no steam for me either. Their price is retarted high.
To bad, but i cant support deepsilver this way.
To bad, but i cant support deepsilver this way.
Option 2
Refuse to use Steam, put on sad face, get laughed at by Steam users, don't play Risen 2.
But the number of used resales on PC can now be predicted reliably - it will be exactly zero! That's more important than piracy according to several publisher/developer interviews over the last years.
There is no empirical evidence to say DRM increases sales because you can't have it when there are only a handful of games that don't have DRM.
Similarly for me, using Steam doesn't mean I won't buy the game but it does reduce how much I'm willing to pay for it. I bought Risen within a week or so of it releasing, I'll be waiting a while for the sequel to drop to a price I'll buy at now.Thumbs down for steam - I don't want it, it won't influence my decision on whether I will buy the game or not, but it might lead me to Gokyabgu's option 3.
Actually that's one of the reasons why I love Steamworks-based games.If I can buy Risen 2 somewhere else and then use Steam as the client - I can deal with it. Not happy about it, as I hate clunky software and things running in the background that I shouldn't be needing.
Actually that's one of the reasons why I love Steamworks-based games.
I can buy a very cheap serial key from some russian/chinese/thai online keystore and then activate it on Steam having a full functional copy.
Also, Steam isn't just a DRM, for every game with multiplayer in it (which isn't the case with Risen, but you get the idea) it's mostly a service. It actually adds value to the product, especially considering how poor are the alternatives for online infrastructures (GFWL, GameSpy? Jesus Christ…).
… I hate this. I should reserve the right to sell my game if i dont like it. This copy protection stops that doesnt it?
Well, you can do that for all Steamworks titles, which is exactly what we were talking about in this news.You can't do that with all Steam titles. Some are exclusive to the Steam store..
Well, you can do that for all Steamworks titles, which is exactly what we were talking about in this news.
Except the ones who have no a retail version, of course. But that was pretty obvious.
Anyway, I want to remember to anyone whining about this that Risen 1 used motherfucking TAGES, which is a very annoying DRM.
Can't really see Steam like anything but an improvement.
Exactly what problems did TAGES cause? I'm just curious because I honestly don't recall any issues.
Not sure why people hate steam, it's not very intrusive or system intensive at all. If it's a question of trust, well, that ship has already sailed unfortunately.
Option 3
Buy the disc version of the game. But also download and install the pirated and cracked version of the game which is cleansed all of these ridiculous programs. Play without the malware program that called the steamclient or whatever.
So, because Risen used a bad protection system - people can't complain about Steam because of pricing and another bad protection system, where they can't avoid a clunky piece of shit software AND the inability to sell the game?
Exactly what problems did TAGES cause? I'm just curious because I honestly don't recall any issues.