Will the DRM affect your Purchase?

Gezoes · 01-29-10, 08:02 AM

So just so I understand. This is not like Empire: Total War, wich needs a Steam authentication once, and the game will play without an internet connection. Not that I've played it since, too many trademark features from the series are gone, comparable to not having several U-boat types and 1944 and 1945.

But apart from that, SH5 will need a continious internet connection instead of just once for authentication? A friend of mine (with a laptop) bought Empire and (wireless) authenticated at my place, then he could play at home, without internet.

Empire was a disaster, but as I understand it now, SH5 will always need internet? Not just for authentication or DLC. So one hickup and wammo, game crashes, stops? Surely that cannot be the case. Steam isn't that bad, although hell for modding, but at least one can play the game offline. And won't this DRM check our version, so say we have a couple of mods, it will detect it as an 'illegal' version?

I have a bad feeling about this. I'm not being deliberately negative, it's just that I've seen too many bad examples in gameland. This doesn't bode well.

View Poll Results: Will the new DRM affect your SH5 purchase
"Makes no difference to me"	191	15.44%
I'll cancel my pre-order & wait	148	11.96%
Wait for UBI to remove the online DRM	761	61.52%
Not going to at all now.	137	11.08%
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01-29-10, 08:02 AM	#11
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	So just so I understand. This is not like Empire: Total War, wich needs a Steam authentication once, and the game will play without an internet connection. Not that I've played it since, too many trademark features from the series are gone, comparable to not having several U-boat types and 1944 and 1945. But apart from that, SH5 will need a continious internet connection instead of just once for authentication? A friend of mine (with a laptop) bought Empire and (wireless) authenticated at my place, then he could play at home, without internet. Empire was a disaster, but as I understand it now, SH5 will always need internet? Not just for authentication or DLC. So one hickup and wammo, game crashes, stops? Surely that cannot be the case. Steam isn't that bad, although hell for modding, but at least one can play the game offline. And won't this DRM check our version, so say we have a couple of mods, it will detect it as an 'illegal' version? I have a bad feeling about this. I'm not being deliberately negative, it's just that I've seen too many bad examples in gameland. This doesn't bode well. __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.