Poll: Serious Sam: BFE and it's hilarious DRM

[ImmortalDrifter]

http://youtu.be/e91q5BtlxK0

It's all quite straightforward really. If you pirate the game, the Immortal Death Scorpion comes and hunts your ass down.

My question to you my fellow escapists, is this a good way to stop piracy? I personally think it is; The comedic value is enough for me to be all for it.

PS: Real men don't need "other" options.

PPS: I'm also aware that Dark Souls did something similar to this.

 

['orrible-Troll]

I... Just.... YES! Holy crap yes! I remember a Batman game took away a move that meant people were stuck at a certain point, but Immortal Death Scorpion on Speed takes the cake!

I think we have a winner!

 

[deleted126167]

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[Behazard]

Lol!
Somehow the fact that they implemented it for crack versions, makes me want to pirate the game just a little bit. But it'll probably get boring fast being chased by an immortal enemy every single time you reload.

I do hope it'll help stop piracy for a couple of people, but people who pirate games probably also know how to mod, so.. In the end not really all that helpful.

 

[gigastar]

PPS: I'm also aware that Dark Souls did something similar to this.

What Dark Souls did was leave maxed out NPC black phantoms everywhere for those who either pirated the game or tried to play it before the games release date.

 

[hazabaza1]

*Activate God Mode*
Problem solved. Still, it's good to see developers making some fun out of something that will inevitably happen.

 

[Something Amyss]

My question to you my fellow escapists, is this a good way to stop piracy? I personally think it is; The comedic value is enough for me to be all for it.

Once it's known, it gets cracked along with the other DRM. It being "funny" doesn't mean it works.

So you seem to be confusing "It makes me LOL" with "It's a good way to stop piracy."

 

[willis888]

It's gotten some positive press.

It's worth it for that alone.

 

[Hazy]

I still have to say ArmA II's "turning you into a seagull" takes the cake, but still, mad props to Croteam.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Ineffective? Yes.

Funny. Hell yes.

I can imagine people might pirate this game just to do Let's Plays involving that scorpion.

 

[darth.pixie]

It also had camera issues or something.

Anyway, it was cracked. Still, it was pretty amusing and was a good protection while it lasted.

 

[CoL0sS]

Well a lot of games have something like this. GTA4 (bobbing camera), Godfather (unable to exit car) and Witcher (indestructible debris preventing you from progressing) come to mind. Although in case of Witcher I think it was just a bug

IMO it's best kind of DRM. Something that says "Did you think we forgot about you"

 

[zombieshark6666]

I wish they did something like that, but hidden and subtle.

*every 1000 steps makes you move one click slower. Halfway through the game, you can't move.
*reload time gets longer and longer every level
*remove one color every level
*lower gravity progressively
*random game save erasing

Just make the "bug" reach its climax later in the game, ruining the whole game and perhaps the save file with it, ahah.

 

[Something Amyss]

You mean like publishers/devs/whoever confusing DRM with a good way to stop piracy?

Yes. that doesn't change the fact that the question asked is not the answer given.

None of them have been successful so far, so "It makes me LOL" is actually a step up from "It makes me HATE the fact that I paid for this bullshit.".

It makes him lol up until he actually gets it accidentally or it inconveniences him, of course. It makes him lol because it's ostensibly happening to pirates. Something you, preaching about the ineffectiveness and inconvenience of DRM, should know is bullshit.

But thanks. Going off point "made me lol."

 

[Something Amyss]

Godfather (unable to exit car)

I've had this one happen in Saints Row: The Third. Only it's not DRM, it's just crap.

Sorry, had to mention since this reminded me of that.

Just make the "bug" reach its climax later in the game, ruining the whole game and perhaps the same file with it, ahah.

Until it hits legit consumers. I'm sure you'd be "hahaing" at losing 30 hours of a game for "pirating," even though you didn't.

 

[zombieshark6666]

Just make the "bug" reach its climax later in the game, ruining the whole game and perhaps the same file with it, ahah.

Until it hits legit consumers. I'm sure you'd be "hahaing" at losing 30 hours of a game for "pirating," even though you didn't.

I'm not much of a PC gamer, and even less of a pirate, but how would that happen?

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm not much of a PC gamer, and even less of a pirate, but how would that happen?

Being a pirate doesn't mean much, considering I just said you weren't in this scenario.

How does it happen? Are you asking for actual technical reasons? I'm not even sure I can answer that definitively, but it has happened and it will again. I don't think we've yet seen a single form of DRM that has only affected illegitimate users, and I doubt we ever will.

If you're a console gamer, you can still be hit by DRM issues. I had trouble getting SR the Third to recognise me as a legit consumer a couple days ago, though I had entered the "online pass" code and had played many times. Maybe it will never happen to you, but it happens to people. Actual consumers who are prevented from enjoying the content they paid for because of "DRM" "preventing piracy." I'm not the first person nor the last to have issues with these passes. And that's only one form of content protection.

And you honestly think save-wiping "bugs" as DRM won't affect the actual consumer?

 

[zombieshark6666]

I'm not much of a PC gamer, and even less of a pirate, but how would that happen?

And you honestly think save-wiping "bugs" as DRM won't affect the actual consumer?

The thing is, I don't know what their mentality is when dealing with piracy. No doubt, there are corporate scumbags who don't care who they hurt witht their BS, but it's not always the case.

The first steps for creating DRM that doesn't hurt the customer is to actually disclose what the DRM consists of and to have an efficient verification tool.

Hearing about raging losers in the news is worth the risk.

 

[EHKOS]

We need this. But further on in the game to piss people off more. I remember someone screwed up cracking Dead Space 2 so in the middle of the game it would crash. We need DRM like this.

 

[Hazy]

I still have to say ArmA II's "turning you into a seagull" takes the cake, but still, mad props to Croteam.

What?!?!?! Please reveal more about that, it sounds hilarious.

Can't find any video of it, but I recall that it 1) skews your aim, 2) causes the screen to fuzz up, and 3) completes the illusion by turning you into a seagull.

Proving once and for all that my idea to have a designated Seagull Brigade is a complete stroke of genius.