The "General Games Chat" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
If you don't have a DVD drive, buy one or download HL2 via Steam.
Ouch.
> As i have only a cd-drive and cd-rewriter i need cd-roms.
DVD drives are pretty cheap now, you know.
> freddykreuger666 wrote:
> As i have only a cd-drive and cd-rewriter i need cd-roms.
>
>
> DVD drives are pretty cheap now, you know.
£16 for an OEM x16 sony last time I looked...
> Heh I just checked my CD-RW diag and nope it doesn't BUT I was reading
> on Gamecentral teletext that you can make a backup CD copy of HL2
> somehow but you need to be online with steam to play it.
You need to register the cd key with steam as a oneoff installation requirement. You don't need to be online to play the single player story.
I'm on a 56k and don't fancy having to wait 5hrs for something before playing