How does Steam work?

[*JimmyJ*]

Are you able to download the games and play offline i.e. sat on the train? or do you need a working internet connection.

 

[Greeny.]

Yes you can play in offline mode.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

Oh nice one, do you need anything special as I've got a mac pro laptop will this work?

 

[Malachi]

As Greeny said. Steam might sometimes be more expensive than buying retail versions of games, but at least now I don't have to store a ton of game boxes everywhere. Or get off my lazy butt to buy a game

Also, it now features the "Steam Cloud" so it backs up user settings when you're connected online, so you can retain them if you use more than one machine (like me).

Edit: Regarding Macs, they've recently added Mac support... iirc there is an Apple section on Steam, showing which games are supported.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

If you have no internet connection when you start Steam it will give you an option to start in offline mode, you don't need anything special.

 

[Adam.]

There aint a great deal for the mac .

I use it at home on my windows machine and got it on my iMac at work.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Oh nice one, do you need anything special as I've got a mac pro laptop will this work?

There are some games for Macs. I downloaded Half Life 2 yesterday, there's a few others too but as you would expect there are much more for PCs. You could always install windows on boot camp and play the PC games that way.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

cheers guys for the quick responses. What about controller wise, playing with a keyboard got to be for losers.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

What!? Keyboard and mouse are fine, in some ways I prefer them to a controller. You can be much more precise with a mouse than a controller imho.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

never tried it so I shouldnt knock it

 

[Greeny.]

Controllers are shite for any FPS games, fact. All depends what you like to play.

 

[SimonR.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

 

[Adam.]

Keyboard and mouse are fine however my magic mouse is s**t so I just plug in a wired one.

 

[Darren S]

cheers guys for the quick responses. What about controller wise, playing with a keyboard got to be for losers.

Oh dear. The feeble minds of the meek and uneducated......

K&M pwns any controller out there. Simple as.

D.

 

[Brian172]

FPS + Mouse and Keboard = Win
So much better than a control pad.
A good Mouse and Keyboard player will own a good Control Pad player on any FPS.

 

[Malachi]

cheers guys for the quick responses. What about controller wise, playing with a keyboard got to be for losers.

BURN THE HERETIC.

 

[Darren S]

BURN THE HERETIC.

I've got the stake ready. Have you got the matches to hand?

D.