An official post in the 2k forums reveals that activation limits have been removed from BioShock (PC) as promised. (thanks Blue's)
BioShock Activation Limits Removed
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I'm CONSIDERING getting this game since it's so cheap now and that they removed that activation stuff and I hear great things about this game. My only concern is it's content, from early trailers I saw some pretty morbid stuff (more than i'm used to), so i'm hesitant.
should have been from the start ...
the game isn't called bioSHOCK for no reason
If the game doesn't need a patch then it probably was a 'feature' with a time-limit ...
I guess they were afraid that if people knew when it would time out that they'd wait until such time before copying/buying the game.
the game isn't called bioSHOCK for no reason
If the game doesn't need a patch then it probably was a 'feature' with a time-limit ...
I guess they were afraid that if people knew when it would time out that they'd wait until such time before copying/buying the game.
Too little too late since I already own 2 copies just because I didn't see this coming yet love the game pretty much 
Say is there any chance that Mass Effect will become a useful pile of software for the consumers as well anytime soon? Or should we all put our loyalty into gaming piracy and kill the PC market? Vengeance shall be ours...? Haha
Say is there any chance that Mass Effect will become a useful pile of software for the consumers as well anytime soon? Or should we all put our loyalty into gaming piracy and kill the PC market? Vengeance shall be ours...? Haha
A lot of people are pretty doom'n'gloom about the DRM on masseffect, so I'm hoping they remove it at some point as well. The ME developers and forum mods are pretty active on the boards and sometimes drop a comment in the DRM threads, usually along the lines of "3 activations is plenty, nobody should ever need more".
I wouldn't be surprised if both these games had it in their schedule from the start to remove it eventually, just to milk a few extra sales at release.
I still haven't checked out bioshock except for the demo. I guess now would be a good time.
I wouldn't be surprised if both these games had it in their schedule from the start to remove it eventually, just to milk a few extra sales at release.
I still haven't checked out bioshock except for the demo. I guess now would be a good time.
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Yup since there's no more poop flying around activation and there's also that new difficulty choice offered in Patch v1.1, the one without Vita Chambers which means extra replay value (at least for me), plus if hardware upgrade'd be needed prices are just about OK for what you get for the upcoming titles and maxing out today's Rapture
How 2K has succeeded in getting the players attention so we wanted more background story covered was fantastic, made story telling admirable here, also all those crazy levels and graphic design! The audio is defo a strong point of the game too, makes it worth having a X-Fi sound card! Heck even that it isn't all that hardcore shooting action and may proove to be easy most of the time, I still love this game and it's 15 well spent hours
Ah, the golden era of PC gaming, 2007/2008
Yes I might start to sound like a vending machine from the game now so I'll try and move along with my daily routine
I'm pretty sure the activation stuff left a bad taste in people's mouths already. But nice try anyway, 2K.
Not only that but they left a nice SecureRom shaped turd on peoples hard disks.
This looks more like marketing than anything else ready to push BS2 onto people with even worse crap attached. With a don't worry we will disable some part of it at some time in the future sop.
I don't think people care about the activation as much as they care about the limited activation. Anyone who claims that "3 activations is more than enough" is simply living in an alternate reality. This isn't an OS (and Microsoft's practices are LESS Draconian than this!). This isn't a console. PC Gamers are well known for reinstalling often.
I concur with Brizz. It wasn't the online checking that bothered me. It was the limited amount of reinstalls.
If I purchase a game I should be allowed to unistall and reinstall it as many times as I wish without any hassle or having to contact the publisher and beg.
If I purchase a game I should be allowed to unistall and reinstall it as many times as I wish without any hassle or having to contact the publisher and beg.
A good number of people seem to read that as "no more activation required / DRM removed". It's not. Only the limit of x activations on x PCs is removed. That's why it's a server only thing that needs no change on the client.
Still not good enough for me to buy it.
Still not good enough for me to buy it.
If I'd enjoyed the demo more I would probably buy BioShock now, but the demo left me with major feelings of "meh."
Anyone know how to remove the DRM from the Spore Creature Creator when downloaded from the EA store? It's dumb having to launch an extra program for DRM purposes to play a game.
This kind of crap is why I don't buy games via Steam nor do I play the ones I do have that use it. It's annoying, and in Steam's case, it's really, really slow. Now that I know how the EA store works I won't buy from there either. D:
Anyone know how to remove the DRM from the Spore Creature Creator when downloaded from the EA store? It's dumb having to launch an extra program for DRM purposes to play a game.
This kind of crap is why I don't buy games via Steam nor do I play the ones I do have that use it. It's annoying, and in Steam's case, it's really, really slow. Now that I know how the EA store works I won't buy from there either. D: