[b]Legal[/b] download sites?

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:28

I'm trying to find somewhere to legally download either Shogun or the first Medieval Total War. So far, the only place that I have found is GamesPlanet. However, this says that the Shogun download is 2800mb, which seems ridiculous to be honest-don't really want to download nearly a third of my limit for a game that shouldn't be more than a few hundred megabytes!

Does anyone know of anywhere else? They aren't on Direct2Drive, Steam or GameTap.

FrenchTart · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:33

You could try the Good Old Games site?

(assuming it's out of Beta yet)

Robert1986 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:35

You can't use bbcode in thread titles. Plus, titles are already in bold.

Your best bet is to just buy a retail copy if you don't want to waste your bandwidth.

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:36

Doesn't seem to be as of yet unfortunately

EDIT: Yay for my lousy HTML skills

Steam only has Rome Total War and Medieval II. I'm after either the first Medieval game or Shogun.

uv · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:38

*edit*

doh!

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:40

I'm after the first Medieval matey; trying to run it on my Eee (which is why I need to download it)-somehow I think it may struggle to run M2:TW!

Edit: lol, you got there before me!

FrenchTart · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:41

manic111 said:
I'm after the first Medieval matey; trying to run it on my Eee (which is why I need to download it)-somehow I think it may struggle to run M2:TW!

Edit: lol, you got there before me!

If you've already got the disc could you not make an image of it using a normal PC and then copy it over and use something like daemon tools to install it?

LeJosh · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:42

first medievil can surely be bought under 5 pounds now-a-days?

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:45

I've not got the game which is a shame-had it a while ago and then sold it, not forseeing any possible situation in which I may want to use it!!! I can probably get it in a shop really cheaply, but I'm off on holiday tomorrow so today is a packing day! I want it for the flight...

LeJosh · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:49

anybody you know who has it and can stick the software on a pen-drive or External drive for you?

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:51

Fraid not; don't you hate it when you sell something then regret it!?

Knubje · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:53

manic111 said:
I'm trying to find somewhere to legally download either Shogun or the first Medieval Total War. So far, the only place that I have found is GamesPlanet. However, this says that the Shogun download is 2800mb, which seems ridiculous to be honest-don't really want to download nearly a third of my limit for a game that shouldn't be more than a few hundred megabytes!

Does anyone know of anywhere else? They aren't on Direct2Drive, Steam or GameTap.

People still got limits on their usage? lul

SkeeterUK · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:55

http://www.freeloader.com/

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:00

Can't find it on Freeloader either unfortunately! Grr..

snowdog · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:03

Knubje said:
People still got limits on their usage? lul

Was about to post this when I first saw the thread.

Any gamer imo should at least get unlimited internet, it's the first rule of gaming

. FUP's / usage limits are for people who only check their mails etc or can't pay for it, but seeing the sigs of the peoples pc's here I doubt they are short on money.

Surely you can afford an isp with a normal limit, say 28 gb instead of 2800 mb per day ?

OT:

If the game is 2800mb, then how do you expect to download a smaller package?
Only way would be to try to find an illegal rip version, as normal compression won't make the game size any more smaller tbh...

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:05

I'm living at my parents til I get a job, which is proving to be far more difficult than it should! When I move out unlimited internet is the first thing on my list!

Edit: Well I'm 99% sure that Shogun was not actually 2800mb! According to the back of the box specs, the install is only 500mb. I'm not sure if gamesplanet have somehow inflated the file, or if it is simply a typo on their website...if it is the latter I don't have a problem!

snowdog · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:10

manic111 said:
I'm living at my parents til I get a job, which is proving to be far more difficult than it should! When I move out unlimited internet is the first thing on my list!

So am I, I told my dad to change isp though and he did

.

You do have a bit of money though don't you ? How much do you parents pay for net ? Could offer them to pay 25 quid and 10 quid extra per month and you'd have ( im sure they don't have cheaper net than 10 quid a month now ? or do they :eek:

?) :

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manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:13

Actually at the moment I'm in the post uni bank-balance doldrums! Have about £100 to my name, so don't really want to risk paying anyone anything monthly until I know that I'll have something coming in each month.

FrenchTart · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:15

I also really doubt that the original game is 2.8GB considering it came on 1 CD - obviously something funny going on there.

snowdog · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:17

manic111 said:
Actually at the moment I'm in the post uni bank-balance doldrums! Have about £100 to my name, so don't really want to risk paying anyone anything monthly until I know that I'll have something coming in each month.

hmmmmmmm

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Be very very nice to you parents and just ask them

? Or start downloading a lot, tell your parents the net is slow again, and make them change to a faster ISP. I remember my dad shouting from downstairs he can't stream the news because I'm downloading back in the days with 4 mb net

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Oh well nvm, if shogun is indeed 500 mb then it's odd they want you to dl 2800 mb, have you tried just emailing them or phoning them and asking for details ?