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Sep 12 '08 by stubby43
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Spore! anyone got it?

Right so I just picked up a copy of spore but I've got but I've got a bit of a problem.

See my laptop is just under the minimum requirments to play the game, my tech friend thinks that it will probably still play but the only way to find out is to install it.

This is where the problem lies, if I install it I have to register the game online, my worry is that if I register it and it doesnt work will I be able to install it onto another computer?

My sister has a brand new laptop that will play it, but because were both off heading out (shes off to uni and i'm off to canada) I'm not exactly going to get the benifit out of it.

She said she'ds buy it off my if it works on her laptop but the whole registering online things got me worried that it'll block her.

Meaning I've wasted �35 and stuck with a useless disc.

(it cant be returned because you have to register online).

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:10pm

that game has ridiculously crippling DRM in it. you're only allowed to install it three times and you can only make one account.

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:11pm

fuck thats lame as hell, but atleast I'll be able to put it on my sisters laptop.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:13pm

read the reviews on amazon to see what's happening. people are giving the game one star as a protest, and rightly they should.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:13pm

link

wullagaru on Sep 12 '08 at 1:16pm

yeah that is weird tracer .. phooey and it looked like fun.. but then I can just go an get the creature creator for free and have fun with that.

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:20pm

oh wow they've pissed off a hell of alot of people, do you think they'll actually change things or leave everyone to be angry?

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:24pm

i don't know if they'll change anything, but there's a good chance this game will get pirated a lot more than it originally might have.

Ste7en on Sep 12 '08 at 1:27pm

I imagine they will release a patch after the initial launch subsides

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:28pm

Its a real shame, the fact is their trying to fight pirating but the only people that suffer are the customers the real battle is the hearts and minds and this move is basically the oposiste.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:32pm

game companies need to realize that you can't fight pirating. there will ALWAYS be a way around the security measures. if i were a game designer, i would just figure pirating into the sales projection and release a decent game without any DRM crap.

maddingo on Sep 12 '08 at 1:35pm

supposedly you can install on more than one pc

the DRM is bs however.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROM#Spore_controversy

http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2008/05/maxis-responds-to-the-spore-drm-controversy.php

installing services / shell extensions... yeah FUCKING NEAT..

it is small wonder that PC gaming is getting it ass kicked by consoles when you figure the expense of a proper gaming rig and then the "joy" of DRM hobbled games.

meh... /rant mode off.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:36pm

hopefully they'll release spore on wii. maybe i'll check it out then.

or maybe i'll see if i can get it to run in WINE

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:38pm

Its the same for all the media industries and there always hit hard by the net, the music industry was hit first because file sizes are small, now its film and tv the games industry will last alot longer using old methods of distribution because games keep getting bigger and you need a high speed net connection to download it.

I mean really everyone should be looking at the music industry because they tried everything they could think of to fight it and they've failed they need to stop devoting all their energy into fighting court cases and actually make music worth buying.

I'm worried the same thing will happen to the games industry.

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:39pm

Also I'm supprised penny arcade hasnt made a comic about it yet.

maddingo on Sep 12 '08 at 1:40pm

yeah.... supposedly (I'm not the one to ask I have never cared for RTS games personally) the game play is somewhat "boring"

oh WineAppDB infor for spore..sounds a bit of a mess currently

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13652

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:40pm

they probably will.

i just discovered today that i can no longer access penny arcade at work. that's very upsetting :-(

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:41pm

ya, i saw the AppDB description. Bronze rating isn't great. If there's ever a game I desperately wanna play, I'll probably just end up installing Windows on a partition and dual booting.

There haven't been many PC games catching my eye lately, though.

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 1:44pm

Is wine an operating system?

I'm not that up on my tech.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:49pm

wine is a compatibility layer for linux distributions that lets you run windows programs

maddingo on Sep 12 '08 at 1:57pm

There haven't been many PC games catching my eye lately, though.

yeah.. it is SAD...however Crysis Warhead is peaking my interest

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 1:58pm

well, sure, if there's a computer in existence that can actually run Crysis :-p

maddingo on Sep 12 '08 at 2:00pm

oh psh... mine can run Crysis fine~ish =p

9800GT/ E4600 @3.0Ghz

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 2:01pm

if i had windows, i'm sure i could run it fine-ish, too

maddingo on Sep 12 '08 at 2:03pm

well sure Windows would help there tracer... I do however admire your ~~boneheadedness~~ persistence in building a game worthy pc and not dual booting windows in addition to Linux =p

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 2:07pm

haha. i'll install windows when i need to. basically, once there's a game that i just have to play, there's nothing on windows i need at the moment. i've been enjoying ubuntu quite a lot.

tracerbullet on Sep 12 '08 at 2:07pm

i just hope that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is released for PC. the first game is my favorite game ever.

stubby43 on Sep 12 '08 at 2:57pm

nerds.

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