Steamworks and F:NV

Toast · 09-20-2010, 06:55 AM

So, with Fallout: New Vegas coming out next month, I've been considering getting it for PC rather than 360 due to modability. When I was reading up on the game, I found out that PC versions of the game will use Steamworks as drm.

From what I understand so far, this means that I will have to have a Steam account in order to play, no matter where I buy the game from. I'm guessing, although I haven't seen it said specifically, that this also means that I have to download and use Steam anytime I want to play.

I know Steam has an offline mode, but I hear mixed reports from people, some who say their games become buggy and problematic in offline mode, and others who say they've never had problems.

So, my questions are:

Does anyone have any Steamworks games, but hasn't used Steam before and can tell me what that's like.

Has anyone experienced any problems using Steam's offline mode?

Once I have the game installed, is it possible to uninstall Steam, or is it integrated into the game's patching, dlc, etc.? I know this is the case for Steam's digital download games, with automatic patching, etc., but how does this apply to a game that just uses Steamworks DRM but hasn't been bought through Steam?

How does Steam compare to Impulse?

Is anyone else as annoyed as I am that I have to go through a third party just to play a game that I (at some point in the near future, will) own?

09-20-2010, 06:55 AM	#1
Toast Existential Toast Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 440	Steamworks and F:NV So, with Fallout: New Vegas coming out next month, I've been considering getting it for PC rather than 360 due to modability. When I was reading up on the game, I found out that PC versions of the game will use Steamworks as drm. From what I understand so far, this means that I will have to have a Steam account in order to play, no matter where I buy the game from. I'm guessing, although I haven't seen it said specifically, that this also means that I have to download and use Steam anytime I want to play. I know Steam has an offline mode, but I hear mixed reports from people, some who say their games become buggy and problematic in offline mode, and others who say they've never had problems. So, my questions are: Does anyone have any Steamworks games, but hasn't used Steam before and can tell me what that's like. Has anyone experienced any problems using Steam's offline mode? Once I have the game installed, is it possible to uninstall Steam, or is it integrated into the game's patching, dlc, etc.? I know this is the case for Steam's digital download games, with automatic patching, etc., but how does this apply to a game that just uses Steamworks DRM but hasn't been bought through Steam? How does Steam compare to Impulse? Is anyone else as annoyed as I am that I have to go through a third party just to play a game that I (at some point in the near future, will) own? __________________ “How dare you! How dare you stand there acting like your brand of suffering is worse than anybody else’s. Well, I guess that’s the only way you can justify treating the rest of us like dirt.” ~ Major Margaret Houlihan (Mash) “If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” ~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)