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EA's Cleanup Over Spore is Going to Be Big. Real Big

Mashable writes: "To sum up, the debut of Spore was met with ample applause and plenty of discussion about the Johnny-play-god element of the evolutionary process. All in good fun, of course. The last several days of Spore's official real-world introduction have also been chock-full of a pretty astonishing level of spite leveled at Electronic Arts for presenting buyers of the $50 title with restrictive DRM. It's been reported that EA has allowed for a total of 3 unique activations per consumer for use of the product."

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MK_Red5731d ago

DRM is just stupid. I know people that want to buy a game but when they hear a game has DRM, they instead go download / torrent the game. This thing is actually helping the piracy instead of stopping it. I know piracy caused this but this is too much and it is an insult to gamers that pay for real and legit games.

dragunrising5731d ago

The DRM only allows for one. EA said they were amending the manuals to the game to fix the typo. Pretty bad any way you look at it. Pirating the game however won't make DRM go away. Don't buy the game if you don't like the DRM. This will send a better message to EA that DRM hurts legit purchases.

Raf1k15731d ago

i couldnt wait to buy this game

and then i heard u could only install it 3 times so i didnt bother

but im wonderin, if i was to buy the real thing, would it be legal for me to then download a cracked version?

Perjoss5731d ago

In my opinion, if you have payed full price for a game and for whatever reason you are unable to play it anymore (maybe your disk is lost, maybe you have installed 3 times and cant install it anymore) I think you are entitled to get it again from torrent, as long as you have not traded the game or sold it etc. Of course this is against the law, but everyone abides by the law to whatever degree they feel like.

I used to pirate games myself, but I've had a lucky break career wise and I can afford to buy games now so I do, especially PC games. In the rare case that a game does not have a demo and I really want to check it out before buying I will still torrent and then buy if I like, but I wont play the whole game in torrent form, I can usually tell from the first few mins of playing if I want the game or not.

I really really hope they can find a reasonable way to reduce piracy on the PC as it is an awesome platform, makes me sad to see it in the state it is today :(

jay25731d ago

If you have a retail disc, you're NOT breaking any laws, but to tell you the truth, it gets repedative. and boring, I'm on the space stage and can't be bothered to finish it.

Fux4Bux5731d ago

DRM is such a joke. Steam is an example of right way to go.

When you can download a cracked DRM free version a WEEK BEFORE the actual release, the system has proved a failure.

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The 10 Weirdest Video Games You Can Play Today

From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."

BlackDoomAx1108d ago

The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)

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The 10 Best Video Games With Cut Content

From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."

anast1114d ago (Edited 1114d ago )

I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.

-Foxtrot1114d ago

"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"

Really?

MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.

Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.

lsujester1114d ago (Edited 1114d ago )

Story issues aside, V has amazing gameplay. I'm not sure what you're wanting out of the world in terms of "things to do", it's all the great gameplay the series has always had. Useless filler that other open worlds have like collecting flags and petting horses would have added nothing to that game.

JRMVN1108d ago

THE TRUTH! I don't even know how that game gets praised. The previous ones were so much better.

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Classic Games I'd Love To See Again.

While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.

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