Now why did I buy these games again?

[ordnance11]

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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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]

..... Out of curiosity, what game would this be, pray tell?

[ordnance11]

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.
__________________
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]

*facepalm*

That'll do it.

[Bluemage]

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.

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I've been writing a bit.

[ordnance11]

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.
__________________
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]

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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