What games can Windows 8 play?

[burtie]

W8 has played every game I've thrown at it. No problems whatsoever. I am a big gamer and play all sorts of games.

 

[Enigma]

@ Gweezel: No, MOST of the Total War games are on Steam. Medieval TW and ShogunTW are not on there. The publisher has even said they most likely never will be because it would be a royal pain in the ass to rework them to play properly on modern PCs. I have a Steam account and many, many games. If they were available I would have snatched them up as soon as they were listed. And I own the entire TW collection on Steam except for the 2 I've listed.

 

[vrosa]

Get games for your PC - Microsoft Windows

 

[James Carlson]

Loadout

Checkout the game Loadout on Steam. It's super fun, a whole bunch of weapon customization. Currently in paid beta but it will be free once it officially comes out.

 

[elbmek]

what exactly is 'steam' is it online games, or downloaded software? I have never done 'online games' so unsure

 

[sygnus21]

What is Steam?

what exactly is 'steam' is it online games, or downloaded software? I have never done 'online games' so unsure

Steam is a game platform used to deliver games to you digitally. It is not an "on-line" game per se. Meaning you don't have to be online to play games.

Anyway it's arguably the number one game delivery platform by game developers. Meaning most games sold today are delivered via Steam. This also means that these games can not be run without Steam installed unless hacked, thus pirated.

Examples of Steam based games (game that require Steam) include Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim, Metro 2033, Portal, just to name a few. Some will try and tell you these games can be run without Steam, but that isn't true as the manufacturer of the game intended it to be delivered via Steam, even if you buy a boxed copy of the game. This is also because Steam incorporates a sort of DRM scheme.

So how does it work....

Typically say you buy a hard copy (boxed) game and go to install it. Well, if you don't have Steam installed, the app will automatically be installed, you will be required to se up an account, and after that, the app... Steam, will download your game.

Say you already had Steam installed, when you go to load the game, Steam will download it to your Steam folder, and the game will be available to play once download is complete.

The good thing about Steam based games is that they are always updated and kept updated without you needing to do anything. This also means that when you download a game, it's already patched to the latest version. Therefore there's no need to look for patches.

On the other hand, if a company delivers a bad patch, that's what will be downloaded as Steam is just the messenger here. Think of them as a mail courier, they just deliver.... good or bad.

This brings me to anther point.... Steam is just the messenger, so if there are issues with a game, you'll have to deal with the developer... not Steam (Valve), Unless it's a Valve game - Half-Life series, Portal, Left For Dead.

Lastly.... the beauty of Steam is that you can just download the app to any PC and all your Steam based games will be there. Of course they'll have to download to that machine. But the point is, you can have your games available to you anywhere. And depending on the game (most games now), even your saves are stored in cloud, meaning you can pick up from where you left off at another machine.

Some links...

- Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(software)

I know this post is a bit wordy, but hopefully this answers your questions.

 

[webtax]

i can vouch for steam, have like 430+ games there already.

it can be annoying if you don't have a permanent internet access. Also try to avoid having to use their support, try asking stuff in popular forums or in their own forums/discussions.

other than that, the service is really convenient, and while there is no second hand market, the sales.. oh the sales. just check reddit/gamedeals, there are daily deals every single day, it gets ridiculous soon you have too many games you can't even hope to play

 

[elbmek]

Thanks lads, good news, so I presume all I have to do is go here and download etc

Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform

 

[James Carlson]

what exactly is 'steam' is it online games, or downloaded software? I have never done 'online games' so unsure

Steam is the best place to buy games that I've found. They have huge sales in which they sell games for like 3 USD. I have tons of games and it's easy to connect with my friends on steam too.

 

[burtie]

I can also vouch for Steam. I am a user and their sales are crazy! They have them all the time and prices can be reduced by up to 80%! The offers are usually on every few days for a couple of games and then they also have big sales. Problem is you can accumulate so many games that you soon run out of time (and hdd space) to play them all! lol

You can also add non steam games to the steam programme, meaning if you have bought a boxed game or one from a different download provider you can add shortcuts in steam so that all your games are accessible in one place... it's a really handy feature.

 

[elbmek]

I installed steam, logged in and tried to play Deus Ex - all I got was a message telling me I couldn't !!!! I buy a game in a shop for £££ and do NOT expect to be told I cannot play it. Bang out of order. In fact it robbery.

 

[Gweezel]

What problems are you having? I have all of the Deus Ex series from Steam and have no problems with any of them. All work great on my Windows 8/64-bit system.

 

[jimijab]

Skyrim works fine, it's the only game on my system at the moment might get Saints Row 4 soon... And yes love Steam I like the way you can make backups of your games so you don't have to download them again.

 

[jimijab]

I installed steam, logged in and tried to play Deus Ex - all I got was a message telling me I couldn't !!!! I buy a game in a shop for £££ and do NOT expect to be told I cannot play it. Bang out of order. In fact it robbery.

Hello matey try this...

Deus Ex on modern systems - kentie.net

 

[sygnus21]

I installed steam, logged in and tried to play Deus Ex - all I got was a message telling me I couldn't !!!! I buy a game in a shop for £££ and do NOT expect to be told I cannot play it. Bang out of order. In fact it robbery.

Hello matey try this...

Deus Ex on modern systems - kentie.net

Not sure that'll work with the Steam based game, but if the above doesn't work you can check this post - What Games Are You Playing? - Page 94 - Windows 7 Help Forums

To be honest I'm not sure either suggestion will work either but it's worth a try. The issue is that Steam games are already patched to the latest upon download so trying to patch or change patch versions could prove to be challenging as Steam will usually try to "repair" a patch not matching the latest version it sees.

That's my guess as I've never tried or had to modify a Steam game to make it work. And my fix is for the retail version of the game.

Anyway before trying either fix I highly suggest you visit the game's forum on Steam first as they may have a solution for the Steam based game - Deus Ex series - Steam Users' Forums

Good luck.

 

[elbmek]

I have it on win 7 pro laptop, damn thing says its 'not ready to run' - as if that means anything????

being discussed in sep thread.

 

[elbmek]

For those of you who may still have a MS classic, Freelancer. It will still play on Win 8. There is also a award winning mod for this, Discovery 4.86, which uses a virgin install of Freelancer as platform but installs as separate game and plays brilliantly. Addictive. And is open ended too!!