Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
Well, because I spent the $10, I went ahead and tried to install the game. As soon as the install is complete, securom pops up to validate the unlock code and activate the game. After that, the "Square Enix FF7 Launcher" starts up, which then downloads patches to the game, and waits for you to login with your SquareEnix ID or your Facebook account. For grins, I unplugged my network cable and tried launching it. Immediate error and no way to play the game. After that i uninstalled it.

Looks like I wasted that $10.
I cannot see your logic here. You own the game, you've installed the game, you would like to play the game... but because you need to be online to launch it you are not allowing yourself to play? o_O