DVD version

[pieszka]

So I have DVD version and I though I will be able to install the game from the DVD (or at least part of it) but noooo. Steam downloads it all from Internet... why even bothering with DVD huh?! And I couldn';t even install the game from DVD because it said game is not out. If I knew it gonna be pure download I would damn pre download it from STEAM... and now I have to wait over 4 hrs till I can play. Thank you STEAM.

[[vv|r'e|c'kt'|e;r]]

Same problem. I inserted DVD to instal and it's downloading from the internet ;/

[Peeto]

Hoping blu-ray version is different and complete game is there. Will see tomorrow only.

[Plaid]

How many disks are with the DVD version? I notice it's a 45gb install so, unless they use some godly compression there should have been at least a few DVDs, lol.

I suppose it's good for marketing at B&M's but, sheesh, they could just give you a Steam gift card or something, instead of printing out DVDs with pretty art that serve no backup purpose.

[pieszka]

FOr me it says I need to download 18,2 GB. And DVD has ~ 7,0 GB. I thought it will be at least partial installation from the disc but it only fully downloads from Internet. All.

[🐺-Wolferatus-🐺]

the most games need still steam as download even if you have the box, there are also boxes who only gives you a key (no disc at all)

[indio68]

this is buyllshit...can't belive how they ruined PC gaming.-..dvd should have files on hit..this is unacceptable..if not don't sell retail at all..crap industry..but is our gamers fault..we buy everything they sell, DLC day 1 , preorder,useless and crap remaster...with stupid Intrusive online ponly DRM on...we need to boicot them , maybe they learn the lesson

[Donoghu]

This has been confirmed by Steam and has been a point since pretty much the first Steam-Based none-Valve game released in the market : Every game that requires steam bought on Disk (whatever DVD or Bluray or whatever) are incomplete and nothing will change that.

Think of it as a kind of DMR safety from Steam that ensure nobody can decrypt the files on the Disk alone. (I'm not saying it's working since most game still end up decrypted later anyway.)

More than once, a Steam representative at Valve explained that this is a requirement from Valve to the developer/publisher that at least 1/10 of the game's data MUST come from their server or the product can't be sold on Steam at all. This is the only way they can ensure their service as a DMR.

This is also why games on PC that requires Steam usually doesn't have more than 1 disk (except for the early Steam games). It save on disk costs and the packaging is also standard... so also cheaper. (Think of it as this, each "box" produced cost around 2$ to 3$ PER box in average. Having 2 disks push it at 4$-5$ and that bring not any additional sales. That's additional 1$ to 2$ when there might be 50,000 or 100,000 boxes released in total. That's 50,000$ to 100,000$ thrown out the windows for no reason.)

It came to a point where, to save even the 3 minutes of burning per disk, some companies litterally came to the concept of putting 1/100 of the game or even less on the disk. (They put a extravagante Steam Installer + a tiny bit of the game's data.) The package became mostly only a heavier CD-Key.

Is it good or bad? Depends. But whenever you buy ANY games on PC that requires Steam, there will always be a part to be downloaded. If you read on the box you bought, it's clearly stated "Requires Internet Connection" and "Requires ** GB on Harddrive". If anything exceed 5.5GB, you can be sure you'll have to download the rest every times.