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[–] [email protected] 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember Steam's launch and understand completely.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hated Steam for a long time because of Half-life 2.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I mean yeah.

I had to install some program and connect online to PLAY A SINGLE PLAYER GAME? I have the CD already and entered my CD key. Why does it need validation?

This is surely the death of PC gaming.

  • me in 2005
[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Oh MAN. I forgot about those times, hand typing in a 36 character CD key that was spat out by a dot matrix printer with questionable typeset legibility…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's if Steam was even able to connect so you could enter the key.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This nightmare of the server being down on day 1 (and sometimes the whole week) is what trained me to never buy a game on release.

It still happens! To this day!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Same. I think Civ 5 was my gateway game.