I got the game for Christmas. I downloaded it not knowing I was logged into my son's friend's account and now cannot play the game. If I'm lucky and Steam support actually responds to my ticket I MAY be able to resolve this and actually play the &^%$ing game I paid $60 for.

I am VERY unhappy this game uses Steam. It's a major complication, a crappy service, and completely unneeded. If this cannot be resolved I will NOT buy it again and i will no longer do business with Bethesda.

THIS S*CKS.

Ah, Steam, I swear it causes grief.

I'm in a love-hate relationship with it.

The thread title made me smile.

So you essentially bought the game for your son's friend?

How is it Bethesda's fault that you didn't even take a moment to check whose account you were logged into? Seems entirely user error to me.

Indeed.

Sadly

Probably posted this topic here because the Steam forums get a little... crazy sometimes.
OP just venting frustration. Which is cool. I can relate.

User error Steam complaint, next.

We shouldn't be dismissing this. We should try and help this person through this period of instability, just like Thalmor.

And exactly who is to blame besides yourself?

Pretty much all PC games require you to dowload through some download system like steam now anyway.

Overall not a very mature reaction.

I'm also hating that Skyrim is linked to Steam. Got the game for Christmas, insert DVD into drive, failed a few times to connect to steam (good start), then finally get the installer going, and what is steam doing? totally ignoring the DVD and downloading it. WTF!! So, got to waste 2 hours for steam to download files that are sitting on a DVD.....

A game like Skryim does not need parasite programs like Steam.

On the plus side.

The replacement copy will only cost you $40 through steam today.

:-D

There is already a similar topic on this page of the forum.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1323331-skyrimsteam-disgust/