Am I the only one waiting for Steam to work just to download L4D2?

[Deleted]

Shame that you need to install it, Im at parents house with not best connection. You should just be able to register somehow, then it wouldn't be steam crashes all over the place.
Played l4dead on console and it was really fun, never tried the 2nd so should be fun to try

[Deleted]

Seems to be back up. Just went straight to the page with no problems

[Sarix]

Seems to be back up. Just went straight to the page with no problems

It's still slow as shit so it'll probably go down again any time now. Be quick

[Statix]

EA = Nothing

EA might be nothing, but those Humble Bundles aren't nothing. Bought a shitload of games worth €250 for just €5, and a large chunk of all that money earned is going to charity. That's certainly not nothing.

I'm also waiting. Watched the trailer and got really excited. Then I saw the gameplay and I went: "Meh". Still, free game! Me wants!

[Deleted]

Well I got to add the game to my library, but it isn't downloaded, should be enough right?

[Deleted]

Well I got to add the game to my library, but it isn't downloaded, should be enough right?

from what I read you need to have it downloaded before the offer expires.
would imagine partly downloaded would do as well.

[Meggle]

Its not even an amazing zombie game, Iv never understood peoples crazyness for this game. It mearly plays like a poor zombie mod for CS.

It is amazing because of the coop play.

[Collegeguy]

Seems to be back up. Just went straight to the page with no problems

Store pages are working now, but you still can't buy anything.

[Achaman]

its been downloading for a good two hours now and it still says one to go :/

yay server overload!

[Belloc]

Hardly, GoG gave out 2 excellent games for free, none of which require DRM of bloatware.

That's the first time I've ever heard Steam referred to as bloatware. Not that I'm surprised -- there's always someone that complains about awesome stuff.

Also, I'm not seeing these 2 free games on GoG... link?

[endersblade]

I played all of 5 minutes of the first L4D, didn't like it, never touched it again. I never would've known about Steam giving this away if I hadn't seen this thread lol. Nabbed it, even if I won't ever play it, it's one more game for my growing list!

[Unclekreepy]

go to it through the steam client, works fine.

[poser765]

That's the first time I've ever heard Steam referred to as bloatware. Not that I'm surprised -- there's always someone that complains about awesome stuff.

Also, I'm not seeing these 2 free games on GoG... link?

Probably games from at least 15-20 years ago.

[Edge-]

Also, I'm not seeing these 2 free games on GoG... link?

I know when I signed up for GoG I got like, 7 old games for free. Then there was the recent free gift to all GoG members (even those who just signed up) of Fallout 1/2/Tactics.

GoG is pretty cool.

[ComputerNerd]

Yeah there are a number of free games on GOG for any account, but some like Fallout or a previously offered Duke Nukem 3d are limited time offers.
Like the current offer from steam, you just need to add it to your account and can download later.

Many of them might be old, but DRM Free is increasingly popular.
They do sell some fairly recent games, but they don't tend to be up for free, only reduced occasionally.

I had no trouble with steam today, only finding out about the offer a few hours ago.
Started client, searched and found store page and then simply added to account.
Maybe a regional issue.

[vindicatorx]

I am not as I have no interest in getting L4D2 at all I didn't like the first one.

[barackopala]

Probably games from at least 15-20 years ago.

They've gifted Torchlight I - Fallout 1-2-Tactics, pls.

[poser765]

They've gifted Torchlight I - Fallout 1-2-Tactics, pls.

Ok, granted the 15-20 years was an exaggeration, Fallout came out in 97. gog has a lot of really old titles, which isn't bad.

I don't really get the steam hate. Bloatware? DRM? Ok it's not really all that heavy of a program. I don't feel like it causes me any performance issues. And drm free? I feel like people get a hard on for DRM free just because it's the trendy thing to do. Sure steam is essentially DRM, but it's not like we are talking about Starforce where the drm literally breaks your hardware.

[MrSnueffel]

Thank you so much mate! Almost missed it..

[Orange Joe]

Ok, granted the 15-20 years was an exaggeration, Fallout came out in 97. gog has a lot of really old titles, which isn't bad.

I don't really get the steam hate. Bloatware? DRM? Ok it's not really all that heavy of a program. I don't feel like it causes me any performance issues. And drm free? I feel like people get a hard on for DRM free just because it's the trendy thing to do. Sure steam is essentially DRM, but it's not like we are talking about Starforce where the drm literally breaks your hardware.

I agree that starforce was somewhat bad, but there was never any proof of it breaking hardware.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarForce

Some gamers have advocated boycotts of games or publishers known to use StarForce.^[20] These gamers claim that StarForce software causes system instability and crashes, and that Protection Technology refuses to address the damage their software causes. In 2006, a $5 million lawsuit was filed against Ubisoft for using StarForce in their games on the allegations that StarForce compromises PC security,^[21] slows down PCs, causes crashes and even damages optical drives.^[22] However, the case was dropped two years later due to lack of evidence.^[22]
Ubisoft decided to investigate the extent of the StarForce boycott and ran a poll on their forums, the outcome of which was against the use of StarForce.^[23] As a result (along with general discontent on the web^[24][25]), in Heroes of Might and Magic V and GTR2, StarForce 3.0 was replaced by SecuROM.

Really the biggest issue with starforce was that it wouldn't allow games to run on a systems that had a virtual drive installed.