Rocky Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 There was so much complaining (rightly so) about Starforce in Ubisoft games a few months ago, that it's only right some thanks is thrown Ubi's way for saving us the hastle of having to having to look out the GRAW 2 disk to play. FREEDOM !! I'm on my second GRAW disk so it's a bit of a relief to know I won; thave to buy another GRAW 2 disk due to wear and tear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiiper Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 100% with you on that one, Install GRAW2 and then put the DVD away, it's the best idea. Starforce and all those idiotic ideas that kill DVD & CD drives have not come to GRAW2, Thank you Ubi for a change. I loved it form the moment I realised I could pack away my DVD too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshmixture Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 This is sweet news.......but I have to ask........... ........why did Ubisoft listen to us now and not regarding some of their other games.............R6:V for example.... Cheers! Fresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangurdead Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 probably to limit the PC community down to one game instead of 3? like R6, SC, GR... duno if they plan to dump the other games on PC or only port them shoddly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepdoc-iBeta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I wonder if the negative publicity surrounding "CD required" methods finally filtered back to the people who maek the big decisions? It may be as simple as UBI figured out their sales would be relatively close in numbers with or without the CD required protection, but the community ill will might actually cost them more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer Dawg Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Im starting to notice that alot of games of coming out without any CD protection, which is great because fully installing a game and then still needing the CD in just to make sure you bought the game sucks (in other words, pirates had it better). Hope Ubi continues this . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krise madsen Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm, flabbergasted... [Thing that should not be spoken of here IAW Forum Rule 3.7] required? I never thought this would happen but allow me to eat crow and give Ubi two thumbs up. Good job! Respectfully krise madsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolenceAndHeresy Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 There was so much complaining (rightly so) about Starforce in Ubisoft games a few months ago, that it's only right some thanks is thrown Ubi's way for saving us the hastle of having to having to look out the GRAW 2 disk to play. FREEDOM !! I'm on my second GRAW disk so it's a bit of a relief to know I won; thave to buy another GRAW 2 disk due to wear and tear. Actually it wasn't just a few months ago, it was easily over a year ago. GRAW 1 didn't use Starforce either, it used SecuROM. Ubi stopped using Starforce after a class-action lawsuit was filed against them because Starforce caused slowdowns and security/hardware issues. Now all recently released Ubi games have used SecuROM (SCDA, R6V, GRAW). The last game to use Starforce from Ubi was either Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, or Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2gr Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Well now we'll have to wait and see how good GRAW2 sells. If it's a success then more PC games will come without a cd requirement from Ubisoft (i think so,you can never be 100% sure). So buy the game if you like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwgfghost Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Oh sweet I hate having to put my games in and keep em in there to play em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desrat Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I gotta admit I've been saying this for years. If you have a game that is focused on multiplayer than leave the cd-protection out and use online authentication, its so much more user friendly whilst still giving pirates the middle finger. Sure there will be some losses but whats the cost of the protection in the first place? Surely its better to save that cash especially when the protection is bypassed before the game even hits retail 90% of the time. If people want to steal you program they will.... If you cant beat 'em then why waste $200,000+ (conservative estimate) on a worthless pursuit?? Good Job All Round UBI!!! (I didn't think I'd ever say that again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersianImmortal Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 If you have a game that is focused on multiplayer than leave the cd-protection out and use online authentication, its so much more user friendly whilst still giving pirates the middle finger. That's basically the reason why Ubi has removed the disk check on GRAW 2 - it's primarily a multiplayer-focused game, and they know that. I doubt games with strong single player will have the disk check removed, as it actually works in preventing a lot of casual piracy (e.g. friends giving each other copies of the game). Surprisingly enough not everyone knows where to get a [Thing that should not be spoken of here IAW Forum Rule 3.7]. But games which are mainly multiplayer can and should have the disk check removed, as really most people have to be using a legitimate serial number in order to play online, so the disk check is redundant. Let's hope this trend continues for multiplayer games at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Im sure it wouldnt have taken UBI long to see how phucked up Starforce was - the concept was good for copyright security which is a valid issue (who wants their hard work ripped off for nothin'), but the Starforce execution was bloody awful. good riddance. and not needing a disk to load GRAW - didnt even realize, but awesome. thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARDelta Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I agree. "Thumbs up" for that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 There was so much complaining (rightly so) about Starforce in Ubisoft games a few months ago, that it's only right some thanks is thrown Ubi's way for saving us the hastle of having to having to look out the GRAW 2 disk to play. FREEDOM !! I'm on my second GRAW disk so it's a bit of a relief to know I won; thave to buy another GRAW 2 disk due to wear and tear. I think this is one reason Direct 2 Drive was so compelling for me. But wouldn't you know, the best of the two GRAW's really settled things down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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