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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Were you hoodwinked into buying HL:2 without needing the account at first?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not on the physical box, so yes.

The only bit that said you needed it, appears to be the card included in the box.

[–] 1371113 2 points 7 months ago

You can go back to Counterstrike for that. Was a free mod for half life, then one day you needed Steam to play it. It’s how Steam was released and part of why there was such massive uptake early. Biggest game in the world at the time.