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Posted September 10, 2020
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Posted September 10, 2020
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teceem: The Epic version of Control doesn't need the client or anything else to play the game. You can just zip up the files and play whenever and however you like.
A DRM'ed version without the client but with downloadable installer would still need the authentication server.

Funny preference you have.
Really?
You mean offline DRM didn't exist, long before always online DRM first appeared?
Of course on Disc DRM did exist, and long before the internet appeared.
There's lots more ways of doing DRM than online sever checks.

While I prefer DRM free, and offline installers I'd much rather be Store Client free.
If it's a choice, between one or the other I'd take the DRM, to get rid of the Store clients.
Is that so hard to understand.
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amok: and again - whether you like to use the client or not, or prefer gOg or not, or whether there are other DRM'd games on Epic or not - have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Control is DRM free on Epic as well.

what is this?
Did I say Control, wasn't DRM free on Epic, that was not my point?
I own Control on Epic, I know how it works.

I was just pointing out the fact that you only need a browser with GOG, you are not forced to use a store client for updates.
Post edited September 10, 2020 by UhuruNUru
Posted September 10, 2020
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teceem: The Epic version of Control doesn't need the client or anything else to play the game. You can just zip up the files and play whenever and however you like.
A DRM'ed version without the client but with downloadable installer would still need the authentication server.

Funny preference you have.
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UhuruNUru: Really?
You mean offline DRM didn't exist, long before always online DRM first appeared?
Of course on Disc DRM did exist, and long before the internet appeared.
There's lots more ways of doing DRM than online sever checks.

While I prefer DRM free, and offline installers I'd much rather be Store Client free.
If it's a choice, between one or the other I'd take the DRM, to get rid of the Store clients.
Is that so hard to understand.
My reply was within the context of this topic. Offline DRM (usually called Copy Protection) is for (old!!) disc-based games. I know it might be a semantics thing, but did the term "DRM" actually exist before online DRM was used?

Oh, and there's (was!) online DRM without store client too. Like Securom for Bioshock and Red Alert 3, which gave you limited installations. I prefer no DRM in any case, but this was definitely worse than account/store client based DRM.
Posted September 10, 2020
Does anyone know where the saves are located? I can only find the old ones from when I played the Epic release. I found a Steam thread showing where those are, but couldn't find anything similar for the GOG version. I just want to play NG+ before the DLC.
Posted September 10, 2020
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DarkTower19: Does anyone know where the saves are located?
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Control\Saves\
Posted September 10, 2020
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teceem: My reply was within the context of this topic. Offline DRM (usually called Copy Protection) is for (old!!) disc-based games. I know it might be a semantics thing, but did the term "DRM" actually exist before online DRM was used?

Oh, and there's (was!) online DRM without store client too. Like Securom for Bioshock and Red Alert 3, which gave you limited installations. I prefer no DRM in any case, but this was definitely worse than account/store client based DRM.
Damn right it did,
Copy protection again st piracy existed before the internet, that is the main form of early DRM was to stop diisc copying

I remember the first calls for it, were to stop copying of audio cassettes used by Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum in the early 80s.
Don't know when the term DRM was first used, but all copy protection is still DRM, whatever it was called at the time

One quick example of it's usage from Digital rights management - Wikipedia
The 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WCT) requires nations to enact laws against DRM circumvention

So common enough by 1996 to be used in treaties by politicians.
Post edited September 10, 2020 by UhuruNUru
Posted September 10, 2020
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amok: and again - whether you like to use the client or not, or prefer gOg or not, or whether there are other DRM'd games on Epic or not - have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Control is DRM free on Epic as well.

what is this?
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UhuruNUru: Did I say Control, wasn't DRM free on Epic, that was not my point?
I own Control on Epic, I know how it works.

I was just pointing out the fact that you only need a browser with GOG, you are not forced to use a store client for updates.
so it was just a random post about your dislike of clients. nothing at all really to do with what I was saying. gotcha'

I just remembered why used gOg forums less recently... should keep that up
Posted September 10, 2020
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amok: so it was just a random post about your dislike of clients. nothing at all really to do with what I was saying. gotcha'

I just remembered why used gOg forums less recently... should keep that up
No responding to a specific part of one sghort post yoyu made, and qutoted in my reply
Namely
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amok: still does not change the fact that it is DRM free on epic. and just use epic to get the update. on gOg you need gOg to get the update
Which imp[lied getting updates on Epic was the same as with GOG, so I pointed out the difference (and yes that difference is important to me)
Post edited September 10, 2020 by UhuruNUru
Posted September 10, 2020
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amok: so it was just a random post about your dislike of clients. nothing at all really to do with what I was saying. gotcha'

I just remembered why used gOg forums less recently... should keep that up
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UhuruNUru: No responding to a specific part of one sghort post yoyu made, and qutoted in my reply
Namely
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amok: still does not change the fact that it is DRM free on epic. and just use epic to get the update. on gOg you need gOg to get the update
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UhuruNUru: Which imp[lied getting updates on Epic was the same as with GOG, so I pointed out the difference (and yes that difference is important to me)
any implications exists purely in your mind, i just pointed out that for gOg games you need gOg to get the update

edit - so yes, it was just a post nothing to do with what I said, but telling the world you prefer installers. Good for you!
Post edited September 11, 2020 by amok
Posted September 10, 2020
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Bought, because on GOG it is officially supported as a DRM-free release! Sweet!
Post edited September 10, 2020 by timppu
Posted September 10, 2020
I've been waiting to play this. Now is the right time.
Posted September 10, 2020
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Screamshield: You still have to download the Epic client. You can't download directly from your browser. So i wouldn't call it DRM free. Especially with the problems Epic has with user accounts and your personal information, installing the Epic client is a big NO NO for me. GOG is a European company that abides by European consumer protection laws and data protection laws(this is an extra bonus onto of everything else that GOG is and GOG does), so it is always best to buy your games from here IMO.
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MarkoH01: Add to this that even though a game there might be playable without the client it does not guarantee you that this will remain the the case after some future updates. Especially in regards of Control it actually wasn't DRM-free from the start, they patched it out later ... but as I said - no guarantee. I bought it there because I did not expect it to arrive here so soon at all but usually I will always prefer to buy guaranteed DRM-free here on GOG.
Has there ever been a case where a game had no drm and then had drm added?
Posted September 10, 2020
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MarkoH01: Add to this that even though a game there might be playable without the client it does not guarantee you that this will remain the the case after some future updates. Especially in regards of Control it actually wasn't DRM-free from the start, they patched it out later ... but as I said - no guarantee. I bought it there because I did not expect it to arrive here so soon at all but usually I will always prefer to buy guaranteed DRM-free here on GOG.
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Truth007: Has there ever been a case where a game had no drm and then had drm added?
Yes, Doom Eternal, for example

https://www.lowyat.net/2020/208519/doom-eternal-launches-drm-free/
Posted September 11, 2020
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MarkoH01: They improved a lot regarding optimization with the latest patches.
That's good news. There were some serious performance trouble especially on current-gen consoles. I believe PC optimization also wasn't great. I'll wait for the new graphics cards however. I want to experience the game in its full glory. I also have a huge backlog, so I don't mind waiting a bit. But thanks for the information. :)
Posted September 11, 2020
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Posted September 11, 2020
Hadn't heard about this one but sure sounds like a *Big Deal* (tm) - anyone want to convince me why to put it on my radar? Weird aerial movement looks interesting. What's it got going on?
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