Posted June 14, 2012
Trilarion
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Posted June 14, 2012
jamyskis: ...
It should be obvious to all here that the vast majority of retail releases pre-2008 - with minor exceptions such as Half-Life 2 and Earth 2160 - are DRM-free.
Trilarion: Did Mass Effect 1 phone home? It was first released in 2007. It should be obvious to all here that the vast majority of retail releases pre-2008 - with minor exceptions such as Half-Life 2 and Earth 2160 - are DRM-free.
The disc-based or phone-home variety?
Post edited June 14, 2012 by jamyskis
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Gilozard
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Posted June 14, 2012
Hm. This list is a good start, but I'd also like to see SecuROM and it's ilk called out, since I've had personal experience where one of those messed up my computer.
Also, doesn't Steam make you phone home at least once before you can use an offline profile?
Also, doesn't Steam make you phone home at least once before you can use an offline profile?
Trilarion
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Posted June 14, 2012
With Steam you need to phone home at least once after each installation. It's the same like SecuRom with one-time activation.
Maybe we can add info about disc checks or local serial numbers behind the games if known.
Maybe we can add info about disc checks or local serial numbers behind the games if known.
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Posted June 14, 2012
HGiles: Hm. This list is a good start, but I'd also like to see SecuROM and it's ilk called out, since I've had personal experience where one of those messed up my computer.
Also, doesn't Steam make you phone home at least once before you can use an offline profile?
I may put all this into a seperate Google Docs file with public read-access at some point, which would be a better point to include info about the local copy protection. Also, doesn't Steam make you phone home at least once before you can use an offline profile?
And Steam-forced games are no-go on this list because as you say, Steam needs to phone home beforehand before you can install the games. While there are a few exceptions for games bought directly from Steam (i.e. you can buy the game, download it and copy the directory out manually), I've never seen a retail game that you can do this with.
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Posted June 14, 2012
There's a huge difference - Steam can downright prevent you from installing a game (happened to me way too often). Securom-protected titles might require a one-time activation, but that happens only after the installation process has completed (that's why it's so easy to release a patch removing copy protection completely when Securom, Tages etc. are involved).
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Posted June 14, 2012
US boxed release of Torchlight is DRM-free.
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Posted June 14, 2012
ProtectionID Protection Report
02:31:44 | D:\Data\Launcher.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:49 | D:\Data\Monkey1.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:51 | D:\Data\Monkey2.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:44 | D:\Data\Launcher.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:49 | D:\Data\Monkey1.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:51 | D:\Data\Monkey2.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
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Posted June 15, 2012
Paingiver: ProtectionID Protection Report
02:31:44 | D:\Data\Launcher.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:49 | D:\Data\Monkey1.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:51 | D:\Data\Monkey2.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
Still not sure if it's online or disc-based though...02:31:44 | D:\Data\Launcher.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:49 | D:\Data\Monkey1.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
02:31:51 | D:\Data\Monkey2.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
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pedrovay2003
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Posted July 01, 2012
I'm still incredibly pissed that Germany is the only place that's getting Torchlight 2 in retail. I don't want to pick it up if I have to activate anything.
Magnitus
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Posted July 02, 2012
Age of Wonders, Populous II and X-Com are playable without the CD so I guess they are pretty DRM-free.
Not sure if you can backup the CD-files on run the installer from other sources without a fuss though.
Not sure if you can backup the CD-files on run the installer from other sources without a fuss though.
Post edited July 02, 2012 by Magnitus