How can I play HL2 20th Anniversary Update without Steam?

[Lucky MaveriX]

I HAVE DOWNLOADED THE GAME FROM STEAM. I JUST DON'T WANT STEAM ACTIVE WHEN I'M PLAYING A SINGLEPLAYER GAME!

they also disable achievements when playing developer commentary playthrough so literally no point in playing via steam

I want to play directly from the hl2.exe but it gives me "failed to allocate minimum memory requirement"

[GamerXT]

I don't think you can, not without using anti Steam DRM mods. And I wouldn't try that in case Steam knows this. Not that I probably would to begin with though.

[Lucky MaveriX]

Originally posted by GamerXT:

I don't think you can, not without using anti Steam DRM mods. And I wouldn't try that in case Steam knows this. Not that I probably would to begin with though.

when hl2 first launched in 2004 it was possible to buy the game on steam and play from the exe directly without steam turned on or any drm

so i guess they are becoming more scummy with privacy invasion now after all this time, following their competition

[Snark]

It's not difficult to do this, however you won't get answers asking on the steam forums, lol.

[kilo 40]

Originally posted by Lucky MaveriX:

Originally posted by GamerXT:

I don't think you can, not without using anti Steam DRM mods. And I wouldn't try that in case Steam knows this. Not that I probably would to begin with though.

when hl2 first launched in 2004 it was possible to buy the game on steam and play from the exe directly without steam turned on or any drm

so i guess they are becoming more scummy with privacy invasion now after all this time, following their competition

steam has been a thing for over 20 years. it's fine.

[Top Gun]

This thread feels like a time capsule from 2005.

[Valvatorez(Cox Cable = awful ISP]

Its a first party game, your drivel is like complaining about a Mario game being redistricted to a Nintendo console. The only way to play without Steam is piracy.

[Lucky MaveriX]

Originally posted by Valvatorez:

Its a first party game, your drivel is like complaining about a Mario game being redistricted to a Nintendo console. The only way to play without Steam is piracy.

fake news.

it was perfectly playable when launching directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2.exe before 20th anniversary

[Chevrsk]

i hope you find out man...... theres people out there... following me........ if i open half life 2 on steam they will find me.... im the same as you........... i value my privacy so much i really cant have them finding me..................

nah fr though why dont you want steam open? are you that paranoid?

[Lucky MaveriX]

Originally posted by Chevrsk:

i hope you find out man...... theres people out there... following me........ if i open half life 2 on steam they will find me.... im the same as you........... i value my privacy so much i really cant have them finding me..................

reminds me of this:
https://youtu.be/aTL4qIIxg8A

[kilo 40]

Originally posted by Lucky MaveriX:

Originally posted by Valvatorez:

Its a first party game, your drivel is like complaining about a Mario game being redistricted to a Nintendo console. The only way to play without Steam is piracy.

fake news.

it was perfectly playable when launching directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2.exe before 20th anniversary

every time you post on here Valve is able to incrementally narrow down your GPS coordinates and a new digit in your social security number is revealed to them.

they don't track you through the games. it's through your forum posts.

stay strong.

[SlasH]

LOL you people are using steam, buying games there, using the forum and complain about games only running with steam. What a pitty. Start steam in offline mode and you can still play. Or simply leave and only buy games on GOG.