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[–] oleorun@lemmy.fan 256 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I really felt cheated that no one was insulted, no rants were frothed, no theories conspiracied in this nfo. All we got was relevant information and kindness.

I'm kidding obvs

[–] li10@feddit.uk 107 points 2 years ago

Bland release notes.

I wanted some spicy ✨bipolar ranting

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[–] Chickerino@feddit.nl 232 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] JasonHears@feddit.nl 174 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I love that pirate groups still use ascii text art in their release notes. It’s like a little piece of the world that hasn’t changed in 30 years.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I need to find out how to make these. Mostly just cause I like it.

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

On Linux, you'll want to install figlet and toilet (both available in the debian repos)

Alternatively you've got this online frontend

If you really want to get weird with it you can also play any video in ascii art through libcaca and mplayer. Looks like this

[–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 18 points 2 years ago

On Linux, you’ll want to install figlet and toilet

I know you're 100% serious, but this sentence sounds so made up and hilarious

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[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 79 points 2 years ago (6 children)

To be fair it's the exact same bypass as any other Steam game. Any steam emulator would work.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 73 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I would think that it's cheap availability on GamePass and likelihood of frequent updates would make for a muted response to this one.

Plus I don't think it was protected to start with for modding purposes. People will be flying around in Thomas the Tank Engine by the end of next week.

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[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Cracked" meaning having replaced a dll file

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Exactly; this just needed an emulator like goldberg

Bethesda games usually don't go for heavy DRM stuff (beyond the basic steam DRM), because it impairs modding (especially injection / nonofficial modding, stuff like SKSE for skyrim)

[–] Ozzy@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have to applaud Bethesda for this decision, it is something that is very nice for the end user.

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 51 points 2 years ago (7 children)

WTF?! The game is not even released on steam yet? Are they cracking the preloaded version?

[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)

AFAIK the digital deluxe edition allows you to start playing 5 days early.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 years ago

There is no "play 5 days early". The game launched on 1st of September. But those who can't afford to shell out 100 Euros have to wait 5 more days. Microsoft did the same bullshit with Forza. I didn't like it back then, I won't like it now.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago

Why would you want to play a Bethesda game 5 days early? The best time is several months after release, when the community has had time to fix the bugs.

[–] wheresmypillow@lemmy.one 21 points 2 years ago

Can confirm. Started playing this morning.

[–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was playing it last night on steam. I needed a new GPU recently and it came with a code to download it. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

“Pirates? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the gazillion sales we're about to make.” —Bethesda, probably

*Already made. They've got like 200k+ $100 deluxe version sales already, the base game hasn't even officially launched

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago

The extra cost "early access" stuff just encourages piracy. I'm paying for gamepass, so I'm already paying for access in four days. I'm still tempted to pirate it. It's probably going to be a better product than dealing with Xbox crap on PC, but I could also play now.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 47 points 2 years ago

Eagerly waiting for the videos of every Starfield's fade-to-black screen transitioning back into Skyrim's opening

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

Hol-eee shit. My GTX 1070 doesn't meet minimum requirements...and it just won't boot? Oh wow.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It runs like absolute crap. I have a 2070 with i9-12900k and 64gb ram and get 30fps on the LOWEST settings. That's it.

I run Elden Ring at 120fps and just got done with Armored Core that ran at 144fps rock solid medium settings all the way through without a single blip.

The performance is unbelievably atrocious.

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[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Imma wait for the fitgirl repack

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[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Wonder if the cracked version crashes when starting a new game like the steam version does...

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[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 27 points 2 years ago

Well, that was quick!

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Did starfield not have denuvo drm. I thought most Bethesda games did.

[–] Entropy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 2 years ago (14 children)

None of them do. It would fuck with people's ability to make mods for them.

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[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago

Bethesda Game Studios games don't have DRM like Denuvo. BGS and Bethesda Softworks are two different entities. ID, MachineGames and other Zenimax studios tend to have DRM, not BGS.

On the other hand, didn't Denuvo come out after Fallout 4 launched? So what would they even protect, 76?

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[–] BurnedDonutHole@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And even it's cracked from I won't be able to play it thanks to my old as system and my lack of will to purchase a new one untill it dies.

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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Is RUNE or IGGAMESCOM trustworthy?

[–] Abraxiel@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Rune is. A lot of people don't like IGG, but I've never had a problem with it. You gotta be good at dealing with ads and such though.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Does this mean I can pirate it early? 😮

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, the game isn't even out yet. 🏴‍☠️ stay winning, I guess.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

It's out on (paid) early access. Think that's how they got the game files lol.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago
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