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[hrvojej]

Also, ETW cannot be run except from steam.

Wow. Thanks for the info. I will not buy a game that expect me to install a third-party BS just to play single-player.

Cheers,

[Trapped in Samsara]

Hi

Not a question, just a statement.

I will not buy ETW until I can purchase a disk(s), perform a conventional, malware-free, installation and download and apply any patches, under my own control, in the time-honoured way. If that means I've got to wait a year, so be it. I anticipate it will take that long to sort out all the bugs anyhow. (Remember M2TW and the disgusting treatment paying customers received when it and Kingdoms were released?)

I wish those of you who've dived into ETW the best of luck, I really do, but this TW vet has learned that CA-Sega cannot be trusted.

Until then I'll stick to MTW+XL+Tyberius - which is a fantastic, deeply immersive, and very challenging mod, by the way.

Regards
VGB

[pevergreen]

Hi

Not a question, just a statement.

I will not buy ETW until I can purchase a disk(s), perform a conventional, malware-free, installation and download and apply any patches, under my own control, in the time-honoured way. If that means I've got to wait a year, so be it. I anticipate it will take that long to sort out all the bugs anyhow. (Remember M2TW and the disgusting treatment paying customers received when it and Kingdoms were released?)

I wish those of you who've dived into ETW the best of luck, I really do, but this TW vet has learned that CA-Sega cannot be trusted.

Until then I'll stick to MTW+XL+Tyberius - which is a fantastic, deeply immersive, and very challenging mod, by the way.

Regards
VGB

I didnt get any disgusting treatment when I bought either of those games.

If those are your conditions, good bye. You will never own Empire: Total War.

Steam is malware free. You can turn off automatic updates. You can purchase a disc and install it.

One of the best things about Steam is the fact that CA can now quickly patch things once we find them. No more waiting 4 months to get shields at the right defence value. They can patch in days.

[Ja'chyra]

Question if I may.

Do I have to use steam to play single player games? I can't seem to find the installation folder and thought that once verified you didn't have to use Steam anymore. Not a big problem really, just wondering.

[pevergreen]

You can turn steam into "Offline Mode" File -> "Go Offline..." but yes, you must have steam running to play this game. To do so otherwise at this point is illegal.

It has been reported by some that this actually cut loading times by 50%. I have yet to test for myself though.