Arkham Asylum Pirates Get a Gimpy Batman

[XJ-0461]

It kinda makes sense for a game like this to get tough on crime.

And +10 points to the guy that thought up this idea.

 

[hansari]

Maybe there is and we haven't found it. "Wet vines" fiasco involving a threesome between Batman, Bane and Poison Ivy? Jack Thompson would be dancing a jig if he wasn't disbarred.

Preposterous. You know the bat-perverts would never tolerate having Harley Quinn excluded.

Even more unacceptable would be a lack of cheesy music... (I imagine that techno music used in the Assassins creed 2 gameplay trailer... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12e3iKzqlw])

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Since its acquisition of Rocksteady parent Eidos, Square-Enix has announced plans to use similar DRM in its upcoming Final Fantasy XIII, where any attempt to use magic will always result in summoning a rampaging horde of Chocobos to crush the party, the player, and anyone they've ever loved.

That is just pure gold. I hope all game devs start doing this. What does DRM stand for, by the way?

 

[PyroZombie]

Bravo.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Maybe there is and we haven't found it. "Wet vines" fiasco involving a threesome between Batman, Bane and Poison Ivy? Jack Thompson would be dancing a jig if he wasn't disbarred.

Preposterous. You know the bat-perverts would never tolerate having Harley Quinn excluded.

Even more unacceptable would be a lack of cheesy music... (I imagine that techno music used in the Assassins creed 2 gameplay trailer... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12e3iKzqlw])

You nuts? She would be watching on the monitors, but instead hallucinating and seeing two Jokers and Batman.

Aaaaaaannnd this just got unsettling. >_>

Doesn't anyone here remember the Earthbound anti-piracy measures? That game froze and deleted all your save game files in the middle of the final boss battle if it detected itself to be a pirated version. Surely that was the greatest/most evil DRM.

Savage. I guess that means I'll never be able to play it then.

 

[KarumaK]

I wonder if they pirate had time to go, "Oh that's all? Right thanks I'll go fix that now." Before he was hit with a banhammer.

I mean I doubt he's got better shit to do.

 

[tehbeard]

Buy the game or Batman falls to his death, it's like the villians of Gotham are on the marketing team.

Couldn't have said it better myself.
+5 Respect to Developers for this style of DRM.

 

[sunami88]

There was something like this in Mirrors Edge too, Faith would stop running on like, the third level if I recall, forcing you to miss a jump and fall to your death. It's really a brillian-

*AHEM* I MEAN; OR SO I WAS TOLD, AT THE TIME.

Anyways, the Mirrors Edge copy protection "fall of death" got patched by the pirates in about 3 hours after release, which I found kind of disappointing. I hope they found a way to hard-code this into the game, rendering a patched .exe unable to 'fix' this.

EDIT:
Oh, and on a side note, who pirates a game then submits a bug report for it? Do alot of people who pirate games feel that the dev team should stop everything and fix their bug? Or do they feel they're contributing? The guy who posted the bug report confuses me.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Eidos, the masters of good anti piracy measures!

 

[blank0000]

man...you don't mess with Batman


Hat's off to the developers!

 

[Sewblon]

Too bad that they can just write a fix for this and put it on the torrents. At least it will inconvenience pirates when they discover it in the game.

 

[RollForInitiative]

HAH! That's great. We did something similar in some of the downloadable Neverwinter Nights content. Plot items would destroy themselves, or invisible, invincible people would attack you. I love that method of DRM.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Fuck it if I get in trouble for mentioning warez, but there is a fix out for it, partially rendering this useless.

Mentioning, no. Promoting, yes.

I was just about to say that someone would have uploaded a fix. Fortunately for me, I do not have a bug in my moral code, I'm purchasing it soon, along with Red Faction: Guerilla. DRM is fantastic, and Final Fantasy XIII's made me laugh so much. Chocobowned.

 

[blank0000]

You know what would rock? If instead of gimping Batman they replaced him with Rick Astley for the pirated version.

BRILLIANT!!!

 

[Kiutu]

Actually...that makes me WANT to pirate FFXIII just to see that happen.

 

[FinalHeart95]

Or if you download a pirated version it comes with Spyware that steals your social security number and address. Social security so that Rocksteady gets rich, and address so that they can get a monkey to your house and fling poo in your face.

 

[teutonicman]

Man what an awesome idea. I just hope they don't get the same ideas for movies and music.

 

[Jaebird]

First off:
"...pirates have their genitals attacked by ill-tempered ferrets, and the ferrets are on fire."
That was brilliant.

And secondly, I think this is a great way to get back at pirates who think nothing will happen if the download something illegally.

 

[Kollega]

Tee hee hee hee hee. Wonderful.

I have to say that this is quite possibly the best idea I've ever heard of. Good work on the part of Rocksteady.

Next step: "leaking" a "cracked" version of a game on the net, which turns out to be a demo that shuts down 20 minutes in to say: "Insert Credit To Continue" or "You are NOT morally superior."

"Insert Credit to Continue" Would be perfect.

No! "The police are on their way". Oh my god, if I could record their reaction...

Not to mention the few people drunk enough to wonder: "Where do I stick in the quarter?"

Now that's just great. I'd love to see that in action.