Hi,
I really like the look of Pike & Shot Campaigns but am not a fan of
Steam. I had a bad expeience after buying another (non-Slitherine)
game a while back - after loading everything up, Steam essentially
denied access until it told me I could play (an hour later) - really gave
me the feeling that I didn't own the game I had just bought. I was
not happy and immediately sold the game.
Anyway, the question I have - is there a way to play P&S Campaigns
without using Steam ?
Many thanks,
Phil
Using Steam...
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Re: Using Steam...
If you buy the game directly from Slitherine, you will be able to download and play a non-Steam version, and will be given a Steam key as well.
It may sound a bit strange, but that allows you to have two different versions of the game installed on your computer at once.
The reason you might want to do that would be, for example, if you wanted to have a beta patch on one installation but the regular patch on the other, or if you wanted to have one version in its vanilla version and the other in a modded version.
The big advantage to buying from Slitherine as opposed to Steam is that if anything ever goes wrong and you have to get in touch with somebody on the support side, if you're dealing with Slitherine you're more likely to get a relatively quick answer from a coherent human being (albeit with a funny accent, but you won't be able to hear that). Steam is very efficient when it comes to churning out automated responses (and my own personal experience in things like getting refunds has been excellent, by the way), but I've heard that scary things can happen when you have to get down to the nitty-gritty and (god forbid!) actually ask them to use judgement. But how much truth there is to that I cannot say because (knock wood) I've never had to make the experiment.
Be aware that one thing that Steam does is to use their refund policy as a substitute for a demo. This can be very helpful if you don't abuse it. I don't know anything about Slitherine's refund policy, but I would be very surprised if it worked the same way.
The other thing that you should know is that if you buy a Slitherine game from Slitherine, it gives you rights to the same game on Steam. But the reverse is not true: if you buy a Slitherine game from Steam, you're stuck dealing with Steam. I own
Battle Academy 2 via Slitherine, but made the mistake of getting the Kursk expansion from Steam. So I have Slitherine and Steam rights to BA2, but only Steam rights to Kursk.
The other thing you should be aware of is that the Steam overlay (which Steam turns on by default) can sometimes interfere with some of the functionality of Slitherine games. And you can only figure that out if you happen to have both installed so that you can compare.
It may sound a bit strange, but that allows you to have two different versions of the game installed on your computer at once.
The reason you might want to do that would be, for example, if you wanted to have a beta patch on one installation but the regular patch on the other, or if you wanted to have one version in its vanilla version and the other in a modded version.
The big advantage to buying from Slitherine as opposed to Steam is that if anything ever goes wrong and you have to get in touch with somebody on the support side, if you're dealing with Slitherine you're more likely to get a relatively quick answer from a coherent human being (albeit with a funny accent, but you won't be able to hear that). Steam is very efficient when it comes to churning out automated responses (and my own personal experience in things like getting refunds has been excellent, by the way), but I've heard that scary things can happen when you have to get down to the nitty-gritty and (god forbid!) actually ask them to use judgement. But how much truth there is to that I cannot say because (knock wood) I've never had to make the experiment.
Be aware that one thing that Steam does is to use their refund policy as a substitute for a demo. This can be very helpful if you don't abuse it. I don't know anything about Slitherine's refund policy, but I would be very surprised if it worked the same way.
The other thing that you should know is that if you buy a Slitherine game from Slitherine, it gives you rights to the same game on Steam. But the reverse is not true: if you buy a Slitherine game from Steam, you're stuck dealing with Steam. I own
Battle Academy 2 via Slitherine, but made the mistake of getting the Kursk expansion from Steam. So I have Slitherine and Steam rights to BA2, but only Steam rights to Kursk.
The other thing you should be aware of is that the Steam overlay (which Steam turns on by default) can sometimes interfere with some of the functionality of Slitherine games. And you can only figure that out if you happen to have both installed so that you can compare.
Re: Using Steam...
Thank you very much for taking the time and for such an extensive response.
Very much appreciated.
So, if I buy the game direct from Slitherine, no need to worry about Steam.
Thats fantastic news.
Thanks again,
Phil
Very much appreciated.
So, if I buy the game direct from Slitherine, no need to worry about Steam.
Thats fantastic news.
Thanks again,
Phil