How to activate this game on steam?

[Z0RBA]

So as I said in my last question,I have the original CD of the game.However,I want to be able to access the steam comunity from the game itself.I lost the key,so I tried activating it with the CD keys most people told me to try.They all failed.Please help me!

[the smoking mค็็็็็n]

you are beyond help,sorry
talk to the game company if you think you have a legit key that is not honoured,steam can't help

[Z0RBA]

When I tried to type the keys it said "key already used" or something... :/

[CHE]

Originally posted by Noice (Road to Silver 1):

So as I said in my last question,I have the original CD of the game.However,I want to be able to access the steam comunity from the game itself.I lost the key,so I tried activating it with the CD keys most people told me to try.They all failed.Please help me!

Sorry to hear that.... I suggest you try Steam Support (click "Help" in the top lefthand area of this Steam page, and then when the menu opens, click on "Steam Support").

I also suggest you search the official technical support forum for Total War Eras games (including Medieval 2 Total War), and if you don't find your answer there, then I suggest you start a new thread there:

http://forums.totalwar.com/forumdisplay.php/19-Total-War-Eras-Support-Forum

[M.B.M Industries]

If you have brought the game second hand and some one used the key, or even if you brought it new and they put an invalid code in the box, you are out of luck.

I brought the version of this game under the "five stars" brand. When I saw the words in tiny letters "requires internet connection" on the box when I brought it home my heart sank.Turns out it was a scam by Valve, you only get one product key for a physical copy of a game. It is just digital download so you are just buying a bit of paper with numbers on it, if you use the key the disk is WORTHLESS. If you buy the default Medieval 2 gold (not the "five stars" junk) you get to install it on as many computer as you like, no hassel, no BS. These online only installs are nothing more than a scam and a greedy way to rip people off and make things difficult for paying customers.

This is a good example of the greed rampant in Valve (hail gaben the greedy.) and the steam system, giving a product key with a one use CD, but that is no supprise from a company who has phased out physical copys of games under the guise of making games cheaper and more acessible, when really all they have done is raise prices sky high and cut costs for game devlopers. I fist started seeing this sort of thing being pulled by Ubisoft back in the day, but Valve has grabbed hold of this idea and held on tight.

I will be giving this game a negitive review in future because of the worthless CD that has been sold to me that I cannot re-use, single use digital download in a CD is a scam, plain and simple.

[Z0RBA]

Ah,so I won't be able to activate it on Steam.Well,that's ok.I can play the game,but I just wanted to be able to enter Steam without having to close the game.

[M.B.M Industries]

Originally posted by Noice (Road to Silver 1):

Ah,so I won't be able to activate it on Steam.Well,that's ok.I can play the game,but I just wanted to be able to enter Steam without having to close the game.

Sorry for the rant. :p