Please don't tease me with sarcastic responses, just write back if you know how I can get Empire Total War without steam. OR, I just thought of this: what if the game was programmed not to run unless it was a steam download! Oh, no! I hope that isn't the case.
There has to be somebody out there who can tell me how to acquire a copy of the game without steam.
To cut to the chase: Will anyone please tell me how to get this game without using steam? And don't bother writing, "It can't be done," or something like that, because I already had those responses from other game sites. You think downloading a massive game file is easy? You are wrong-I tried to download "Thrones of Britannia" last night and it said, "5 hours." No way! What if a popup occurs while I am sleeping as it downloads? Hey, I want to OWN games I buy, not "lease" the right to use them. Then of course I notice there were other TW games being released via steam. I cursed the heavens and ate dirt when that happened. I begged for an 18th century TW game from the company, and my luck, when it finally came after years of waiting, it was on steam! No way! It takes forever to download the steam and then a game, and I have no intention of paying a cent more for increased juice from my internet company, Comcast. Ever since the creator went to steam and ditched boxed DVD's, I stopped buying TW games.