Direct2Drive - How good is it compared to Steam?

Datamonkey · 25 Feb 2007 at 11:47

Right,

I love D2D fileplanet have it sussed.

I bought battle stations:midway from it.

Was in us dollars as well im pretty sure.

Anyways, you download the game. as per usual. You get an unlock key sent to you via email.

Now once downloaded you dont need to keep anything open, the game installs as if its from the cd, asks for the unlock key, this then goes off and verifys all is ok, the game is then unlocked and yours to play.

I have just re-installed from vista back to xp x64, used the setup file from the folder i downloaded the game to, it installed no issues asked for the key which i entered and all is up and running again, this is with no d2d app installed or running.

Better than steam imho.

afraser2k · 25 Feb 2007 at 11:50

So can you backup to DVD and/or re-download at some other point if your download has been corrupted?

Datamonkey · 25 Feb 2007 at 12:37

yep,

just make sure you keep your key safe

i think u can get that back when you log into your direct 2 drive account anyways.

afraser2k · 25 Feb 2007 at 13:17

Thanks, the service looks a lot more interesting now. :cool:

BlizzardX · 25 Feb 2007 at 13:23

Thats all fine for purchasing games that are available in the uk... I was more interested in seeing if i could purchase games that are only licensed in north america etc as I hate boxes and packaging, so all I want is the content contained without dvd's etc...

BlizzardX · 25 Feb 2007 at 13:23

Datamonkey said:
yep,

just make sure you keep your key safe

i think u can get that back when you log into your direct 2 drive account anyways.

Yup you can get it back, just click on my account and it will give you a list of all the games you own, a download link and then the key to make them work.