I bought BioShock - Page 3

SUBMAN1 · 09-20-07, 09:40 AM

I know - let the flogging start since I shouldn't be supporting this form of copyprotection, but I did anyway. Besides, it was on sale for $39. My reasoning is two fold - 1. being that it is a great game as said by every review possible, and 2. being that I was very interested in the copy protection itself - whats it look like? I spent most of last night toying with it to see if it could be fooled, and yes, it can be fooled. I now have a working installation without needing my CD key for activation (4 installs later - uggh!), and does not require the DVD to be in the drive, so don't let anyone tell you this is not possible. I had to accomplish this to make sure my key never becomes invalidated like others I have read about - that's just crazy and anti-customer in my opnion.

On the game front, I did get a little time in on it, but not enough to draw my own opinions. Great graphics with fluid motion is a given (playing on an x1900 XTX). The plane wreck in the Atlantic was entertaining with fire on the water in the middle of the night. The water motion and the way water looks in game I have to say does look great as everyone says. It is not slow moving either, but fast and fluid.

Anyway, I'll report more later on after I'm in a little ways in.

-S

09-20-07, 09:40 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I bought BioShock I know - let the flogging start since I shouldn't be supporting this form of copyprotection, but I did anyway. Besides, it was on sale for $39. My reasoning is two fold - 1. being that it is a great game as said by every review possible, and 2. being that I was very interested in the copy protection itself - whats it look like? I spent most of last night toying with it to see if it could be fooled, and yes, it can be fooled. I now have a working installation without needing my CD key for activation (4 installs later - uggh!), and does not require the DVD to be in the drive, so don't let anyone tell you this is not possible. I had to accomplish this to make sure my key never becomes invalidated like others I have read about - that's just crazy and anti-customer in my opnion. On the game front, I did get a little time in on it, but not enough to draw my own opinions. Great graphics with fluid motion is a given (playing on an x1900 XTX). The plane wreck in the Atlantic was entertaining with fire on the water in the middle of the night. The water motion and the way water looks in game I have to say does look great as everyone says. It is not slow moving either, but fast and fluid. Anyway, I'll report more later on after I'm in a little ways in. -S __________________