Serious Sam DRM Involves An Invincible Pink Scorpion Dude (+Video)

[beer]

No one likes DRM. Legitimate players hate that its always-online, verify-your-retinal-scan, apply-3-pints-of-blood mechanisms are overbearing and, in a sense, punish them for not pirating the game. Pirates hate that it can make pirating a hassle. And crackers are inconvenienced by the extra three seconds it takes to disable most DRM. Serious Sam 3 BFE has found an interesting way around this by utilizing a unique DRM system in the form of a giant, invincible, pink scorpion enemy. Pirates will find themselves harried by the beast from the outset of the game and will presumably get frustrated and go get a real copy.

The real question is: how long will it be before a really bizarre subculture comes up around this? I mean, it’s just asking for it. Pink scorpion speed runs, pink scorpion glitching, pink scorpion survival challenges, the possibilities are endless. Well, that’s probably not true, but I would totally try a pink scorpion speed run if I was any good at Serious Sam, which I am not. Check out the video below to see this guy in action. He looks annoying, but I’ll bet you could totally avoid him for the most part if you tried, unless there’s some sort of checkpoint where he’ll get you no matter what. See? You want to pirate Serious Sam 3 BFE to find out now, don’t you?

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I don't know why, but I find this quite hilarious. Have this strangest feeling... want to kill the scorpion now...

:cheers:

[shought]

I personally really enjoy when they do stuff like this, I mean sure, eventually it will get 'fixed' anyway, but it's really cool the devs decide to show off their skills by doing something like this and I like to believe it really helps in combating piracy, for some time.

[beer]

I agree. And this doesn't punish legit customers who buy the game. Unless of course, they want to kill the red scorpion...

[myidisbb]

but it makes the legit customers unable to vitural mount the program because of this.

[beer]

but it makes the legit customers unable to vitural mount the program because of this.

I don't get it. why would you need to virtual mount the game if you bought it off a digital service like steam or a retail copy?

[marshall39]

Funny, but I doubt it will work for long time.Soon there will be "Serious Sam 3 + crack Scorpion free" :rolleyes:

[beer]

True. But, comparing to other forms of DRM (always on internet connection, background apps like origin, limited installs, etc) I would choose this type every single time if I could. Not to mention I often buy the games that tested to "not" have deal breaking bugs, especially those ones I really like.

I think companies that release games that are riddle with bugs and do nothing to address the issues are just as much to blame as pirates for "stealing."

[marshall39]

True. But, comparing to other forms of DRM (always on internet connection, background apps like origin, limited installs, etc) I would choose this type every single time if I could. Not to mention I often buy the games that tested to "not" have deal breaking bugs, especially those ones I really like.

I think companies that release games that are riddle with bugs and do nothing to address the issues are just as much to blame as pirates for "stealing."

I totally agree with you.Some devellopers deserve respect from the player , and if a game is bug free (or at least not full of bugs) , and you don't finish it in 5 hours , I buy that game.

There are still a couple of very talented studios (Bethesda , Blizzard are some of them) , they respect the players , and players should respect them.

[beer]

I totally agree with you.Some devellopers deserve respect from the player , and if a game is bug free (or at least not full of bugs) , and you don't finish it in 5 hours , I buy that game.

There are still a couple of very talented studios (Bethesda , Blizzard are some of them) , they respect the players , and players should respect them.

I have great respect for the developers at Blizzard. Their games is not just about hype and it endures years and years of playability. They do not run on on rapid-release cycles(meaning same crap with minor updates/upgrades) like many games we see today and if it takes 10 years to finish games so be it.

Now their progress and implementation of DRM is another story. It is probably the works of idiots from their Activision division. In my opinion, Activision was primarily responsible for castrating the MW series by cutting off the very community that made MW series great and ending the game's ability re-innovate and create new gaming experiences.

Hence their tweaked MW3 slogan at Steam:

The best-selling first person action series of all-time returns with the epic sequel to multiple “Game of the Year” award winner, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2.

Got to love the marketing :cheers:

[myidisbb]

but it makes the legit customers unable to vitural mount the program because of this.

I don't get it. why would you need to virtual mount the game if you bought it off a digital service like steam or a retail copy?

people do still buy the actually disk version

[beer]

people do still buy the actually disk version

I still don't get how buying a legit digital copy or a physical disk retail copy has anything to do with virtual mounting. Unless this is a region specific thing, but i have never heard of a any legit game that requires virtual mounting.

[johndoe]

If I wasn't lacking for time, I'd have a go at the pink scorpion (pink? seriously?) in God mode just to see how it ended or if it ever ended at all :D

Sam, I am!!! (I played out the first and second encounters through to the very end)

[myidisbb]

if i buy a cd/dvd rom game i like to protect it by vitural mounting it. that way the disk doesnt get scratch nor crack. disk players have been know to cause cracks and scratches.

[beer]

if i buy a cd/dvd rom game i like to protect it by vitural mounting it. that way the disk doesnt get scratch nor crack. disk players have been know to cause cracks and scratches.

You are free to repack the game anyway you like, but please do not spread lies. People are known to scratch up disks, not disk players. Please show me some factual evidence that disk players have been known to cause cracks and scratches. I have used dozens of disk players and drives over the past 10 years and not a single one of them have cracked or scratched a disk.