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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $10.00 (33%)
New (20) Used (9) from $16.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  205 reviews
Sales Rank: 315
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19081
Model: 19081
UPC: 014633190816
EAN: 0014633190816
ASIN: B00140P9BA
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Pre-Order (0-0 Business Days)
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| Customer Reviews:
 God I want to buy this game. October 28, 2008
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I played this game over a friends house and I was very impressed.
However I will NOT support rent game policy (aka limited activations).
I never liked that policy for operating systems either. I can't tell you the amount of times I had to call and beg microsoft to let me reactivate my xp.
My situation:
I love to customize my PC, so I often update (change) memory, video cards, sound cards, etc. If you change your hardware around enough the software believes it is a system change and counts it as a re-activation.
I also love editing on my computer which takes up a lot of space. Which means sometimes I have to uninstall games or other programs and do space management. It doesn't mean I want to delete the game completely as I keep the save and profile files. It just means I may only keep 3 or 4 games on my PC and uninstall/reinstall as I see fit.
If I pay 30-60 dollars for a game I should pay for a unlimited licence to play that game.
If I wanted to play a change for a finite licence I would go to an arcade. FORCED HOME ARCADES CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN! Do not support this action!
 Pretty fun, but short and limited replay value October 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game was pretty fun the first time through but doesn't change that much on harder difficulty and is pretty easy to begin with. the renegade/paragon system is ok but doesn't really allow for that much choice, and sometime the dialog seems very scripted and forced. Also the team AI is somewhat clumsy, in tough fights they seem to just get killed no matter waht you do.
DRM makes this one another bomb October 23, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I played a friend's copy, which he actually returned when he learned about the draconian DRM and limited licensing and installs.
Forget about buying a game like this. Apparently, it's easy enough to pirate, although I do not advocate it or do it. Aside from being free, the version you can download from a BitTorrent site isn't crippled with horrendous DRM. Yep, if you're honest, you will NOT get what you pay for. If you steal it, you'll love it. Keep in mind that Bioware actually paid a lot for this DRM that taints their game and doesn't even slow down piracy. Wow. That's just plain silly.
Until software makers finally realize that punishing paying customers isn't a good business strategy, BitTorrent and P2P sites will continue to thrive. The DRM doesn't even slow down piracy. It just reeeeally irritates the honest folks who expect to own something they pay for.
It's like buying a TV that will stop working if you move it around the room more than 3 times. Oh, and of course you can't sell the TV to anyone else. Oh, and you have to have an Internet connection to get it to turn on...every time. Oh, and it may mess up your cable box, DVD player and stereo if it thinks you are trying to repair it.
Wake up Bioware. You won't be getting any more money from me until you do.
Well, another DRM failure from them October 23, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Here is my review on Far Cry 2. It has the same restrictive DRM structure and this game is just as much a paperweight in a few years.
"This is a review of the Product. Not the game only, but the product itself listed above.
The product installs a great game. That being said, it also installs spyware/malware onto my computer. This is the same type of software that I have paid programs to remove for years. Why would a user want to install it deliberately onto their machine?
If you buy this product, know that one day it will cease to work. I don't care if it is 6 months from now, or 10 years from now. You are not buying an actual product, you are renting it until you change your computer a total of 3 times. Considering I have 6 computers on my network alone, and I use at least 3 of those as gaming rigs, I know this would be relatively quick for me. Either way, you will most likely not be able to dig this out of the closet in 10 years and nostalgically play. You are buying a self destructing product.
The DRM on this game does not do anything to limit piracy as the company says. Spore itself was already downloaded DRM free 100k some-odd times before the game was even released. SecuROM is not a DRM scheme, as it does nothing to prevent piracy. It does everything to limit the value of the product to the legit customer and prevent them from selling it to a second party. This has been proven an illegal practice in multiple lawsuits throughout the years, however they continue to install the software on end users computers without their consent.
I am not a pirate. If I was a pirate, I would probably already be happily playing this game instead of being here writing this. Again, no pirates need to complain about DRM. They are usually busy playing the game free. "
Full of bugs, support non-existent October 22, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Oh dear, this could have been a wonderful game. But clearly it got ruined during the transfer from the console. Lots of graphic bugs, protection errors and incompatibilities with even the newest hardware with the latest drivers leaves tons of players in deep frustration. Just check the Bioware forums. I spent two days re-formatting and re-installing my PC only to run into multiple levels of software failures. No real patch for any of this in sight, plain ignorance on EA/Biowares side. Don't buy unless you have very high pain and frustration tolerance and LOTS of time to spend!
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