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Old 03-30-2011, 08:42 PM
JG14_Jagr JG14_Jagr is offline
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Reading some of the posts in various boards I see that there is extremely diverse views on Steam in the gaming community. I have used Steam for a few years so I feel I can comment on it fairly. I Have never had an issue with Steam in the delivery or play of a game through Steam. Whenever I build a new Rig or replace a HDD I simply log in and all my content is automatically reinstalled for me seamlessly. Steam has a very low system useage.. relaistically it has no impact on performance. I do turn off some of the auto features Steam uses to push content, but overall I have to say that after being very reluctant to try it years ago, I am very satisfied with it.

I do not know how the game will be played on Steam servers, or if Hyper Lobby will still be an option ( I assume it would be) But overall the people that seem to be the most concerned about Steam have not really used it. I would say that you will be pleasantly surprised.
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Old 03-30-2011, 08:47 PM
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Reading some of the posts in various boards I see that there is extremely diverse views on Steam in the gaming community. I have used Steam for a few years so I feel I can comment on it fairly. I Have never had an issue with Steam in the delivery or play of a game through Steam. Whenever I build a new Rig or replace a HDD I simply log in and all my content is automatically reinstalled for me seamlessly. Steam has a very low system useage.. relaistically it has no impact on performance. I do turn off some of the auto features Steam uses to push content, but overall I have to say that after being very reluctant to try it years ago, I am very satisfied with it.

I do not know how the game will be played on Steam servers, or if Hyper Lobby will still be an option ( I assume it would be) But overall the people that seem to be the most concerned about Steam have not really used it. I would say that you will be pleasantly surprised.
Let's not start the whole Steam paranoia all over again please. That was a ridiculous week, and honestly I found refutting all the misinformation exhausting especially since the same stuff would pop up several times in each of the dozen or so threads on the topic.

In short, If you haven't tried Steam give it a shot. If you have, but it was a long time ago, give it a shot. If you are currently having technical issues with Steam go here. Also I am willing to offer help as I've been using Steam for a good while now, and feel confident in my knowledge of the platform.

I feel I need to say that I am in no way professionally partnered with Valve or the Steam platform.

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