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In his/her review titled "Game is not DRM-free", the user Telvas makes the claim that:

"Game is not DRM-free. You have to accept EULA which says:

"By downloading or installing any Software, you accept: (a) the existence and use of digital rights management software ("DRM")"."

Can anyone confirm whether the game does in fact employ DRM measures, or whether this is merely a case of a EULA which was not edited to reflect the game's migration to the GOG storefront?

Telvas makes a similar claim regarding Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Director's Cut) in a review on that game's GOG storefront page as well, and I'd like to know whether that is accurate, too.
First of all, games on gog.com do not (or should not) have DRMs of any kind, at all ... that's the whole point of gog.com.
Why should they themselves go against there own stance in regards to DRM?

Secondly, DX:MD needs you to accept the EULA from Square Enix, which by the way is linked on the store page, and this EULA is the standard EULA for all of there newer games no matter where those games are distributed.
They most likely don't edit and publish a specific EULA just for a DRM-free version of the game. They are just as lazy as you and me.

But, an official answer from gog.com on that topic would be appreciated.
Post edited April 29, 2020 by mitcharts
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mitcharts: First of all, games on gog.com do not (or should not) have DRMs of any kind, at all ... that's the whole point of gog.com.
Why should they themselves go against there own stance in regards to DRM?

Secondly, DX:MD needs you to accept the EULA from Square Enix, which by the way is linked on the store page, and this EULA is the standard EULA for all of there newer games no matter where those games are distributed.
They most likely don't edit and publish a specific EULA just for a DRM-free version of the game. They are just as lazy as you and me.

But, an official answer from gog.com on that topic would be appreciated.
GOG has erred in the past with the inclusion of games that employ DRM on their storefront, and I specifically acknowledged that this could be a case of EULA laziness which does not reflect the actual usage of DRM in the game's code.

Thanks for your "help", though.
Are there any other games on GOG that have DRM built in? I thought the purpose of this site is to sell games without Denuvo or anything similar attached to the game.
Post edited April 29, 2020 by Wychodzew
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Wychodzew: Are there any other games on GOG that have DRM built in? I thought the purpose of this site is to sell games without Denuvo or anything similar attached to the game.
At one point Victor Vran, as purchased and downloaded from GOG, would not launch if blocked by a firewall. I do not know whether that issue is still present with the game, but yes, it establishes the precedent that games on GOG can contain DRM that is not strictly related to multiplayer functionality.

This is why I did not ask for a refresher on GOG's DRM policy or an explanation of how Square distributes their boilerplate EULAs, but rather whether the game of the topic's concern does or does not contain DRM.
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TerminalFerocity: GOG has erred in the past with the inclusion of games that employ DRM on their storefront [...]
And in those cases they have rectified there errors I would believe!?
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TerminalFerocity: [...] and I specifically acknowledged that this could be a case of EULA laziness which does not reflect the actual usage of DRM in the game's code.
I must have misread that part, my bad.
And given the fact that they just link to the EULA from Square Enix directly ... yeah, they are lazy. :D

Also, some sort of confirmation for it to be DRM-free would be the size of the ".exe"; with the Denuvo Anti-Temper present it is usually 100MB+ in size and without it is usually under 100MB.
At least that was the case with many games which used Denuvo in the past and where it was removed over time.
Will need to download the game then install it offline and see if it goes nuts or not.
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mitcharts: Also, some sort of confirmation for it to be DRM-free would be the size of the ".exe"; with the Denuvo Anti-Temper present it is usually 100MB+ in size and without it is usually under 100MB.
At least that was the case with many games which used Denuvo in the past and where it was removed over time.
Okay, let's compare our sizes then! (OMG)

I own the game on steam and the exe is 95,6MB large. Denuvo free .exe files are usually much smaller in size. How big is the one from gog? Anyone can tell us?
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Wychodzew: Are there any other games on GOG that have DRM built in? I thought the purpose of this site is to sell games without Denuvo or anything similar attached to the game.
There are apparently remains of SecuROM in the .exe files of the F.E.A.R. expansions. You can find more infomation here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/fear_installed_securom_all_over_my_computer_does_anyone_know_how_to_get_rid_of_it/page27
Post edited April 29, 2020 by AdventureGamesTV
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Wychodzew: Are there any other games on GOG that have DRM built in? I thought the purpose of this site is to sell games without Denuvo or anything similar attached to the game.
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AdventureGamesTV: There are apparently remains of SecuROM in the .exe files of the F.E.A.R. expansions. You can find more infomation here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/fear_installed_securom_all_over_my_computer_does_anyone_know_how_to_get_rid_of_it/page27
If I remember correctly the remnants were more due to laziness than anything else aka whoever took it out functionally disabled it and didn't clean things up in terms of files.

If I'm remember this incorrectly please let me know.
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mitcharts: Also, some sort of confirmation for it to be DRM-free would be the size of the ".exe"; with the Denuvo Anti-Temper present it is usually 100MB+ in size and without it is usually under 100MB.
At least that was the case with many games which used Denuvo in the past and where it was removed over time.
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Wychodzew: Okay, let's compare our sizes then! (OMG)

I own the game on steam and the exe is 95,6MB large. Denuvo free .exe files are usually much smaller in size. How big is the one from gog? Anyone can tell us?
I checked it its 49.699 KB.
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Bankai9212: I checked it its 49.699 KB.
You da real MVP.

So it's almost half the size, basically confirming it's lacking Denuvo. Sale it is then!
Thanks Bankai9212 and Wychodzew for checking.
GOG games are always DRM free. They might have online features that obviously you need an account for and a online connection but thats not DRM. Every singleplayer part of a game can be played on GOG without being online or registering.

Note that some games might have the crappy dreadful EAC (EasyAntiCheat) but you can disable that generally.
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AdventureGamesTV: There are apparently remains of SecuROM in the .exe files of the F.E.A.R. expansions. You can find more infomation here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/fear_installed_securom_all_over_my_computer_does_anyone_know_how_to_get_rid_of_it/page27
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Mark-Mark: If I remember correctly the remnants were more due to laziness than anything else aka whoever took it out functionally disabled it and didn't clean things up in terms of files.

If I'm remember this incorrectly please let me know.
Yes, that's what it was. As a result, one functionality of the DRM is still active, according to this user: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/fear_installed_securom_all_over_my_computer_does_anyone_know_how_to_get_rid_of_it/post480