Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

Yeah true. Valves HL 2 had an offline option even though you had to log online first then had a choice to choose offline mode to play the single player. You couldn't install the game unless you had a geniune copy but once install you could play offline. I was thinking the same for SH5. Maybe they're thinking to do this differently.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Yeah true. Valves HL 2 had an offline option even though you had to log online first then had a choice to choose offline mode to play the single player. You couldn't install the game unless you had a geniune copy but once install you could play offline. I was thinking the same for SH5. Maybe they're thinking to do this differently.

I've never really understood the issues people have with steam. For people like me, who used to have a habit of losing game CD's, it's a GODSEND. It also means that once registered on Steam, I never have to buy the game again, I can download it to any new computer I use and all without hassle and I dont even need a CD/DVD to do it. I know it sucks hardcore for people without perma internet connection but thats why offline mode was created.

At this point, I would GLADLY take SH5 on Steam. It also doesnt deter modding in the slightest, take a look at the Half Life series and the number of mods that are Steam Compat for the original HL, and for HL2. It's CRAZY!

[guynoir]

My uncle and I have always had a shared interest in WWII; we pass dvds of old documentaries and such back and forth, and I keep him in the loop about upcoming PC sims and wargames...

His favorite series has always been Silent Hunter (we've visited the Pompanito and the Drum, and he's toured U-505), he owns SH I-IV AND Destroyer Command, and he's always telling me about his latest patrol...

Well, he also lives way out in the country and is stuck with a crappy little sometimes-on modem connection. His gaming PC isn't even hooked up. I'm now going to have to tell him that this's the first Silent Hunter that he won't be able to play, and that's the saddest thing I've heard all day...

Thanks Ubi for looking out for your paying customers' interests. Maybe you should look up some broadband penetration statistics before you pull boneheaded moves like this.

[rascal101]

Who'd buy the legitimate game if they could track down a pirated copy and play offline without all the crap. Not encouraging the practice just thinking out loud.

Nice one Ubi your encouraging the pirates to get really serious in their efforts, and encouraging the innocent majority to become pirates


Just my perverse sense of humor

Rascal

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

[capthelm]

little harsh i think they should provide offline mode, register once online thats it.

online yes i see seriel and passward register login.