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the_marq · 11-17-2004, 08:00 AM

I'd have to agree with the good Doctor.

The game is awesome, it plays quite well on my PC, even tho I just barely hit the recommended specs (I'll have to upgrade my RAM soon). I have not gotten too far in the game yet, still in the Kanals trying to get away from the guys in the Stile gas masks.

Even tho I like the game it will still be difficult to convince me to buy anything from Valve again. This Steam thing is utter BS.

**First, Steam is spyware. All I want is the single player game, why do I have to be online to play? Why does Steam have to update my files when the game is only a few hours old? What other information are they gathering from my computer?

**Second, Steam is slow and annoying. I bought the CD's so I could get up and running quickly, I expected that downloading the game on release day would be problematic. Why then did it take me over 2 hours to install the damn thing?

If you are insterested in a laugh go have a look over at the planethalflife.com forums, the death to Steam posts here (like mine) are tame compared to what's over there. Valve really fucked up this release, after delaying it for months on end and then totally screwing people when the tried to activate it, I have to wonder how much of an impact this will have on their bottom line. Then again maybe the fanboys like myself will be so enamoured by the game we'll forget how much Valve pissed us off.

----Steam is Spyware-----

11-17-2004, 08:00 AM	#41 (permalink)
the_marq All hail the Mountain King Location: Black Mesa	I'd have to agree with the good Doctor. The game is awesome, it plays quite well on my PC, even tho I just barely hit the recommended specs (I'll have to upgrade my RAM soon). I have not gotten too far in the game yet, still in the Kanals trying to get away from the guys in the Stile gas masks. Even tho I like the game it will still be difficult to convince me to buy anything from Valve again. This Steam thing is utter BS. First, Steam is spyware. All I want is the single player game, why do I have to be online to play? Why does Steam have to update my files when the game is only a few hours old? What other information are they gathering from my computer? Second, Steam is slow and annoying. I bought the CD's so I could get up and running quickly, I expected that downloading the game on release day would be problematic. Why then did it take me over 2 hours to install the damn thing? If you are insterested in a laugh go have a look over at the planethalflife.com forums, the death to Steam posts here (like mine) are tame compared to what's over there. Valve really fucked up this release, after delaying it for months on end and then totally screwing people when the tried to activate it, I have to wonder how much of an impact this will have on their bottom line. Then again maybe the fanboys like myself will be so enamoured by the game we'll forget how much Valve pissed us off. ----Steam is Spyware----- __________________ The Truth: Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to. #3 in a series Last edited by the_marq; 11-17-2004 at 09:05 AM..