Steam Il2:COD Pre-order now available

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Les

All that said, there are still some missing pieces of information in regards to the boxed versions and whether or not they still require the Steam client/program to be installed at all, even if it's never used to connect to the internet.

i am going to guess that the steam program will have tobe installed ...if for nothing else so you can get updates/patches, i think it maybe a forgone conclusion that Steam/Steamworks are involved box or no box.

[Les]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

i am going to guess that the steam program will have tobe installed ...if for nothing else so you can get updates/patches, i think it maybe a forgone conclusion that Steam/Steamworks are involved box or no box.

Generally speaking, I agree. But looking into the details of it, there are still a lot of unanswered questions, about what's been implemented, what could have been implemented, and what might be implemented (or even worked around) in the future. We just haven't been given enough information to be able to state categorically what people will be able to do with the game without resorting to using illegally modified versions of it (which is not really an option for me I might add.)

[Space Communist]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

i am going to guess that the steam program will have tobe installed ...if for nothing else so you can get updates/patches, i think it maybe a forgone conclusion that Steam/Steamworks are involved box or no box.

Yes Steam is required to play any version of the game, at least in Multiplayer. You might be able to play it single player without, since it does not use steam DRM, sadly.