Electronic Arts UK Community - View Single Post - Stupidest Anti Piracy yet or PC Mass Effect

lmimmfn · 06-05-2008, 11:04 PM

Jebus when are companies gonna learn, IF PEOPLE ARE PIRATING SOFTWARE THEY ARE NOT POTENTIAL COSTOMERS, THEY WONT BUY ANYWAY

Needs internet connection to phone home every 5 days of play and if phone home doesnt work you cant play the game until it does, so screw anyone who doesnt have a net connection or a permanent net connection

MAXCONSOLE - MaxConsole - PC Mass Effect will require internet connection

This is an absolute disgrace, and up there with the crap that 2K pulled for Bioshock making it unplayable for a lot of customers

And another thing, this should have been published here already to let customers/potential customers know what to expect

More EA awkwardness to try and get us all to switch to consoles and buy more expensive games, no thanks

Oh and my 'f' key doesnt work, hence the 'or' in the title instead of 'for'

*EDIT* Oh and only 3 activations in total, so harddrive dies +1 activation, OS reinstall +1 activation. 3 In total and youve gotta ring tech support

06-05-2008, 11:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
lmimmfn Forum Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,116	Stupidest Anti Piracy yet or PC Mass Effect Jebus when are companies gonna learn, IF PEOPLE ARE PIRATING SOFTWARE THEY ARE NOT POTENTIAL COSTOMERS, THEY WONT BUY ANYWAY Needs internet connection to phone home every 5 days of play and if phone home doesnt work you cant play the game until it does, so screw anyone who doesnt have a net connection or a permanent net connection MAXCONSOLE - MaxConsole - PC Mass Effect will require internet connection This is an absolute disgrace, and up there with the crap that 2K pulled for Bioshock making it unplayable for a lot of customers And another thing, this should have been published here already to let customers/potential customers know what to expect More EA awkwardness to try and get us all to switch to consoles and buy more expensive games, no thanks Oh and my 'f' key doesnt work, hence the 'or' in the title instead of 'for' EDIT Oh and only 3 activations in total, so harddrive dies +1 activation, OS reinstall +1 activation. 3 In total and youve gotta ring tech support __________________ CPU: Motorolla 68030 with FPU Ram: 10 Meg Harddrive : 160Meg IDE GPU: AGA with Fatter Agnus Soundcard: Paula OS: Workbench 3.1 Best Gamer Ever: Turrican 2 3DMark06 Score: ~13000 Last edited by lmimmfn; 06-05-2008 at 11:40 PM.