The Commander, on 05 June 2011 - 10:26 PM, said:
I can tell you know from being a long term user of Steam (Since HL2 came out) and being on dial up back then that, yes I didn't like Steam at all.
But then it grew on me and now I think it is one of the best gaming shell handlers out there.
The fact I can run/install games without a disk is one of best things it has going for it.
I do not purchase all my games on Steam though, I most likely will end up buying DNF locally retail as the price on steam is jacked due to the way 2K handles there prices. (Anyone else in New Zealand or Australia will know exactly what I mean)
There are only two negative things that I do not like with Steam.
1. I could get rid of my MSN etc if Steam chat allowed file transfers. (I am sure it will happen one day)
2. You can not specify which HD/location to install Steam games to.
There are ways around this though but can be quite confusing for a n00b. Junction Link Magic
In the end, I think most of the Steam haters are people that got VAC banned in games such as Counter Strike etc or are people that have read bad reviews from those people and have the wrong idea about the program.
Also thanks for the steam custom install folder setup link....I wanted to install a game recently but it would've filled the steam(also OS) drive and I wanted to install to another partition but didn't know how.
flarty, on 05 June 2011 - 10:31 PM, said: