Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on STEAM

Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.Grantelicious

Exactly. Get the retail version and do whatever you want with it and patch it when you feel to.

Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.Grantelicious

Why is it bad?

Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.Grantelicious

Thats retarded. How is automatic patching bad?

1) You can stop any patch, and configure your games NOT to automatically patch so your point is already moot.

2) Automatic patching is awesome anyways. I just built a newcomputer and I decided to throw some older games on it. Took me like an hour just to find and download all the patches for all the games. Pretty lame. If all these games were STEAM games, I would simply install steam, tell it to reinstall my games, and walla! Every game gets installed and completely patched up. I could have went and had a sandwich while it was doing it's thing.

yeah buy retail and you can always put it on steam later if you feel the need to, I saw the option to add non-steam games..ReU_GanJa

That only adds a shortcut of the game to your Steam list, it doesn't make it download/run the Steam-version of the game. And last I checked, the friend-list doesn't show if you're playing a game via the shortcuts either.

And I don't see the prob with automatic patching, as it sure beats the hell out of going to the publisher's site, then getting redirected to another website, where I get to either register to download the patch, or wait in line to queue my download, then I have to actually install the patch........then delete the .exe after........

[QUOTE="Grantelicious"]Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.dnuggs40

Thats retarded. How is automatic patching bad?

1) You can stop any patch, and configure your games NOT to automatically patch so your point is already moot.

2) Automatic patching is awesome anyways. I just built a newcomputer and I decided to throw some older games on it. Took me like an hour just to find and download all the patches for all the games. Pretty lame. If all these games were STEAM games, I would simply install steam, tell it to reinstall my games, and walla! Every game gets installed and completely patched up. I could have went and had a sandwich while it was doing it's thing.

Steam would be much better if they had an option to close the application after launching the game especially if you don't need any of the other features. Another problem is compatibility issues with future expansions and mods so the only game I would get from there is a valve game. I recently experienced those problems with Direct2Drive and another company so not buying any online games unless they are EA or Valve.

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[QUOTE="Grantelicious"]Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.Deihmos

Thats retarded. How is automatic patching bad?

1) You can stop any patch, and configure your games NOT to automatically patch so your point is already moot.

2) Automatic patching is awesome anyways. I just built a newcomputer and I decided to throw some older games on it. Took me like an hour just to find and download all the patches for all the games. Pretty lame. If all these games were STEAM games, I would simply install steam, tell it to reinstall my games, and walla! Every game gets installed and completely patched up. I could have went and had a sandwich while it was doing it's thing.

Steam would be much better if they had an option to close the application after launching the game especially if you don't need any of the other features. Another problem I encoutered is compatibility issues with future expansions and mods so the only game I would get from there is a valve game.

All mods work, infact all mods automatically get a shortcut in steam also. And who cares if it doesn't close? It barely takes up any memory and doesn't patch if you're playing a game.

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[QUOTE="Grantelicious"]Why would you want it on Steam? Forced patching is bad.Deihmos

Thats retarded. How is automatic patching bad?

1) You can stop any patch, and configure your games NOT to automatically patch so your point is already moot.

2) Automatic patching is awesome anyways. I just built a newcomputer and I decided to throw some older games on it. Took me like an hour just to find and download all the patches for all the games. Pretty lame. If all these games were STEAM games, I would simply install steam, tell it to reinstall my games, and walla! Every game gets installed and completely patched up. I could have went and had a sandwich while it was doing it's thing.

Steam would be much better if they had an option to close the application after launching the game especially if you don't need any of the other features. Another problem I encoutered is compatibility issues with future expansions and mods so the only game I would get from there is a valve game.

All mods work, infact all mods automatically get a shortcut in steam also. And who cares if it doesn't close? It barely takes up any memory and doesn't patch if you're playing a game.

Yep it only takes up about 40 - 50 MB but i would still like an option to close it out since I have no use for it. I also use EA link but it only use 1MB of Ram and i can close it if i want. My main worry is expansions which i recently had some major problems from Direct2Drive and another online retailer. Basically the only way i can get the expansions is if i buy the game again so not buying anything online unless it's a Valve or EA game. i am just not taking that chance again.

It's just safer to buy retail if you ask me.