will the game be installed on steam or at least will you be allowed you to play without the disc ?
797964
You don't need the disk.. and its u play instead of steam! You install it with the disk and after you should not need the disk.
797965
You could always add the software to your steam cloud with the add game button on the bottom left of the steam home page
752419
I didn't need the disc. However, on some of these games, it requires a disc.
238834
you install with a disc but during the install you have to be connected to the net as you have to set up a stream account before you can play.. a hassle at first but if you ever loose the discs you can download the game from stream as they already know you own it, kinda cool..
1377277
You must activate the game via STEAM. Once that is done, you will be able to play the game with or without internet or STEAM. why this is so; my guess is that you are prevented from selling the game to someone else without giving up your STEAM account.
1998876
Yes but every time you turn it on it will first want to go to Steam, once its done that you can play as if your not on the internet!, and at no time will the game ask for Steam more then an ok that you have a legal copy!
178888
Keys are not required for the game directly. I don't know how this works with steam- but you can install the game with no keys normally. The keys are put into your square-enix account via the account website. https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/Login?cont=account
1240188
You have to install the game on your hard drive so it can save your progress, but you will still need the CD to play. Since my kids leave fingerprints on everything, I made a back-up copy of the CD and I let them use that in the computer.
1491318
I think you need steam to play it but you can always play offline if thats all you wanna play.
1377275
Unfortunately, it requires being activated by steam during installation. Once installed, you do not have to have internet access (though it is recommended, as then you'll get the updates), but it will not work or install without talking to steam first.
1587616
You will need a Steam account to play it. In order to play, you need to put the CD inside to install the game into the computer that way you don't have to keep putting the CD in the computer to play it.
766121
If you purchase through STEAM directly or have a valid STEAM code, you will need to download the game from your STEAM account (create one if you don't have one). After the download is finished, the game will appear in your library and can then be played.
1847389
I believe, once you buy the disc version, its as simple as installing it, along with steam. the pc edition I bought works just fine.
569751
Yes, I bought it on Amazon and they sent me the game but I had to use Steam to play. Steam is ok except it can be a pain in the butt to log on with their password system. The game is very good. I think if you buy the game and not the download you should not have to fool with 3rd party sites to play the game.
363660
No, it doesn't. You don't need a cd key to play Dota 2, however. It is free to play on Steam.
1964084
also its a steam install version only you cant just download straight to desktop.
575242
Yes, you can play without thw internet, but only the story mode.You don't get a disc. You download the complete game from steam, which installs automatically, hence, no disc is.needed.
1358343
It comes without the DLCs. The PC version comes with a CD and a code. The game is in the CD, but you'll have to look on the internet on how to install it with no need to download the game from Steam and save time, if your network is crappy. Once downloaded/installed, download the DLCs directly from steam, with the code.