[Rictor]

So, who will be picking it up?
OK, stupid question. But are you going to get it through Steam, at the store or from, well, other places?

Right now, my computer just barely makes the cut, though I will upgrade it with a new mobo and CPU before playing (Athln64 3000 in all probability). So chances are I'll have to wait a day or two after the official release to play it.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I've had it preloaded for about a week.
And I'm skipping college tomorrow to play it, as it unlocks at 8am.

I'll be running it in minimum, mind, as although I have a Radeon 9800, the rest of my spec is a bit of a bottleneck. I mean, I'm still using SD133 ffs.

[Grey Wolf]

Isn't that what "The day after tomorrow....." thread is about?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Isn't that what "The day after tomorrow....." thread is about?

Well if people would give threads sensible names...

[Rictor]

No, thats Halo 2.

My (upgraded) rig will be a Radeon 9600, Athlon64 3000 and 512mb of DDR ram. I hope to run it on highest (or at least high) with good framerates.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Mmm, I'm wanting to upgrade pretty soon, but I keep wasting money on hats.

Planning to get an Athlon 2800 or similar, along with a new mobo and some new RAM.

[Ford Prefect]

I don't know if I'm going to get it or not. I haven't played a game in months, and I think the only programs I've used on a regular basis are Word and iTunes.

[vyper]

Store.

Steam is too much for a 56K modem to take.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

You do all know that you still need Steam to be able to play retail copies, yes?

[Roanoke]

what about X-Box ?

[Ford Prefect]

What if I want to install it on my room computer, which has no internet connnection?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

You can register it with Steam on a machine with a connection, then use Steam in offline mode on a machine that doesn't, provided you use the same Steam account.

Dunno about X-Box

[Rictor]

You're out of luck.

Though I hear that there will be a mechanism that will allow you to register and unlock the game by proxy, which means that as long as you have access to the Net somewhere you should be fine. Uhm, check the Steam forums or something, they should know.

[Deepblue]

I'll get it as soon as it comes out on Xbox or Xbox 2.

[PeachE]

you have to hook up to the internet at least once so you can activate it. no exceptions. unless you want to hack it or wait a few months for the inevitable patch that will allow you to play without activation.

got the gold edition over steam a couple months ago when i had some spare cash. been playing various hl1 games and cs:s ever since. gotta work tomorrow at 8, but i'll probably hit it just as soon as i get home.

... or maybe i'll install it on my comp at work

[Ford Prefect]

I think I may have already expressed my feelings on this issue, but just to review, this is what I think of Steam:

[Rictor]

a few months? Try a few days, a week or two tops. Every cracker in the world will be all over this one, if nothing else but for the fame and kudos. They already cracked Counterstrike: Source, so the only real problem is Valve unlocking the game, which they will do shortly.

Though I will still probably be buying it, depending on how much money I have and if its playable by the time I upgrade.

[Deepblue]

Its coming to Xbox so I dont need any ****ty steam proggy.

[NGTM-1R]

Steam stopped working for me, so I hate it now. It don't like my login no more.

[redsniper]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Isn't that what "The day after tomorrow....." thread is about?

[napoleon dynamite]Heckyes it is[/meh]
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