How is Steam, Really?

[Asher]

Steam is horrible. Absolutely terrible.

The game is decent but I am about half-way done and haven't played it for weeks, with no incentive to go back and finish it. I just found it pretty boring.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The good news is Steam is getting a lot of flak, at least in Europe.

Yeah, and hopefully they'll get more.

[Father Beast]

Thanks for the link, UR. Fascinatinting reading, especially if you follow all the links.

[Solver]

A very good read, saw that in a HL2 forum today. I hope that Valve will be forced to release a no-Steam version eventually. What annoys me the most is that, when run through Steam, the game runs significantly slower.

[Urban Ranger]

All,

If you want to see Valve releasing a version of HL2 without Steam, write to your country's consumer association (or the equivalent organisation). Germany did it, your country should be able to.

[Solver]

Actually, it would be nice to see someone educated in law to provide an example on what exactly to write. But yay, go anti-Steam.