Extreme noobish question about Steam

[BR4ZIL]

Ok guys, i feel embarassed by asking this , but i never had this issue before, i own Empire Total War Special Forces and yesterday i found out about those small DLC's (just add new units to the game) for it on Steam. The issue is, will these DLC's work on my non-steam version of Empire Total War?

Dunno if its necessary but heres the link to 2 of them:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/10600/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10606/

 

[PlanHex]

Maybe you can use a cd-key/registration code to tie the game to your steam account.

Or maybe it's possible to get the DLC elsewhere. Check the game's official site.

I doubt you can buy them from the steam page without having the game on your steam account though.

Maybe try asking on steam forums too?

 

[BR4ZIL]

Nope, the game's site says the expansion and other DLC's are steam-only

but i found this:

http://www.gamingtrend.com/forums/index.php?topic=31439.0

so apparently all versions of Empire Total War needs steam to work (like HL2 or TF2).

since i dont have the game in hands yet, i bought on mercadolivre.com (like e-bay), can someone that has the game please confirm it for me?

 

[victor]

I bought it on a third-party site, and it works fine on Steam. They send you a CD-key that you activate.

 

[Dead Guy]

If you bought it second hand though, there's a good chance you've been had. You've bought a worthless disc if someone else has already added it to his steam account, as far as I know. Heard it happen before over at totalwar.org.

 

[TheWesDude]

yup

2nd hand games for PC do not work anymore

either they already tied the CD key to their steam account and realized they do not need the CD anymore as its a "steam" game and want to make money off people who do not know how the DRM works.

or

they created an online account with X service and cd keys are uniqe on that site. and they already created their account. and want to make some money off people who do not know how the DRM works.

or

they are selling the game without tying the CD Key to the account and its legit and you will get full use out of the game.


2/3 chances you got screwed.

 

[BR4ZIL]

Hey guys, i its not second handed, i already bought games from this guy before, its all brand new , but what i am worried about if i will be able to install the expansion and DLC's (all steam-only).

EDIT: found this on wiki:

On 28 October 2008, it was announced that the game would be released on Valve Corporation's content delivery system Steam on the official release date of 6 February; the game requires Steam to install and run for both retail and electronic versions and is integrated into Valve's Steamworks programme to allow updates and multiplayer to function more efficiently

I guess this pretty much nails my question.

Anyway, thank for you time everyone