Steam isn't that bad!
Of course you can play without being conected, just get steam in the offline mode. You only need to coneect once to autentify.
I have a starforce protected game, that is really anoying. :wallbash: And won't run on windows vista :tai:
Oh, i'll try steam on widows vista
Edit : Steam do run on windows vita. Not the smallest probleme. Just a bit of doubt when steam asked for the login password. Lukily, i rememberd using my "high securtiy" password, to make it harder to hack my account.
I was able to start HL1 without any internet connection. just restart steam, and tell it to start in the non connected mode.