Posted November 18, 2024
Is Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr DRM free now? i know they added offline mode.
Syphon72
Being postive is bad on GOG
Registered: Sep 2011
From United States
Xeshra
RPG Geek with super fast PC
Registered: May 2011
From Switzerland
Posted November 21, 2024
Regarding "Ark Survival Evolved":
They say it is "DRM free" on PC gaming wiki, base game or even DLCs (on Steam). I can not say how it looks on Steam but most likely, because of the EGS-account demand on both versions... it is the same on EGS and Steam, i simply ONLY verified the EGS version (as it was really cheap).
According to some Steam boards they say "Steam is not a real DRM, almost DRM free and comparable junk", so, obviously not much of infos can be gotten from users who can not tell the difference as they simply never play without a account.
So i had to test it personally and it did look very bad:
The base game seems to start without account, however... as soon as the game is loading the game world it will crash without a clear hint regarding the failure. Users are telling "bad code, drivers out of date... it is your PC, whatelse". No, the truth is... the game will run on a PC with a integrated GPU without dedicated VRAM and below minimum requirements... without crashing (personally tested) but as soon as the account is "gone" it will crash... even on a supercomputer. Most likely it is trying to load some dependencies and those dependencies are locked, so it simply will crash.
The DLC content is completely locked, it can not even become selected ingame. However... because there are dependencies, basically the whole game is locked.
So, anyway... nope, the DLC is not DRM free in NOT a single case, at the current time.
I was reimbursing the game on EGS and thats it. Note to the devs: Thats what may be happening if your game is a locked fortress!
Sure i could still play it without a account "in a non legal way" but i got no time for this... i got hundreds of other games i already lack the time to play them all. Not worth bothering with... in case there is a DRM the game is wiped from my PC... game over for good.
A curated list of personally tested games that are truly DRM free (most of them on Steam, some from EGS) can be found here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/good_games_that_are_available_drmfree_but_currently_are_not_sold_on_gog/post103
They say it is "DRM free" on PC gaming wiki, base game or even DLCs (on Steam). I can not say how it looks on Steam but most likely, because of the EGS-account demand on both versions... it is the same on EGS and Steam, i simply ONLY verified the EGS version (as it was really cheap).
According to some Steam boards they say "Steam is not a real DRM, almost DRM free and comparable junk", so, obviously not much of infos can be gotten from users who can not tell the difference as they simply never play without a account.
So i had to test it personally and it did look very bad:
The base game seems to start without account, however... as soon as the game is loading the game world it will crash without a clear hint regarding the failure. Users are telling "bad code, drivers out of date... it is your PC, whatelse". No, the truth is... the game will run on a PC with a integrated GPU without dedicated VRAM and below minimum requirements... without crashing (personally tested) but as soon as the account is "gone" it will crash... even on a supercomputer. Most likely it is trying to load some dependencies and those dependencies are locked, so it simply will crash.
The DLC content is completely locked, it can not even become selected ingame. However... because there are dependencies, basically the whole game is locked.
So, anyway... nope, the DLC is not DRM free in NOT a single case, at the current time.
I was reimbursing the game on EGS and thats it. Note to the devs: Thats what may be happening if your game is a locked fortress!
Sure i could still play it without a account "in a non legal way" but i got no time for this... i got hundreds of other games i already lack the time to play them all. Not worth bothering with... in case there is a DRM the game is wiped from my PC... game over for good.
A curated list of personally tested games that are truly DRM free (most of them on Steam, some from EGS) can be found here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/good_games_that_are_available_drmfree_but_currently_are_not_sold_on_gog/post103
Post edited November 21, 2024 by Xeshra