Comments on: Digital Heartache http://ready-up.net/2009/12/10/digital-heartache/ We Play Games Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lorna http://ready-up.net/2009/12/10/digital-heartache/comment-page-1/#comment-11969 Lorna Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:54:58 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=17193#comment-11969 I'll still always love to own the physical media which is what largely puts me off things like Steam. Plus our net connection is dire... I’ll still always love to own the physical media which is what largely puts me off things like Steam. Plus our net connection is dire…

]]> By: MrCuddleswick http://ready-up.net/2009/12/10/digital-heartache/comment-page-1/#comment-11672 MrCuddleswick Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:55:28 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=17193#comment-11672 I like Steam. Seems like a lifetime ago I installed it on Half Life 2 release day. I like Steam. Seems like a lifetime ago I installed it on Half Life 2 release day.

]]> By: MarkuzR http://ready-up.net/2009/12/10/digital-heartache/comment-page-1/#comment-11669 MarkuzR Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:20:02 +0000 http://ready-up.net/?p=17193#comment-11669 I've been very cautious with my new gaming PC (thanks to you and Dan for the OS advice)... it has no Wifi card and, although it has a high speed LAN port, I don't intend to ever connect to the net with it. It's my hope that whatever patches are necessary will be downloadable on my main PC and transported using a stick or passport drive. I'm not really into online gaming, and when I tried Steam to try out Risen I spent ages downloading the 1.2Gb demo and after a dozen attempts to get it running I gave up. I downloaded the standalone demo and it worked first time. To me, that immediately put me in a very negative position towards Steam. That's not to say I won't ever use it again, but I don't think it'll be until there's something there that I can't get anywhere else. :) I’ve been very cautious with my new gaming PC (thanks to you and Dan for the OS advice)… it has no Wifi card and, although it has a high speed LAN port, I don’t intend to ever connect to the net with it. It’s my hope that whatever patches are necessary will be downloadable on my main PC and transported using a stick or passport drive.

I’m not really into online gaming, and when I tried Steam to try out Risen I spent ages downloading the 1.2Gb demo and after a dozen attempts to get it running I gave up. I downloaded the standalone demo and it worked first time. To me, that immediately put me in a very negative position towards Steam.

That’s not to say I won’t ever use it again, but I don’t think it’ll be until there’s something there that I can’t get anywhere else. :)

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