Steam with Disc Version

[Les]

Originally Posted by Fritz X

...Honestly, I feel like the whole communication between the developer and us customers is a pretty big let down so far. Lot's of confusion and very few detailed information so far. Especially the whole statement about "The boxed version will only use Steam for match making" seems to be a major element of confusion...

Abysmal communication.

However, the Ubisoft representative has again stated the physical (boxed) version of the game "only uses SteamWorks for match-making and not the Steam DRM."

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...9/m/1751069519

She could be wrong, she could be right, she might not really know what she's actually saying, but she's quite clearly stating the boxed version doesn't use the Steam DRM, or require installing the Steam client. To me that means the game, when you first install it, doesn't have to be tied to an active Steam account.

If, however, you choose to use the games default server browser, which relies on using the Steamworks Match-making feature that's built into it, then yes you will need an active Steam account in order to do so (and will therefore need to have the Steam client, the program that is generally known as 'Steam', installed on your system.)

Going purely by what we've been told and taking it at face value, it does look like the boxed version of the game is a stand-alone program that can be integrated into Steam later on if you want it to be.

But this only makes sense if a distinction can be made between the Steam client, (the program the end-user installs and interfaces with and which is generally referred to as 'Steam'), and the Steamworks Match-making feature, which is essentially lines of game-code that will be included in the game whether it's a boxed or downloaded version.