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 Posted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 19:35 Post subject: PC games who gone unprotected |
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What do you think about maintaining a thread with the list of PC games who originaly used some kind of copy protection, but it got removed by a recent (or not so recent) patch.
Let me start:
Arcanum - since any unofficial
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - since 3.19
Civilization IV: Colonization - since 1.01f
Colin McRae DiRT - since 1.22
Command & Conquer: The First Decade - since 1.03
Diablo 2 (and LOD) - since 1.12
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 2 - since 1.03
Far Cry 2 - since 1.03
Gothic 3 - since 1.70
Heroes of Might & Magic V - since 1.60
Neverwinter Nights (and expansions) - since 1.67
Neverwinter Nights 2 (and expansions) - since 1.23.1765
Prey - since 1.4
Quake IV - since 1.2
Sacred Underworld / Gold - since 2.28
Shadowgrounds - since 1.05
Supreme Commander - since 1.1.3280
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - since 1.5.3598
SunAge - since 1.08
Tarr Chronicles - since 1.0.4.0
The Witcher - since 1.5
Unreal Tournament 3 - since 1.2
X3: Reunion - since 2.5
Warcraft 3 (and TFT) - since 1.21b
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Neon
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 19:38 Post subject: |
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Splinter Cell: Double Agent
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zmed
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 19:41 Post subject: |
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Anno 1404 (without expansion)
I believe X3 Terran Conflict also got its protection removed.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 21:27 Post subject: |
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operation flashpoint, arma, arma2
and there's a bunch that came without any protection
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Vassago
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 21:45 Post subject: |
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Arma 2 needs a valid serial#. Many of the others too. Only disc check removed.
Hulk to superman: Puny man, who wears his underwear on the outside.
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crossmr
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Mar 2010 04:29 Post subject: |
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| Vassago wrote: | | Arma 2 needs a valid serial#. Many of the others too. Only disc check removed. |
A serial isn't copy protection. It doesn't prevent you from copying a game or running without a disc check.
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chiv
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Mar 2010 06:09 Post subject: |
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im begging you.. change the subject title... im getting inappropriate mental images here..
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Mar 2010 12:28 Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
A serial isn't copy protection. It doesn't prevent you from copying a game or running without a disc check. |
A serial is classified as copy protection. Go read and educate yourself;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection
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zmed
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Mar 2010 12:35 Post subject: |
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Not to mention FADE. AFAIK it's still in effect and that's as much of a copy protection as any.
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juniR
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Mar 2010 13:18 Post subject: |
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I personally don't consider a game as unprotected unless you can install it and play it fully without it needing a crack or serial. That would exclude things like Diablo 2, SC etc. I can't comment on all the titles but The Witcher is one I know is totally open now but it's only SP.
More useful - to some anyway - might have been a thread with games where you can play SP and MP without buying the game. The stickied GFWL thread has a few and obviously Borderlands, CIV 4. come to mind.
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