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Now why did I buy these games again? - ordnance11 - 10-17-2014
1st hour - loaded disc into DVD driver. Won't install. Downloaded newest video drivers.
2nd hour - Looked at the the support website. Found the fix. Decided to download steam. Installation of engine and upgrades takes another hour.
3rd hour - Finally installed game from disk to hard drive. Finally! Clicked on game icon! Nothing. Waaah!? Turn on steam. Updating game. it sez..will be done in...1 hour!?
Facepalm...
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- Black Aeronaut - 10-17-2014
..... Out of curiosity, what game would this be, pray tell?
- ordnance11 - 10-17-2014
Total War Rome II
Edit: Oh yeah, it did state at the back of the package you need a steam account to activate it. Why it was not there in the instructions, I have no idea.
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
- Black Aeronaut - 10-17-2014
*facepalm*
That'll do it.
- Bluemage - 10-17-2014
First off, Rome II? There's your first problem... though I hear they've fixed a lot.
Second, buying physical PC games, unless they come with sufficiently awesome feelies, is a bit of a misstep these days. You're going to have an account with *somebody*- Steam, Origin, or the like- to deal with.
Third, I have Rome II on Steam. The install/startup process went smoothly from Day 1... though, sadly, the game turned out to not be worth the money at the time. Here's hoping that it's worth playing, next time I have the time to sit down and check.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
- ordnance11 - 10-17-2014
The good news is they've done so updates (which is why they now called it the Emperor edition) that is looks pretty good now. I finally launched it and it works. Now I get to play for this weekend.
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
- Shepherd - 10-17-2014
I know I had an annoying problem when I installed Portal II. Apparently the game would not work with the most recent update to my graphics driver. I had to roll it back to the default before I could play the game. Now I avoid ever updating my graphics driver just in case it prevents me from playing Portal II again.
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