Question about Steam and Total War: Shogun 2

[Bubba Grizz]

I recently let my friend borrow my TW: Medieval 2 so I needed to find a fix to hold me over until SWTOR comes out. I love the total war games (at least the early ones) and wanted to try out Shogun 2. I looked at Best Buy, because I like using my rewards card, but their PC gaming section totally blows now. Everything is about the console or DS now.

So I went to Steam. I bought the game and downloaded it (14 hours later) and then I was able to play the game. The game is really quite beautiful and a lot of detail went into the game. What bothers me though is that I can't play the game unless I go through Steam. I don't like that limitation. If for some reason my internet was down I would not be able to play my game. I find this very disturbing.

So my questions are, Is there anything I should worry about in regards to Steam? Also, is there a way to play my game without having to have Steam open?

[miir]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -AGCB-2555

[miir]

You still need to have Steam open but as long as the games are updated and you have set up Steam to work offline, you should be good to go.

[Leonaerd]

Haha. I've been going through a Rome: Total War phase lately. That is, I've been watching someone else play in order to get my fix. It works a lot better this way, otherwise I'd be nuking all my free time.

[Bubba Grizz]

Awesome! Thanks Miir!

Yeah these games can be addicting. You start at 7pm and then look up at the clock and it is already past 10pm. Just one more turn....

[Kluden]

I like shogun2 a lot for its graphics and building choices and everything.

Steam is also my goto. Between their sales all the time, and just the ease of use, I enjoy it. I still reserve hard copies of most things, but if they are steam activatable, I will usually add them to my steam account.

I'm glad you posted that off line mode FAQ. I need to setup a few games for that just in case.

[masteen]

What a SHAMEFUL DISPRAY of ignorance of Steam in here.