In response to rumors about The Witcher 2 DRM, the following has been posted in the official forum:
So they removed Tages and went to the internet connection required with the DVD version or did they just remove Tages? My buddy put over 400 hours into that game and tells me to buy it all the time but I just can't bring myself to use Tages if I'm buying from STEAM or D2D or whatever. Game was on sale for 20 bucks including the expansion. Still not worth the hassle. There is no way to find a retail copy around here either. Maybe a handful ever shipped this way. Retail space for PC games around here is next to nothing. Best Buy and Future Shop are the only ones left with a shelf to speak of. Half of that shelf is WoW, Warcraft, and Diablo 2. =/
Yeah well, I'm getting tired of getting...well 'lied' to about games.
They say something, but what they give out is partially that, or totally not there.
Like that old Fallout 3 about close to a 100 of different endings..granted I should have known better, but still.
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Same here..just that the other half is full of crappy games dating from 2-7 years ago. Y'know all the games that no one ever touches, only to see if there's maybe the game you're looking for behind it, like it was covered by accident?
I mean WTF do they need Tages on a STEAM version of the game? Are they really that stupid and or lazy?
I enjoyed Dragon Age too, and that game definitely did not fail. I thought it was darker than some of the other games, especially the dwarf area which was well done. Was it bleeding from your eyeballs, piece of flesh falling off all over the place dark... no.
I swear we had this DRM conversation before too, and it really doesn't matter what they say so much as what the game is shipped with.
egads x 1
There was never a constant Internet connection required for Dawn of Discovery. It was released before the latest Ubisoft DRM used in games like Settlers 7.
In the very first patch for DoD they removed all DRM from the DVD version. From what info I can find in various google searches seems to indicate that the DRM still is on the digital versions (Steam, Impulse, etc.). The only DRM that was used in the first place was the 3 activation things (more activations can be gotten from Ubisoft).
So anyway, the DVD version with the patch has no DRM at all. Digital versions appear to still have the DRM.
This is similar to how Firaxis removed all DRM from Civilization 4 with the last patch they released.
Other games have done this as well so I do like the trend of removing DRM after initial release.
Not really similar to Civ IV. Civ IV did not have tages or activation limits that required customers to call up 2K and beg for the right to play something they already paid for. It was just a CD check.
I agree. If you want "dark fantasy," I HIGHLY recommend Baldur's Gate 2 (plus Throne of Bhaal expansion). It's the game that Dragon Age aspired to be. The problem with DA is that it confused shallow sex scenes, excessive blood splattering, and a highly predictable plot with being a mature, engrossing RPG. BG2 makes no such error. It delivers on storyline, villian (Jon Irenicus is the best antagonist I've seen in any game), party development, and gameplay.
In fact, Bioware should just stop half-stepping and make Baldur's Gate 3 already.
This is for the win.
This makes me glad, so very glad, that I actually bought The Witcher in the first place, when it was released.
This pretty much indebts me to aquire The Witcher 2 when it is released. Not because it's awesome. But because obviously, CD Projekt is.
I'm afraid that it'd forever taint the greatness that was the original BG Triology.
Completely agree. I think it results from playing a single character who's an outcast, has limited influence on the world and has to succeed without the help of a party. Gothic especially #1 felt the same way and also Planescape: Torment. Witcher 2 is now on my "need to have" list.
In fact, Bioware should just stop half-stepping and make Baldur's Gate 3 already.I wouldn't call BG2 "dark fantasy" or anything close to it,
I would agree. I never once every thought of either Baldur's Gate as "dark fantasy". Both BG1 and BG2 along with Icewind Dale were just D&D games to me. Frankly I don't even remember what the main plot of BG2 was, and I played it thru 2-3 times...but many years ago. I loved BG2 and it still ranks as one of my favorite games of all time...but "dark fantasy" it isn't. Was a D&D campaign to me.
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