Help did I just buy empire total war via steam

**Robertclive** · March 24, 2009, 09:35 PM

I've been having trouble reinstalling this game so I manage to install it by clicking the empire icon and now steam is downloading it, did I buy it.

**Jaketh** · March 24, 2009, 09:43 PM

you can only buy games through steam in the Shop, Steam is just downloading the game again so you can install it

**Otsman** · March 24, 2009, 09:44 PM

yeah, everyone who bought the disk has to go through that process. your not actually buying it from steam though

**Brusilov** · March 25, 2009, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by Otsman

yeah, everyone who bought the disk has to go through that process. your not actually buying it from steam though

When I installed using my disk I only had to download the 'day 0' patch.

It appears as if some people did download the game based on the times that the download took to complete (unless the severs were being hit very hard at the time).

I was playing ETW within an hour of putting in the disk - that was while eating my evening meal and watching Match of the Day (so it could have been done in a shorter time).