Serious Sam 3 punishes pirates with immortal scorpion
Earlier this week, it was discovered that pirated versions of developer Croteam's recently released shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE 'features' a special guest-star hellbent on player destruction.
Earlier this week, it was discovered that pirated versions of developer Croteam's recently released shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE 'features' a special guest-star hellbent on player destruction.
Pirated versions of the game include an immortal pinkish scorpion, dashing toward Sam intent on halting his progress. A Croteam representative confirmed to Shacknews that the enemy was included as a form of hilarious DRM to combat piracy. Sure, it will probably be cracked shortly, but it's a nice reminder that you shouldn't be illegally downloading games if you want to enjoy them immediately.
[via DSO Gaming]
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replyXav de Matos posted a new article, Serious Sam 3 punishes pirates with immortal scorpion.
Earlier this week, it was discovered that pirated versions of developer Croteam's recently released shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE 'features' a special guest-star hellbent on player destruction.-
Very creative DRM :) I have to buy this game this winter...
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And of course, speedruns of same.
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lol, kudos to the devs for creative DRM.
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It really is hilarious. I hope more devs start doing stuff like this.
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I like that this form of DRM is becoming so popular. Just trolling the hell out of pirates with hilariously broken versions of the game.
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While creative, I honestly think they're wasting their time/resources. Pirates will find this thing, think 'Oh that's funny/GRR MY GAME IS BROKEN' or some mix of the two, and then download the surely widely available fix and just play the game normally.
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As with all forms of DRM, the point is to delay pirates by a few days or weeks. Not to delay them indefinitely.
As any developer will tell you, identifying subtly broken things like this, especially when you don't have the known good to compare it to, makes it quite a bit harder to recognize that the "fix" (crack, in this case) is correct and complete. -
These pirates will complain on a forum and out themselves.
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Love it!
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Maybe you should try playing it for more than 6 seconds?
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HAI GUYZ I KNOW ERRRTHANG ABOUT GUNS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_M%26P
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You're the worst.
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I have to say, I'm really impressed with the graphics. It's no Crysis or BF3, but self shadowing creatures that also cast world shadows and shadows through dust (albeit fake sprite based dust) It really makes for a great visual experience that runs amazingly well.
I started playing it last night. The RPS review was right, it takes a little while to get going but it's pure Sam once it does. -
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additionnal only difficulty level
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I love how the thing still seemingly takes damage and bleeds. I wonder how many pirates will miss articles like this and think they're facing a particularly hard mini-boss?
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