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Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy

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Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy	xDURALx	10/29/2008 - 22:27
About to buy this game, just have a couple questions. 1. If I buy the game directly from 2D Boy, can I activate it with Steam (essentially having the Steam version)? I'm in the U.S. 2. Are there any differences between the Steam/2D Boy versions? Assuming the answer to #1 is no, are the achievements still there? And kudos on forgoing DRM. I passed on Far Cry 2 and Red Alert 3 due to Securom. Last modified Wed, 10/29/2008 - 22:32 by xDURALx
Re: Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy	Marius	10/30/2008 - 10:41
1: No, not anymore. Only pre-orders could. 2: No, you don't have the steam achievements, only the ingame OCD achievements. As a plus, though, you get patches a few days earlier.
Re: Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy	The Happy Friar	10/30/2008 - 21:51
as of you direct from 2d also gets you the mac + (when released) linux version. doubtful that will happen with steam.
Re: Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy	Soultaker	10/31/2008 - 08:49
There's also Greenhouse: + achievement system (through Nitrogen); should be similar to Steam, but I have no idea about the details. + $0.05 discount ;) - online activation (once per install; no internet connection required afterwards) - probably lags a little behind when it comes to game updates/fixes (this applies to the Steam version too) I also think Greenhouse gives you a license key that works with all versions (Windows, Linux, Mac).
Re: Question about Steam vs. direct from 2D Boy	Salokyn	12/27/2008 - 12:39
I bought WOG on Steam today (great game by the way ;) ), I guess that there's no way to use tha licence to get the linux version when it will be released right ?