Today's Giveaway Prize
Green Man Gaming has Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year Edition (PC Digital Download) on sale for $7.49 - 35% coupon code WINTR-SRVEY-42012 = $4.87. Please refer to forum thread for additional info. Thanks Insomniac34
Note, game activates via Steam Client.
Price Research: Our research indicates that Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year Edition (PC Digital Download) is $25.13 lower (83% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices ranging from $30. - Discombobulated
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Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year Edition (PC Digital Download) $5 (expired)
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GreenManGaming currently has Batman: Arkham City GOTY on sale for $7.49 (75% off). Use voucher code GMG25-CZPYL-D5MQ6 to take off an additional 25%, bringing the final price down to $5.62.
Link [greenmangaming.com]
You can bring the price down further by taking the GMG Winter Survey [surveymonkey.com] to receive a one-time-use voucher for 35% off. This would bring the price of the game down to $4.87. The survey takes no more than 5-10 minutes to complete.
Game requires Steam for activation. Sale ends Thursday, December 13th at 7:00 AM EST
Link [greenmangaming.com]
You can bring the price down further by taking the GMG Winter Survey [surveymonkey.com] to receive a one-time-use voucher for 35% off. This would bring the price of the game down to $4.87. The survey takes no more than 5-10 minutes to complete.
Game requires Steam for activation. Sale ends Thursday, December 13th at 7:00 AM EST
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Batman Arkham City Review, DX11 Explored from HotHardware [hothardware.com]
This game uses securom and GFWL (games for windows live) DRM regardless of whether the steam edition is purchased or not. The steam edition uses steam as well of course.
http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/content.php/16-DRMs#securom
If you check steam's page you'll get some, although for older titles they don't necessarily say. It's good to check here as well:
http://steamdrm.flibitijibibo.com/index.php?page=DRM_Lists/The_Big_DRM_List
And a google for <game name> drm etc.. when still in doubt. Also, looking in the steam forums for a game can sometimes be informative.
Basically, the downsides of installing securom is first that you have limited activations. This is important for any game you may want to play again down the line. Additionally, it's known to cause performance issues (I noticed this very clearly every time I installed a game using it) - not just in games but general computing. It will also interfere with other software. In fact the last time I installed a game with it, it fried my BR drive with a crappy "Sony disc helper" driver. I forget the exact name for it now but it basically intercepted the optical media drive and jacked with it. Finally, uninstalling securom can be a chore because it behaves like a rootkit virus - meaning that it embeds itself in your system and will reinstall itself if not completely removed. The only way to be completely sure you removed it is to either format your machine with a new windows install or if you're lucky to have a system backup image from before you installed it.
This game uses securom and GFWL (games for windows live) DRM regardless of whether the steam edition is purchased or not. The steam edition uses steam as well of course.
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Quote from shayex If you don't mind me asking, and maybe it'll be good to have all these answers in a single post: :I have a lot of steam games, what other big games on steam require securom, how do I know If I already have securom installed, and what are the risks/downsides of having it installed? Thanks! And thanks, OP! |
http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/content.php/16-DRMs#securom
If you check steam's page you'll get some, although for older titles they don't necessarily say. It's good to check here as well:
http://steamdrm.flibitijibibo.com/index.php?page=DRM_Lists/The_Big_DRM_List
And a google for <game name> drm etc.. when still in doubt. Also, looking in the steam forums for a game can sometimes be informative.
Basically, the downsides of installing securom is first that you have limited activations. This is important for any game you may want to play again down the line. Additionally, it's known to cause performance issues (I noticed this very clearly every time I installed a game using it) - not just in games but general computing. It will also interfere with other software. In fact the last time I installed a game with it, it fried my BR drive with a crappy "Sony disc helper" driver. I forget the exact name for it now but it basically intercepted the optical media drive and jacked with it. Finally, uninstalling securom can be a chore because it behaves like a rootkit virus - meaning that it embeds itself in your system and will reinstall itself if not completely removed. The only way to be completely sure you removed it is to either format your machine with a new windows install or if you're lucky to have a system backup image from before you installed it.
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however, my computer is fast enough to handle any resource hog, so i guess it works for me
however, my computer is fast enough to handle any resource hog, so i guess it works for me
That's not true. I was posting because there are plenty of people who are fighting it. Why else do you think ubisoft caved from their insanely draconian always-on drm to shift to a more steam-like version? It was because people weren't putting up with their crap. There are enough good games out there that I can wait for them to remove all the crap from this before playing it... assuming I still even want to by the time they do that.
Not to belabor the point, since I know there're people on here who don't care whether there's DRM or not (assuming it doesn't jack up their machines- the primary reason I've become so anti-DRM). I simply wanted to inform of the presence of DRM for those like me who care and to correct your post claiming that it's useless to fight it when we have clear evidence that it's effective.
Not to belabor the point, since I know there're people on here who don't care whether there's DRM or not (assuming it doesn't jack up their machines- the primary reason I've become so anti-DRM). I simply wanted to inform of the presence of DRM for those like me who care and to correct your post claiming that it's useless to fight it when we have clear evidence that it's effective.
regardless, yes, you have a right to not use products that you do not like. more power to you. i was that way too, but i guess i fell for conformity. besides, i dont usually mess with securom, but batman? C'MON BRO
and steam is DRM. securom hasn't caused me any issues or computer problems since like 2004 with prince of persia. ubisoft had an always online policy which was stupid as hell. i still refuse to purchase any of their games, they aren't that good anyway... maybe the anno series...
Even created a new account and tried another credit card, and it was still unable to process payment.
I also just purchased Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection and now I can't even play the game because GFWL needs to update but can't. Spent 30 minutes troubleshooting, no go.
Needless to say, GWFL is a huge steaming turd
I gotta say, one time when I decided to play Halo and my roommate was playing Arkham Asylum on his PC he got kicked off his account because he used the same Live gamertag on both of them. That's an atrocious oversight in my opinion.
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I have a lot of steam games, what other big games on steam require securom, how do I know If I already have securom installed, and what are the risks/downsides of having it installed?
Thanks!
And thanks, OP!