Crysis: Maximum Edition EU Print Steam Activation?

[Prenihility]

Hello, Crysis fans. I just had a quick question about the game's activation. As some of you perhaps know (or not :P), Crysis: Maximum Edition is now being sold for a more affordable price under EA's "EA Value Games" line. The cover art features an ugly orange border, and as a collector, i'm not a fan. I have currently been looking at a copy of the Maximum Edition from the UK (PEGI Rating board on front and all that European mumbo-jumbo). I was wondering whether or not i can purchase it and activate it on my Steam account. Because to my surprise, some games ARE region-locked (somehow...?). I know that for The Orange Box, an Italian or German copy is actually specific (correct me if i'm wrong) for those two countries from some forum posts i've seen of people having trouble activating it. They have certain parts of the game censored or whatnot.

Anyhow. Yes, this copy of Crysis: Maximum Edition is from the UK. New, of course. So i'm just wondering if i'll have any problems activating it as a North American Steam user.

[Prenihility]

Oh... wow. So NONE of the Crysis games have Steam activation? HOW? WHAT?! But, as i was asking before, i'm concerned about games from different regions. I know that there are very specific (by country) digital distribution laws. The Orange Box's Italian and German versions are specific to those countries. An Italian or German print copy of the Orange Box won't work. Wish someone from Steam could come in to clarify everything.

I found some posts about Steam region-locking games? A couple of years ago? WHAAA? And i've been looking at certain games such as Aliens VS Predator on Amazon. They're coming from the UK and whatnot, but have a picture of the North American print on their advertisement. I send them a message and they say nothing. Awesome... Very helpful.

EDIT: ALSO. I'm a little confused. Why does it say "Internet Connection Required for Product Activation."? What's it activating on? Origin...?

Soo... it doesn't matter which region the game is from, if i want the Retail box? It's not like it's region-locked. You say it has no Steam activation. So i suppose it doesn't matter?

[Vassago Rain]

Steam games aren't region locked like console games, rather regions purchase versions of the game that adhere to a certain' region's rules and regulations. Germany almost always has its own censored version, Japan has localized japanese versions, russia has russian versions with language support for their runes and localization, and the RTW (rest of the world) gets the international version. If you get the russian version, you can only use it if you're actually in the russian region, and DLCs/add-ons have specific russian versions as well, so if you were to say, say, buy a really cheap key to new Vegas on a totally legit key site, and the game turns out to be a russian version with RTW DLCs, well, that's too bad.

Crysis uses SecuROM, which is one of the most draconian DRM schemes ever conceived. The game isn't really a game, but a rental. You're allowed to install it X times, and that's it.

I'm not saying there was a very good reason for pirating the title, but yes, there was a very good reason for pirating the title.

[Prenihility]

Oh, my... This sounds like pure AIDS. BUT, the only OFFICIAL way of activating the title online is through Origin, no? Because it does look to be an EA published game. And even now, the EA Value Games reprint of the Maximum Edition is under the EA banner. Soooo.... i take it that means yes?

And i seriously can only pop in the disc a limited number of times to install the game? SERIOUSLY?! But if it's Origin Activated.... it gets installed through Origin, no? Now i'm just really torn about getting the game. I REALLY wanna finally experience all three Crysis games. But i don't like Steam purchases unless they're absolutely mandatory.

[Vassago Rain]

A lot of the really old boxed ones don't use steam or origin, but just have secuROM. More modern ones will have an old fashioned activation code (a CD key) for whatever online service they're bound to, but I don't think that activation method will work anymore since gamespy's effectively dead.

Just go pirate it or get the GOG version. GOG doesn't have any DRM, and games there are required to be compatible with contemporary operating systems and hardware, so their version is much more stable than what's available elsewhere.

Crysis isn't an EA IP. Crytek simply favored EA a lot, but as you can see by the fact that crysis 2 is still available on steam, they had more business sense than EA at times. Only origin copies of crysis will require origin activation, but the game typically costs very little on origin.

[Prenihility]

Hmm, yeah. I don't know what to do at this point. But i did find something interesting. Apparently, SecuROM have a revoke tool that removes the restriction of limited installs. Apparently you just run it and voila.

[Ceejay]

Bascially to activate crysis on steam, you need to buy it through steam.

[Prenihility]

Ugh. Well, i really want the retail boxed versions. But i don't know what to do at this point. GG, Crytek.

[Vassago Rain]

1) buy boxed copy.
2) put boxed copy on shelf.
3) download pirated version.
4) apply cracks and updates.
5) profit.

1) buy one of the cool boxes, but with no game.
2) put box on shelf for display purposes.
3) give GOG the tiny amount of dollars required to purchase updated and DRM free version of crysis.

1) get out box of crayons.
2) take empty box.
3) draw Nomad and a jungle on it with crayons.
4) put it on shelf for display purposes.
5) download cracked crysis from somewhere.
6) step 5 is optional.

[Ceejay]

or if you want it on steam to add to above

1, Buy box copy cheap.
2. Put boxed copy on shelf.
3. Buy Steam version on sale cheap.


1, Buy box copy cheap.
2. Put boxed copy on shelf.
3. Buy Steam version on sale cheap.
4. If your very unlucky, buy GOG version anyway as steam version giving you issues.
(mine plays fine).

[Prenihility]

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You guys.. I.. i didn't know WHO I WAS. Until you two came along.

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