Steam and HL2

[Tyguy]

Whats everyones opinion over buying the game over steam or in the stores....I kinda would like to have the box and cd's....

 

[Xcellere]

I think most people here will buy over Steam, to support Valve and screw over VUG, which is what I'm doing. You could always burn the files you download off Steam.

 

[Hazar]

I would like to have the box and cd's (or dvd's) but we'll see how much the steam versions are.

 

[Ownzed]

I would like to buy it from Steam and screw over VUG, but I have a THING for boxes and cds...

 

[ne0_shiny]

im buying the box because i cant leave my computer to preload
because once i get off the computer, my sister is on

 

[FoB_Ed]

Some people don't care.

I'd like to have the CD's though, but I've got nothing against buying off steam. Indeed I bought CZ off steam and it went smoothly. So it seems that buying off steam is pretty safe.

Only concern I would have is if my internet went down for a while and my HL2 wasn't working I wouldn't have CD's to reinstall with

 

[Tyguy]

If i preload the game and decide to get the cd's, will that mess up the game?

 

[Narcolepsy]

Some people don't care.

I'd like to have the CD's though, but I've got nothing against buying off steam. Indeed I bought CZ off steam and it went smoothly. So it seems that buying off steam is pretty safe.

Only concern I would have is if my internet went down for a while and my HL2 wasn't working I wouldn't have CD's to reinstall with

Just burn the cache files to a CD.

 

[Mountain Man]

I think most people here will buy over Steam, to support Valve and screw over VUG...

Well, that and buying over Steam seems to be a significantly better deal. The retail Collector's Edition, for example, is an absolute joke compared to Steam's Gold edition.

 

[Bigcheese]

i just cansiled my boxed preorder from EBgames. hope that asnwers your question.

 

[Letters]

If i preload the game and decide to get the cd's, will that mess up the game?

Nope, you just have to enter your CD key, and you can just go ahead and start playing with barely any install time.

 

[Asuka]

Getting both.

 

[Mr. Bildo]

Getting CE through the mail. Ordering it through Steam as well so I can play the second it comes out. I'm planning on giving the other key to a friend of mine at work who is "less fortunate" than me.

--Mr. Bildo

 

[Tyguy]

thanks

 

[hasan]

I wil ost likly buy from steam. to support valve and screw VUG, even though I like to have a box and a cd.