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MI2: Special Edition now available for American PCs from Direct2Drive 10 Jul, 2010 / 7 comments

By ATMachine

If you read Mojo, you've probably already bought the Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition by now. But hear me out.

For the first couple of days of its release, MI2:SE was only available on PC through Steam, and thus the game required a working Internet connection every time it booted up, instead of only once when it first ran.

Now, however, LucasArts has also made the MI2 Special Edition available (sadly for Americans only, I believe) through Direct2Drive.

If you live in the US, you may want to seize this chance to own the MI2:SE, ever so slightly more concretely than you can via Steam. Or not.

UPDATE by Tingler: D2D UK now have it too, so there's really no excuses.

Also, you can use Steam offline. Everyone knows that.

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    Scummbuddy on 13 Jul, 2010, 22:11…
    Let's not gang up on anybody. I actually thought the same thing and was even waiting for Direct 2 Drive to get the game again this time. So I appreciated the news post, got the game, and was even schooled in how Steam works.
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    TestType on 11 Jul, 2010, 17:40…
    I know it's not of malicious intent but I really dislike this sort of ill-informed scare mongering against Steam.

    Once you have a game downloaded/installed, you don't need any kind of online connectivity on Steam, where on earth did you get that idea? I've played games offline plenty of time on my laptop on trips, the client simply boots up in offline mode.

    Get your facts straight before running with this sort of accusations. I'm surprised to see this article hasn't been updated to correct this error.
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    Sabre on 10 Jul, 2010, 09:03…
    If you set it up right, you don't need to be online for Steam bar for activation, or put in login details or even see the Steam window. Tell it to remember account details, use offline mode and create shortcuts to the games.
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    howardteeth on 10 Jul, 2010, 04:48…
    I played most of the game without an internet connection. You have to boot it up at some point for it to know you got any achievments.
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    clone2727 on 10 Jul, 2010, 04:29…

    ATMachine

    If you read Mojo, you've probably already bought the Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition by now.

    This should read "If you read Mojo and don't own a Mac..."

    I'm not desperate enough to buy it via Steam and play via Wine. In the meantime, I'LL BE WATCHING THE INTRO IN THE ORIGINAL GAME. Muhahaha! :D




    On the other hand, I'm sure you're all doing the same (or watching that YouTube video).
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    ATMachine on 10 Jul, 2010, 03:51…
    Haha, I may have made that bit up by mistake, sorry! :P
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    Jason on 10 Jul, 2010, 03:10…
    Are you sure Steam games require internet connection every time they're booted?

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