Best DRM in a Game yet ?

As I recall the first Witcher game removed several critial NPC from the game if it thought you where being naughty :eek:
 
Deadbeat said:
Anyone got a quick cut n paste from the link? Can't get to it from work :(
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"he team behind Serious Sam 3 made sure pirates would have trouble completing their game.

Say hello to the immortal scorpion.

Rather than inconveniencing real customers with anti-piracy measures like constant internet connections or client installs, Croteam decided to introduce a big, pink scorpion enemy that chases pirates of the game through the entire level. Oh, it can't be killed, either. Don't worry, if you own a legit copy he won't appear.

Watch him terrorize one victim in the video below."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91q5BtlxK0&feature=player_embedded
 
hairyfeet said:
Settlers 3 drm was a laugh for those old enough to remember it

Theres one to shake off that morning frost, get digging :)
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Still got my CDs here... can't remember off the top of my head what the DRM was though.

Trouble is, DRM like this has a chance of backfiring if it affects legit customers. I remember an article written by the devs of Titan Quest who said that a few of the early reviews were written by people playing leaked copies and unfairly slated it for being buggy, when it was actually the DRM intentionally crashing the game. Even a simple message on menus and loading screens telling the user their copy doesn't appear to be legit would at least help any false positives figure out why the game appears to be buggy.
 
hairyfeet said:
Settlers 3 drm was a laugh for those old enough to remember it

Theres one to shake off that morning frost, get digging :)
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I bought Settlers 3 on release, but I dont remember any DRM.

Though it was complete poop compared to settlers 2, as was settlers 4.

Never bought any other settlers game until Settlers 2 10th anniversary, and now Anno 1404 is simply far too much better.

I felt like the screwed the settlers games up far too much.
 
iviv said:
Earthbound.

The one issue with DRM such as this is what Rroff mentions, what happens if it hits a legit buyer? What do you do then? He goes onto a forum asking for help with the problem, everyone just goes 'lol, pirate' and he doesn't get any help with a game he bought. The same issue with all DRM systems, it needs to be invisible to people who bought the game legally.
Still, this is pretty awesome :D
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I wasted nearly an hour trying to exit one level before googling it and finding it was a supposed DRM issue, at which point I rebooted my PC and it worked fine.

Not the first time I've tripped DRM either with perfectly legal copies of the game :( IIRC Stalker: CS after I changed GPU having used only 1 activation and it then told me I'd used all my activations, support told me (A) Was a known issue (B) They couldn't do anything to help me (C) directed me to gamecopyworld as a "fix".
 
Best DRM is no DRM.

And no, I'm not a pirate but I'm sick of buying legit games with crappy DRM systems that remind me of their presence on every launch.
 
Mr Krugga said:
Best DRM is no DRM.

And no, I'm not a pirate but I'm sick of buying legit games with crappy DRM systems that remind me of their presence on every launch.
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Personally I'm of the opinion that the best way to counter piracy these days is to release the core game for free and keep it relatively constantly updated which payable extra content i.e. like with trackmania where everyone could use the same basic car for free but for a small fee you could unlock the ability to use custom cars. By including compelling extra content people are much more likely to pay the £2-3 to unlock bits at a time and end up spending the same amount or even more over a period of time, it keeps people interested and coming back even non-paying customers which makes them more likely to end up spending money and also makes it a lot harder to pirate as they can't just include one "hack" and be done.

This doesn't work so well tho for a linear single player game unfortunatly tho could be used to make single player games more "living" and dynamic.
 
Buster2312 said:
IIRC the iron smelters produced pigs instead of iron?
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Ding Ding winner!

Have a cookie

I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with drm
I know they have to protect themselves but personally I don't pirate stuff so I feel like I'm being screwed over at every turn for doing nothing wrong

Then you got the online drm like origin which bans your entire account/ea game collection if they even look at you funny, I've essentially stopped buying anything EA as a result which also means I probably won't play the new MMO... because regardless to what people are saying it'll still end up tied to origin in the long run.. its EA.. and I would not grace my hairy bum with the promises they put on paper
 
Rroff said:
Personally I'm of the opinion that the best way to counter piracy these days is to release the core game for free and keep it relatively constantly updated which payable extra content i.e. like with trackmania where everyone could use the same basic car for free but for a small fee you could unlock the ability to use custom cars. By including compelling extra content people are much more likely to pay the £2-3 to unlock bits at a time and end up spending the same amount or even more over a period of time, it keeps people interested and coming back even non-paying customers which makes them more likely to end up spending money and also makes it a lot harder to pirate as they can't just include one "hack" and be done.

This doesn't work so well tho for a linear single player game unfortunatly tho could be used to make single player games more "living" and dynamic.
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That would annoy the hell out of me (if done with a fps etc).

"congratulations, you've finished level 9, now pay us £9.99 for the next 10 levels"
 
Rroff said:
support...directed me to gamecopyworld as a "fix".
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haha!! im sure EA told me to use them before because my bf2 cd broke so i couldnt play it without the disc (pre 1.4 patch) and im positive they suggested to use their no cd crack so that i could keep playing :) all my copies were legit so no worries there :D it's just the response that makes me lol... ummm yea i can play your game cos of it's anti piracy/crack methods.... ah dont worry... just crack it and it'll work haha
 
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