Company of Heroes Patch Question

[leeland]

I just ordered a copy of Company of heroes off ebay (game and key, no box or manual) and was doing some reading about the patch sequence...ect on some other forums.

I came across a couple posts about having an online account or you can't play the game...i.e. you need internet access.

that is fine for me for most of the time...but I might be trying to play it where I don't have an internet connection...which would defeat the single player component if I have to log into an online account to even get the game to work...

Can anyone verify this? And if it is required is there a certain patch level that this started at? i.e. can I just update the game to a certain patch level to get around this?

Thanks in advance!

Lee

 

[AstroManLuca]

I am not certain, but I believe one time THQ's servers were down and after a little while trying to authenticate, it asked me to insert my disc instead. So it ought to still work, it just uses as CD check in lieu of logging in.

 

[leeland]

so that is it? wait until the authentication fails? Is the authentication default on the general release of COH? or was it instituted at a specific patch level?

 

[Kromis]

In my experience, that only happened with Opposing Fronts where you have to have an online account (or just insert the disc) to play offline