ve about 28 ps3 games, and 42 xbox games
<ali1234> so which is better, CoD or BF?
<directhex> and on steam..... three hundred and fifty two
<directhex> ali1234, no idea. i have no interest in "realistic" shooters like battlefield or call of duty
<ali1234> can you at least understand why i would not consider buying BOTH of them?
<gord> most people don't buy both of them
<ali1234> i'm not even sure if they are on the same systems
<directhex> ali1234, sure. but the way you've been talking this evening implies you'd also discount a hundred other games for being too similar, from borderlands to zeno clash
<directhex> ali1234, both are multiplatform
<ali1234> i wouldn't buy more than one such game every couple of years
<ali1234> so i'd get which ever one i thought had most replay value
<directhex> http://steamcommunity.com/id/directhex/games?tab=all
<ali1234> i've heard CoD is extremely linear so it probably wouldn't be that one
<directhex> CoD and Battlefield both have pretty lame singleplayer, afaik. they're bought only for multiplayer
<ali1234> hmm can you get aggregate stats for games? how long people play them for on average?
<directhex> depends on the game.
<ali1234> "steam games"
<directhex> general case: no
<ali1234> they should have a top 10 for that or something
<directhex> oh, top 10 you can do
<directhex> except when steam falls over
<directhex> like right now
<ali1234> i can see top 10 most played
<ali1234> but i mean, top 10 most replayed :)
<ali1234> good to see civilization in the top
<directhex> i'm still not convinced about civ5 versus civ4
<directhex> they made some MAJOR ruleset changes
<ali1234> i haven't played it since 2
<directhex> civ4 is excellent, especially with the beyond the sword expansion
<directhex> which plugs various holes in the long-game gameplay
<ali1234> it can't have changed that much though right? i mean they haven't made it into a FPS yet right?
<directhex> e.g. it institutes corporations as a late-game replacement for religion. and the apostolic palace as early-game united nat