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D2D Versus Steam

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Alai

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Which do you guys like better? I have been using Steam for a while and I recently got into Gog.com. However, for the most part, these two have different game selections. So they can coexist. On the other hand, D2D has the same market that Steam does. So which do you guys like better? I am giving it a test run right now by purchasing Vampires from D2D. Already have like ten games from Steam.
 
Definitely Steam. I already have like 20+ games linked through that and theres no way in hell I want to bother to add another app.
 
Steam has the community, they have the matchmaking ability, they have the ease of use.

But then again I don't own a game through D2D, but then again I was just under the assumption that D2D was just a game DL service, so of course steam has the upper hand.
 
Ok. So I'm going to be testing out, yet, ANOTHER game DL service: Gamer's Gate. Just for the fact that they have the UFO: Trilogy without Starforce.

Anyone have experience with Gamer's Gate?
 
I use D2D and they've been great for the games that I purchase - even pre-orders.
 
I like and use them both. I do prefer Steam in most ways, but I do like the fact that you don't need a constantly running client for D2D games. The main reason I use both is differing game selections. As long as I don't need two clients running, I'm fine using both of them. It's easier to keep track of Steam games being centralized in the client.
 
I've never used D2D, but most of my friends use Steam, and we all play different games. It's really easy to open up the 'dashboard' feature and chat with each other about what to do over the weekend.
 
Well, with D2D I could not reinstall NWN2 because I did too many windows formats. I had to email their customer support to get activation reset. Also, with steam, games update automatically. I'd say steam definitely is better.

I'd say go with neither. What happens if someone gets your password for D2D or steam? They can steal all your cd keys with D2D. With steam they can't do that, but what if you can't get your account back? You lose 100s of dollars worth of games.
 
Crucible1001 said:
Well, with D2D I could not reinstall NWN2 because I did too many windows formats. I had to email their customer support to get activation reset. Also, with steam, games update automatically. I'd say steam definitely is better.

I'd say go with neither. What happens if someone gets your password for D2D or steam? They can steal all your cd keys with D2D. With steam they can't do that, but what if you can't get your account back? You lose 100s of dollars worth of games.
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Make it a random string of 15 characters and symbols that you had to memorize for an MMO you played in 6th grade. Works wonders for me ;)
I've blatently said it to my friends multiple times and asked them to repeat it back to me.. They fail every time and I am happy.
 
Steam FTW.

I own one game on D2D, the experience was ok, but Steam is 100x easier to use.
 
Bought Deadspace off D2D, no problems with that or a few other games bought there. I have to agree, Steam sets the benchmark for this type of service.
 
But with Gog, Gamer's Gate, and D2D, you can give the game to someone else when you're done with it, technically.
 
I'd rather own my copy of Oblivion on Steam than D2D if that means anything to you, but then again I'm not going to pay twice.
 
Steam unless its not on Steam and D2D has it. D2D is like have the retail game on disc. Steam comes auto patching and just a really nice seamless shopping / gaming experience.

On the flip, I will never use EAs service again. Completely broken. Hopefully they will move more of their games to Steam.
 
Both are good. D2D does not require any logging in or anything running in the background and you can also back it up to a cd from D2D- so it's more like retail.
 
Alai said:
Ok. So I'm going to be testing out, yet, ANOTHER game DL service: Gamer's Gate. Just for the fact that they have the UFO: Trilogy without Starforce.

Anyone have experience with Gamer's Gate?
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Yea, I have Gamer's Gate. It works fine. You need to download and install the client to install and protect the games they sell but you don't need to run it to play the games like you do with Steam. I've only bought one game from them but will buy more if they have something I want. I have bought from D2D too and they are ok but their DRM sucks because you only get so many installs and then you have to email them for more if you run out. Plus D2D DRM is tied to your hardware config too.

UFO: Trilogy has Starforce? Are you talking about X-Com or something else?
 
TheCommander said:
Both are good. D2D does not require any logging in or anything running in the background and you can also back it up to a cd from D2D- so it's more like retail.
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Except their DRM has limited installs and is tied to your hardware config.
 
Klob said:
Yea, I have Gamer's Gate. It works fine. You need to download and install the client to install and protect the games they sell but you don't need to run it to play the games like you do with Steam. I've only bought one game from them but will buy more if they have something I want. I have bought from D2D too and they are ok but their DRM sucks because you only get so many installs and then you have to email them for more if you run out. Plus D2D DRM is tied to your hardware config too.

UFO: Trilogy has Starforce? Are you talking about X-Com or something else?
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Ah. Got it. And no. UFO series are games based off the X-Com series. But they have added some graphics and some tweaks. I wouldn't think of it as X-Com continuation, just like you don't think of Invisible War as sequel to Deus Ex. Great standalone games.

Thanks for your input, guys! So Steam for games that you will keep going over like TF2 and Medieval II: TW, but Gamer's Gate for games to let your siblings use when you're done. Got it.
 
I have been using Steam for quite some time now (since when HL2 came out). The biggest thing I didn't like about Steam is not having the choice where to put the games on the hard drive.

I experimented a bit by buying a download game from EA and Eidos. EA was ok (Mass Effect), a download manager was required to download the game. There was a choice where to put the download itself and then of course when installing from that download, you could install the game where ever you wanted. When the downloadable content and patch came out for that game, it was no problem getting it.

Then I bought one from Eidos (TR Underworld). This experience has not been good. No download manager is required. Just download the game files where ever you want and then install the game. The problem came up when the recent patch was released. Well the Eidos site doesn't even mention patches for their download games at all (for any game). So a bit of trying to figure out where a patch could be turned out to be quite troublesome. To start, when I clicked on to buy the game, I got tranferred to Trymedia to pay. Then I got an email from gamesplanet.com with the links and code. Then my credit card gets billed from Metaboli FR. Too damn many hands to deal with. I email Eidos about info on the patch. They send some automated response that they don't have anything to do with it (and it's their game!) and to contact Trymedia. I contact Trymedia and their response was they never heard of me. I contact gamesplanet and get another automated response with a link to their website. I do see some patches there but none for Underworld yet.

Bottom line, I'll never buy another download game from Eidos. Terrible customer support, too many hands involved, and the site for their download games is not user friendly at all with the work that needs to be done to keep one of their download version games current.

EA wasn't bad based on the limited experience from that one game purchase.

I don't have any experience with D2D and don't think I'm going to mess with them.

From my experience I have to say that Steam is the best still. At least everything is right there with no one else to deal with. Game patches that come out are done automatically and in a timely manner (Steam already has the Underworld patch and I still don't).
 
I've used Steam, D2D, and Gamersgate. The only problem I have had is with Gamersgate. I bought The Witcher when it was released. A few weeks ago I wanted to download it again, but for the life of me I can't get the downloader to work. It's my PC, though. I won't blame Gamersgate for that.
As for preference, I prefer Steam. I like the layout it has.
 
Been using steam since HL2. It's been pretty decent since and getting better. I love the whole I can jump on to any computer pretty much and play it with even my preferences.

About where to install the games, I've found the games go where steam goes, so I simply install steam onto a separate HD from my OS, so I never have to deal with reinstalling games.
 
Steam FTW. All steam games have a standard to adhere to D2D has their system, and then the game publisher has their rules on top of D2D's. Steam makes it easy, and you can re-install as many times as you want. D2D=convenience, but FAIL
 
TheCommander said:
Both are good. D2D does not require any logging in or anything running in the background and you can also back it up to a cd from D2D- so it's more like retail.
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Steam also offers the backup feature for all of the games on your account. It's right under the File menu of the main Steam window.

I've had Steam installed since HL2 came with 9800xt (that is an ATI card for you kids). It was a resource hog back in the day but hardware has come a long way since then. I also love the ability to install any of my games where ever I am. That was a life saver when visiting the in-laws for two weeks.
 
I purchased one game through D2D and the thing I liked about it was it just gave me big exe file that I could then store on a dvd or someting and install the game at any time. I didn't need to keep using D2D to get the game. This was a few years ago though so things may have changed since then. (I think I purchased Dynasty Warriors 4 for like 5 dollars or something)
 
Bigbacon said:
I purchased one game through D2D and the thing I liked about it was it just gave me big exe file that I could then store on a dvd or someting and install the game at any time. I didn't need to keep using D2D to get the game. This was a few years ago though so things may have changed since then. (I think I purchased Dynasty Warriors 4 for like 5 dollars or something)
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That is a nice feature, but backing up steam games to CD/DVD or just a file on another drive is a rather easy handful of clicks away through the client. Or by simply copying your "steamapps" folder to another drive and then copying it back after you reinstall windows and steam.

As to which is better, I have only used Steam so I can't directly compare it to D2D.
 
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