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Lathieza




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 17:49    Post subject:
So what site has working keys now ?
I dont want to make a mistake now

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fillem




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 18:17    Post subject:
Lathieza wrote:
So what site has working keys now ?
I dont want to make a mistake now


I got mine from d2cdkeyshop and it arrived in 1 minute and works fine.
I hadn't tried activating before hand and it worked flawlessly.
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royo




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 18:43    Post subject:
fillem check pm
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Overlord123




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:02    Post subject:
Crap, the key from d2cdkeyshop is not valid Sad
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Lathieza




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:03    Post subject:
fillem wrote:
Lathieza wrote:
So what site has working keys now ?
I dont want to make a mistake now


I got mine from d2cdkeyshop and it arrived in 1 minute and works fine.
I hadn't tried activating before hand and it worked flawlessly.


Damn... sold out Very Happy
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dezztroy




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:21    Post subject:
d2cdkeyshop pretty much owned quite a few people in here.
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Lathieza




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:23    Post subject:
FFS>.. im refreshing the pages every 5 minutes and i saw them in stock... i press cart and they are gone again Very Happy

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fillem




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:40    Post subject:
royo wrote:
fillem check pm


read and answered.
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Lathieza




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 19:45    Post subject:
If anybody still knows a place where you can buy a serial please let me know...

And not d2cdkeyshop off course Wink

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Glottis
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 21:43    Post subject:
This game is a perfect example that copy protections work when aren't cracked. Look how many people are buying it. Same happened with Bioshock and even Alone in the Dark. But there are still tons of hypocrites who say that if a game is good it will sell anyway, well that's true, but with a good copy protection it will sell even better Smile

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kumkss




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 21:51    Post subject:
i don't understand why all pc games aren't using this same protection...
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metatron83




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 22:02    Post subject:
kumkss wrote:
i don't understand why all pc games aren't using this same protection...

Must be expensive, since it needs activation servers 24/7 from now towards eternity...

And Glottis, i don't agree with that since it will be cracked sooner or later. The reason people here bought Bioshock and now this game is because both are good, or at least hyped enough to make people believe that.

I doubt we would see these "Where can i get a cd-key?!" posts if the game featuring this copy protection was The Sims 3 or the newest movie tie in game Rolling Eyes
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dezztroy




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 22:16    Post subject:
metatron83 wrote:
kumkss wrote:
i don't understand why all pc games aren't using this same protection...

Must be expensive, since it needs activation servers 24/7 from now towards eternity...

And Glottis, i don't agree with that since it will be cracked sooner or later. The reason people here bought Bioshock and now this game is because both are good, or at least hyped enough to make people believe that.

I doubt we would see these "Where can i get a cd-key?!" posts if the game featuring this copy protection was The Sims 3 or the newest movie tie in game Rolling Eyes


You pretty much just did agree with him.
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Sexie




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 22:17    Post subject:
True, it is a proper game ...

But hell no, i will buy it for 45€+ on Steam !

Sorry not worth for a game without multiplayer . . .


That is why i bought it at onlinekeystore for 13€ Smile

Pretty decent game, had a blast so far . . .
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Quboid




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 22:18    Post subject:
metatron83, they are still sales caused by DRM delaying piracy even if it does only work with good games (BTW, The Sims 3 is hardly a minor game, even if not massively popular among real gamers).

I wish all games did use this protection, then people would figure out how to crack it pretty damn fast. The reason this hasn't been cracked is because it's a city builder from some German company and while it's got great production values (at least the demo and predecessors did), the average WOW or CSS player doesn't give a shit.

Online Key Store just had 12 in stock now, but the site died and now they're gone - probably thanks to you guys Smile

EDIT: Nope, it's back up. 5 in stock now. There'll probably be one less each time I reload the page.


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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 22:18    Post subject:
There are some uncracked shitty games which noone gives a fuck about Very Happy

Anno 1404 had a nice demo and ppl liked it. Even I liked it and it's not my genre.
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Devi-Lee




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 23:31    Post subject:
Are these keys legit in terms that you have 3 installations & an option to get more if you call the publisher?

If they are it's a great example that good games can be sold for a reasonable price.
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metatron83




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Jul 2009 23:34    Post subject:
What i meant is that, if The Sims 3 would have used this same protection, everyone here would have simply waited till a crack it's released, and not rush to get a key or the retail DVD.
For a good game like this one or Bioshock, everyone wants to play it now.

If it's a good game it will sell, DRM or not.

Edit: What Devi-Lee said also. This shows that $15 is a price most people will pay, unlike $50.
That's another reason why so many people here is buying these keys Razz
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Devi-Lee




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 00:08    Post subject:
Onlinekeystore has 150 keys now in stock. I'm buying one but I hope it's legit. How long does it take for them to email you a key?
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Belsameth




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 00:41    Post subject:
@Metatron: True, but The Sims isn't targetted at us, the "hardcore" gamers (I do love it tho) while Anno is more of a propper "game"

The point stands tho. Good protection sells games. The cheap cd keys obviously help even more but that's certainly not everything.
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Lathieza




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 01:09    Post subject:
http://www.onlinekeystore.com/home.php

Got my key instantly Very Happy
Hope activation works

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Immunity




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 01:35    Post subject:
I'm fairly certain both onlinekeystore and g2play.net are run by the same person. Their ordering system and printed invoices/receipts have the EXACT same format. Maybe said person is creating competition in a Queequegs/Pequods scenario (anyone that played Deus Ex 2 will know what I'm talking about Very Happy )

Anyway, the soundtrack in this game is fuckin' beautiful! Best $18 I've spent in a while!

I've got a question though - how come after I complete a mission it shows some of the latter subquests in that mission as incomplete when I was never offered them to begin with? Is there any way i can view ALL of the subquests in a campaign level while I am playing the mission and not AFTER so that I make sure I accomplish them all?

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CookieCrumb




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 01:50    Post subject:
Immunity wrote:
Is there any way i can view ALL of the subquests in a campaign level while I am playing the mission and not AFTER so that I make sure I accomplish them all?

Not that I know of but apparently some of the scripting is a bit iffy at times.
So I made it a habit to just click every docking port thingie (I just realised that I have not the slightest idea how they are called in english O.o)
And something you don't wanna do is build ahead.
I had that in the 4th mission I believe, with the missing children, first time I built and built and built and in the end I was missing three subqests given by the friar/monk guy.
So I tried again and if they told me to get a repair-crane, I got it and not more that kinda worked for me, if anybody actually gets what I'm trying to say
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 02:07    Post subject:
Immunity wrote:
I'm fairly certain both onlinekeystore and g2play.net are run by the same person. Their ordering system and printed invoices/receipts have the EXACT same format.

That's some weak evidence Very Happy

I'd say one store just copied the previous practices/material. I know if I was starting a business like that I'd copy others to get started Laughing
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Quboid




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 02:08    Post subject:
Immunity wrote:
I'm fairly certain both onlinekeystore and g2play.net are run by the same person. Their ordering system and printed invoices/receipts have the EXACT same format. Maybe said person is creating competition in a Queequegs/Pequods scenario (anyone that played Deus Ex 2 will know what I'm talking about Very Happy )


I noticed that - I registered with three, those two and D2 CD Key Shop and they all had very similar signup pages and confirmation messages. D2 has quite a different layout (I *hate* auto-playing videos!) but at the very least, all 3 are using the same content management software, if they're not just the same people.
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crossmr




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 03:20    Post subject:
Glottis wrote:
This game is a perfect example that copy protections work when aren't cracked. Look how many people are buying it. Same happened with Bioshock and even Alone in the Dark. But there are still tons of hypocrites who say that if a game is good it will sell anyway, well that's true, but with a good copy protection it will sell even better Smile


Almost no game uses it these days..so very few coders care about it.. if every game started using, many more people would be trying to crack it and they would be cracked faster.
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Belsameth




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 08:00    Post subject:
Immunity wrote:

I've got a question though - how come after I complete a mission it shows some of the latter subquests in that mission as incomplete when I was never offered them to begin with? Is there any way i can view ALL of the subquests in a campaign level while I am playing the mission and not AFTER so that I make sure I accomplish them all?


Besides the scripting, some quests are also hidden, like the cathedral one in the first level. Just click on everything Smile
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AnimalMother




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 09:13    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
Immunity wrote:
I'm fairly certain both onlinekeystore and g2play.net are run by the same person. Their ordering system and printed invoices/receipts have the EXACT same format.

That's some weak evidence Very Happy

I'd say one store just copied the previous practices/material. I know if I was starting a business like that I'd copy others to get started Laughing


It's actually a really common business practice, 'Gamestation' and 'Game' over here are run by the same parent company.

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CaptainLove




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 10:52    Post subject:
Quboid wrote:
Immunity wrote:
I'm fairly certain both onlinekeystore and g2play.net are run by the same person. Their ordering system and printed invoices/receipts have the EXACT same format. Maybe said person is creating competition in a Queequegs/Pequods scenario (anyone that played Deus Ex 2 will know what I'm talking about Very Happy )


I noticed that - I registered with three, those two and D2 CD Key Shop and they all had very similar signup pages and confirmation messages. D2 has quite a different layout (I *hate* auto-playing videos!) but at the very least, all 3 are using the same content management software, if they're not just the same people.


I had quite a few issues with g2play over my purchases there. One person promised this and that, was very literate, then someone else took over, and was a. a total asshole, b. spoke worse english than a chinese gold farmer.... From my email contact it's gotta be atleast 3 I'd reckon.

Anyway, back in topic! Too bad Anno misses multiplayer but has some online profile shit Sad. Other then that it's the best Anno if not sim to date!
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Immunity




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 10:56    Post subject:
I'm telling you, Pequods and Queequegs damnit, I'd bet my left nut Very Happy

Anyhow, I've completed up to campaign mission three on Hard - having to replay them multiple times to finally get all the hidden objectives. There's an achievement for beating the campaign on hard while doing all sub-quests so it's worth it.

Also for those buying legitimate keys - don't forget to enter your secondary key under Profiles/Unlock Code to get a pre-order emblem thingy - and don't forget to play with an online profile rather than singleplayer one.

I usually despise city builders but this one's a winner. It's just so charming and detailed. Does anyone know if its possible to extract the games music files (or if an OST is available?)

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