09-09-2005, 04:10 PM | #1 |
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Will Fahrenheit have some lame copy protection scheme?
I was about to go preorder Fahrenheit when I realised I don't know if it'll have one of those bullshit intrusive copy protection schemes like that piece of crap Moment of Silence had. Obviously, I need to know. Have any of the developers said anything about this?
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09-09-2005, 04:15 PM | #2 |
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If it has Starforce I'll definitely get the Xbox version instead.
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09-09-2005, 04:31 PM | #3 |
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There is a discussion going on at the official Indigo forums, but I don't think they have come to an answer yet (they seem to have gotten way off-topic anyways).
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09-10-2005, 12:13 AM | #4 |
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I don't really doubt it'll have it. That's the way games are these days.
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09-10-2005, 12:52 AM | #5 |
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Well, if it comes with StarForce, I'll still get it, but I'll also get the cracked version.
So much for encouraging people not to buy illegal copies
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09-10-2005, 02:32 AM | #6 |
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I've only had problems with very early versions of Starforce (Black Mirror), so I'll get it no matter if it has that system or not. I don't like copy protections in general, and there's clearly some issues with StarForce, but I do think it's getting blamed for more than it deserves. The moment someone has problems with a SF-protected game, it's immediately SF they start complaining about, even if the problem is related to something entirely different.
So I'll be getting it, SF or not, because for me SF works just as well as any other copy protection system (and I have tons of SF-protected games). Are there any particular reasons to believe this will come with SF (instead of another system), btw? I think copy protection systems in general hurt the PC market more than they help it, but that's an issue for another discussion. |
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09-10-2005, 03:44 AM | #9 |
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^agreed. I felt it had it's problems, but the story made up for it. Plus the developer is an extraordinarily nice chap.
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09-10-2005, 05:22 AM | #11 |
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There's nothing wrong with Starforce other than the mass hysteria caused purely by idiot pirates who to this day still haven't been able to get Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for free. I'd bet both testicles that any issues caused by Starforce are rare and minor at most.
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I am wondering if Indigo Prophecy is going to be on DVD or CDs. I'm not sure that question has ever been answered (or if it was, I didn't see it ). |
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09-10-2005, 08:40 AM | #15 |
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There is a good French protection system on both Indigo Prophecy and Fahrenheit PC version.
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09-10-2005, 09:12 AM | #16 |
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Probably DVD in uk and CD in US.
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Fair enough, ofcourse. It's your system and your money. I'm not going to deprive myself of playing good games that ship with StarForce just because it does some things that I couldn't care less about to my system, but others are ofcourse free to do whatever they want. I'm a bit upset about one thing, though. StarForce has completely derailed the debate about disk based copy protection systems. Now it's suddenly okay for companies to take away your right to make backups of your software, provided they don't do it with StarForce. Because StarForce is apparently more evil than The Devil, Bin Laden and Bush put together. |
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09-10-2005, 11:56 AM | #19 | |
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I haven't had any problems with games that use StarForce, but the only one I've tried with it is the Still Life demo. I played the actual full game on Xbox just to avoid any problems. |
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09-10-2005, 12:16 PM | #20 |
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Yes, there are quite a few people who have legitimate problems with StarForce, and if I were one of them, I'd obviously be wary of buying StarForce-games. My short rant wasn't really aimed at you guys.
Most people who complain about it either have problems completely unrelated to StarForce (that they then automatically assume StarForce is to blame for, because they've heard all kinds of bad things about it), have some misconceptions about the system (like thinking it's spyware or that it's impossible to remove) or just don't like what it does. I would also assume that many people dislike it because it's probably the most difficult protection system to crack right now. |
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