Im confused about streem

can I just buy special edition and download game like I do on telltale??

Comments

  • edited July 2009
    yes

    From http://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/ in about 3 hours

    Make sure you download STEAM first though - which is free
  • edited July 2009
    No, the game will be bound a Steam account which you have to create. You can't just access it via Telltale.

    Also, the Steam client is required, not just for downloading, but also for running the game,
    There are different opinions about Steam. Personally, I wouldn't install it again if they paid me to.
  • DPBDPB
    edited July 2009
    Steam is okay, it could be worse, they could be using Games For Windows Live.
  • edited July 2009
    No, the game will be bound a Steam account which you have to create. You can't just access it via Telltale.

    Also, the Steam client is required, not just for downloading, but also for running the game,
    There are different opinions about Steam. Personally, I wouldn't install it again if they paid me to.

    thanks I made an account but havnt downloaded it yet Il proboly only use it 4 this game
  • edited July 2009
    You can play it in the Steam program, which takes no resources really, and you can download it all the times you want, ever having to fear to loose it :) if they release any patches / updates they will be automaticly applied if you are connected to the internet.
  • edited July 2009
    RMJ1984 wrote: »
    You can play it in the Steam program, which takes no resources really, and you can download it all the times you want, ever having to fear to loose it :) if they release any patches / updates they will be automaticly applied if you are connected to the internet.

    that sound cool I never even herd of streem till this week :P
  • edited July 2009
    It's not "streem" it's "steam."
  • edited July 2009
    It's not "streem" it's "steam."

    opps sorry
  • edited July 2009
    It does until you try it.... basically Steam takes charge of everything: Purchase, download, install, update, ingame features.
    The other side of the medal is that Steam will need to be launched every time you want to play and won't close automatically when you exit. When it's updating (or was updating when you last closed it) it won't allow you to run any game unless you're connected to the internet and if you have no internet connection for some time it will randomly require online authentication and not allow you to run any games. Basically, it's a very elaborate DRM scheme that provides good service for online games that need a connection anyway and require frequent updates, while bringing only misery when all you really want to play is single player.
  • edited July 2009
    It does until you try it.... basically Steam takes charge of everything: Purchase, download, install, update, ingame features.
    The other side of the medal is that Steam will need to be launched every time you want to play and won't close automatically when you exit. When it's updating (or was updating when you last closed it) it won't allow you to run any game unless you're connected to the internet and if you have no internet connection for some time it will randomly require online authentication and not allow you to run any games. Basically, it's a very elaborate DRM scheme that provides good service for online games that need a connection anyway and require frequent updates, while bringing only misery when all you really want to play is single player.

    Steam is open all the time, as it takes nada resources, and should be open, you dont need the internet to play, no more than via Telltale. You can play just fine in offline mode, dont go spreading these rumors, because you wont embrace the future.

    Now i know i might live in this super hightect country, but in the past 10 years i had internet i have been without internet for maybe 4-5hours total over those years. its just that stable here, and it should be anywhere else.

    You will never use youre games, and i for one think steam is the best kind of this DRM, instead of Starforce, which makes you system crash or drm which limits you installs, i dont wanna contact telltale or any other company and beg for more installations.

    As added benefit you get steam forums, 2 of the most buggy games i remember Stalker and GTA 4, fans in there got them all to run more or less perfect, consindering most of us couldn run either, thanks to those amature developers. another nice feature, you right click on the game select view forum.

    Drm is coming no matter if we like it or not, and to me atleast Steam is the best drm, never any problems, it just works. Still have over a dusin games i cant play on cd/dvds because of anger rage beep beep and beep DRM. some DRM like Starforce actully went in and took control over part of the windows core, that is just to much of an intrusion of my privacy, and other wanting to control if im allowed to have daemon tools or other programs installed to play their games.

    Steam doesnt have any of that.

    One way of looking at steam is like Xbox Live or PSN, just steam is much better than both of those, programs like steam, direct2drive and so forth, its gonna secure the PC's survival, because they give you benefits you have the original, autoupdates, easy forum access. finally the evil intrusive DRM has been cut back on PC, thanks to such programs. the only thing i really miss, to avoid us having games in 10programs like steam is, that if you could buy games from any of the online stores like steam, and add it permanently to the program you like to use.
  • edited July 2009
    ...and if you have no internet connection for some time it will randomly require online authentication and not allow you to run any games.

    This has never happened to me and I was without internet for months at one point.

    I don't see what the big deal is. Steam requires an internet connection to access and authenticate games but doesn't need it to play them. But everybody has the internet anyway so what does it matter? Who doesn't have the internet? I know I wouldn't be caught without the internet for too long. Some people can look at it as being controlling, but I look at it as being very accommodating. You can buy games without leaving your house. And you get constant support. You also get a free backup of your game if you have to format it. Just download it again. No worries about losing or breaking physical media. I love having physical media as well, though, which is why I still buy a lot of retail stuff. But it's still handy. I certainly don't see it as an "elaborate DRM scheme." It's just an effective DRM that also serves the customer well, in my opinion. Steam games are virtually impossible to pirate too, aren't they?
  • edited July 2009
    It wouldn't work for me and so I've asked around a bit (here and in other forums) and that's the answer I got. If an update is queued, you can't run games. And since that would fit my experience as well, that's what I think is most likely. If it's something else then that just means that Steam is totally unpredictable since this is a real issue that many people are facing, not just me. If it works, good for you, but don't think that's how it always behaves.

    Edit: This was really a constant issue for me when I wanted to play on the way to work. So this is not some theoretical problem, but something that I have experienced first hand.
  • edited July 2009
    RMJ1984 wrote: »
    Steam is open all the time, as it takes nada resources, and should be open, you dont need the internet to play, no more than via Telltale. You can play just fine in offline mode, dont go spreading these rumors, because you wont embrace the future.
    "A" future, hopefully. The day Steam is my *only* option is the day I'm done with PC gaming. It is, however, a pretty neat ancillary side-option.

    No, it shouldn't be open all the time. Why should it? If Steam half-updates when your internet goes down, it gets pissed. Steam does not like incomplete updates, and that sort of thing can destroy offline mode. I've had Offline Mode gimped for me several times.
    Now i know i might live in this super hightect country, but in the past 10 years i had internet i have been without internet for maybe 4-5hours total over those years. its just that stable here, and it should be anywhere else.
    That's nice for you. I do some gaming on a laptop that moves from place to place, between hotspots. How about this scenario? Why must everyone share your exact same circumstances?

    Steam is a cute little tool. But just because a hammer is useful doesn't mean I'm gonna try and remove a screw with it.
  • edited July 2009
    Hating Steam is very 2004. It's turned into one of the most downright essentials tools for any PC gamer.
  • edited July 2009
    Hating Steam is very 2004. It's turned into one of the most downright essentials tools for any PC gamer.
    They don't provide a service that works for me. End of story. I'll look for my games somewhere else. I'm not stopping you from using it, but I applaud publishers that offer digital downloads without Steam as well. And I tell people of the issues I had and seen others have. I've got a bunch of games in Steams locker that I can't play the way I want to and I think people should be warned of this lock in before they do anything they might regret.
  • edited July 2009
    Hating Steam is very 2004. It's turned into one of the most downright essentials tools for any PC gamer.
    What is it necessary for, other than Valve games? I'm a primarily PC gamer that pretty much uses Steam when the multiplayer-leaning services suit me.

    I don't *hate* the service, it's just not ideal for me for every title.
  • edited July 2009
    is stream the only way to play it on pc?
  • edited July 2009
    is stream the only way to play it on pc?
    The LucasArts press release said it'd be released in other online stores today, but it didn't specify a place other than Steam. I'm guessing we'll see it pop up in a bunch of places soon.
  • edited July 2009
    thanks I made an account but havnt downloaded it yet Il proboly only use it 4 this game
    Just FYI there are other classic Lucas Arts adventure games that have been released on Steam ('LOOM' and 'The Dig') and there may yet be more to come :)
    is stream the only way to play it on pc?
    Are you asking if there are other places you can download it or whether or not it'll be coming out as CD form? If the former than I don't know, I'm sorry. If the latter then I understand that they've said they may release it on CD depending on how well it performs through online distribution. (Don't quote me on that, though).
  • edited July 2009
    Marduk wrote: »
    Just FYI there are other classic Lucas Arts adventure games that have been released on Steam ('LOOM' and 'The Dig') and there may yet be more to come :) Are you asking if there are other places you can download it or whether or not it'll be coming out as CD form? If the former than I don't know, I'm sorry. If the latter then I understand that they've said they may release it on CD depending on how well it performs through online distribution. (Don't quote me on that, though).

    thanks lol it seems it be easyer if I had xboxlive
  • edited July 2009
    Is steam the only place from which to download the game?
  • edited July 2009
    Marduk wrote: »
    Just FYI there are other classic Lucas Arts adventure games that have been released on Steam ('LOOM' and 'The Dig')

    Don't forget the 2 Indiana Jones Games.
    KEBSD wrote: »
    Is steam the only place from which to download the game?

    On The PC this seems to be the case until now.
  • edited July 2009
    And its just the first badge of games :) im pretty sure we will see more, i hope Lucas Arts and telltale can work out something to bring Sam & Max Hit The Road on steam.
  • edited July 2009
    RMJ1984 wrote: »
    And its just the first badge of games :) im pretty sure we will see more, i hope Lucas Arts and telltale can work out something to bring Sam & Max Hit The Road on steam.
    Telltale wouldn't need to be involved. LucasArts fully owns Hit the Road. They can do whatever they want with it.
  • edited July 2009
    @hansschmucker

    We get that you don't like Steam, but this whole thread you do nothing but not only bash it but spread outright false information for it to run. Maybe the reason you had such a bad experience is because you didn't know how to work the program.
  • edited July 2009
    No false information on my part, that's simply what happened. Maybe I didn't know how to work the program, but should I really have to?
  • edited July 2009
    I should probably add that I've just tried Steam again and the issue hasn't surfaced again so far. We'll see how it goes this time (this is the third time I've installed Steam, each time on a different system... the issues occurred on both previous systems).
  • edited July 2009
    SoMI:SE is nearly here, w00t! it should be less than an hour to go.
  • edited July 2009
    When it's updating (or was updating when you last closed it) it won't allow you to run any game unless you're connected to the internet and if you have no internet connection for some time it will randomly require online authentication and not allow you to run any games. Basically, it's a very elaborate DRM scheme that provides good service for online games that need a connection anyway and require frequent updates, while bringing only misery when all you really want to play is single player.

    Sums it up pretty perfectly for me. I was really struggling to stay afloat last year, so I went about 6-7 months without a home inet connection. Steam games were off limits for about 4 months... not great, considering i'd paid good money for them all!

    Steam can be pretty handy, and it will work well for the majority of people. But I hope it never gets out of hand, so I can still have my obsolete CD that never fails! (... until I scratch it to pieces after about a decade or two).
  • edited July 2009
    RMJ1984 wrote: »
    And its just the first badge of games :) im pretty sure we will see more, i hope Lucas Arts and telltale can work out something to bring Sam & Max Hit The Road on steam.

    Hit the Road was listed in an interview (I can't recall which one) as a possible candidate for the special edition treatment. I hope they don't release it in it's current form, that way if MI:SE sells well and they actually make more SE games, we might see an SE for it instead. :)
  • edited July 2009
    Sam and Max would definitely fit their new cartoon style better... on the other hand I can't say that there's really much need for it. Speech is already in there and with a decent filter it looks like this:
    samnmaxhq3x.png
    The difference to a SE wouldn't really be enough IMHO.
Sign in to comment in this discussion.