• TheCaconym [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Exactly; this just needed an emulator like goldberg

      Bethesda games usually don’t go for heavy DRM stuff (beyond the basic steam DRM), because it impairs modding (especially injection / nonofficial modding, stuff like SKSE for skyrim)

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        1 year ago

        I have to applaud Bethesda for this decision, it is something that is very nice for the end user.

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          1 year ago

          It really is a big move, since it likely cost them millions in early sales.

          I probably would have bought it already if I couldn’t find a crack, but now I can pirate and wait for a nice sale.

          I’m sure I’m not the only one.

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            1 year ago

            Tbh what you’re doing is exactly what I did too with Skyrim. Downloaded a crack played for probably 1k hours and then bought it just to play 1k more

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          1 year ago

          It was developed by ID I believe, bethesda only published the game.

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          1 year ago

          And is developed by ID software, not Bethesda Game Studios. Bethesda the publisher has different tactics when it comes to games not developed by BGS.

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      1 year ago

      They don’t even replace the DLL file for you! After you run the RUNE installer, you have to copy the emulator yourself

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        You can just click the checkbox for “Copy crack to install directory” to get the installer to do everything for you.

        I’m not sure why that isn’t the default.