Half life ps2 vs pc install#

It and services like it are bringing about the 'death of game ownership', which along with nostalgia is one of the big reasons I got into this hobby.

So yeah, I'm in the 'Never Steam' camp рџ† It just grosses me out and I can't bring myself to use it.

Half life ps2 vs pc install#

I did briefly put up with Steam but now have three Steam-free ways to enjoy it: Steam-free install on PC, the Xbox version, and the Xbox 360 version packaged with The Orange Box. I kid you not, when I first got Half-Life 2 in 2005 and saw that it wanted to install some other (then unknown) internet-connected software, it was such a turn-off that I canceled the installation, put the game on a shelf, and didn't touch it again for a year. (where's these recent, crazy 'early retail hl2 not steam' claims coming from anyway?) (the steam requirements of which led to the first mass of 'FACK STEAM!! STEMING PILE'S OOF SHIT !' gifs) Consider that WON closed for Half-Life in April 2004 and HL2 ships CSS with it, of course they're not going to make use of dead online services for their new game and use their own new Steam one they've had Condition Zero released on already. That blurred orange card in the photo informs you of the Steam requirements, and the requirements on the box bottom also state 'Internet Connection Required' as a minimum for that. (unless you've got a super fast internet connection pre-ordering through Steam and downloading/unlocking it faster than a optical drive assuming you're in before the launch hammering) That's exactly what you get on those paper sleeved discs, and this is that mythical 'early edition Vivendi' release and it doesn't get any earlier than this November 2004 retail release. I got it at launch, it's a Steam installer with encrypted cache (to prevent Gamer STORES from breaking street dates and 0day piracy) and DirectX9.