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Started by dogatemycomputer
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:53
Steam Powered Thieves..
Author: dogatemycomputer
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:53
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:53
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Greetings, I just purchased a copy of Sin 2 at my local Frys Electronics. The box is simply, well, a box with a couple of pieces of tape over the top and bottom to keep the lid closed. The system requirements for the game are listed on the box as being: Developer(s) Ritual Entertainment Publisher(s) Activision Engine Quake II engine (enhanced) Latest version 1.12 (Steam Version) Release date(s) October 31, 1998 Worldwide April 5, 2006 (Steam) Genre(s) First-person shooter Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer Rating(s) ESRB: Mature (M) Platform(s) PC (Windows / Linux), PowerPC (Mac OS / Linux) Media CD-ROM System requirements 166 MHz Processor, 32 MB RAM, 2 MB video card There is nothing in this game that requires an internet connection. So I took the game to my office, plugged in the CD and attempted to load the game. The game responded with an error. After some investigation it turns out the game requires an internet connection (or you have to jump through a bunch of hoops). The game simply wouldn't load. The internet connection issue doesn't bother me.. what bothers me is that after some investigation I found out the CD does NOT actually contain the game! You have to install the software then download the game using Steam's anti-copying software at your own expense. In this case it gets worse. It turns out someone else had guessed or generated the CD key, installed the game and played it. So .. now I have a CD that I bought that does not actually contain the game and an invalid CD key used by someone else. Of course Steam has offered to let me mail them a 2 page form full of my personal information, a check for ANOTHER $10 (in addition to the $40 I paid for the game) along with the original game that I bought. Then.. if they feel like good Samaritans (or the post office doesn't loose something in the mail) they'll be nice enough to send me a CD key so I can activate the game on my PC. Of course they reserve the right to keep my $10 and not send me anything. I'm also told by Frys Electronics that Activision does not allow them to accept returns of the game. I'm told they can trade it out for another one but only of its opened because once it is opened then they have to eat the cost of the game. Activision and Steam will not stand behind their products. Of course they'll stand behind you and its going to hurt if you don't play by their rules. I'm tired of companies treating us like criminals. Here is a list of Steam's games. Avoid them like the plague! Avoid anything with Steam's name on it. There are enough quality games on the market that we shouldn't have to put up with this trash. Name Metascore® Price 688(I) Hunter-Killer Sonalysts -- $19.95 Advent Rising GlyphX Games 70 $19.95 AstroPop Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Bejeweled 2 Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Bejeweled Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo BigMoney Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Birth Of America Strategy First 71 $29.95 BloodRayne Terminal Reality 65 $9.95 BloodRayne 2 Terminal Reality 67 $19.95 BloodRayne 2 Demo Terminal Reality 67 In account Bookworm Adventures Deluxe NEW Popcap -- Free Demo Bookworm Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Call of Duty Infinity Ward 91 $19.95 Call of Duty® 2 Infinity Ward 86 $29.95 Call of Duty: United Offensive Gray Matter Studios 87 $19.95 Chuzzle Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo City Life Monte Cristo 76 $39.95 Codename Gordon Nuclear Vision -- In account Counter-Strike Valve 88 $9.95 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Valve 65 $9.95 Counter-Strike: Source Valve 88 $19.95 DEFCON Introversion Software 84 $14.95 DEFCON Demo Introversion Software 84 In account Dangerous Waters Sonalysts 82 $19.95 Dark Messiah Might and Magic™ Arkane Studios 72 $49.95 Name Metascore® Price Dark Messiah Singleplayer Demo Arkane Studios 72 In account Darwinia Introversion Software 83 $19.95 Darwinia Demo Introversion Software 83 In account Day of Defeat Valve 79 $9.95 Day of Defeat: Source Valve 80 $19.95 Deathmatch Classic Valve -- $9.95 Disciples II: Galleans Return Strategy First 84 $19.95 Disciples II: Rise of the Elves Strategy First 80 $19.95 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey NEW Funcom 75 $39.95 Dynomite Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Earth 2160 Reality Pump Studios 73 $9.95 Eets Klei Entertainment 81 $9.95 Eets Demo Klei Entertainment 81 In account Feeding Frenzy 2 Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo FlatOut 2™ Bugbear Entertainment 76 $24.95 Fleet Command Sonalysts -- $19.95 Full Pipe PipeStudio -- $9.95 Full Pipe Demo PipeStudio -- In account GTI Racing Techland -- $19.95 GUN™ Neversoft 76 $19.95 Garry's Mod Garry -- $9.95 Ghost Master® Sick Puppies 81 $9.95 Gumboy - Crazy Adventures™ Cinemax -- $14.95 Gumboy Demo Cinemax -- In account Half-Life Valve 96 $9.95 Metascore® Price Half-Life 2 Valve 96 $29.95 Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Valve -- $9.95 Half-Life 2: Demo Valve 96 In account Half-Life 2: Episode One Valve 87 $19.95 Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Valve -- -- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Valve -- -- Half-Life: Blue Shift Gearbox Software 71 $9.95 Half-Life: Source Valve -- $9.95 Hammer Heads Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Heavy Weapon Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Heroes of Annihilated Empires GSC Game World 65 $39.95 Heroes of Annihilated Empires Demo GSC Game World 65 In account Iggle Pop Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Insaniquarium Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Iron Warriors: T - 72 Tank Command Strategy First 56 $19.95 Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Strategy First -- $19.95 Medieval II: Total War™ The Creative Assembly 88 $49.95 Medieval II: Total War™ Demo The Creative Assembly 88 In account Opposing Force Gearbox Software -- $9.95 Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast NEW Sumo Digital 83 $19.95 Pizza Frenzy Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Poker Superstars II Funkitron -- Free Demo Prey Humanhead Studios 83 $19.95 Psychonauts Double Fine 87 $19.95 Psychonauts Demo Double Fine 87 In account nt. RACE - The WTCC Game SimBin 81 $29.95 Rag Doll Kung Fu Mark Healey 69 $14.95 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Tripwire Interactive 81 $19.95 Ricochet Valve -- $9.95 RoboBlitz Naked Sky Entertainment 80 $14.95 RoboBlitz Demo Naked Sky Entertainment 80 In account Rocket Mania Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Shadowgrounds Frozenbyte 74 $19.95 Shadowgrounds Demo Frozenbyte -- In account Shattered Union PopTop 67 $29.95 SiN 1 Ritual Entertainment -- -- SiN 1 Multiplayer Ritual Entertainment -- -- SiN Episodes: Emergence Ritual Entertainment 75 $14.95 Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete Firaxis 90 $29.95 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Firaxis 94 $39.95 Sid Meier's Pirates! Firaxis 88 $29.95 Space Empires IV Deluxe Malfador Machinations 79 $9.95 Space Empires V Malfador Machinations 69 $29.95 Sub Command Sonalysts 84 $19.95 Talismania Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Team Fortress Classic Valve -- $9.95 The Ship Outerlight Ltd. 75 $19.95 The Ship Single Player Outerlight Ltd. 75 $9.95 Typer Shark Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo Uplink Introversion Software 75 $9.95 Vegas Make It Big™ Deepred 76 $19.95 X2: The Threat Egosoft 72 $9.95 X3: Reunion Egosoft 71 $19.95 Xpand Rally Techland 82 $19.95 Zen of Sudoku Unknown Worlds -- $9.95 Zen of Sudoku Demo Unknown Worlds -- In account Zuma Deluxe Popcap -- Free Demo
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