Between 1.1 and Mass Effect....my summers shot....

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
With the DRM that Mass Effect is using, I too would say your summer will be shot.

I would advise to blow off ME and buy another StarDock Title. Support developers that treat their users with respect, not like EA and BW are doing with Mass Effect.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I never pirate...so as long as it doesnt bog down my gaming machine , I dont mind DRM. You should direct your anger to the thieves who enjoy the medium, but don't want to pay for it.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
as long as it doesnt bog down my gaming machine , I dont mind DRM
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For some people, this is rather short.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
You should direct your anger to the thieves who enjoy the medium, but don't want to pay for it.
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Why? They're still getting what they want with ease while the rest of us have to deal with annoying copy-protection issues. Pirates didn't decide to plant wholly ineffective protection schemes on these games.

Not to say that I respect pirates doing what they do but punishing legitimate customers without actually solving the problem wasn't their idea.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Seems there removing the annyoing EA required DRM and just having a single activation.

least its better than every 10 days -_-.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Seems there removing the annyoing EA required DRM and just having a single activation.least its better than every 10 days -_-.
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Thats the same as Crysis, I don't see what the problem is. Also you don't need to have the CD/DVD in the drive in order to play, which is a nice touch.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Seems there removing the annyoing EA required DRM and just having a single activation.least its better than every 10 days -_-.
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No they're not. All they did was remove the recurring 10-day phone home authentication. This has fooled a lot of people into thinking they removed the DRM and that EA/BW have done a great favor to the gaming community.

In reality, they're still using SecuROM, you still have to activate your game on-line (and you can only DL patches and new content if your game is authenticated on-line first), you only get 3 activations before you have to call EA support, and no one from EA/BW has been able to give any details on how much you can upgrade your computer before it triggers a new activation. BioShock anyone?

*edit* Oh yeah, and no revoke tool with ME either.

So make no mistake: the DRM is still in ME and anyone that thinks EA/BW did fans a favor when they pulled the recurring authentications is fooling themselves.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Has anyone thought of maybe modding Mass effect when it is released? you know fix it yourself?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Has anyone thought of maybe modding Mass effect when it is released? you know fix it yourself?
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I don't have the technical expertise to be able to do so. However, even if I did it would mean I'd have to buy a copy and quite frankly, I'm not willing to give money to EA/BioWare and give tacit support to this type of DRM. So, no money from me, and I guess I won't be playing the game. Too bad, but there are lots of other games out there.