Post by trog @ 11:49am 20/06/08 | 21 Comments
Good news! As promised, all activation restrictions, including install limits, have been removed from BioShock PC as of today. You don’t have to patch or install anything for this to go into effect for your copy of BioShock – it’s already done!While it sure would be nice if it had shipped with no DRM, its at least encouraging to see the removal indicates that they've recognised that it's better for consumers long-term if there's no DRM.
Enjoy your time in Rapture, and thank you for supporting BioShock and the 2K teams.
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Posted 12:16pm 20/6/08
Posted 12:24pm 20/6/08
Posted 12:30pm 20/6/08
either that or it just "expired" at a certain time and if no patch release renewed it, they could make such an announcement
Posted 01:52pm 20/6/08
If so then all that has to happen I guess is for that server to always allow install.
Posted 01:54pm 20/6/08
What if you try to install offline? :P
I think teq is on the money.
Posted 01:54pm 20/6/08
I guess the activation servers just check the key now and be done with it.
Posted 05:11pm 20/6/08
We're still installing off read-only media, right? If we're offline and the disc itself is read-only and it allows offline installs, I could install it as many times as I want.
Posted 06:01pm 20/6/08
Posted 06:24pm 20/6/08
Posted 08:45pm 20/6/08
[quote]Our other methods of copy protection remain. You will still have to activate your copy, and you will still need to keep the disc in the drive. SecuROM has not been removed -- just the activation limits on number of installs and number of computers you can install BioShock on simultaneously.
As I promised that the activation limits would go away, I can promise that if we ever stop supporting BioShock in the ways you speak of, we will release a patch so that the game is still playable. I believe, as you seem to, that BioShock will be the kind of game we will want to revisit 5, 10, 15 or more years from now. I want my copy to be playable, just as you do, and so does 2K.[/quote]
Posted 08:59pm 20/6/08
Posted 09:21pm 20/6/08
Posted 09:30pm 20/6/08
Posted 09:34pm 20/6/08
thats not to say people will be raving about s*** like gears of war either though.
Posted 09:41pm 20/6/08
Posted 10:42pm 20/6/08
Posted 10:47pm 20/6/08
Still doubt I'll be playing it in 5 or 10 years time though, I hardly ever replay old games, even awesome ones. Too many new games always coming out, don't have time to spend on old stuff!
Posted 11:07pm 20/6/08
Posted 11:40pm 20/6/08
Posted 10:04am 21/6/08
Posted 08:31am 22/6/08
It is pretty meh, as previously stated. Save game problems, detail problems (every player wears the number 13, instead of whatever number you give them, as one example), and load times are awful.
Still, it's abit of fun every now and again...