Does this game use SecurROM?

cstu78 · #1 09-26-2008, 03:10 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6198136...renews;title;1

Yes it does.. I see the damn securom folder on my Harddrive.. I am deleting this and getting my $ back.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/13...les-hard-drive

phoenixreborn · #2 09-26-2008, 03:54 PM

It's not like they were hiding it...

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...?t=3872&page=2

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Originally Posted by Nike-it

It will use SecuRom both in USA and Europe.

Where I live you can not return opened software for your money back. Good luck with that.

Imperial Dane · #3 09-26-2008, 06:10 PM

What is it with people and securom ?.. it mean it isn't starforce.. *sigh* Suppose some people are just whiny..

Besides the only problem i can foresee is one with programs most often used with illegal copies..

pkt-zer0 · #4 09-26-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Imperial Dane

What is it with people and securom ?.. it mean it isn't starforce.. *sigh* Suppose some people are just whiny..

Let's suppose that some people do not like paying for the privilege of possibly getting screwed, while pirates don't have to put up with that stuff at all.
Also, see here for a more detailed explanation.

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Besides the only problem i can foresee is one with programs most often used with illegal copies..

Yeah, like anti-virus software, or ones that allow you to make a backup copy of a game you own.

Imperial Dane · #5 09-26-2008, 06:40 PM

oh please.. it's just a system to enter a cd key with.. just like before everybody got worked up into a frenzy about all that nonsense..

Zhuangzi · #6 09-26-2008, 11:11 PM

The Gamersgate version doesn't have Securom, does it?

Imperial Dane · #7 09-27-2008, 01:14 PM

Does it matter ? It's just a simple system.. just like in times of old.. it's been here for ages.. it's only lately that people have become all hysterical and begun to freak out over it..

Kolorabi · #8 09-27-2008, 03:37 PM

I agree, it's time people stop being so childish. I hate these internet bandwagons. First it was Starforce, now it's Securom, who knows what the heck it is next year.

pkt-zer0 · #9 09-27-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

The Gamersgate version doesn't have Securom, does it?

It does.

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Originally Posted by Imperial Dane

oh please.. it's just a system to enter a cd key with.. just like before everybody got worked up into a frenzy about all that nonsense..

If it was just a simple system to enter a CD key with, it wouldn't conflict with anti-virus or cd burning software, disable optical drives, make your system fail so spectacularly nothing short of a complete reformat will fix it, or, in the best case scenario, simply stop you from playing the game you bought. (This is where you'll go "so what? It's just 40 bucks out the window, nothing to cry over", I imagine)
Or, you can just download a version without DRM and not have to deal with the above.

Doesn't that seem the least bit backwards? Wouldn't it be great if the version you actually paid for was the one that worked better and didn't screw up your computer? Fun thing being, it doesn't stop piracy at all, it only harms people who bought the game. Can you honestly say that "yes, that's how it should be"?

Zhuangzi · #10 09-27-2008, 11:28 PM

Thanks for that info, pkt-zer0. I had no idea about Securom on the Gamersgate version. Normally I'd be more annoyed about this, for the reasons you mentioned, but I have had Bioshock installed on my computer for about 12 months now, and I've had no ill effects.

Can you tell me what some of the problems that Securom can cause are? Do we really need to be getting as upset about it as we did with Starforce?

Thanks in advance.