Yachemenev

As I said before, they are not Steamworks games. And yes, I selected them because of that.

Well, yes. Thank you. If you can deliver them before my coffebreak I will have in about 2 hours time, that would be just great.

You could beat ME1 in 6, that doesn't mean much. Average playthrough length will be 20-30 hours, and you'll need at the very least three playthroughs to see all the content. 6 hous for Mass Effect 1? Is that a speed run or something like that, because it took me about that time to just get a bit into the first planet after the first visit to the Citadel, and I ignored most of the side quests.

Steam is DRM, period. Whether or not some developers/publishers don

Oh ffs. I do not own XCom on Steam, so I cannot test that for you, but as I said, I have tested 5 other games, all of which activates through Steam and requires Steam to run. I can provide pics of the error messages I get when I try to run them without the client. If needed, I can go through my entire game collection and test them for you. The case might be different for a game from 94 like XCom which is run through Dosbox, but you cannot use that as proof that Steam isn

You mean the days before DRM really took off? For the days with DRM like Starforce, those weren

So you're cool buying a used copy of the game for a different platform, then waiting to buy the game when the DRM is patched out? Or buying the game for retail for PC? Steam or bust, right nao, or else you go and give gamestop your money for a used version? You're not making a statement. You're having a temper tantrum. None of the alternatives are my prefered ones. I

Because he'd have to make an excel file for the disc activation for this one game.Somehow I doubt that the installer won't tell you how to activate the game every time you install the game, but whatever. For this one game? Please read the posts again. And for you suggesting to buy the retail version, do the same.

I agree. But how inconvenient is it when every game wants to have to have their own scheme and rules about activations? Very. I really don

Well, yeah, they don

Because the effect of me purchasing a new copy of the PS3 version will only say that I prefered the PS3 version over the PC version, nothing else. I have my money ready as a Steam customer, but I will not be a part of the circus that is caused by every single developer and publisher choosing their own DRM scheme that only confuses customers. I don

Steamcraft? You mean Steamworks. The following description applies to games without Steamworks: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I purchase a game through Steam, and download from Steam, an online activation is done. Naturally of course, since I

All Steam games require online activation before being able to run in offline mode. All Steam games require the client connected to your personal account to run at all times. Not matter how you start them, through shortcuts or directly through Steam, all games are executed through the client.

Steam is not just something to download the game. It

Steam is DRM in itself. A third party client that is required for playing the games, and demands an online activation for every install. I buy all my PC games from Steam since 2007, since I as a PC game had to make a choice for what DRM scheme I would find acceptable. So for me, if I want to play Alpha Protocol, I get to deal with two layers of DRM, which I haven

I was very excited for Alpha Protocol and, and still am. But no longer for the PC version. Now I will look for a used copy of the PS3 version when it becomes available. The reason - Uniloc and 5 machine activation limit. I have been very glad over SEGA