Stand alone or Steam version?

[solarscreen]

Which do you use and which do you prefer?

I have only played on the stand alone version of Banished. I don't use Steam so I didn't want to install another program on my computer just to play.

How about you?

[dogsinapile]

I use the stand alone version ...
Have never really done a lot of gaming other than all of the SimCity stuff (except the last one that required you to be online).

[slink]

I only use the stand-alone Banished.

Edit:  If this game had only been released through Steam, my response would have been the same as it has been for all of the other games released only through Steam: "Oh well."

[nmid]

Stand alone version 1.0.1 & pirated version 1.0.2..
Wish I had gotten the bundle with the steam key though.

[torgonius]

I'm on Steam, and I probably wouldn't have found the game had I not been.

[mariesalias]

I have been using the stand alone version until recently when I activated my Steam key so I could test if the beta would stop my hunger/starvation deaths in my one-road challenge town. Nothing else I had done had stemmed the deaths. The beta did.

So now I have both installed. Though I currently seem to be having some issues with the stand alone version so until the patch is officially released, I guess I will be playing on Steam. 

[ivorymalinov]

I play both the standard from the developers page, and I chucked the steam key into steam so I can try the beta version.

[Kaldir]

I chose the Steam version, because I actually like Steam. It makes managing all my games so much easier (especially when reinstalling my computer) and does a pretty decent job in patching all the games.
I don't mind the DRM side of Steam and always have it online. I know people have (had) trouble with Steam, but I hardly ever have an issue.

I like having a lot of my games in one place with one login, without the need of install discs.

[rkelly17]

I started on Steam because I wanted Civilization V and that was the only way. At first I was angry and resentful, but slowly I've come to appreciate Steam. I've found several games that I enjoy that I might not have found otherwise--including Banished. I don't participate in the Steam fora for Banished because there is just too much, well, to be polite, let's call it silliness.

[Rezulm]

Steam version and Kaldir said it well about Steam.  Its not rubbish like that Origin thing.

[salamander]

I'm using the Steam version, not because of any particular love of Steam, but because my kids (who use Steam almost exclusively) have decided that computer games are good B-day, father's day, xmas, etc... gifts.  Mind you, I'm not complaining -- I've enjoyed everything they've gotten me -- but it did make me start using Steam more and more (my wife said I had to for the kids' sake). 

[solarscreen]

@salamander both my boys have computers full of steam games!

[DareDevyL]

Exclusively steam. Updates automatically(except some beta's), all info in one place...  no discs... no fuss...  tons of sales....   multiple pc's, cloud saves with many games...  I think it is a nice presentation layer. As well, you can opt out of stuff you don't like...  In the near future... SteamOS....

[Pythias]

I'm intrigued by the upcoming Steam system myself.  But until then, I'll always opt for non steam.  Too often I'm waiting for my kid at dance, or practice, or who-knows-what and I'm not a fan of using public WiFi, especially to play a game.  So I have my "Dad" time reading or, at the moment, playing Banished.

[mariesalias]

I was slower to adopt Steam then my husband. I tend to be much more cautious with my computer then he is. So I let him test out new programs/technology before I decide if i want to adopt it too. I have not had reason to regret using Steam (unlike Origin) and have grown to like it enough that I got my son his own account (and games) as a reward for learning to read.