Is installing a game and extracting a game from .RAR extension the same?

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so i have downloaded an online game and it is packaged in a .RAR format and i have to extract them all to a single folder in order to play the game, but the game is not detected in my control panel > installed program

unlike steam game where they are detected, performance wise are they the same? should i worry about it? thank you!

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Originally posted by Mashiron:

unlike steam game where they are detected, performance wise are they the same?

Performance wise, irrelevant. There are dozens of other factors that will have a larger impact than if a game has a handful of registry keys.

should i worry about it? thank you!

There's nothing inherently worrisome to using a compressed file rather than an installer.

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Originally posted by Glimmer:

Originally posted by Mashiron:

unlike steam game where they are detected, performance wise are they the same?

Performance wise, irrelevant. There are dozens of other factors that will have a larger impact than if a game has a handful of registry keys.

should i worry about it? thank you!

There's nothing inherently worrisome to using a compressed file rather than an installer.

thank you ^^~