Re: the party is over - bioshock cracked

Rob Pollard wrote:
"-=RifRaf=-" <rifraf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:46d8ca61$0$19575$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"The installer was "cracked" simply by merging the resource CAB files (and corresponding header, layout and initialization files) from the retail DVD with the installer files from the demo. The only noticable side effect is that the installer neglects to copy the Bioshock executable, but since this release includes a cracked version it's a moot point."


If this is true I bet Mr Levine is going to be livid. It seems that pissing off a lot of customers with an overbearing security system has all been for naught.

In fact when I think about it I'm pissed off too! I got a great game wrapped in a pile of *** security system that could prevent me playing it for years to come, whilst some pirating twat can get a 'free' version of the game that they are guaranteed to be able to play in years to come.

It seems to me that there is a little irony here. :(


The game may be cracked but you should browse a few of the forums attached to the P2P sites to see the hoops a large percentage of folk are jumping through to get the game working (mounting DVD iso's, mini images, renaming folders, importing stuff into the registry, editing the registry) and, quite often their game will crash on exiting the sphere in Rapture. Demonoid alone has 62 pages of posts with folk trying to get it working. In comparison to this I spent £25 and ten minutes to install it and have been playing since day of release with no problems. I know which one I prefer.
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