Why did you guys make it so hard to do ANYTHING with this game OR steam?
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Hi Ken. This game and steam both have big learning curves. Even if you know what you are doing, plan on a full day of prep before you want to play. In theory you could install and play in the same day, but I find my enjoyment is much greater if I wake up and can go play without having to deal with steam and sega. Plus these games are just ok anyways. I recommend TW Medieval Kingdoms--you dont need steam and it has the best mod of any TW game: Third Age. In my opinion that mod is the peak of the Total War gaming experience. I think this once great franchise was ruined by greed and the need of some people to control others. Cheers. Hi Ken. This game and steam both have big learning curves. Even if you know what you are doing, plan on a full day of prep before you want to play. In theory you could install and play in the same day, but I find my enjoyment is much greater if I wake up and can go play without having to deal with steam and sega. Plus these games are just ok anyways. I recommend TW Medieval Kingdoms--you dont need steam and it has the best mod of any TW game: Third Age. In my opinion that mod is the peak of the Total War gaming experience. I think this once great franchise was ruined by greed and the need... » Read More Hi Ken. This game and steam both have big learning curves. Even if you know what you are doing, plan on a full day of prep before you want to play. In theory you could install and play in the same day, but I find my enjoyment is much greater if I wake up and can go play without having to deal with steam and sega. Plus these games are just ok anyways. I recommend TW Medieval Kingdoms--you dont need steam and it has the best mod of any TW game: Third Age. In my opinion that mod is the peak of the Total War gaming experience. I think this once great franchise was ruined by greed and the need of some people to control others. Cheers. « Show Less
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What specifically are you having trouble with? I have found the game to be very playable and steam to be a good resource.
1097886
define ANYTHING? are you having issues installing it? if so contact the Sega Tech Support, they helped me out!
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Hi Ken. This game and steam both have big learning curves. Even if you know what you are doing, plan on a full day of prep before you want to play. In theory you could install and play in the same day, but I find my enjoyment is much greater if I wake up and can go play without having to deal with steam and sega. Plus these games are just ok anyways. I recommend TW Medieval Kingdoms--you dont need steam and it has the best mod of any TW game: Third Age. In my opinion that mod is the peak of the Total War gaming experience. I think this once great franchise was ruined by greed and the need of some people to control others. Cheers.
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Its and awesome game and can be even better with the right specification on a computer. Make sure you have a good graphics card such as Nvidia or AMD, even thought the standard will work, the detail will look better if you buy a graphics card. Also it helps reduce lag during a game.
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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.
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about. This game does not require a Steam account, at least not the U.S. boxed version which I own.
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I don't know... as I wrote, Steam -the publisher- wants you play the game online, and it has a poor design. So it is going to give you headaches because you need to do a lot of set up in your PC to play it. They are going to send you the instructions and those are they own faults. We don't need to do their work. We just need to click "PLAY" (like happens with Diablo III), and that's it!!! Moreover, the directions to set up your PC are daunting. If you have time to waste, go ahead. But it is their work. We paid for that.
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Who knows? It won't work for me with Windows 7. Steam refuses to load so you can't play the game. Do you feel lucky?
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I am not a fan of multi-player games so I very infrequently access this facet of any game. I can say however that I did access the multi-player game, and yes, there are plenty of online players for those that would like to engage in this form of the game. I have accessed this through the game itself, and also through the "Steam" web site. (steamcommunity.com) You will have to judge for yourself, the value of either.
2180044
I bought on Amazon and then downloaded it thru my steam account. There are directions on amazon on how to download it thru steam
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I not only tried several times to load the game but even tried 2 other computers and no luck. The company obviously either doesn't care or doesn't know how to fix it. Either way, a huge dissapointment.
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I use Steam to play this game. As always, may have to use a password, but I never had any problems with it. I have several games also on Steam and to-date no issues with it. Good game to relax with! Enjoy!
1692117
Not for me. You have to create accounts, enter your code, get another code, enter that.. It was a ridiculous process, and in the end, I never did get the game. The support from EA games was non-existent. This card works awesome though. I can run just about everything on the highest settings without a problem. It's not very loud either. I wish they would have teamed up with Valve or Steam instead...
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I couldn't get it to run through Steam, then I installed Games For Windows(http://www.xbox.com/en-US/LIVE/PC/DownloadClient), logged in and relaunched through Steam, now it launches.
2093504
I installed Steam but not sure if it is absolutely necessary. I believe it is if you wish to game with others on the net.
1929676
I didn't really work for me initially. It would crash each time I tried to play. I fixed the problem after watching this video though; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhJL7UVHXNQI installed the game via steam. That might help too. Now I don't have a problem playing the game. It took me a while to fix it though.
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this is a steam game-I tried to load game on steam and it was going to take about 14 hrs- returned game for credit- it is most likely a good game but 14 hrs not good
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I believe you can, but not with the basic software. This product is part of Steam, which is an umbrella for this and many other PC games. I think the cost to do what you want is high. Check out Steam on the web, and contact them.
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The compatibility is terrible and I couldn't get the main game or the expansion to work for a while. The problem is mainly activating the game itself (as there is a mod somewhere in the web that allows you start without GFWL and save games but has no MP). I found so many workarounds around the web and spent hours trying them all without being able to start the game. I gave up. and after a while I randomly selected the main game to launch and it surprisingly ran just fine. The expansion was more stubborn. It took a couple of months before it ran just fine on its own just like its big sister.If you're looking for minimal frustration with getting this game to work on Win8.1, RUN! This game is not for you. The compatibility is terrible and I couldn't get the main game or the expansion to work for a while. The problem is mainly activating the game itself (as there is a mod somewhere in the web that allows you start without GFWL and save games but has no MP). I found so many workarounds around the web and spent hours trying them all without being able to start the game. I gave up. and after a while I randomly selected the main game to launch and it surprisingly ran just fine. The expansion was more stubborn. It took a couple of months before it ran just fine on its own just like its big... » Read More The compatibility is terrible and I couldn't get the main game or the expansion to work for a while. The problem is mainly activating the game itself (as there is a mod somewhere in the web that allows you start without GFWL and save games but has no MP). I found so many workarounds around the web and spent hours trying them all without being able to start the game. I gave up. and after a while I randomly selected the main game to launch and it surprisingly ran just fine. The expansion was more stubborn. It took a couple of months before it ran just fine on its own just like its big sister.If you're looking for minimal frustration with getting this game to work on Win8.1, RUN! This game is not for you. « Show Less