Caliant

[quote]I totally agree, now with Steam it is a totally different story, you can't log on without being bombard with messages of new games coming out or reduction in price, that is pure annoying and the fact on steam, you need to log on just to play single player games, sure I get why for multi but why single.[/quote] Just an additional comment. You have no idea how Impulse may evolve.. and since the developing company hold the keys to your access to the game, it could very easily beco

[quote]Is this a joke? Why the hell would you not buy a great game because you need to install Impulse? Impulse doesn't do anything invasive, what's your problem? If you want to deny yourself a great gaming experience because of some bizarre download manager phobia, feel free. Me, I like to enjoy myself and I think there are more important things in life to worry about.[/quote] I knew somebody would come up with this argument sooner or l

[quote]Well, if you buy the digital version, I don't see how you'd be surprised by this. They aren't exactly going to allow people to download the game off of their servers without authentication. You don't need Impulse at all to install the game if you have the boxed version.[/quote] This is why I asked in this thread if there was any reason not to buy the digital version over the CD one in light of my concerns? I was told none. But in all honesty, it wouldn't even matter.

Okay, I purchased the game and unless I'm mistaken, Sins of a Solar Empire does indeed employ a form of DRM. It's not the game itself that is protected, it's the Impulse installer. It's neccessary to register an Impulse account to the same email address that you used to buy the game. After you've done this, you can download an archive copy for your own keeping. At a later time on a fresh or reinstalled system, the game needs reinstalling. However, the archive copy you have req

Thanks for your replies everybody, you've all been most helpful :)

Thanks to all of you for your replies [quote] Biggest load of BS that I've heard in a long time. Sins has no DRM or anything like it. All you need is a registration number to patch the game. Stardock published Sins and they wrote up a Gamer's Bill of Rights and have a strong anti-DRM policy. [/quote] My apologies, I was reading through some web posts about Stardock's Goo system and thought it applied to Sins as well. From what you said, it does

Hi everybody, I'm interested in purchasing Sins Of A Solar Empire, either digitally or via CD. However, I've heard about the DRM this game carries. I personally despise DRM, primarily because it relies on a third party to allow you to use something you have already paid for. This is not the same as traditional game protection as with CD/DVD's, you owned a physical product and maintaining/making it work over the long term was largely your responsibility. With DRM, you have to trust tha