Hey Ubi, consider this...

[mikeydredd]

Entirely agree with the overall tone of the last posts.

It surely is self-evident to any business that you provide your customers with a service/product that

A: is what they want, and

B: is good value for money.

Can we just remind ourselves that this game, including the first patch, was cracked on DAY ONE.

This version of DRM is responsible for a lot of things but it stopped the "pirates" for NOT ONE MINUTE.

Are UbiSoft really that stupid?

Draw your own conclusions. . .

Dredd

[daft]

Originally Posted by mikeydredd

Entirely agree with the overall tone of the last posts.

It surely is self-evident to any business that you provide your customers with a service/product that

A: is what they want, and

B: is good value for money.

Can we just remind ourselves that this game, including the first patch, was cracked on DAY ONE.

This version of DRM is responsible for a lot of things but it stopped the "pirates" for NOT ONE MINUTE.

Are UbiSoft really that stupid?

Draw your own conclusions. . .

Dredd

Was the game leaked and cracked before the retail date?

[kylania]

Originally Posted by daft

Was the game leaked and cracked before the retail date?

Yup, a few days before. It was just the game though, not the campaign missions. It only took a few weeks before they had a fully playable campaign as well.

[Fincuan]

Originally Posted by daft

Was the game leaked and cracked before the retail date?

IIRC it took about 48 hours before the cracked version appeared, which is pretty well by today's standards(normally the cracked versions are out before the game itself), but not quite enough to warrant calling the protection system succesful.

[IanC]

Originally Posted by Fincuan

but not quite enough to warrant calling the protection system succesful.

[daft]

Originally Posted by Fincuan

IIRC it took about 48 hours before the cracked version appeared, which is pretty well by today's standards(normally the cracked versions are out before the game itself), but not quite enough to warrant calling the protection system succesful.

That is in fact much, much better than I thought. Whaddayaknow, the DRM actually did its job then (technically at least).

[mikeydredd]

I remember buying the original Gunship by MicroProse for my Atari ST in, I think, 1989 for 20 quid.

I began to read the manual in the car as my girlfriend had to go off and do girlie stuff. When she came back after about an hour she asked me what my new "game" was like.

I said the manual alone was worth the asking price, let alone the game!

Imagine being able to say the same about SH5 . . .

Dredd

[Powerthighs]

I remember buying the original Gunship by MicroProse for my Atari ST in, I think, 1989 for 20 quid.

That's awesome, I got it for Commodore 64 and the manual was beautiful. I would spend hours reading it from cover to cover (including the tech specs of all the enemy equipment) before popping it in to play. The anticipation of playing it was almost better than the game itself.