Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I still play some games on cartridges. My service is a shelf in my front room, and I browse my games by getting up and looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 My centralized service is called a hard drive. Until Cloud takes over the world, it will work just fine. Of course, I only have one computer to use, so the convenience of Steam's online collection is offset by my ability to play offline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Uberwiggett Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 well nikki getting out of your chair is too much effort! and what redundancy is there for a house fire? or @master1 a hard drive failure or format? I recently got a new computer and had to load up a new windows (64bit) but with steam I just backed up my 90 odd games and put them on in the space of an hou, saves me having to chuck in a bunch of cd's. it's the digital age man, quit living in the past! except for jeff's games, they're an ok example of the past to continue using... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 If there's a fire, you bet your ass I'm going back in to save my NES games and my LPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Master1 My centralized service is called a hard drive. Until Cloud takes over the world, it will work just fine. Of course, I only have one computer to use, so the convenience of Steam's online collection is offset by my ability to play offline. Steam allows you to play games offline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Uberwiggett @master1 a hard drive failure or format? I recently got a new computer and had to load up a new windows (64bit) but with steam I just backed up my 90 odd games and put them on in the space of an hou, saves me having to chuck in a bunch of cd's. My hard drive actually just died, but I have a nifty device called an external hard drive. I have backups on that, plus a number of install discs and whatnot. Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Steam allows you to play games offline. Well then, I'll stick with my "I want an Intel computer" excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The only games I have on Steam are the Orange Box and the two Duels of the Planeswalkers. Most of the time I boot up Windows, I'm not going to be playing those games, so I don't have Steam load on startup. And it's a pain in the butt to load Steam just to play one of those games. I still prefer running the games directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Mark Cerny said recently that single playing is soon gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora jfunk Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I'm not sure how this perception continues to be so common, but you do NOT have to be online to play your Steam games. I live in the woods and lose my cable connection a couple times a month (forest + wind = downed lines). Unless the game's publisher has some kind of other DRM implemented, you can load up Steam and play just fine without a connection. Also, not all games you buy on Steam require the Steam client to be loaded, that again depends on the implementation of the publisher/developer. Many games can be launched with a shortcut directly to the EXE just like they were installed from anywhere else, although this is admittedly more hit and miss and difficult to determine before buying short of just asking other users on the forum to verify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd stumblefoot Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I like Steam a lot. I didn't think I would but I tried it out and am hooked. (Of course GOG gets my $$ also.) If it weren't for Steam I doubt I would even know about Avadon let alone buy a copy. And now I'm looking at other Spiderweb games and will get some of those as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Vent Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Uberwiggett yeah I really dislike the idea of having to log into a new service for every different game I have... Because there is any other using a client like Steam? I'm using Gamers Gate, Gog, Mac App Store, Some local digital store you don't know, none of them require a client. For all it's just for installing again the game that you need connect to the site and see your list of game to download and install. And for all appart for installing you don't need connect if the game itself doesn't require it, like for boxes. Steam is definitely intrusive but yeah it can be a very minor trouble overall. Myself I never buy full price game at Steam or any other, the only full price games I buy are boxes. The trouble with boxes is most of them require the CD in, and that's quite ugly. On Mac a game editor porting some games offer the choice, have the CD or register once connected and then no need of CD. Alas not many boxes have that. About running a Steam game not connected, in theory this is possible but in practice a significant number of games have bugs in such mode. It's possible that it is improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd stumblefoot Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm over 14 hours into the game and to me Avadon hits the sweet spot of rpgs. It reminds me of the older titles without the graph paper for mapping and tons of handwritten notes all over the place. I'm hooked, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Skwish-E Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Welcome into the fold, stumblefoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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