most annoying thing about steam?

[Sleekgiant]

The people and the group announcements.

I recently left all my groups, deleted most of the people on my friends list and have been enjoying peace

 

[legion431]

After playing any game for over 10 minutes my computer makes a horribly loud buzzing sound that doesn't stop until I exit the game completely.

I don't know if it's because of steam or my computer.

 

[Nukey]

I can't get Deus Ex on it...

Dx

I want to play that game!

lolwut?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/6910/

Ummm... Credit card issues?

But, I just... Dx

I fail at technology.

 

[Watchmacallit]

...
There's probably more. But I despise Steam. I bought BlOps on the PS3 just so I didn't have to deal with steam even though the game costs more on PS3 and I don't like shooters on consoles....

When codblops first came out, the psn for known was having a tough time keeping people in groups which really erks me as psn doesn't have party chat (imo xbl's saving grace). With group play being so difficult (I think it's much better now on the psn) I've decided to strictly play fps's on PC as I know the steam communities for most fps's that I want to play are strong.

I was curious about your psn codblops experiences ... had any problems lately? I might jump on this wknd again for the first time in weeks.

I haven't had any problems with BlOps but I'm just over it. It's no different and the different things are kind of useless. I've had the odd server disconnection but that could be because of me.

 

[octafish]

I keep having to buy bigger hard drives?

 

[Chairman Miaow]

I <3 Steam till I die.

 

[Engarde]

Offline mode requires an internet connection.

If I may, as crass as it can be, I shall award myself a /thread.

Good day. *tips hat*

 

[GBlair88]

The fact it sometimes tells you your game is currently unavailable when you try to play it annoys me. Other than that I like Steam.

 

[The Human Torch]

Prices for new games are the same as the price for a physical copy in the store, and in some cases even higher. Mind you, I am from the Netherlands, so I got screwed over with the dollar/euro conversion. So with the exception of the games that are on sale or the ones that are not available in regular stores, there is no reason for me to use Steam.

 

[gxs]

In Europe:
1.) 1$=1? so we pay more for the same game which is just not fair. I bypass this buy purchasing the key online and then entering it into Steam but I can miss some great (or not so great in which case I don't care) DLC preorders.

2.) They tend to move the release dates. So I wait for a game that's published on the 19th of February and they move it the same day that it was supposed to be released usually for another week. I don't mind playing the game later but I hate waiting for the game and then postponing it just because I live on another continent or whatever.

EDIT: I forgot to add that those are the only problems I have and they have to do with the marketing department or whoever sets the prices. Kick those people in the arse and I'm a happy customer. I like Steam even with those minor problems/annoyances.

 

[Tharwen]

The reason it keeps pausing the downloads is that games will load (and sometimes run) much more slowly if the computer is writing all that data to the disk.

As for me, the thing I hate most about Steam is how slow it is (does anyone else find that it keeps freezing and taking ages to load pages?), and how it keeps giving me that 'only one instance of Steam can be running at a time' error.

 

[Watchmacallit]

THANK GOD! I'm not the only one!!!
Okay, heres my list.
1. You can't install a game in offline mode. Okay, fine. But then as soon as its installed an update starts and you can't play till its done!!!! AvP 1.2gig download and I was capped!!!!

2. A game doesn't install correctly. Fine, uninstall, reinstall. BUT NO. You can't just reinstall you have to download the whole damn game even thought its sitting on a disc. Currently I am trying to play TF2. I installed it and did a 4 gig download at an average of 40kb/s...It didn't work! Like wtf!!!


5. Games take forever to install.

1) well thats a personal problem rather than their problem.

2) actually none of the game is on the disk (common misconception). This just makes it easier for steam to protect their products. (yeah its a little annoying i guess, but as a web based
service understandable)

5) thats your computer im afraid. Nothing steam can do to absolve that.

1. They should make the installation of updates an option as is most often the case. The Play Station Network doesn't force you unless you want to play online multi-player. If I want to play single player where an update isn't needed why do I have to download the update?

2. The games are on the disc. Newer games are starting to only have Steam on the disc and you have to download the game. But games like MWF2, TF2, AvP etc are on the disc. Or it installed 12 gig of air when I put L4D2 in? I know that the new Dawn of War 2 expansion only had a steam installer on the disc, I'm not sure when that was implemented but for the games I have (Metro 2033, L4D2, MWF2, TF2 and AvP) they have all been disc installations.

5. My computer doesn't have an issue. Steam had "Downloads starting" for 45 minutes. It has issues. I also love when it takes 20 minutes to connect to my account. My computer can run any game on the market without an issue, with high graphics enabled. I also have an ADSL 2+ connection, just a bad area.

I liked Steam when I first got it. I love Valve's games and I think Steam is a great way to reduce copyright but after using it I've come to hate it. The only thing its good for is for sale and I just found out they raise the price in Aus when there is absolutely no need except to take more money.

I'm not being argumentative or aggressive, these are just facts. You should research before making claims about a program you clearly haven't been using for a while or another person's computer.

 

[Watchmacallit]

I get the same things happening. Sometimes my library doesn't load until I close and re-load Steam.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

Just got Steam a few days ago, and so far no problems, but my complaint is that the genre selection feels limited to me. And I'm looking through the action, RPG and adventure sections. Makes me feel like I'm seeing at the same games no matter where I look.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

I can't get Deus Ex on it...

Dx

I want to play that game!

$5 from this link.... Steam charges double I think.

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/games/Deus-Ex--GotY/?authenticate=true&wa=wsignin1.0

Another mark against STEAM, they charge more.

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/8365-Experienced-Points-Games-for-Windows-FAIL

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=8059

Games for Xbox Live can go fuck itself with an uncomfortably large rusty pipe.