I have to agree, 200%. I bought KBL on a whim, I like these type of games (and FPS games) so I gave it a try, I was hooked and completed it in a month or so. I then saw a sequel was made or being made so as soon as I saw I could
BUY it I did, and I completed that one too. I had no trouble with the install but before I finished KB:AP my hard drive went out. I bought a new hard drive and installed KB:AP but really didn't want to start all over again so I found a program that allowed me to recover 99.8% of the files on my old game drive C. I found all my saved games and was able to pickup where I left off. Then I saw Crossroads was out or coming out and I
BOUGHT that one too, it came yesterday and much to my dismay I saw the idiotic message saying I had " 2 activations left" WHAT!!!!!! I just
spent all that
money on a game only to be limited to the times I can replay it, I DON'T THINK SO BUBBA!!!! I plan on building a new system in the next few months using the intel i7 2600 processor and clocking it up, I hear it can go over 5gig, but that's another story. My problem is, I rebuild my hard drive every 12-18 months and with a new system I'll be using 1 activation and if something unforeseen happens I may end up using up all those things before I even finish the game, what do I do then, I'll be forced to to find a means of getting it another way because I darned well am not going to
buy it again, it's almost like your telling people to hack the game by doing this. If you have to use it then at least give the
honest buyers enough activations to overcome unforeseen circumstances, like 10 or 12. The other thing is, if we play it, and due to problems, use up all 2 (or 3) activations then we can no longer ever resale it because no one else will be able to activate it, this is almost as bad as Steam even. I no longer buy games using Steam because once it's installed, that's it, you can never install the game again. I BOUGHT COD:MW but rebuilt the HD before I finished it and when I tried to install it again I got the message saying I cannot because it was already installed on another system, I though WHAT, it's going on the same system, I only rebuilt the drive, I contacted the company and they told me (in so many words) TOUGH! It can only be used on the original system with the original configuration and I'd have to buy the game again. The message I got was that I couldn't even upgrade a video card. I checked their forums and I Was Not Alone, a lot of others had the same thing happen to them. Now, with your use of this activation thing, I'm going to get burnt again maybe. I see no future in buying games when the company putting it out punishes the person
BUYING it, all your telling people is "if you buy our game we will screw you". The people that hack these things are going to do it no matter what protection you use because THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, it's a challenge to them and they ALWAYS find a way to crack the protection. The people like myself that choose to
Pay You Money for your game, end up getting burned in the end. I hope you come out with another sequel, I like the game and I'll get that one too, but I'm paying for a game to be entertained, not burned, you figure it out.
