It's kinda funny how security evolved. On Unix systems it's basically the same, just a little updated (didn't use it 10 years ago). On Windows, it changed from the super sophisticated "log in as administrator and do whatever the hell you want" to the all new revolutionary ©UAC®, which provides with the super secure yes/no option for deleting system32... They can both be set to prompt a password for anything, it's just that Windows defaults to "Pressing yes will completely wipe all your data after sending all your dick pics to your boss. You won't read this message and will press yes anyway". Linux defaults to "Type a password to install Chrome" with the initial reaction being "What password? MM.. MOOOOOOOM"
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Internet Cafes have decent PCs? that's something new, as I know they normally use 5-10 year old trash, at least here, and 5 year old trash will be considered top of the line and not available in all Internet Cafes, normally the PCs they use are really shitty.
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Someone not having the budget to buy something themselves doesn't automatically equate to giving someone else contradictory advice.
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In my case, I use it to hop in a game without consuming much time in backing up the games. Like I said, "on-the-go buddy". Other than that where I really need to use the backup feature is when me and my partner wants to play together. She uses the backup, while I use Steam in my ext. drive. Time efficient.
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Wait, so if I have now Tom Clancy's The Division which uses Uplay, I believe, I won't be able to play it or works like Origin's installation or detect or w/e crap?
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Oh well, I guess that's one thing that I should reconsider from pursuing in pre-ordering the game.
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EA monopolism strategies.
That's the first thing that came up in my mind.
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As what the title said, it is indeed a worse case scenario.
Putting Steam on an Ext. HDD is definitely a good thing to do when you need to run games on a rig that is higher than your potato PC. It works great also when you're playing on an Internet Cafe where you don't need to use Steam Backup to play your own games unless needed. In short, on-the-go gaming buddy.
Meanwhile in Origin, it takes a considerable amount of time to detect your Origin games plus you need to put msvcp.dll and msvcr.dll on the game pathway and the Origin client itself. It took me an hour to make Titanfall run but alas! Origin crashes it due to: "Failed to Initialize Origin: The Origin Installation (a0020008)". In the end, it only made me furious and cringe.
I guess I can only play BF3 and Titanfall at home and not anywhere, unless there's a workaround with Origin on-the-go gaming.
(Based on my experience when playing on an Internet Cafe)
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