Gametap is just like steam, however instead of buying the games you pay a set monthly fee of about £6-7 and you can download and play any game in their catalogue.
However, all the games are encrypted and can lead to some bug issues and you can only play the game for as long as you are subscribed. Every week they change their list of free games, the crappy games are usually free for around a month but the good games are only around a week.
It is a good service but it wasn't made for the uk market, it has restrictions on what games can be downloaded and played in what countries. USa has the best list with Canada in second place. They admit themselves that buying and playing in the uk is a fault with the system. Games such as the Baldurs gate series and Psychonauts are USA only. I wanted to know how it knows what country you are in so after a bit of poking around I figured that the only place with your address was the accounts page. Simply change your country to state the USA and you can download and play any game.
Also, if you pay for a month a try to cancel they will offer you 1-2 months free play.
It has some good games: Kane & Lynch, DIRT, Overlord, Hitman Series etc, oh and one of my fav's Rogue Trooper.
As for ads, you will get an add everytime you load a game up with the free service. However, if you pay to get gold you can skip them.
EDIT: Oh, and they also have the complete Sam & Max series. Worth the sub just for these surely?
