Actually that's the problem: you already seem to believe CDPR's (and other people's) "propaganda" or better misinformation.I'm afraid you clearly don't understand this issue you are attempting to speak authoritatively about.
Do steam games check to see whether the steam client is installed before they are run?
Yes they do.
The truth is that games don't NECESSARILY check whether the Steam client is installed or running. There are a ton of games that function completely without Steam after they are downloaded and activated. You can for example play Crusader Kings II (or almost any other Paradox Entertainment game) completely without the Steam client running. You can copy your game files, transfer them to another PC and play the game there without any Steam client involved and without any internet connection required. The truth is that it is indeed totally up to the puslisher how they want to use Steam and how much DRM they want to include in their Steam version. Valve doesn't force you to use Steamworks CIG or other DRM methods. You can use Steam basically just as a download client, much like how the browser-based solution is working. CDPR's games on Steam COULD work like that as well - if CDPR wanted it - even with all the typcial Steam features still in place an running for those who enjoy them. You can still see the initial Steam client requirement for installing the game for the first time as kind of DRM. That's ok. But why does CDPR goes beyond that, implementing Steamworks CIG for e.g. Witcher 2 if they are so much against any form of DRM? That's the whole point of my posts here...
So maybe I'm not the one who should do his homeworks. I recommend reading for example this site: http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games
I'm sorry if you took that too personal, really. I do respect your feelings but I don't necessarily have to agree with your motivations (at least the ones you or others openly state here), do I? I just elaborated why your reasons to thank them here made little sense to me and I don't that this is a personal attack. At least it wasn't meant as one. Instead I wanted to talk about the topic and not so much about the people posting here.Agressive? No
Limited English, yes. What does mean to fool someone? I' m one of those who has posted a thank, do you know me to tell me if I'm let myself be fooled? Why don't you respect my feelings toward CDPR when I express them here? Why do you say I am someone whose let itself be fooled? and Why are you acusing CDPR to fool me?
Agressive? I'm a latin woman, sorry if I seem to lash about anyone
I accuse CDPR of fooling people because I'm convinced that it is that way. I've explained my reasons for that conviction in the posts above. You are of course free to disagree with me but that won't change my own opinion, at least not if you don't come up with any strong arguments on your own. And I think I have every right to raise my opinion as well, the same right and respect you demand for your own posts.
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