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these are always my favorite kinds of drms. ive heard a few stories lately of developers wanting to put these sorts of things in
Wait so this game mode isn't included in the full release *sadface*
All joking aside that is rather entertaining :P
All joking aside that is rather entertaining :P
Sounds like it could also make a nice challenge: see how far you can get before the Arachnoid kills you.
Hahaha what a great idea!
Make people email customer support complaining about the issue, then BAM, door kicked in with guns a blazing!
Make people email customer support complaining about the issue, then BAM, door kicked in with guns a blazing!
Now I think this is the kind of piracy-handling Tristix was talking about when he mentioned a way to deal with pirates without affecting the legal consumer.
Steal the game? Get harassed by an immortal scorpion! I like it! Other games should follow suit.
Steal the game? Get harassed by an immortal scorpion! I like it! Other games should follow suit.
Gaming based solutions to gaming based problems. Almost makes you want to pirate the game just to experience this digiasswhooping. When people broke street date on Dark Souls, I felt left out like a motherfucker when the devs rocked some level 99 black phantoms and administered some gaming justice.
Come to think of it, seems like an awesome way to promote. Let people pirate the game, fucking destroy them with some awesome shit like this, and see if people buy the game after. Someone get the president of gaming on the phone, I think I've struck gold in the Yukon.
Come to think of it, seems like an awesome way to promote. Let people pirate the game, fucking destroy them with some awesome shit like this, and see if people buy the game after. Someone get the president of gaming on the phone, I think I've struck gold in the Yukon.
I wish more developers did stuff like this. Aside from Rocksteady (in Arkham Asylum, pirated copies prevented Batman's cape from functioning, I believe, so you wouldn't be able to play past an early stage of the game) I can't really think of any other examples.
This is... fucking amazing. Why don't other companies integrate this instead of sticking players on a ridiculous leash?
how does the software know when its been pirated? sorry if that's a newby question but this kind of stuff fascinates me
as badass as this is, and how I'd love to see the Immortal Pink Scorpion fight the Immortal Hulk Hogan, couldn't you just use God Mode and enjoy the hilarity. And no I don't support pirating games, I Think more developers should do things like this.
LOL is that thing on wheels? Cuz it doesn't have a running animation. It just kinda.....glides at you. Creepy
I givr my seal of approval. I wonder if it is possible to speedrun while the pink scorp chaces you around.
This is how DRM should be done, non consumer harmful security form. This is what this industry needs, people making good and rational thinking about fighting the piracy. Croteam and Devolver Digital knew that a only PC game would be pirated and being released in only one platform it would make them lose money. This is one of the most awesome ideas that I saw in this year of gaming. Hell, this makes me want to buy the game even more
@king Kong five
I was just about to ask the same thing. How di they know its a pirated copy and couldn't a pirate find a way around it?
I was just about to ask the same thing. How di they know its a pirated copy and couldn't a pirate find a way around it?
Fun way of approaching the problem. Could also make a nice challenge like Bunny Raider said.
Don't imagine it will take long for hackers to "fix" the problem if they haven't already.
Don't imagine it will take long for hackers to "fix" the problem if they haven't already.
this sure beats constant online connection DRM, but how this is expected to work any better than anything else i don't understand.
THIS WILL BE PATCHED OUT BY PIRATES JUST LIKE THE REST
pirated games don't know they are pirated games, and so this "DRM" will never be activated. the endless approval for this kind of thing only highlights how blind people are to the ineffectiveness of these solutions.
THIS WILL BE PATCHED OUT BY PIRATES JUST LIKE THE REST
pirated games don't know they are pirated games, and so this "DRM" will never be activated. the endless approval for this kind of thing only highlights how blind people are to the ineffectiveness of these solutions.
Another good in-game AP example was for Radiant Historia on the DS. The game was about paradoxes and correcting past mistakes to affect the future. If you stole it, it would permanently loop the initial paradox and tell you to "correct your mistake". Awesome.
as funny as this is, I don't see how this is even remotely effective. It either promotes pirating to see the scorpion, or it just gets patched out by the pirates.
People who are willing to go through the effort to not pay someone money will find a way around it.
People who are willing to go through the effort to not pay someone money will find a way around it.
Croteam makes 90% of publishers and developers look like total idiots with such an ingeniously simple solution: mar gameplay for the pirate, not the typical consumer.
@How do they know?
My guess is they leak fake copies onto the most popular torrent sites - just like how the music industry did with the loud ringing fake mp3s of hit songs on Kazaa, etc.
Also, this will sadly be patched out via a small torrent in a week :-(
My guess is they leak fake copies onto the most popular torrent sites - just like how the music industry did with the loud ringing fake mp3s of hit songs on Kazaa, etc.
Also, this will sadly be patched out via a small torrent in a week :-(
Awesome. It'll be patched out before too long, but it's just as effective as any other DRM and doesn't hurt the paying customers. You just can't beat that. Every game should come with its own immortal enemy from now on. If Ubisoft wants to be hardcore with their DRM, they could pit you against an army of pink scorpions.
Good Idea. I honestly think that companies need to go after torrent sites instead of fucking over customers. SOPA is shit but I have no problem with a property owner being able to sue a web host for inaction after multiple S&D letters. I say, treat the sites like crack houses. Do some fucking police work, and take out the source. While I am against censorship, I would not be against ISPs blocking access to known torrent sites in order to protect IPs. That would be better than the "treat everyone like a fucking criminal" policies that we are seeing now.
Invincible Scorpion AND a forced squared resolution? That is too much. No matter who it is, nobody should be playing without a wondrous widescreen resolution.
Love it. Needs to be done more often. Still doesn't beat Earthbounds drm. That was the king of screwing over non legit copies.
@master snake
"Now I think this is the kind of piracy-handling Tristix was talking about when he mentioned a way to deal with pirates without affecting the legal consumer. "
You're goddamn right it is. Spot on perfect.
"Now I think this is the kind of piracy-handling Tristix was talking about when he mentioned a way to deal with pirates without affecting the legal consumer. "
You're goddamn right it is. Spot on perfect.
This is the way to do it.
Make it so frustrating to play it stolen that playing it legit can be worth it if you truly want it.
Willing masochists notwithstanding.
Make it so frustrating to play it stolen that playing it legit can be worth it if you truly want it.
Willing masochists notwithstanding.
I'm pretty sure Red Alert 2 featured some interesting DRM back in the day, though it was less creative. It simply self-destructed all of your units and structures after 30 seconds of gameplay.
This is cool, but as stated, this won't be around for long.
Also, the DRM in this game is actually Steam. Which is DRM, yes. I'd love to pick this up, but I'll wait until there's actually a DRM-free version, if ever.
Also, the DRM in this game is actually Steam. Which is DRM, yes. I'd love to pick this up, but I'll wait until there's actually a DRM-free version, if ever.
BTW, this game is great. I highly recommend it. It's fun, old-school challenging, and hilarious. There are particular scripted sequences that I could just play over and over, like the first time you get the chaingun and suddenly hundreds of the little purple shirt guys appear, begging to be mowed down in a hail of bullets. I think I might have actually squealed like a little girl on Christmas morning when that happened.
@Tristrix
"You're goddamn right it is. Spot on perfect."
This is definitely something we can agree on. I have no problem with this. I fucking LOVE it.
"You're goddamn right it is. Spot on perfect."
This is definitely something we can agree on. I have no problem with this. I fucking LOVE it.
@ Tristrix
so even though the actual mechanism for DRM is steam (which you slated for being ineffective), this solution is perfect? even though SS:BFE is being pirated and the pirated version doesn't have a pink scorpion chasing you, it's perfect?
so even though the actual mechanism for DRM is steam (which you slated for being ineffective), this solution is perfect? even though SS:BFE is being pirated and the pirated version doesn't have a pink scorpion chasing you, it's perfect?
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