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Yeah I agree with steam part but DOW2 on steam wasn't such a bad one though.
I will still get DOW2:Chaos Rising, but I will buy retail rather from Steam.
That might not change the protection, it still might need STEAM, the original DOW II also needed STEAM despite being the RETAIL version, the only advantage you gonna get is that you won't have to download the whole game, just the updates.