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lol @ all the anti-piracy stuff.

Sorry, but yes i download my games before i buy them. I got tired of paying for trash years ago. If i enjoy the game, 'll buy it. I own Morrowind, i own Guild Wars, Mass Effect, etc.

Of course, i downloaded all of these games before purchasing them also. Your opinion that piracy is bad, is your opinion. My opinion is that forcing consumers to buy a mystery box without them knowing whats inside is wrong. And the way these companies pay off review sites to outright lie about the quality of the game has made trusting their mystery boxes that much more difficult.

So instead of putting up with their bait-n-switch game, i download the product first and see if its actually worth my money, before paying for it.

Skyrim in this case wasnt even worth the 5gb download. Its deleted off my computer now. I might give it a try next year, but if Oblivion is any indicator, they wont improve anything for the PC



Your opinion that because its cracked, it will be riddled with bugs and this fact alone will cause reviewers to give it a bad review, and is destroying the entire gaming industry? really?

I'll tell you whats destroying the game industry. My friend who wanted to BUY a legitimate copy of Skyrim and is unable to because they dont want to sell it in her Region. The only way for her to play Skyrim is to steal it.

What else is killing the game industry? When i PAY for a videogame and then im restricted to installing it only 3 times. And i have to PAY more money to continue playing if i reformat or upgrade to windows8

What else? Game companies who pay review sites thousands of dollars, or 'donate' tons of free crap to review sites to BUY their reviews.

People will always steal these games, thats a plain fact. I've just started using this ability to avoid paying for things i dont want.

If i go to buy a car, i get to Test Drive it first. And the game industry USED to let me test the games out fist. This is of course before they realized they could sell a lot more retail copies by NOT telling you whats inside of it

As for the anti-piracy people, i completely agree piracy is a bad thing, however what is worse is Game Publishers PAYING other review sites to LIE about the quality of the game. This is what made me turn to piracy to save money. I am simply unable to tell what game is good anymore. Im tired of paying full 70 dollars for a game that im not even going to play. I am tired of being lied to by review sites who give games a 9/10 standard score even if the game is unplayable

No, i just dont think i should be forced to pay 60 dollars to TRY a videogame out for 2 hours and decide to uninstall it.
If i paid full retail price for Skyrim, i'd have been pretty pissed off. I only played it for a few hours and its completely uninstalled.

I dont think "i deserve free games", i think i deserve the right to try the game first and see if i like it. I shouldnt be forced into paying full retail price for something im not going to ever touch.

Where did you get this idea that im using piracy to avoid paying full retail price? I paid for 2x copies of final fantasy 7 when they came out, both full retail price. And then i bought a 3rd copy when my PSX disk broke.

I dont mind paying for things. I only have a problem when im forced to pay for CRAP that i dont want

Every review site said skyrim was the 'best game ever' etc etc... I cant see how it is. It doesnt even live up to the quality that Fallout3 provided, and thats from the same developer, years ago

how did this thread even become about piracy?

I was simply commenting on the fact the UI is virtually unusable in the PC version, and the NPC scripting is from the 90's, not even on par with Fallout3 (which was pretty bad, but at least not obviously horrendous)

Stop talking about piracy. Im sorry i even mentioned that.

Lets pretend i paid for it, now i uninstalled it after 2 hours and wasted my 60 dollars

It became about piracy when you decided to review a pirated product. Pretending about it only makes you that much less trustworthy of a reviewer in my opinion.

Yes it is because once you commit the crime you aren't supposed to be trusted that it is fully updated, hasn't been affected by whatever cracking means they used.

I also love it when pirates get exposed they claim they have endless games that they have bought. Ya right the only thing in your closet in my opinion is DVD-Rs and markers.

Nothing you said is new to me. I knew some people who said the same thing (Oh I am just trying it.) Yet that trial just seems to go on forever and if they buy a game its at a bargain bin later (Because they dont want to slow down their other torrents) denying the developers badly needed funds.

Edit: Just be aware it is YOU and the pirates like you in my opinion why somehow the Protect IP act may actually pass. You give political ammo to use against everyone. And not even try to hide it.

How do you know it isn't damaged or affected? Do you have a legit copy to compare it to? Damaged pirated games have caused massive damage to developers before.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

Here is my steam id: http://steamcommunity.com/id/bitter_bus_to_lemon_town

I would say that I have a fair collection of games.

It's not that your view is less valid it's just what kinda ******* steals and complains?
Essentially a spoiled attitude that rubs people the wrong way. Like a kid throwing a temper tantrum in a store.

Also for the "I should get a sample"... Well life doesn't always work as such, and you could have gotten a sample at a store with a demo. You can't possibly tell me every review site is paid off. Or look at the user reviews. I've seen plenty a game where if the review score is off from what the majority of people think there's hell to pay and people sure as hell leave comments.

You're not entitled to own a video game. If you dont want to pay or can't pay. Tough ****. There are no people starving in Africa because they can't afford or find a game.

Had you paid i'd say you have more than a right to complain and raise hell, but since you didn't...

You know what? Dont trust my review. Go and buy the PC version and see if you enjoy it. I posted my review because i wanted to. If you dont like it then you can ignore it. Im not going to argue why you should listen to me wtf. Go listen to whatever you've been told to






I have a hard time understanding how its 'theft' in the first place. Theft would imply that something has been removed from some one else's belongings without their consent.
Me downloading skyrim isnt doing this. If it wasnt for the fact i could download it, i simply never would have played it at all. The ability to download skyrim has not caused any sort of loss to its creators.

Infact, the only real loss caused by piracy in this case is the fact i was able to play the game and warn others about it before they fell for the 70 $ bait-n-switch box. I suspect this is the real reason most companies are against piracy.

I mean, if i could legally sell a car claiming it is "THE BEST CAR EVER" and then you roll out the driveway and realize its speed display is from another country, or all the car's seat belts are installed backwards and its break/gas pedals are installed backwards...

This is why you're able to test drive cars first.

The same reason you're able to view the inside of a home before buying it (some even let you stay there for a night or two before buying the house)

We as consumers have the right to know what product we're paying for. It is just ignorant to claim you have no right to do so. You're a corporate tool at that point.