If UBI's DRM scheme is unacceptable...

Avimimus · #1 01-13-2011, 04:42 PM

I'll buy the Russian version and then patch the GUI/Missions to English

Problem solved guys!

#2 01-13-2011, 04:47 PM

Are you sure this will be possible?
If yes, then I will do this too.

Qpassa · #3 01-13-2011, 04:52 PM

Thats absurd. If you just need it for active I see it positive, less "pirates" and Oleg would have more money for development

#4 01-13-2011, 04:55 PM

True, but what if you have to go online every time you launch the game?
Maybe it needs activation at every launch.

Bricks · #5 01-13-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hecke

True, but what if you have to go online every time you launch the game?
Maybe it needs activation at every launch.

It was already stated that this wouldn't happen. And if that isn't enough, the cover says you only need internet for the activation of the game. That's pretty fine with me.

Sven · #6 01-13-2011, 05:04 PM

I don't like ' If ' threads, but this is indeed not what is stated on the lately discovered boxart, like Qpassa said.

Letum · #7 01-13-2011, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bricks

It was already stated that this wouldn't happen. And if that isn't enough, the cover says you only need internet for the activation of the game. That's pretty fine with me.

"activation" could mean when you activate the installer.
It could also mean every time you activate the game.

We don't know (and speculation is pointless right now).

fireflyerz · #8 01-13-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Qpassa

Thats absurd. If you just need it for active I see it positive, less "pirates" and Oleg would have more money for development

How you gonna stop 70 thousand pirates

Sven · #9 01-13-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fireflyerz

How you gonna stop 70 thousand pirates

It will always work better than without any sort of protection... so far I think RoF has been quite succesful on their strategy to counter pirates, and they're still improving it, making it for the fair customer easy to play offline.

yellonet · #10 01-13-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Qpassa

Thats absurd. If you just need it for active I see it positive, less "pirates" and Oleg would have more money for development

How is less pirates equal to more money for Oleg?
That's really over-simplifying the situation.
It's not like everyone that uses pirated software would start paying for said software if it was the only way to get it.
Most "pirates" just wouldn't bother with the game at all unless they could get it for free.
So from the developers and publishers side there's nothing lost, nothing gained, unless you count the loads of free marketing.