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THE STEAM TOPIC
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Neophyte
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Closeauthor=Feldschlacht IV link=topic=1750.msg28684#msg28684 date=1220025645Does the steam ID find friends? If you've got a unique name or email address, I can add you through the friends list.
Set the time, date, and I'm there. What's your Steam ID?
Shadowtext
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I just joined today (as Shadowtext, as always) because I saw that they had Portal for $10 this weekend, and....as ashamed as I am to admit it....I haven't really played it yet. I mean I've played it for a couple of minutes at a friend's house, but I haven't played it played it.
I've never really used Steam before, but it seems like a pretty groovy thing. Is there more to it than just being a platform for digital distribution? I say "just," but I don't mean to belittle the significance of a well-done platform for digital distribution, especially looking at the number of titles there....I had thought it was mostly just for Valve productions. I admit I don't keep up with PC gaming much, though, so that's my own ignorance speaking.
I've never really used Steam before, but it seems like a pretty groovy thing. Is there more to it than just being a platform for digital distribution? I say "just," but I don't mean to belittle the significance of a well-done platform for digital distribution, especially looking at the number of titles there....I had thought it was mostly just for Valve productions. I admit I don't keep up with PC gaming much, though, so that's my own ignorance speaking.
Neophyte
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I'd say about 5% of the games on there are actual Valve productions.
It's a little more than just digital distribution. If you wanted, all of your games could be tied into Steam, as it does allow games that aren't on their list to be added manually through shortcuts. The more popular games have groups you can join, making multiplayer games much better since you're not just playing with random people all the time. You can even schedule those group events, and check a players stats for multiplayer games on it. They also take things from their community and add it into Steam(such as user made mods).
Basically, you can either be a "lite" user of Steam, or more of a "regular" user of Steam. It will get the job done for what you want(buy games, play them), but you can get even deeper into it if you choose to do so.
It's a little more than just digital distribution. If you wanted, all of your games could be tied into Steam, as it does allow games that aren't on their list to be added manually through shortcuts. The more popular games have groups you can join, making multiplayer games much better since you're not just playing with random people all the time. You can even schedule those group events, and check a players stats for multiplayer games on it. They also take things from their community and add it into Steam(such as user made mods).
Basically, you can either be a "lite" user of Steam, or more of a "regular" user of Steam. It will get the job done for what you want(buy games, play them), but you can get even deeper into it if you choose to do so.
