I don't see what the fuss is about here. Aside from one time installation of Steam client (if you don't already have it installed) the game would not enforce any DRM or even require for user to be online - you can play the game in Steam's offline mode. So what is so horrible about that? That some program is working in the background while you're playing? That's just silly.
I don't get what beef people have with Steam in general either. It's a great platform that gets your games automatic updates, has very high download speeds, cloud saves and many things more. And if there is ever DRM involved it is not because Valve decides to include it - it's that game's publishers\developers prerogative, Steam is just a distributon service.
Please read my post about Valve's EULA. It's not just about Steam itself, it's about the permissions you have to give them. You may not understand what are the risks but as a system administrator point of view i do see them. Non administrative software should never be run as administrator. Steam is not run as administrator, it's worse, it's running as System, it have more permission than you, owner of the machine.
I sent a mail, but sent it to info@ and not support@(because the website point to info@ ). Will wait a bit before re sending to support@. I hope to find a solution that doesn't involve getting a refund or accepting Valve's EULA, because i want the game and i hope the game i buy will help Larian. (Even if they made a mistake by forcing steam on physical discs, they still make good games, don't want them to go down)
