Steam Packages (gold, Silver, Etc)

DY357LX

<div class="IPBDescription">Your Views And Opinions?</div> Ok here's the deal,
I want to play Counter-Strike: Source for various reasons
but I also want to buy Half-Life 2 on DVD/CD-ROM's when
they hit store shelves.
So buying CS: Source via Steam pretty much forces me
to take Half-Life 2 , which I don't want to do for back-up reasons.
(For example, I seem to format my machine every 2/3 months
or so, now when I come to re-installing Half-Life 2, i'd rather
do it with DVD/CD-ROM's rather than wait for Steam to download
many many gig's of information over an already struggling network.)

Why I can't just buy Counter-Strike: Source on it's own
or have some sort of 3 day trial or something, is beyond me.

If Valve were to release a new version of Hammer for CS: Source
within the next week or so (highly doubt it) then i'd be much more
tempted to purchase the Silver or Gold package. But until then,
i sit here, pondering.


So, what do you guys think of the Steam/Half-Life 2 packages situation?
Anyone purchased Counter-Strike: Source and not happy with the $$$
they shelled out ?

Mr_Headcrab

I'm gonna buy thwe Gold edition.


Primarialy since im out of clothes that dont suck.


and a hat helps keep that acursed radiation from that huge nuclear explosion that i have to experence whist out obtaining more Caffinated love.

Kalias

I've been enjoying CS:S most vehemently, well worth the zero dollar ATI price. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> I have since upgraded to silver though.

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->(For example, I seem to format my machine every 2/3 months
or so, now when I come to re-installing Half-Life 2, i'd rather
do it with DVD/CD-ROM's rather than wait for Steam to download
many many gig's of information over an already struggling network.)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Download: Backup game cache files/The entire steam directory: Format: Re-install: Restore: <span style='color:red'>Win</span>.

<span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>I can't believe the word vehemently is in my vocabulary...</span>

RyoOhki

The silver package worked well for me, though it did invalidate my Steam password, forcing me to aquire a new one. I basically did it for HL: Source and to see how well CS: Source ran on my system as a benchmark of sorts for HL2.

Isamil

I'm not sure why people never understand this.
You can easilly backup the GCF files(and the other stuff). You just need say 1 DVDR. Hmm..if you wanted to do it on CD you would need a program to spilt the GCFs....
But yeah, just get Silver(Like I did) and back it up on CD(Like I havn't done yet)

Amplifier

I got silver, best value.

DY357LX

Some interesting post there.
Can anyone tell me how big the Counter-Strike: Source .gcf
file is? I don't have a DVD burner at present but have been
considering one for a while.
Depending on file sizes and such, I may purchase the Silver
package tonight.

But, The Matrix Online is due for it's beta testing later today
and as a FilePlanet Subscriber, i'm, apparently, eligible (is
that spelt right?) for trying it.

So it's now a case of how bored I get tonight. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Thansal

2 files, one is 3 megs, one is 941megs

hmm, as I actualy own CS:CZ now, I wonder if I should remove my 0meg cs:cz gfc file <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

oh, and silver ftw <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

same price as the normal retail release, however you get alot more <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

DrSuredeath

My old HL cd key was possibly taken (hacked?) before I could register it on steam.

So I haven't been playing HL and its mods since steam was released.

Now, the Silver package is a real beauty in my position.
Not only will you get HL2, HL: Source, DoD: Source; you also get the whole back catalog (HL: platinum, CS:CZ, DoD).

HL2, HL, HL:Source, DoD: Source, CS, CS:CZ, DoD, HL's mods for less than $60.

Talk about a steal.

UnderDOG

So the silver and gold packages come with an HL1 cd key?

Also, does vavle (legaly) allow us to burn the dvd image we get from the silver or gold packages?

Maveric

Bronze - Wussie cheapo package.
Gold - Fanboi big-fish package.
Silver - Just right.

Just like goldylox...


Wait...

Didn't she get eaten by the bears when they came back?>_>

coil

Check <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82615' target='_blank'>here</a> for a decent poll of forum perception of the various deals.

In fact, continue the discussion there. I'd like to keep that one alive for some more votes.