Have we used the same version of Steam? Yours sounds completely different to mine.
Please bear in mind that the fact that you have had no problems with Steam doesn't mean thats the case for everybody.
For all you guys that use Steam and have had no problems with it, I'm happy for you and long may your problem free use of Steam continue, and I really mean that.
Because when things do go wrong you'll find out just how useless and uncaring Steam support actually is.
Steam could be a great platform for gamers, and to some extents already is, but what really lets it down is the fact that in more and more cases its being forced on gamers that don't want it.
ALL GAME COMPANIES SHOULD ALLOW THEIR CUSTOMERS TO CHOOSE.
We are the ones handing over the money and when I pay for something it either does exactly what I want the way I want or I dont buy it, thats my right (and yours) as a consumer.
So far, the guys at Larian have proved to be absolutely outstanding with their support and backup and even just the fact that they're on the forums and being involved with their customers should set the standard that other game companies should try to achieve.
They have released DKS for sale from their own online shop, through Steam etc, and a retail version for high street shoppers will/is also available and that gives people the choice. Why on earth would anyone want future releases to be Steam only?
As for any form of DRM, games companies are wasting time, effort and money, it won't stop pirates, EVER.
All the way through from distant history to the present day, code breakers have always outsmarted code makers and any form of DRM is a code.
The only use DRM on games has is for counting the activations of said game, thats it, nothing else, zip. Its a data collection tool.
Don't blame the game devs, its the publishers that insist on it, but once again that means its the legitimate customers that have to put up with the shite these things cause, I often think DRM creates pirates as folks dont want this crap on their PC's.
Its time for the gaming industry to give its head a shake and listen to the people who are handing the money over, US, ME, YOU.
