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    *The* DRM thread

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    I would like to draw attention to another DRM-free game. It is called King's Bounty: The Legend Click Here

     

    Not only is this game DRM-free, but it is also outright excellent! It is an old-school Strategy / RPG hybrid with turn-based combat. I am playing the demo and I am loving it so far!

     

    I guess this is where some of my monies that would have been spent on EA Games' games with DDRM, such as Red Alert 3, will go instead. >_<

     

    King's Bounty: The Legend supposedly only uses a serial number as copy protection when downloaded from GamersGate: Click Here

     

    The CD-version of the game does use SecuRom with CD-checks (but no online activation nor installation limits), but supposedly this too has been removed with patch 1.6 (Russian patch, but apparently works problem-free with the English language versions).

     

    There is also a free demo of the game available for download here: Click Here

    Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Discussion

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    Interestingly enough, I have recently become much more reluctant to read Storm of Zehir previews/reviews due the the fear of story spoilers.

     

    I have found myself in the same quandary. With the release date coming up I'm a bit impatient and want to know all I can, yet with some of the latest information there has been info I'd rather not know. I know if someone was to post a new interview link after this I would undoubtedly check it out. :)

     

    Yeah, I don't want to read them, but I sometimes cannot resist either. :o

     

    i found myself only looking on pictures in preview lately and the closing the page as fast as possible :p

     

    Lol, I am trying to do the same - but sometimes I still catch bits and pieces of the text!

     

    i have still not finnished MotB, stopped to play after SoZ was announced, so i am trying to do my best to avoid any spoilers :p

     

    MotB has an unrelated story to SoZ... and it is one of the best CRPG stories I have ever played. Don't feel constrained by the lack of SoZ from playing it - unless you want to play it with some new SoZ classes/races.

    Fallout 3

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    Oblivion with Guns is released today! YaY!!!!!!!!
    Hey, DR. You're late. So how's Fallout 3?

    I don't know, haven't played it. Boyfriend likes it though. :thumbsup:

     

    Yeah, I really like it.

     

    I didn't realize you two were together.

    *The* DRM thread

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    ... TBH, I've never been bothered by DRM. Mostly because I play on consoles.

     

    I guess this is one major advantage of console gaming over PC gaming. Your games never expire if the publisher pulls some server...

    Don't worry, they'll fix this soon enough. Today's console disks provide copy-protection equivalent to the CD-key checks used in PC games thus far. Future console disks will only be playable on the first 3 unique consoles you first play the disk on. Once you "activate" a particular console, you can play the game on that console as many times as you wish, but if you want to play it on another console you will use up an activation. The idea is to limit second-hand sales (an ugly and downright criminal practice that is rampant in the console space), and to discourage you from lending your disk to your friend temporarily (another deplorable practice). These modifications will bring console DRM on par with today's PC DRM.

     

    ROFL :thumbsup: That's a good one!

     

    They would also have to make sure, that if you by any chance change controllers or other hardware or otherwise upgrade the console, it can also use up an activation, but you can never know ahead of time - you have to try it first to see!

    Hasn't happened yet, and haven't heard of any plans on that. So I have no idea where you got that idea.

     

    And if it was sarcasm, whoopsies.

     

    Yeah, that was sarcastic.

    *The* DRM thread

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    ... TBH, I've never been bothered by DRM. Mostly because I play on consoles.

     

    I guess this is one major advantage of console gaming over PC gaming. Your games never expire if the publisher pulls some server...

    Don't worry, they'll fix this soon enough. Today's console disks provide copy-protection equivalent to the CD-key checks used in PC games thus far. Future console disks will only be playable on the first 3 unique consoles you first play the disk on. Once you "activate" a particular console, you can play the game on that console as many times as you wish, but if you want to play it on another console you will use up an activation. The idea is to limit second-hand sales (an ugly and downright criminal practice that is rampant in the console space), and to discourage you from lending your disk to your friend temporarily (another deplorable practice). These modifications will bring console DRM on par with today's PC DRM.

     

    ROFL :lol: That's a good one!

     

    They would also have to make sure, that if you by any chance change controllers or other hardware or otherwise upgrade the console, it can also use up an activation, but you can never know ahead of time - you have to try it first to see!

    Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Discussion

    in Computer and Console

    Posted

    Interestingly enough, I have recently become much more reluctant to read Storm of Zehir previews/reviews due the the fear of story spoilers.

     

    I have found myself in the same quandary. With the release date coming up I'm a bit impatient and want to know all I can, yet with some of the latest information there has been info I'd rather not know. I know if someone was to post a new interview link after this I would undoubtedly check it out. :ermm:

     

    Yeah, I don't want to read them, but I sometimes cannot resist either. :o

    *The* DRM thread

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    I don't like the limited reinstallation either. I've reinstalled Neverwinter 2 at least 5 times since I bought it. Would that put me over the limit with the Mass Effect DRM? :ermm:

     

    Yes, it would have. The limit on Mass Effect was 3 installs.

    *The* DRM thread

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    ... TBH, I've never been bothered by DRM. Mostly because I play on consoles.

     

    I guess this is one major advantage of console gaming over PC gaming. Your games never expire if the publisher pulls some server...

     

    I think some online-only games might be affected by shut down servers, unless Xbox Live/PSN/Wii network takes care of that.

     

    I am not a console gamer, so I was not aware that online-only games are also made for consoles. I thought it was a PC-only blight. Still, at least your single-player games are not infested with game-longevity killing DDRM.

    Fallout 3

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    Guys - where do you usually buy games? I have recently moved to the U.S. and cannot find any stores that sell games (well, I don't have a car at the moment...) + don't want to buy over the internet.

     

     

    Best Buy (store locator link) is a major box store that sells games. You may also peruse your local mall for a Game Stop or the like.

     

    Thanks!

     

     

    No problem. You come here as a student or full time? Which state did you move to?

     

    I came here from Slovakia to do my Ph.D. about one month ago. The state I moved to is Ohio.

    Fallout 3

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    Guys - where do you usually buy games? I have recently moved to the U.S. and cannot find any stores that sell games (well, I don't have a car at the moment...) + don't want to buy over the internet.

     

     

    Best Buy (store locator link) is a major box store that sells games. You may also peruse your local mall for a Game Stop or the like.

     

    Thanks!

    Fallout 3

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    Posted · Edited by Magister Lajciak

    Guys - where do you usually buy games? I have recently moved to the U.S. and cannot find any stores that sell games (well, I don't have a car at the moment...) + don't want to buy over the internet.

    Fallout 3

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    You know what would be AWESOME? If the Fallout franchise was passed around like a french hooker.

     

    Blizzard -> World of Fallout

    Square Enix -> Final Fallout Fantasy

     

    Even I didn't play Fallout 1 & 2. By the time I found out about these games (many years after they came out), they were not even on the shelves any more. I am looking forward to rectify that and enter the Fallout franchise with Fallout 3 though!

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