Original from Steam and Battles of Ardania Expansion from other?

[unmerged(236911)]

I have majesty2 in Steam.

Can I buy and play the expansion of battle of.. and monster kingdom from other site like gamersgate?

Or must I wait until Steam release the battle of.. expansion?

And also about the 1st expansion, kingmaker too. Must I buy this only in Steam?

 

[unmerged(80070)]

I bought the original on Gamersgate, and then Kingmaker on Direct2Drive, and Battle for Ardania back on Gamersgate. I have had no problems playing at all. I hope that helps you. I know it isn't Steam, but it is two different game sites.

 

[unmerged(98219)]

Like most Steam versions of games, the store page for Kingmaker says that it requires a Steam version of Majesty 2 in order to play. I imagine the same is true for any further expansions.

 

[SirGrotius]

Officially, I think you need to go "all Steam" to play the game properly. Unofficially, do a search of these forums, as I believe some people who bought M2 off of Steam figured out how to move the folders such that the expansion sold through GamersGate still works properly.

This is of course of significant important for Battles of Ardania, which is not available on Steam (yet?).

 

[unmerged(94508)]

I'm fairly certain you can install BoA over the steam version of M2 without any special steps to install it. Just make sure and go into steam and turn off the auto-updates for M2 to prevent it from removing the expansion on accident.

 

[unmerged(111439)]

I can confirm this works fine, if steam doesn't want our money let just give it to gamersgate