OldJadedGamer
Banned
In this instance the theater would give you a refund.
Sim City is now down, the maintenance message is amazing
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In this instance the theater would give you a refund.
My question is if the crack is real, who did skidrow steal it from? I remember when skidrow claimed they cracked AC2, but what they did is they took all the work some people did on another forum to crack the game and put it in a nice compact dll file and claimed they did it all.
You know how the community knew skidrow copied them? They added false data lines in the detection file to simulate a server for AC 2 to play. Same exact false data.
Good ol shitrow.
You know how the community knew skidrow copied them? They added false data lines in the detection file to simulate a server for AC 2 to play. Same exact false data.
Good ol shitrow.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
...and they would apologize instead of banning you from the theater. The game industry is so far out of control it's ridiculous.
Oh Jesus. Imagine if everyone at the theater spoke like the EA customer service reps!
Nightmare inducing thought right there.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
No, they destroyed always online DRM.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
Are you sure it's unfortunate? If left to EA the game would be worthless and unplayable in a few years.
This. Seems like the pirates are our only hope for games preservation.
What times we live... where actual customers who paid real money need to wait for pirates to play their game.
Diablo was not cracked, what are You talking about?
ambientmystic
Member
This can't be quoted enough. There's a whole generation of online only games that will be unknown to future generations thanks to this incredibly short sighted practice of the greedy money grubbing publishers.
When I clicked that link yesterday I got some sort of cannot connect to server error message and thought that WAS the review and thought it was pretty clever. So really the review works even with the server down.
Can't wait for EA to ban people from Origin and from even playing Sim City if they can detect if a legitimate customer is using a different executable/crack.
NinjaTehFish
Banned
Guys, Especially if your Australian, Hit up you local consumer affairs watchdog and lodge a complaint.
The only way EA will notice a thing is if your country refuses sale of the game due to these anti-consumer measures and the only way this will happen is if you make your voice heard.
Australia:
http://www.accc.gov.au/
US:
http://www.ftc.gov/
If this has affected you or someone you know please urge them to contact the local equivalent of the organizations above.
The only way EA will notice a thing is if your country refuses sale of the game due to these anti-consumer measures and the only way this will happen is if you make your voice heard.
Australia:
http://www.accc.gov.au/
US:
http://www.ftc.gov/
If this has affected you or someone you know please urge them to contact the local equivalent of the organizations above.
ambientmystic
Member
Last I heard pirates could only play through act 1 though. I presume they've properly emulated all the acts by now?
Don't know.
Last time i checked [few months ago] AI was still not resolved and skill werent working properly and that took months.
Show youtube video then.
So Many Bullets
Neo Member
Stop buying this crap people. You are ruining it for the rest of us.
A lot of people that bought it aren't here on Gaf, they have to learn the hard way unfortunately.
The theater would be on fire before the 2nd customer was banned.
Yeah that's why I put the question mark there in parethesis. Piracy is actually great for preservation purposes.
Art Teitlebaum
Member
Do you remember the good ol'days, when you just threw in a game and played it? Just like that?
Most likely they will fix it in one way or another in the next days, but the sheer arrogance of the way they deal with the intrinsic problems of their shitty always-online model is making me puke.
I wished the gaming community would leave this shit on the shelves. Goddamn this crap should be boycotted, but it's selling like hot cakes here in Germany. Sad times.
Most likely they will fix it in one way or another in the next days, but the sheer arrogance of the way they deal with the intrinsic problems of their shitty always-online model is making me puke.
I wished the gaming community would leave this shit on the shelves. Goddamn this crap should be boycotted, but it's selling like hot cakes here in Germany. Sad times.
If AlwaysOnline-DRM games are still crackable... why the fuck does AlwaysOnline-DRM exist?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
because they aren't cracked on the 1st day.
Interrobang
Member
Wanting people to play online has nothing to do with these decisions. They need to come out and admit this shit was all due to piracy-worries. The game has less features than it's predecessors for crying out loud. They're so worried about pirates that they're alienating the people that actually want to pay.
Only on the 2nd day?
lol. classic
It's not just piracy, a sparse initial offering means more opportunity for selling DLC, and if you're always online they not only know that you are 100% able to buy it, but they can reach you 100% of the time to advertise it.
SolsticeZero
Banned
Nail on the head, good sir. EA wants to peddle that DLC more than anything.
Interrobang
Member
Too true.
Just came across this:
https://www.change.org/petitions/el...ways-online-drm-from-simcity-and-future-games
It's a petition. I know these things are usually silly and pointless, but figured I should share for anyone thinking it helps. I would sign this if it didn't ask me all this information.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Boogie(Francis) on simcity and consumerism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2NTxSyb_uQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2NTxSyb_uQ
I'm pretty sure its stepping stones towards all games being hosted in the cloud, where you don't own any physical media or even files. You'll have a profile with saves attached to it and use that to connect to games that you hire/rent from providers like Steam and Origin. Every single player game will have an always online requirement and you'll not only be targeted for pertinent DLC, but media groups will strike deals with Valve, EA and whoever else to showcase the latest films, cars and consumables. It's already happening in Xbox live.
When we lose the ability to game offline, we're truly fucked. When it trickles in like this it receives backlash, but if the publishers stay the course and make sure its just a trickle, they're golden. There's new gamers coming in all the time who will be far easier 'sells' and resist far less. They'll grow up accepting always online.
Yep, sounds perfectly reasonable and thanks to pre-ordering hype-types is inevitable.
I need a drink
SolsticeZero
Banned
Yep, sounds perfectly reasonable and thanks to pre-ordering hype-types is inevitable.
I need a drink
You and me both, brother. First round's on you.
It's only going to happen if gamers let it.
When it does, don't blame the corporations for trying to nickel and dime you.
SolsticeZero
Banned
That, and I don't feel like buying the "Day One Vodka DLC Pack"
Ubisoft backed away from always online drm after much criticism.
Diablo 3 and Sim City is the only one that currently use it to my knowledge and both games are getting crap for it. I don't see Blizzard changing its position on D3 but I could see EA cave and offer an offline mode.
The cloud gaming I can see happen if we are still gaming on closed systems with access to unlimited bandwidth.
maniac-kun
Member
So is there a crack that works?
ScepticMatt
Member
I think many aren't surprised. I have never bought an online-only game - the only multiplayer-only games I play either have LAN or are F2P.