![]() Now, copy protection companies claim that piracy is killing the pc games market, though conflicting reports cast a shade of doubt on that claim. For example: what happens if Steam dies the day after next week? Is this gonna be another "google video" mess? Do I have to install this "bloatware" to play a goddamn game? This scheme is also not without it's problems. Steam seems to be an acceptable compromise (protected download once, play forever), but there are still issues to be resolved there, IMO. The only games that are "uncrackable" are online-only games, and they are protected by the age old serial/activation scheme, and don't require anything as dangerous and exotic as SecuROM/Starforce, which have been known to cause severe issues. We know that they're cracked in days from release, or in weeks at worst. So, the question is what is the benefit of the copy protection systems? I Imagine that a lot of people are taking the fence to see how all this sorts out before shelling out the costs for this game (count me among them). Now whichever side one might take on this issue, it clearly is of no benefit to the consumers. ( Note: To those unaware, the SecuROM protection for Bioshock comes to you as courtesy of Sony DADC) ![]() Rephrased as a "hidden service", and unless i'm missing something, it makes two dicks of a difference, and is still an unwelcome piece of crap. The whole idea of Sony taking another swig at Rootkits after their last attempt at that, and it's costs, sent a crushing blow to common sense worldwide. The buzz continued with activation issues, and some activation limitation allowing the game to be activated only twice (or five, depending on the source). ![]() What began as rampant rumors on Rootkit in the installation and demo, eventually turned out to be a false positive and in fact a "hidden service" (why would anyone think that it sounds better?). The poll has been reset.Īnyone not living under a rock for the past week has caught wind of the Bioshock fiasco (?). In that case, you'd better make sure you apply the exact amount of water needed - add too little and the code won't be readable add too much and the letter will fall apart, as wet paper tends to do.This thread originally appeared in the Battlefront, and has been moved to GESC where it is more approptiate. It's a physical sheet of paper that came in the game's box, between all the safety warnings, subscription slips, and other shit that your mom probably threw out the day after you opened the game.īut let's say you find the damn letter, and let's say you figure out you have to expose it to water to reveal a secret password. So, you go through every pixel of the game trying to pick up anything vaguely resembling a letter, but you can't find it - because it's not in the game. Fine, OK: You've been asked to do weirder things in Nintendo games. Say you're halfway through the game when you get stuck on a puzzle with only this clue: "Tell Mike to dip my letter in water" (you're Mike, incidentally). ![]() The game apologizes and wishes you luck, knowing that this may be the last time it sees you. This is all, of course, assuming the packager bothered to put the "extremely easy to use" instructions in your box and that you didn't get the Lenslok intended for a different game (hundreds of people did). Not that it said so anywhere: You had to assume as much after spending hours trying to get the thing to work to no avail. Enter the code and voila, you are now allowed to continue playing the game you bought, assuming you didn't break your arm performing that last move.īut wait, what if your TV was too big or too small for the code to be seen? Then the manufacturer's official solution was "Get fucked," because the Lenslok was only compatible with the most medium-sized of televisions. And you're done, right? Nope! At this point you had to reach for your keyboard (while still holding the Lenslok perfectly still with your other hand) and press a key to reveal a two-letter code on the screen.
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