Posted February 23, 2015
Klumpen0815: That's nasty, reminds me of the "DRM free" Depth Hunter on IndieRoyale/Desura which you had to activate online every single time you want to play it, rendering it unplayable on my offline WinXP partition.
Let's not forget that also for GamersGate "DRM-free" meant that you'd need to validate your game online whenever you install it. To them "DRM-free" meant that no validation was needed after installation, ie. whenever you played the game. Using GamersGate's logic, Steam's offline mode is also "DRM-free" (as long as it works). Luckily, GamersGate users found a way to circumvent the installation-time online validation, by copying the "temporary installer files" when you downloaded the game. Those temporary files where the real DRM-free version of the game installer.
Oh well, I'm happy that at least so far GOG seems to take the whole DRM-free aspect much more seriously than those other sites. To those others, it always seemed more like "DRM-free, kinda, whatever...". They couldn't care less, and now it shows.
I won't be surprised if Humble Bundle/Store will be next in line, they seem to have a similar "meh"-attitude. That reminds me, maybe I should make sure I've downloaded all my DRM-free HB installers.
Post edited February 23, 2015 by timppu