Half Life 2

[Colovion]

A little warning, don't do the patch because it contains massive spyware. If you refuse to install the spyware you can't update your game, nice.

There is no spyware in Steam. After spending a good amount of time on the Steam forums when this scare-tactic was out there it's hilarious to hear that it's still prevailent.

[Taurus]

The Steam system is what put me off buying the game. In fact I was so hyped up about buying it about 2 or 3 months before it came out but when I heard about the Cd-Key steam thing etc. it just put me off completly.

I am positive that the publishers and designers have lost an awful lot of previous Half-Life gamers due to this problem, because I do see it as a problem.

[lars573]

There is no spyware in Steam. After spending a good amount of time on the Steam forums when this scare-tactic was out there it's hilarious to hear that it's still prevailent.

That's not wholly correct. Instead of spyware that steals inforamtion about your computer and net connection and such. They ask you straigh up in serveys for it, you can ignore them. But they do them every quarter or so.

[Taurus]

Does anyone know of any other games that use a similar system so that i know to avoid them too please?

[lars573]

So I guess your never going to play Half-life again are you? I only know of one game that isn't a half-life derivation that is going to use steam. I forget the name though. I think that Valve wants to become a publisher and steam is it's bit for that goal.