Steam users?

[Sledgstone 8,672]

I just downloaded Steam for the first time so I can get my hands on the free portal download.

http://www.gamesradar.com/portal-free-steam-until-september-20/

Anyone else use steam? Is it a good service? Are there unexpected charges that I should watch out for?

[CabbitGirl 4,018]

i used steam.. not avidly though.. they kicked my messaging privileges offline because i didn't spend enough hours gaming (like no hours what so ever for a few months time..) so there was no reason for me to use it unless i want to log my sc2 hours :3 i'm sure eppy will have some good input for you!

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Ah.. cool. Yeah. I was just playing portal. Pretty interesting game.. I'll have to get starcraft 2.

[Strider Hiryu 2,704]

I have an account but have never fully used it. That reminds me I should re-download it and get my copy of portal up and running again (I got it free when I bought my new laptop).

Most of my friends use it and seem to like it but I've never been big into it (I was never a big Valve fan and most of the games on Steam I can get on Impulse if I want them (only reason I use Impulse is due to Sins of a Solar Empire)).

Yea go get SC2 Sledge, its a great game (though I still need to beat it).

[Sledgstone 8,672]

I've tried SC2 on a couple of friend's computers now. It looks so impressive.

Btw, what is impulse? *feels like a newb*

[Eppy 3,446]

I personally love it cause i keeps everything basically organized gamewise...and makes switching to a new computer easy as hell cause all you have to do is redl the game and most are steam cloud enabled so it'll keep all your settings and gamesaves also...and you can synch it with your FB to find all your friends that are on steam

[Strider Hiryu 2,704]

I've tried SC2 on a couple of friend's computers now. It looks so impressive.

Btw, what is impulse? *feels like a newb*

Impulse is basically just Steam, it's just missing some of Steam's features. (http://www.impulsedriven.com/, if you want to take a look at it). I only use it because it's linked to my Stardock account for Sins of a Solar Empire.

There's also Origin but that's only if you want to give EA more money, which who wants to do that (it's there option for digital content).

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

I have one, but I never use it... I'll be strictly Origin for the next year because of Battlefield 3.

[Pchan 5,162]

I have one because I'm supposed to check out Team Fortress 2. Right now I'm in the process of getting a mouse for it X'D ... but yeah, I also plan on downloading/ purchasing the Formula 1 game that was released last night.

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Thanks for the link Strider! I'll check it out.

huh.. battlefield 3 is on origin, I'll look at that one too.

I'm going to d/l team fortress 2 also.. I've heard about for years but I've never played it.

I personally love it cause i keeps everything basically organized gamewise...and makes switching to a new computer easy as hell cause all you have to do is redl the game and most are steam cloud enabled so it'll keep all your settings and gamesaves also...and you can synch it with your FB to find all your friends that are on steam

No kidding.. thats pretty convenient. So if I have a game that I got thru stream I should open stream and choose to play it thru the stream menu to get all the interconnectivity with the game/stream or does it matter if I just play the game from the icon on my desktop?

[Eppy 3,446]

you can have it make an icon also whichever you choose...i like not having icons and just use the library list in steam

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Thanks! Makes sense to just use the consolidated list.