) In my experience, the only time the password is required is when you're logging on, and occasionally if Steam Community doesn't direct you to your profile. 4) Yeah, the support section is clunky, especially since you have to use your browser of choice and what you are looking for is often hidden away. 5) Offline mode is definitely Steam's weak point. Not all games will work with it (e.g. Half Life 2) and occasionally it refuses to work wholesale. 6) Valve has promised to release a patch should Steam go under that moves all Steam DRM. Wheather or not that satisfies you is another question entirely.
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Sorry I need to rephrase that. What I meant was that since my Credit Card is American (and my sign up address for Steam is American) and I am currently in a different country, steam won't let me purchase any games (which it verifies by checking your IP and such) since I'm not located in the same country as my CC.
I vaguely understand why they do it, presumably if someone had stolen my CC information, but then I would find it strange that someone who stole my info also had my steam account information and was buying games for me.
It hasn't stopped me from buying games through telltale thankfully, it's just a Steam issue.
What ever happened to waiting for a game to arrive, then going to an actual store, buying the box... going home full of anticipation, ripping of the plastic and checking out the contents of the carton that was called the box.
A5 size full color manuals, a game on floppy's, discs, cd or DVD.
then reading the mostly interesting manuals before actually playing the game.
Steam is the exact oposite.
Game comes out, click on it to buy it... wait till it is fully downloaded... then play right away.
and even if a game comes with a manual, 95% of the people never even read it, and most of the manuals are lame basic controll guides.
Steam is a lazy-man's dream... I actually miss the good old days... even with the current hard-copy media.
LOL!
I never expected so many replies to my posting a few weeks ago!
I don't hate Steam, I just don't like using it. The one experience was a bad one and so I have never gone back. Admittedly it was a few years ago and perhaps things have changed, but once bitten.......
The reasons for disliking Steam, and it's not a phobia as I have used the application, was everytime I wanted to play the game I bought it would spend time checking or updating the game, I know I could stop this but you want a game to be updated with patches if there are any. This was annoying in itself and took ages to complete.
If I wanted to make room on my hard drive and take the the game off I had to spend time downloading it again. This was total frustration. It took forever even on a fast Internet connection. The website would be busy even at non peak times and on one occasion I had to wait hours for the game to download to play it again. I had to remember my password when I wanted to do things, and when I needed information trying to navigate the site for information was for me a nightmare! I found it difficult to understand how to play the game offline, the application wanted me to put another download on my computer to do so. I'm not as young as I used to be and technology is moving so fast I have trouble keeping up!
I know many youngsters will not blink an eye at doing this, they of course have had the advantage of growing up with computers and using websites. Perhaps 10+ years ago I probably wouldn't have thought much about it myself.
The trouble with a download is that you will probably not have that game forever, it is reliant on that site staying open and afloat. For many I guess that doesn't pose a problem, they play the game and that's it, but for me I cherish my "classic" games and keep the technology to play them on. Of course if the opportunity comes along to get an updated version of that game of course I want it to play on my newer computer.
I'm still undecided about getting a download, I want the game badly, but the thought of going through Steam or any other application like that is for me very off putting, so for now I will have to be content on playing the original.
Thank you all for your views, it has made a very interesting read.
Don't worry, the remake was bleh anyway.
1) True, although you have to admit that if you got a game that recieved a load of patches (e.g. Unreal Tournament 3), it's far easier using Steam than trying to find, download and install patches. Especially if they have to be applied in a certain order.
2) Backups are your friend. There's a little bit of downloading and the rest of the game is installed via the disc. Far faster than download only, although you will have to download any new patches afterwards.
3) In my experience, the only time the password is required is when you're logging on, and occasionally if Steam Community doesn't direct you to your profile.
4) Yeah, the support section is clunky, especially since you have to use your browser of choice and what you are looking for is often hidden away.
5) Offline mode is definitely Steam's weak point. Not all games will work with it (e.g. Half Life 2) and occasionally it refuses to work wholesale.
6) Valve has promised to release a patch should Steam go under that moves all Steam DRM. Wheather or not that satisfies you is another question entirely.