Why 1C like Steam

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

EDIT: As for the game updating issue, I don't understand that either...why once you've allowed it to begin downloading an update does that prevent you from playing the game on single-player? Does it still do that? Why would that ever have been a feature? I don't understand how it could be so hard to implement a check as to whether the player is playing the game before it begins the actual extraction of the update. It's just weird that Steam as a platform always seemed to be unable to separate the downloading and installation of updates for the convenience of the user.

I can't answer that questions about that issue as I never experienced it, but I do seem to recall hearing that complaint a couple of times regarding E:TW from co-workers. If that is the only time you experienced it perhaps it was more an issue with E:TW?