GameShield DRM

[skellington]

Just a word of warning for those that like to avoid rootkit activation based DRM, like most Rockstar games L.A. Noire uses GameShield along with their Rockstar Social Club account/launcher based DRM AND Steam.

[indio68]

so a no buy till if this will be bundled...for 1 dollars

[koso]

just like uplay. when will they learn.

[2PLY]

UGH. It's times like these that make me want to pirate.. sitting here with cash in hand and ready to buy, but all this does is make me not want to spend money on it. Anti-pirating stuff sure is doing it's job!

With the supposed techincal problems with the game besides I guess i'm probably going to just pass on the sale -_- DRM/additional launchers and technical issues are not welcome additions to my gaming life right now.

When I buy something I just want to click a button and play, not screw around and load up a bunch of other useless garbage everytime, is that so much to ask?

[sausagesoldier]

Balls. Also passing it up then.

[Gmr Leon]

Originally posted by i2PLY:

UGH. It's times like these that make me want to pirate.. sitting here with cash in hand and ready to buy, but all this does is make me not want to spend money on it. Anti-pirating stuff sure is doing it's job!

With the supposed techincal problems with the game besides I guess i'm probably going to just pass on the sale -_- DRM/additional launchers and technical issues are not welcome additions to my gaming life right now.

When I buy something I just want to click a button and play, not screw around and load up a bunch of other useless garbage everytime, is that so much to ask?

Right?

Thanks for the heads up. I read about it on the store page, but I'm unfamiliar with how it all works. So there's Steam, then there's Rockstar Social Club launcher + login, and whatever the heck Gameshield's doing? What a drag. I take it Gameshield's an install limit, right?

[PlayaOfGames]

ok where the ♥♥♥♥♥ re u gettign game shield game shield is not on thsi what so ever u buy it and u really dont need to sign into ur rockstar social club account cuz it has a offline option and there are no activation keys this is the only rockstar game that has social club but doesnt give u such a hassle like have u activate keys and all so istart up the game there is a launcher then set my options and then play notihng else dont listen to the op

[CrimsonJD]

Yep, store page now lists Rockstar Social Club _AND_ Gameshield IronWrap & Patcher. Really bad news. Though its good Steam is being more upfront now.

RockStar is an annoying company.

[JD180]

http://www.gameshield.com/

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[FOTUS (Felon of the U.S)]

Wow I almost bought this on sale. To the pirate bay!

[nulldata]

GameShield isn't a root-kit/driver based DRM, stop spreading FUD. As for Social Club, it is fully integrated into the game and isn't a separate application like say Origin or uPlay is. Not to mention if you don't want an account you can create an offline profile.

Social Club is used to provide in-game online features like "Ask the Community" and leader boards. Why doesn't it use Steam for this you ask? Because this way people aren't forced to use Steam if they purchase a retail copy or from another distributor.

EDIT: Also want to add that in Steam copies GameShield never prompts you for anything and after you login to Social Club you won't have to mess with SC either.

@JD180 - That functionality of GameShield is never used. The only time you'd see GameShield is if you bought the game retail or on another digital distributor -- even then its really only for making sure your game is up to date.

[B✪✪tsy]

No sale... yet an other one.

[Kainz]

Weevil/OP, cheers for the heads up warning. Guess I'll avoid then. Already played it years back when it came out on the 360. It was a good game if a tad stale (lack of sandbox). Was hoping to play it on the PC but not with the added social club bloat.

[Dude]

Personally I would recomend this game and the 'extra drm' ain´t that much of a deal considering that it´s NOT a separate application that runs in the background causing issues like say Origin/Uplay might do.

In other word yes it does have 'drm' but it´s nowhere near as bad as some other drm is so if you think it seems like a fun game go ahead and buy it. The complete edition is a bargain at it´s current price.

[Divstator]

I don't buy games from devs\pubs who treat everyone who buys their games as though they are thieves. When will these losers realize they drive away honest customers who don't want DRM's dirty hands pat down as a thanks for buying the game.

Never wanted a game bad enough to pirate it. Never wanted a game bad enough to ignore DRM whether it's intrusive or not - it's the principle of the thing.

[BurningTofu]

They only hurt customers who wants to buy the game and never the hackers. I'll pass this game.