(yes, I'm going to greentext story because it's easier and I'm mad)
>"Download complete, play now?"
>hell yes, time to play some Batman
>"This is your CD key for multiplayer, please write it down"
>I'll come get it later since I'm just playing single player right now
>"Welcome to the Batman: Arkham Asylum launcher. Please enter your CD key so we can verify via the internet"
>damn it, back to Steam, right click, copy CD key, enter it, close steam window
>"Thanks. Launching the game now"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"Welcome to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Click here to start"
>click
>"Welcome to Games for Windows Live. This game requires an account to play. Do you want to sign in to an existing GfWL or XBOX LIVE account, or create a new one?"
>well I had an Xbox account back in the day... wonder what that was
>go to old gmail account, find email from Xbox Live containing username
>no mention of password obviously
>ok game, I forgot my password
>"Please collect the new password we just sent to your registered email address"
>back to gmail, get password, it's nX7r53mQ or something impossible like that, but I just want to play Batman, I'll change it later
>"Sign-in successful!"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"Downloading profile, please wait, please do not exit the game, please do not turn off the computer"
>30 seconds later
>"Profile found!"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"This game requires you to link your CD key to your account. Please enter the CD key on the back of the box."
>damn it, back to Steam, right click, copy CD key, close steam window
>box in the game to enter the key is broken into 5 fields so I can't paste the code
>DAMN IT, BACK TO STEAM, RIGHT CLICK, OPEN CD KEY
>alt-tabbing 5 times between steam and the game to manually enter each section of the code
>"Thanks!"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"An update is required for Games for Windows LIVE"
>only one button labelled "Accept"
>ok, accept
>"Downloading update now. Please do not turn off the computer. Please do not exit the game."
>several minutes later
>"Download complete! A system restart is required to apply the update."
>god damn it, restart entire computer
>start the game back up
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"Welcome to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Click here to start"
>click
>"Welcome to Games for Windows Live. This game requires an account to play. Do you want to sign in to an existing GfWL or XBOX LIVE account, or create a new one?"
>god DAMN it, you got me with this one once already!
>back to gmail, get the crazy new password, sign in
>"Sign-in successful!"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"Downloading profile, please wait, please do not exit the game, please do not turn off the computer"
>30 seconds later
>"Profile found!"
>finally, time to play some Batman
>"The LIVE terms of use have changed. Please accept these new terms of use before playing on LIVE."
>JESUS I don't care at this point if you want my first-born child, just let me play the damn game!
>"New Game"
>finally, time to play some F***ING BATMAN
It's times like these that I wonder why I don't pirate, install a single crack, and be playing the game instantly, instead of jumping through half an hour of hoops to play this stupid game that it KNOWS that I bought because I did it in an online marketplace that's constantly connected! It's got built-in always-on DRM but apparently that's not good enough!
RX7