[redmenace]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58579

*Tingling Feeling*

[aldo_14]

Meh.  They're quoting/going off a PC Gamer article that gives virtually no new information...

[Blitzerland]

*looks at article comments*

Lots of people complaining about Steam. Whiny little 56k-ers.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Blitzerland
*looks at article comments*

Lots of people complaining about Steam. Whiny little 56k-ers.

I think Steam is a barrel of ****e and I'm on 512 broadband, so don't dismiss it so casually.

[BlackDove]

Originally posted by aldo_14
I think Steam is a barrel of ****e

Signed by yours truly.

[vyper]

It's growing on me.

[Slasher]

This does not boost my self eSteam.  Haha!  Get it?

[Flipside]

I don't think it's Steam as such I don't trust. In theory it's a good idea, it's when you add the ethics and concerns regarding how not just Hackers, but fully fledged companies are trying to nose around inside your computer that it starts to make me a little..... uncomfortable.

[redsniper]

*hopes that this is to HL2 what Hordes of the Underdark was to Neverwinter Nights*
probably wishful thinking

[WMCoolmon]

Aftermath looks good, but I hope it'll be available from outside of Steam. Predictably, steam opens up all its links in an IE window, which I've sworn off.

Not to mention taking up 50 MB of space when I play CounterStrike.

Code: [Select]

int AllocationSize = GetTotalSystemPhysicalRam() / 10;
char *garbage = (char *)malloc(AllocationSize);

if(GetTotalFreeRam() < 51200)
{
     if(Prompt("You are currently low on RAM! Would you like to buy some more?"))
     {
          Steam.Open.Hardware.ValvePartners();
     }
     else
     {
          Steam.GetAppHandle("Counter-Strike")->Close();
          Steam.Error("Sorry, there is not enough memory to start Counter-Strike!");
     }
}

[Ghostavo]

Originally posted by redsniper
*hopes that this is to HL2 what Hordes of the Underdark was to Neverwinter Nights*
probably wishful thinking

Full circle on the storyline?

[Carl]

well at least we know that Alyx doesn't die in the citadel blast.

[Unknown Target]

I think Half Life 2 was a pile of ****. The game would have been good, if it didn't have a five minute load time for thirty seconds of gameplay.

[Turnsky]

i've found that steam does not like world of warcraft, i just switch it off.

[Liberator]

Let's face it, Steam sucks.

[Ford Prefect]

That is the truth. I find it absurd that I have to be connected to the internet to play a single-player game.

[Carl]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
I think Half Life 2 was a pile of ****. The game would have been good, if it didn't have a five minute load time for thirty seconds of gameplay.

so that one thing is enough to turn a good game into a pile of ****?

and 5 min for 30 sec is a gross exaggeration, unless you have a really bad puter.

[BlackDove]

Originally posted by Slasher
This does not boost my self eSteam.  Haha!  Get it?

Yeah. Haha!

[Ulala]

heh.

[Fury]

Nothing wrong with Steam in my personal opinion. The system can become more popular among game developers as far as I am concerned.  And Ford Prefect, do you realize that Steam does also have offline mode? So no need to be connected to internet to play anything.

HL2 was a good game, I hope Aftermath lives up to the high expectations.