Does it matter if you download through steam or not?

[toastymcbutterbuns 34]

So, I 've been playing this at my friends house for a while and I have been wondering, does it matter if you download from steam or not? Does it affect anything ingame?

[Sula 1205]

I'm not a big fan of downloaded games because Steam and the others keep too much control over you and press you with adverts. They keep offering "free" games to download but when you do, you have to buy credit to play them.

However, I found Steam a very quick way to access dayz. That's once the last update of Arma 2 was released. I had to sit here and wait about 6 weeks. Works now though. :thumbsup:

[toastymcbutterbuns 34]

Thank you, how long or hard is it to access without steam?

[Sula 1205]

No idea, as that's the version I have. However, I used dayz Commander and 6launcher to run it too. In fact they're more reliable and faster, now I think about it.

I bought Arma2 and Comibined Operations from Steam. I downloaded DayZ from the official website. Then got those two launchers I mentioned above.

It's a frustrating game, and you do die a lot but it's a great game too. :thumbsup:

Edited August 6, 2012 by Sula

[toastymcbutterbuns 34]

Yeah, groups are good. :)