I never said BioShock 2 was DRM free, it has added SecuROM activation. I said GFWL for singleplayer is DRM free, which it is. You can make an offline profile and never have to activate it once, I know because I never do and have tested GFWL games by installing them offline and have never had problems. They do have a new service called release date protection which might change this, I believe Dead Rising 2 next week is the first game to use it that I will buy, so we will see.

GFWL "requiring activation" is one of the most popular pieces of FUD ever, I have to point out how false that is in every thread where GFWL comes up pretty much.

As stated: Bioshock 2 has a 15 activation limit imposed through GFWL.. It doesn't matter if you play it offline or not.

As for GFWL not requiring online activation, I don't see how that's possible in games where you can't get rid of it without first registering the serial online.

Also worth mentioning is how some games have their saves tied up with GFWL, meaning you have to use it to be able to save. Plus there's the fact that such saves are more difficult to backup because you also need to backup key GFWL files also.

Very, very few games have unobstrusive instances of GFWL. Fallout 3 was one, but I can't think of another that was that free of its influence.

I really wish you would just look this up rather than make me regurgitate informartion I have written 100 times, but here we go anyway I guess. Yes, GFWL has a 15 activation limit, but since you only need to activate it to play online or to get achievements it is not really DRM for singleplayer, as I said. Make an offline profile and have fun.

I've tested this multiple times with many titles, you just click "offline profile" and start playing, no hassle or activation. All my activation codes are unused except for titles where I wanted to play multiplayer like Halo 2 or GTA4.

You can get rid of it, it forces you to make a profile but not an ONLINE profile. Just make an offline profile.

Yes, the save system is annoying. It's not really DRM though.

They're all unobtrusive... make an offline profile and set notifications to off and muted, you will never even know you're playing a GFWL game.

I've got to bump this one. I loved Mafia.

People shouldn't be so dour about the prospects of 2K coming to GOG. We got Activision, so we can get anyone here!