Ok, here is my situation. I'm a long-time console gamer. Haven't played PC games since the old 3DFX days. (late 90's). I've jumped back on the PC games bandwagon.
Recently, I bought a couple of used PC games off Craigslist. I got Civilization IV and Modern Warfare 2. It turns out that I got screwed on Modern Warfare 2, because the game was tied to a Steam account, and I was unable to install it on my PC. I emailed Steam about it, and they basically explained to me that I need to get a refund from whoever sold me the game, because once it's tied to a Steam account, it's forever tied to that account.
So, I know that the moral of the story is to just by my own games off Steam, etc, etc.
But....
Civilization IV worked just fine. I installed it on the PC, and it's working absolutely fine. So I know that there must be other retail PC games out there, that I can buy used, that will still work on my PC. Certainly, I know that I can no longer buy any used PC games that are tied to somebodies Steam account (unless I actually buy somebodies Steam account and password, but that's against the TOS, and you have to do all that MAC address crap just to use different accounts and such.... too much hassle)
So basically, there has to be a list that somebody has made, of retail PC games that you can play used. Retail PC games that aren't tied into steam.
For example, I remember hearing about certain PC games that you could buy at retail that would allow you to have like 4 different installs or whatever. Like, you could basically put that game on 4 different PC's before the game would stop working. So, there must be people out there that bought brand new PC games at retail, installed it on one PC, beat the game, and now they are selling it used on Amazon or Ebay.
People do sell used PC games on Amazon or Ebay, so there must be some way to get some of these games working. Somebody was telling me, that if I had gotten Modern Warfare 1 instead of 2, I would have at least been able to play the single player game, because the single player game doesn't have any DRM. Supposedly, if you want to play multiplayer, then it does have a CD key, but if you just want to play the single player game, all you need is the disk. Is this true? There has to be a website out there where somebody has gone thru all the trouble of making a list of used retail PC games that people can buy and still play.
I'm a cheap ass gamer, and I have a PC, what am I to do? Sure, sure.... I know that Steam sales are my friend. But I'm trying to buy certain games like Darksiders and Mirror's Edge, and Fallout 3 and stuff like that, and Steam doesn't have those games on sale right now. I know that eventually they will go on sale on Steam, but I'm not trying to wait forever.
What is a cheap bastard to do?
Recently, I bought a couple of used PC games off Craigslist. I got Civilization IV and Modern Warfare 2. It turns out that I got screwed on Modern Warfare 2, because the game was tied to a Steam account, and I was unable to install it on my PC. I emailed Steam about it, and they basically explained to me that I need to get a refund from whoever sold me the game, because once it's tied to a Steam account, it's forever tied to that account.
So, I know that the moral of the story is to just by my own games off Steam, etc, etc.
But....
Civilization IV worked just fine. I installed it on the PC, and it's working absolutely fine. So I know that there must be other retail PC games out there, that I can buy used, that will still work on my PC. Certainly, I know that I can no longer buy any used PC games that are tied to somebodies Steam account (unless I actually buy somebodies Steam account and password, but that's against the TOS, and you have to do all that MAC address crap just to use different accounts and such.... too much hassle)
So basically, there has to be a list that somebody has made, of retail PC games that you can play used. Retail PC games that aren't tied into steam.
For example, I remember hearing about certain PC games that you could buy at retail that would allow you to have like 4 different installs or whatever. Like, you could basically put that game on 4 different PC's before the game would stop working. So, there must be people out there that bought brand new PC games at retail, installed it on one PC, beat the game, and now they are selling it used on Amazon or Ebay.
People do sell used PC games on Amazon or Ebay, so there must be some way to get some of these games working. Somebody was telling me, that if I had gotten Modern Warfare 1 instead of 2, I would have at least been able to play the single player game, because the single player game doesn't have any DRM. Supposedly, if you want to play multiplayer, then it does have a CD key, but if you just want to play the single player game, all you need is the disk. Is this true? There has to be a website out there where somebody has gone thru all the trouble of making a list of used retail PC games that people can buy and still play.
I'm a cheap ass gamer, and I have a PC, what am I to do? Sure, sure.... I know that Steam sales are my friend. But I'm trying to buy certain games like Darksiders and Mirror's Edge, and Fallout 3 and stuff like that, and Steam doesn't have those games on sale right now. I know that eventually they will go on sale on Steam, but I'm not trying to wait forever.
What is a cheap bastard to do?
