Mark Havel
Warlord
Whether you buy it on Steam or on a physical retailer giving you an actual box with authentic discs and manual inside doesn't matter: you have to tie the game to your Steam account. If you buy it on Steam it'll be done automatically as part of the process once you've confirmed your credit card information. If you took the box version, it'll come with a Steam installer (which, by the way, will significantly reduce the installation duration) and a code to enter in Steam which will then tie the game to your account. So you don't have the choice, the game will have to run with Steam.(...)
The question is: will i be able to play Civ V (single player) on my work PC (with proxy and firewall) by any means? Should I buy a box version (not download) for this? It would be pity if i will not be able to play the game because of steam.
Thanks.
I've just peered through the configuration options of Steam and unfortunately, I haven't found any mention of proxy settings. I don't know if it means it'll use the Windows proxy settings as defined in the Internet Options of the configuration panel (and in IE) or if it doesn't bother with it at all.
On the other hand, you can play in offline mode. As long as you've played at least once with Steam online, you should be able to set Steam to offline mode and play Civ V disconnected from Steam. However, I have to confess I have used this option very rarely so there must be other people who know how this works exactly.