DRM rapes your soul.

Well, you can find a bit of info on the websites of the respective DRM providers, but it isn't much, and it's very vague. That's intentional, because if these companies explained exactly what they did and how they did it, then they'd be giving crackers a manual for breaking the protection.

Exactly. This is why i am asking anyone knows that info of any cracker group released about DRM's?

This site has some info, but it's probably outdated.
Have fun!

You won't get any definite answers as you don't really understand what you're asking.

Securom is a whole suite of options. It could mean anything as publishers pick and choose what features to use. It could be a basic disc check. Or refundable online activation. Or maybe the activations aren't refunded. Or maybe the game won't install if you've got some software on your system it doesn't like. It can very easily be turned into a rootkit... and already has.

Starforce and Tages are similar but worse. Much worse. I'd strongly advise avoiding games with these two as they have a very, very, very bad history. If it's a choice between installing one of these or a random virus, I'll take my chances with the virus.

It depends a lot on the DRM in question. Good information is hard to come by, but here is a bit of info:
http://www.alteredgamer.com/pc-gaming-tech/19232-an-introduction-to-securrom-what-you-need-to-know/
http://www.myce.com/article/Another-Tages-blunder-212/#.UGd_NpjMhZA
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360820#2137069

(Note, I don't know how trustworthy those sources are).

Of course copy protection that calls home is a lot simpler to understand. When you need to activate it online, it simply checks with the server if the CD-key in question is valid, and if so, it gives you a go-ahead to run the game.

This could be the start of an interesting thread...

Expect to get a bunch of idiotic replies, as you're asking on the wrong forum.

I have 2 games on GamersGate with Starforce (Dawn of Magic and Star Wolves 2). Im scared to install and play these games. Has anyone here installed these games? Did it damage your DVD drive?

I have Compaq laptop with 64bit Win7.

It works by masquerading itself as a game client that needed to be run with a registered account when you want to play your games, complete with crazy sales and daily deal to tempt you to the dark side.

Yeah, and that worked, didn't it :)

Don't forget FADE. That's what, for example, Arma 2 had before it came to GOG. Instead of preventing the game from starting, it allowed pirated versions to load and play a few missions before strange things started happening. Things like aiming would become worse as one continued playing until the game became unplayable. It's actually a pretty cool idea as far as DRM goes...

Especially if people start signing up on the official forum and goes "MY AIM IS OFF!!" and they don't realize what they have just done, worst case scenario left with an instant ban and is now completely confused and upset...

I do wish people would actually give some information when they keep making these statements. I've read, over and over how various kinds of these suits of software are "BAD" but almost all the people touting that just say "its BAD" without ever actually going into any detail about what BAD actually means.

A few who do generally give very all encompassing answers or those which are so general and vague that its clear they don't really have a clue what they mean. In short I think there is a lot of anti-DRM propaganda out there being repeated over and over until such a point that there is no actual informed people making or spreading the info (by which point any warning about actual problems with the DRM software becomes lost in a sea of missinformation).


In short - add some facts to the statements :)


Ps - generally the only major complaints I've read about Securom and some others are:
1) The uninstaller is poorly written and remains of the program remain upon your PC - most don't have any clue if these remaining components remain active in any fashion or actually as viable operating programs.

2) Sometimes they prevent certain games running when combined with specific hardware/software combinations.

The latter is often one of the bigger reasons I see stated against the DRM software options such as those named above; even though its generally a minority problem.

You forgot the most important part, that if there ever was a slight chance of them buying the game, now they won't, and would also dislike the company very much.