GalCiv2 ForumsI have played that game to exhaustion. I also have Warlords 3, and consider it to be just a bit less entertaining.
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NO it is NOT just CD check! On the Bethesda board people are furious about not even being able to install the game due to SecuFuck probs with other running software like nero, process explorer, daemon tools etc. If you don't have those probs good for you. And no need to feel sorry. On the contrary. I can nothing but pity the folks who bought it, not knowing that it's not just CD checking, due to inentional misinformation on the hands of Bethesda.</
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And another one gone, and another one gone. Another one bites the dust! Fallout3 comes with SecuFuck blacklisting. So: no-go.
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By the way, they DO censor movies broadcasted on TV in germany. Try seeing a martial arts movie on free TV here. In one scene one guy starts a fight, in the next everyone is lying on the ground beat up like hell. Even if the movie runs after 10p.m. which is considered to be a "safe" time to broadcast such content. *rolls eyes*
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[quote who="WarlokLord" reply="24" id="1918159"]Hmmm. Well, if censorship is not an issue in at least the Left4Dead packaging case, then why *is* the packaging different - to be precise, toned down?[/quote] I don't know what's printed on the packaging case of this game, but probably because although they officially cannot buy the games minors could still look at the case and see pictures of excessive violence/sex or whatever.
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Well, it's the law that a pack of cigarettes MUST have a note on it which states that smoking is bad for you like:"Smoking makes your schlong shrivel." So it's just a logical consequence that game publishers should be forced to put a note on their game boxes which reads something like:"Installing this game will also install SecuCrap DDRM (aka Sony's Rootkit) on your PC which causes severe security holes, renders some of your hardware useless and phones home about what other stuff you
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[quote]Many years ago I realised that buying new games was a waste of cash and switched to waiting until they dropped in price, realistically only a matter of a few months.[/quote] Well, waiting for a few months before buying a game is usually not just a good ideat due to monetary reasons. Eversince the initial releases of games became so buggy they were hardly payable (can you say MoO3?) I started waiting at least half a year before I make my purchase. In the mean time I read the cor
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Forget it. Just realized it's old stuff... :(
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If this is not just talking out of his arse, it looks like Ray finally sees the light. Look here (copied n pasted from the Bioware Board): http://news.softpedia.com/news/BioWare-Has-the-Solution-to-Combat-PC-Piracy-89742.shtml http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/07/09/bioware-dlc-customer-loyalty-to-combat-piracy/ It's no use though if he gets overruled by EA... Still the fact that Stardock gets mentioned in th
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Funny thing. Put a rootkit on another person's PC as a private person and it's called a criminal act. Put one on a PC as a game publisher and it's called DRM. ;)
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A working star wars mod would be fun (tough I'd rather someone finished the B5 Mod). I remember the SW Mod for Galciv. It was very nice. Especially when you hit the negotioation screen while the empire was in good relations with you, coz then instead of Vader you were greeted by a fat male belly dancer. *laughs*
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But you should mind. *usingmasteryodavoice* You WILL be afraid ... *nods* you WILL be... You cannot simply patch out a rootkit as is SecuRom. Granted, there is such a thing as a SecuRom removal tool on the SecuRom site to alledgedly help you get rid of it once you uninstalled the game it came with, but once you use it every other game installed that makes use of SecuRom won't run anymore, so go figure...
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Well, to be frank: When I buy a TV and the stations hurl more ads at me than actual program everyone says that I'll have to live with it because I actually don't pay for what I watch (talking free TV here). But I do pay for the game. So I do have the right to expect that there is no BS included like a popup window stating:"This headshot was brought to you buy: Budweiser! Want another beer, don't get up, just pisss into the bottle, it tastes the same."
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Dunno, we'll see. I checked the Sacred2 forums today. There isn't one single thread dicussing the pros and cons of SecuRom or DRM in general to find. Not even in the ones run on fan sites. And in the official one everyone who states he'd return the game coz e.g. [b]in mid game of a legally activated copy[/b] he get's a message not to use illegal copies is instantaniously bashed. Looks like the fanboys have their heads stuck up the publishers arse too high to see the light of reality.<
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Yeah, I saw it. And making them VPs IMO is nothing but a cheap trick. They'd bite the hand that feeds them if they'd oppose JR and the likes now. Let's just hope that one day they wake up to see that they can't be fed when their feeders don't have any money left to buy food due to not selling enough of their DRM infested crap. Though chances for that are going towards nil, I'd say.
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Hrmmm, dunno... Could also be just because GC is not as hyped as any of the other titles which are cracked and made available in notime. Pirates are selling cheap copies of Nike shoes by the millions, while other brands which shoes excel in terms of material and overall quality remain untouched just because they're not considered to be as cool as Nike. Still, there is of course the anarchy aspect. Some people simply enjoy pirating to show the publisher t
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Of course I have downloaded a game. Dark Avatar... from SDC right after paying for it. And guess what, I intend to do it again, right after I received the authorisation to DL Twilight. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] On a side note though, I once had a DLed Version of Castle Wolfenstein coz it was forbidden to sell it here. Otherwise: No! Never did, never will. I even had a cop baffled by how many bought games I had. *grin*
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For german Players also Ascaron should go to the black list for using SecuRom in Sacred2 as should the bunch who did Drakensang. Dunno about the latter but in Scared you only get two activations whhile they dare boasting that they use a customer friendly version of DRM to ensure mobile playing. [e digicons]:omg:[/e]
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HOW soon?! :D
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I guess we all know that politicians and some parents think that FP shooters make players aggressive and dumb them down, and that this assumption is utterly stupid. Quite the opposite is the case. Two days ago I saw a documentary about two professors from a local university running two different tests on a bunch of students and a bunch of hobby, semi-pro and pro FP shooter players. Test one was one of mental skills like the ones used in assessment centers or for p
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I was very thrilled about getting my hands on and playing ME, but now the thrill pretty much turned into anger about not being able to. I for one still hang out on the board to see how things turn out. Though chances are very slim to say the least I do hope that the suits or the cummunity pressure can achieve a change of mind of some sort. Like I posted on the BW board: The germans managed to tear down the wall and kick the government through protest. Maybe we manage to do the
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Errr, rest assured: Stardock and failure are mutual exclusive. :D As for whiskey: Braes of Glenlivet Single Malt for me.
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Yeah, I bet Greg n Ray were veeery thrilled... [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Well, anyways thanks for the link. I loved the times when Dave and Fergus were good for a little discussion every now and then... the good ole times...
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Oh goody! Can't wait to get my hands on such a game...!
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I know. Though WHY they let EA buy them is beyond me. "I'll have to live with EA being their publisher" And with their invasive DRM?! [e digicons]8C[/e] Well, it's YOUR rig, afterall... [e digicons];P[/e]
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