Why 1C like Steam

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

If it didn't cause a problem, why would anyone have mentioned it? I'm quite aware of how internet connections work you know, but I've had it get stuck in an update cycle before where I'd lost connection and even if the connection was resumed it got upset got stuck in some kind of half-updated broken loop and I had to install Steam from scratch. Which makes me wonder whether it's installing on the fly as it downloads, which is just ludicrous.

It was a issue because Borderlands was updated, but Steam was half updated so when the net connection failed mid update, it couldn't validate my game, so I had to play it off of my laptop while my phone company got their lead out. Again, the only reason I got stuck on my desktop was because it happened in the middle of an update. My laptop hadn't been connected at the time, and I could play offline on it just fine.

By comparison with the type of DRM used in Mass Effect 2, I would not have been able to play on any system, and with the DRM used in Assassin's Creed 2, it would have deleted my save points to boot.

My point, which you seem to be conveniently missing, is that there are some limitations with Steam, though they are not nearly of the same level as other current DRM systems.

It flabbergasts me how little people on these forums seem to know about current generation DRM. Things have changed since Il-2 came out.

Addendum: This is a really weird flamewar.