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    Crysis Warhead + SecuROM

    Thanks for imlittlev for getting me hunting. Taken from Amazon.com

    Recently SPORE found itself on the receiving end of a thunderous EA customers' backlash that was heard around the gaming world.

    A deluge of thousands of 1-star reviews in less than 48h (they keep pouring in as I am writing this!) all but sunk EA's flagship and made it undersell in the very important back-to-school market. Did EA get the message? Apparently not.

    CRYSIS: WARHEAD is to be released in mid-September, in the all important back-to-school market. Unfortunately, it too will harbor EXACTLY THE SAME MALWARE SCHEME: SecuROM 7.xx coupled with a Limited Installations DRM.

    I am sure their professional reviewers will be more ready this time and will try to fight the negative comments early on. However, they cannot turn the tide of the majority opinion:
    - trying to force legitimate gamers to pay again and again for the same game by Limiting its Installations is unacceptable!
    - bundling an snooping, auto-updating and in-secret-contact-with-the-mothership utility that retains backdoor access to my computer in unacceptable!!
    - revoking my rights as the Administrator of my own computer by creating irremovable folders or registry entries or subroutines that run masked is UNACCEPTABLE!

    There is plenty of time to correct their mistakes. After all, MASS EFFECT supposedly had its perpetual weekly re-authentication requirement removed days before its release.

    Will EA at the last minute do the right thing? Let's hope so...
    BIOSHOCK was also available on STEAM - and yet, strangely enough, even the STEAM version harbored SecuROM!

    It goes to show that SecuROM has everything to do with data mining in our computers than preventing...any piracy.
    Not sure if i'll be getting this one now.

    #2
    Well if this is the case then I will not be Buying the game sorry To say.

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      #3
      I pre-ordered the game through EA's Download Manager, which supposedly acts as a kind of DRM itself (just like Steam). So does that mean I have to keep their crappy download manager running, AS WELL AS have SecuROM on my PC?

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        #4
        This is so ridiculous. Are they trying to kill PC gaming off? When's the last time you had to use a game key on a console, or worry about overt piracy protections wrecking the functionality of the console?

        I don't know anyone that pirates games, does anyone else? Sure, I've seen creeps like the 1SK come in with an endless supply of game keys, but will these measures affect these people, likely not.
        PC games already have no resale value, the piracy protections pretty much assure that. Where will this end? At what point will people stop paying these companies to treat us like criminals.

        I will not be purchasing this game

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          #5
          wow this is bad, change of plans then, canceling the order on this game.

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            #6
            I was going to buy the game,but if all that stuff is in there,then EA can keep it..........

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              #7
              I was gonna buy it, too. But I'm gonna wait and see how this plays out.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Tuck View Post
                I was gonna buy it, too. But I'm gonna wait and see how this plays out.
                I think that's the best course of action tbh. Wait until some actual evidence is out. We should know by the weekend.

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                  #9
                  oh my god..... I was so not expecting this!
                  EA definantly needs to be shut down... Or at least stop using Securom

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                    #10
                    I don't understand why this would be need if I buy it from Steam?
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                      #11
                      Another thing to remember:

                      Bioshock had this crap on it as well. A few months later, I believe that they removed it (or at least the install limit). When I bought it on Steam, I don't believe it was on it (or at least not noticeable).

                      I understand that DRM is not fun, especially when it only hurts the people who do things right, but I have never had a bad experience with it. I plan on still getting it.
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                        #12
                        I understand why DRM is bad, but why exactly is SecuROM bad??
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by BenKenobi View Post
                          I understand why DRM is bad, but why exactly is SecuROM bad??
                          3 installs max
                          other bad things

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                            #14
                            I bought it on Steam........should eliminate all this install BS.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by BlackArrow View Post
                              I bought it on Steam........should eliminate all this install BS.
                              I hope your are correct BlackArrow. Three installs is not good for people who change hardware often.
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