EA Staffer Not Liking EA's New Restrictive DRM

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I bought it, it didn't work due to finicky connection. I used a hack for it to keep it from having to be online, now I can't play in online game rooms but I can at least do the single player campaign.

So, a legitimate user who bought the game, has to break the game code to play it.
 
Ok, I have had the game since it was released and I have to say aside from the DRM crap.....the game sucks. EA put a ton of time and effort into "protecting" this title but apparently forgot to make a decent game. It took me less than a week to complete the entire campaign series....not to mention the limited online game play is crap too.....and don't get me started on the skirmish mode. Was it such a big deal to at least take the good things from the previously successful titles and attempt to incorporate that while coming up with something new? I have to say....this game is pretty much crap. Good thing us legitimate gamers spent the $50.00 that I will never get back. I will skip my soap box on demos and try and buys since I posted that in another article for C&C4 here. It's nice to know that EA supports the legitimate gamers by not refunding us for crappy games they make.
 
Its always bad business when you screw up a game so bad, the paying customer has to use a pirate version to play it. And some pirate versions could be infected with a virus.

 
Sorry, I'll never buy a game that requires you to keep an internet connection to play it. I have a cable modem, and it is simply amazing fast. But I'll not pay for something that has stipulations on how and when I can use it, especially if I am not breaking any laws! Do you hear that EA? You will not get any of my money for this nonsense.
 
I played the public beta of C&C4, and I did not have any problems with playing the game.

However, I have a very reliable connection. I know many others that do not, and I do not agree with having to be signed-in 24/7 to play a singleplayer game.

I have skipped games due to draconic DRM in the past, but in all I felt it sucked also. However, in the case of C&C4, I didn't buy it simply because I was very disappointed & unimpressed with the game, like so many others.
 
Whenever I buy a game, I also download the crack for it, even for simple disk checks (I can't be bothered to put the disk in the drive every time 😉 ). Now it helps that I don't play online/multiplayer games.

Anyone with common sense realizes that heavy handed, restrictive DRM only hurts the legit user, since pirates get around it within a week no matter what the companies try.

Note to Game Publishers: Take the money you would spend licensing/developing DRM, running the servers, and employing the people to maintain those servers and put it towards lowering the price of your products and developing better ones, and more people will buy them.
 
ea is stupid just release the game simple and playable to every community and sell lot of games. they will crack the game anyway. so what are you trying to do ???
they are just idiots and made mistake and now they will pay for it.
 
[citation][nom]dtm4trix[/nom]DRM=fail at getting my money evar!!![/citation]
DRM = Don't Reward with Money
Requiring a constant connection for a multi-player game kinda makes sense since you have to be online to play, but for a single player it is just ridiculous. It wouldn't be AS bad if it just wanted to do a quick auth check when the program starts since it could also be looking for updates and seeing what friends are online or something.
 
Make a game worth buying fullstop.

They think they can sell any rubbish and people will buy it in its millions.
Pc is not a console, only kids with consoles and newish gamers will buy rubbish
 
You know what, after seeing all these new DRM flops, I can now happily and bravely say that downloading those games mentioned in the articles through torrent sites is the right thing to do! I show my respect to your hard work with my hard-earned money. Yet, you do not grant me the same courtesy! Free stuff!? Come on! That's lame!
 
I have no problems at all since I have not and will not buy CnC4.
I don't like DRM from the first place and the game sucks anyway. I am glad I haven't bought it, I have tried to play this game on someones computer just a few hours before I actually intended to go to a game shop.
This is the worse release of all CnC (even Generals, Zero Hours and RA3 are slightly better)ever until now and the DRM makes things worse.. this game doesn't even worth getting for free from torrent websites....

BTW : the cracked and working version is already somewhere in the net for only after a few days since the official release date...while legitimate buyers can only sit around at home staring their sh*t game without even being able to run it properly

I have questions :
"Why would people wanna spend money on a bad game which is also designed not to be played by being protected with stupid means like DRM? Remember! Not everyone have good internet connection! Are those who bought it stupid or EA is stupid?"

Somethin' to consider :
"Most of the people (such as I) bought legitimate copies of games or programs usually due to the cause that they respect the work behind the creation of programs (games included), not because they are afraid of braking the law, and also they want to use and want to get what they are paying for"

EA, don't just sit there and watch all the disappointed legitimate customer...do som'thin'! or we all will also follow the world of piracy.
 
Okay EA (and Ubisoft), take note here. Look at what an EA.com employee has to say about this DRM crap.

You're only punishing the legit users! You are NOT, I repeat, NOT stopping the pirates. You better think of something else and patch the game to remove this stupid DRM crap.

This is the reason I refuse to buy Assassin's Creed. I won't pirate it, I'll just refuse to play it at all.
 
Even Steam has problems as I've tried their so-called "off-line" mode only to find that it works for some things but not for everything. Since I don't play while connected to the internet Now even Steam is off my list since I can't know what will or will not work off-line.

Bye bye, EA and Ubisoft.
 
Please stop calling your versions "pirated", that has such a negative stigma. Call it a BTO version (Better Than Original) because, let's face it, that's what it is. And I've stopped buying games because of DRM and online only play
 
I dropped EA after they decided South Park for making fun of Tiger Woods and their video game satire. EA is dead, this is the nail in their coffin.
 
The best part about this whole article is the fact that EA's DRM is so horrible that even an EA's employee cant even play the game. Did they not beta test this game? I would have thought something this crappy would come up in beta, but then again, maybe they don't care.
 
"Ironically the pirated version works perfectly by making a virtual server for the game to communicate with, fooling it into thinking it's online. The DRM only hurts legitimate players."

+1 and who knows how much they spent on this only to have it cracked 18 hours after it launched. "DRM Fail" for real...

When will these people get it. You cant stop piracy. I myself bought C&C4 and suffer the same problems with a less than desireable internet connection... My solution, Pirated version works flawlessly, fail indeed.
 
If I could return a game for a full refund (cash refund, not store credit), then things might be different. I strongly feel that a good portion of people demo a downloaded version of a game to try so they don't throw down $50+ for a coaster in a jewel case which comes in a box.

I can return underwear after i've tried them and I don't like them but I can't return a game after i've tried it and don't like it.
 
Unfortunately they don't care what we think. This latest DRM is proof of that. I don't really mind normal DRM on games too much but this is over the top. Sorry fellas, I play on laptop and I don't have net all the time, so they can shove their new games up their asses as far as I'm concerned.

And the Steam system not good enough for them either? Oh well I guess, I will just have to buy other great games and leave this garbage where it belongs, on the shelves.
 
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