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2 install limit, as well as SecuROM having a very bad history of not working with SATA DVD drives, makes this game a very very bad buy. Why is it some of the games which have the potential to be very hot sellers kill themselves with DRM. Publishers need to stop treating customers like we are all pirates, since most of us would rather spend $40 on a great game without DRM. Now not all DRM methods are bad, and EA seems to have learned its lesson with SPORE and the DRM system in Red Alert 3, while unwelcome, does not phone home every time you launch, just on the first time and it does not require the DVD. DRM is supposed to discourage piracy, but all it does is encourage it (Thanks to DRM, SPORE is the #1 most pirated game in history) which causes the publishers to lose -A LOT- of money. However with this SecuROM in Sacred 2, it is far from acceptable. Maybe Ascaron Entertainment will learn their lesson and remove the DRM before they lose to much revenue and maybe become the 2nd most pirated game in history.
Especially if I pay full price. I won't buy a CD or game with this feature, and everyone else I know won't either. I hate DRM. 2 activation limit.
I always buy my CDs, games and DVDs. I want the quality, reliability and accessibility of owning my own original copies, and yet I'm punished for that honesty. I hate that the industry limits me like this. Give me a break.
If I spend good money on a game or CD, I expect to be able to install and play it as much as I want where ever I want. Its not appropriate and I won't support it with my money.
I format the dang thing. Hell, it probably takes less time to do a clean install than to manually uninstall each program. Of course people in their infinite wisdom still defend this move.From the official Sacred 2 forums people will blast any anti-drm post for the following reason: you can deactivate an install. harddrive crash) and I have to reinstall the OS in which case deactivating the produc doesn't do me any good. b) I'm moving to a new harddrive and/or computer. I'm also extremely irritated at stardock and their site impulsedriven.
If it takes on average 5 minutes per uninstall (not including the ones that require a reboot) it would take me nearly 2 hours to manually remove the games.I just can't get my mind around this. I should say that one more time, two. This game has a "2" activation limit. While this is technically true it's also simple a headache. I think instead I'll go to GOG (good ol games) and pick up the original Sacred Gold Edition without ANY drm on it. Considering the rampant customer disgust at games with 5 install limits (Bioshock) and recently 3 install limits (Spore), for some brilliant reason this game decided to go with less.
I've easily got 15-20 games currently on my PC. A site that claims to only promote games with limited DRM. It's quick and easy. I don't know about the rest of you but the whole 'notion' that I'd have to manually uninstall each and every program/game/etc on my computer before beginning the process of reinstalling those programs/games/etc on a new computer is not appealing. The two main reasons I would have to reinstall games is either a) my computer had a massive malfunction (i.e. I don't know of anyone who manually uninstalls all of their programs when putting a harddrive out to pasture.
They sell this game and to me it is the worst DRM offender I've seen.I've finished Fallout 3 and was looking forward to purchasing this game.
I hope this note alerts others to check out the issue and decide (against) as well. I almost clicked the "add to cart" button when I noticed the Securom note and followed up about the DRM scheme. I am a fan of the original Sacred who waited anxiously for Sacred 2 for years. Must say I am extremely sad to miss what would have been a great game but I refuse to spend $50 (or even $5) on a product that can mess with my OS (Vista) and treats me like a thief. Right now I am going to spend my entertainment dollars ($50) with a publisher that shows some customer respect.
The original Sacred was a great game that, although not exactly groundbreaking, it offered many hours of action-cRPG fun. Respect is a two way street - and underestimating gamers' intelligence is not a good start.It is a shame that SACRED 2 got shot in the foot by its own publisher. After all, if they can hide behind the "everyone is doing it" excuse, who can blame them when the game does poorly.They are obviously under the illusion that selling at full price a game that is actually RENTED will fail to be.noticed. What is more, its publisher had the good sense to price it reasonably from the start and thus fight piracy in the most effective way.SACRED 2, although enjoys more demanding environmental graphics and spell effects, is just another victim of clueless gaming industry executives. Instead of learning from the history of their own game, they'd rather idiotically jump on the "SecuROM/Limited Activations" bandwagon. Now, instead of being another success, it will simply be another game sacrificed on the alter of corporate Greed and marketing incompetency.AVOID.
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