My son got this game as a demo on the computer he got for CHRISTmas. He liked it so much he had to buy the program right away. Great role playing, multi level, great characters. We could not find it at the local stores (Wal Mart, Circuit City etc) so we ordered it online. It was cheaper than unlocking it but certainly not faster. We had to wait almost a week. If I had it to do over again I would have just unlocked the program and bought the back up disk for a couple more dollars.