Croteam takes care of pirates with invincible scorpion on Serious Sam 3!!

HossHuge · Dec 8, 2011, 05:04 PM

I like the way they think. F**k the DRM, were going SCORPION....

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Some games like to combat piracy with DRM, a code unique to a game that was legitimately purchased, while other games like to get a little more creative with their piracy prevention. With Serious Sam 3: BFE, for example, developer Croteam decided that DRM was less of a deterrent than something like an invincible, super fast, scorpion-like creature that does nothing but try to kill Sam the second piracy is detected.

source:http://gamerant.com/serious-sam-bfe-...on-tao-120204/

Paulieg · Dec 8, 2011, 05:09 PM

LOL. I love the idea. It's a deterrant, and it won't piss off legitimate consumers. Perfect.

white phantom · Dec 8, 2011, 05:12 PM

not gonna lie i would be pretty p****d off if that followed me around more than silly DRM makes the game basically un-playable so big up to the dvs of that one

however like everything else only time will tell when the pirates just simply remove the files or find a patch or a way around this aswell

RejZoR · Dec 8, 2011, 05:15 PM

No need to pirate Serious Sam 3 with its current price. Got it very cheap on Steam because i already owned their games...

N-Gen · Dec 8, 2011, 05:20 PM

Isn't this like that Nintendo DS game that played some different music? I think it was the Michael Jackson game?

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Dec 8, 2011, 07:23 PM

I remember the devs on Batman AA also did this (batman unable to glide) and in GTA4 (wobbly camera). Affected users would claim these bugs on official forums only to be flamed of having an illegal copy

1Kurgan1 · Dec 8, 2011, 07:37 PM

This is a much better DRM method, and entertaining. And I bet it's harder to actually get rid of than it is to crack the game.

NinkobEi · Dec 8, 2011, 09:18 PM

LoL. Ubisoft could have saved hundreds of millions of dollars if they just thought of this first.

Kast · Dec 8, 2011, 09:28 PM

Crysis 2 had something like this also didnt it ?

qubit · Dec 8, 2011, 09:35 PM

Oh heck Hoss, you missed out the best bit - the video!

That would indeed be very frustrating. And how many times would a player that hadn't heard about this have to try before realizing that it can't be killed. Frustrating isn't a strong enough word for this... lol

However, hackers wouldn't actually have to remove the scorpion, just make it killable, with bonus points.

Kudos to the programmers for a very creative response to "piracy", although it's misguided.

ViperXTR · Dec 9, 2011, 12:56 AM

i wonder if it could have instead launched a dozen of unkillable kamikaze at you and it just explodes whenit came in contact XD

DragonBorn · Dec 9, 2011, 02:01 AM

Can Just see people on the TPB crying about this in the comments links,

PVTCaboose1337 · Dec 9, 2011, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DragonBorn

Can Just see people on the TPB crying about this in the comments links,

TPB's comments are always hilarious. I am guessing everyone is saying, "I GOT STUCK AT THIS PART WHERE A GIANT SCORPION RAPES ME AND IT WONT DIE, HOW TO BEAT?"

FordGT90Concept · Dec 9, 2011, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 1Kurgan1

This is a much better DRM method, and entertaining. And I bet it's harder to actually get rid of than it is to crack the game.

It isn't. The only difficulty it presents is that it isn't something standardized to a specific type of DRM and it adds an extra layer of work to what the crackers have to accomplish to make a successful crack.

In truth, they (crackers) like the challenge. In reality, it still ends up being defeated as all the other DRM out there.

DragonBorn · Dec 9, 2011, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

TPB's comments are always hilarious. I am guessing everyone is saying, "I GOT STUCK AT THIS PART WHERE A GIANT SCORPION RAPES ME AND IT WONT DIE, HOW TO BEAT?"

From what i am reading on there people are crying about it crashing every 5 mins lol.
And saying its a fake up load.
AS you can see by there post,s there crying about this in the full lol

Comments

MikeO89 at 2011-12-06 03:27 CET:
More wasted bandwidth of the same crap that has been uploaded from the beginning. Completely worthless without a crack that actually works right.

akjjyglc5 at 2011-12-06 05:05 CET:
What about the Immortal Scorpion ? Is it dying easily ? And also it is running very fast like Ferrari. Are this problems cleared in this Repack ???

akjjyglc5 at 2011-12-06 05:08 CET:
I came to know that BFE stands for Butt Fucking Egypt.

lilpav at 2011-12-06 05:52 CET:
FAKE! Stop posting the same shit all over again FFS

mansonfamily at 2011-12-06 08:57 CET:
akjjyglc5

"I came to know that BFE stands for Butt Fucking Egypt"

It is "BumFuck Egypt" - search Wiki

OneFourOne at 2011-12-06 09:09 CET:
calm down guys.It's not a fake.

XerXi at 2011-12-06 10:53 CET:
Yes, it's not fake, but the same buggy crack.

aquarus at 2011-12-06 11:24 CET:
yup its the same buggy, crashing crack with immortal scorpion. why do you guys keep uploading the same crap?

lilpav at 2011-12-06 12:08 CET:
Diden't mean fake In that way meant more like SAME CRAP AGAIN

PVTCaboose1337 · Dec 9, 2011, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DragonBorn

Immortal Scorpion ? Is it dying easily ?

>immortal scorpion
>dying easily
>immortal
>dying

Wow these people are idiots.

DragonBorn · Dec 9, 2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

>immortal scorpion
>dying easily
>immortal
>dying

Wow these people are idiots.

Looks like that bet tho,s guys kicking them self,s right now lol

newtekie1 · Dec 9, 2011, 03:07 AM

Batman:AA did this too, where a part of the game where you have to glide over poisonous gas didn't work if the game detected piracy. So you would fall to your death.

This isn't really any better than normal DRM, and it certainly going to piss off legitimate users any less. They will still be stuck with false positives and make the game they paid for unplayable, in extremely rare cases, and in 99% of cases legitimate users will never notice this just like normal DRM.

Oh, and it doesn't really help any. The common pirates can hack out checks for DRM schemes, do they think they can't hack out other piracy checks just as easily?

1Kurgan1 · Dec 9, 2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Kast

Crysis 2 had something like this also didnt it ?

GTA IV did as well, some cracks you would get stuck with a drunk cam on 24/7.

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Originally Posted by FordGT90Concept

It isn't. The only difficulty it presents is that it isn't something standardized to a specific type of DRM and it adds an extra layer of work to what the crackers have to accomplish to make a successful crack.

In truth, they (crackers) like the challenge. In reality, it still ends up being defeated as all the other DRM out there.

I didn't say it was impossible to crack, I said it just makes it a bit more difficult. As it's not something they would be looking for right away. And it will fill the torrents and web pages with people crying.

FordGT90Concept · Dec 9, 2011, 10:12 AM

Yeah, true. They race each other and that often means a preemptive strike. It happens frequently with Assassin's Creed because of their remote saving system. If they miss just one check, the game will crash and everything after that point becomes unplayable. They always get it fixed though.

MRCL · Dec 9, 2011, 10:50 AM

I remember watching a vdieo from a Russian guy AVGN equivalent. He showed some pirated game cartridges than were legitimately sold in 80s/90s russia to their console counterparts.
Some Ninja TUrtles game that was a blatant copy from konami or something dealt with the piracy with a stuck ultra hard mode that won't let you kill the end boss. Altho that Russian guy said kids that time were super frustrated as they couldn't even know the game was pirated because it was sold in official stores. Also, they must have all been the 80s/90s South Korea because apparently ultra hard modes are common and still a lot of kids made it to the end (only to be traumatized for life).

But yeah such methods are a better way to deal with piracy than DRM for sure. You'd me more likely to say okay okay I buy the damn game just stop annyoing me.

de.das.dude · Dec 9, 2011, 11:19 AM

i buy game when price drop.

just like dirt 3.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Dec 9, 2011, 12:47 PM

Crackers wont catch this immediately because I doubt they play the game itself from start to finish. Theyre too busy crunching codes. Theyd successfully crack it later on (probly about a week), but then patch comes out for the game, fixing significant bugs and adding a new anti crack measure

. End result, game will be too buggy for those with illegal copy, forcing them to buy the game

RejZoR · Dec 9, 2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kast

Crysis 2 had something like this also didnt it ?

Crysis 2 was this buggy without any anti-piracy measures. I have original game and bugs in it were mostly so bizarre that you'd think it was done intentionally. They eventually fixed it but the bad taste remained.

KieranD · Dec 9, 2011, 03:21 PM

They did this on old amiga games. Missing platforms in platforming games ect. Nice way to beat the pirates, i lol'd at the joystiq comments saying they would pirate it just to see this happen.

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Cooling:	Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory:	4GB Mushkin DDR3
Video Card:	PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex 64GB + 180GB SSD / Samsung F1 1000GB HDD
Optical Drive:	LiteON DVD writer
CRT/LCD Model:	24" Acer V243W
Case:	Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software:	Win 7 64bit

Dec 9, 2011, 11:19 AM	#22
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,574 (4.25/day) Thanks: 2,335 Thanked 1,338 Times in 916 Posts System Specs	i buy game when price drop. just like dirt 3. __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

System Name:	SuperDuperUberComputer
Processor:	AMD Phenom II 945 X4 3.0Ghz
Motherboard:	ASRock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling:	CM Hyper 212 EVO push:pull+ 1 panaflow 113CFM + 2 x 120mm NZXTs
Memory:	2x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL9
Video Card:	GIGABYTE GTS450 OC2
Hard Disk:	SATA II 80GB Hitachi 7200RPM,W.D 500GB Green \|\| 4GB int + random SD cards
Optical Drive:	ASUS DVD drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung Sync Master 793s CRT\|
Case:	NZXT Guardian 921RB
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC892 with THX True Studio
PSU:	Corsair GS600
Software:	Windows 7 64bit
Benchmarks:	real men dont need to bench :p

Dec 9, 2011, 12:47 PM	#23
Bjorn_Of_Iceland Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Húsið mitt Posts: 2,607 (1.32/day) Thanks: 479 Thanked 356 Times in 265 Posts System Specs	Crackers wont catch this immediately because I doubt they play the game itself from start to finish. Theyre too busy crunching codes. Theyd successfully crack it later on (probly about a week), but then patch comes out for the game, fixing significant bugs and adding a new anti crack measure . End result, game will be too buggy for those with illegal copy, forcing them to buy the game __________________ SIEG HEIL!!

Dec 9, 2011, 03:21 PM	#25
KieranD Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 5,460 (2.59/day) Thanks: 1,640 Thanked 821 Times in 712 Posts System Specs	They did this on old amiga games. Missing platforms in platforming games ect. Nice way to beat the pirates, i lol'd at the joystiq comments saying they would pirate it just to see this happen. __________________ http://myinstants.com/instant/transformer/

Processor:	Intel i5 2500k 4ghz
Motherboard:	Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen 3
Cooling:	Phanteks ph-tc14pe, MX-4 Paste
Memory:	2x4gb 1600mhz CL9 1.5v G.Skill
Video Card:	VTX3D AMD 6850 (850mhz Core 1150mhz mem stock voltage)
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120gb, Samsung F1 750gb, Seagate 7200.14 2tb
Optical Drive:	ASUS DRW-24B5ST
CRT/LCD Model:	Ilyama ProLite X2377HDS (IPS), Panasonic 41" ST50B
Case:	Nanoxia Deep Silence 2
Sound Card:	Realtek onbaord, Logitech X540 speakers, Superlux 668B headphones.
PSU:	Corsair TX650w
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64bit

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