Hey cant you play this game without steam that sucks if you cant say if your internet is down or something.. Thats getting on my nerves these game companies too much overmanipulation.. This game is fun enough just playing single player all Total wars i dont see anypoint of steamm really just to update and play online here and there can you play this game without steam?
You do not need to be online to play the game but you will need the internet to install the game and to update it with steam. Once you have empire totally updated and it has %100 next to it in your steam games list you can put steam into offline mode and it will stay that way even after restarting your computer. Just make sure when you start steam after a restart you choose to keep it running in offline mode if you dont have access to the internet all the time(I know some EU and Australian users among others have to pay for bandwith by the usage so this is will save you from using up your bandwith as well). For the full instructions on how to do the above mentioned go to this website, support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-AGCB-2555. Hope this helps, have fun!
[Edited by brothazoot, 3/14/2009 12:29:58 PM]