Dragon Age II DRM Explained [Jan 31, 2011, 9:40 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A forum thread on the BioWare Social Network goes into detail about plans for digital rights management in Dragon Age II, BioWare's upcoming RPG sequel (thanks Strategy Informer). The Steam versions will rely on Steam DRM, while other versions, both boxed and digital will need to authenticate themselves "after a select period of days," which is not yet specified. There will also be a Release Control system which does not install anything, but prevents the game from being played before its release date. The game will not require the disc in the drive, and it can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs, though one copy can only be played on five different PCs in a 24 hour period. In addition to current DRM plans, there is also a follow-up post outlining how there are plans in place to "sunset" their authentication system down the road. Here's word:
Recently there has been some concern over the DRM (Digital Rights Management) included with Dragon Age 2. Hopefully this post will help clarify what the DRM is for all versions of Dragon Age 2.
Steam versions use Steam DRM, no other DRM is added.
Non-Steam versions (digital or retail disc) are as follows:
- No disc check, you do not need the disc in drive to play.
- No limit on the total number of PCs you can install and play the game on.
- There is a limit to the number of unique/different PCs that can start/play the game within a time window [5 PCs in 24hrs].
- Each install requires logging in to your EA account to verify game ownership and if you are a member of these forums, you have an EA account.
- You can play offline but the game will require a login check after a select period of days.
Release Control (does not use securom)
. It does not install anything to the PC.
. Sole purpose is to check with a server to validate whether the game release date has passed or not.
. It completely removes itself after the game release date has passed.
. You will not be able to play until that date has passed.
. Dates & times are set to the retail street date per country.
Hopefully this explains the DRM included in Dragon Age 2.
Verno wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 10:18:
Bioware has some truly pathetic, sycophantic fans on their forums man, its a literal cesspool. There was some guy in one of the DRM threads who said that he would support Bioware no matter what they did because he loves the company. It's a company selling you a product, not a sports team. Yes ignore all logic and reason to score points with a faceless corporation, woohoo.
The ME2 forums are downright scary in their fanboyism culture and disturbing fanart too.
Yes, and their developers foster that kind of forum by basically using "trust us... we're Bioware!" as their counter-argument to everything. I spent some time there when Dragon Age 2 looked to be terrible and it was like a Justin Bieber concert with screaming 12 year old girls everywhere.
I'm probably about to get banned from there too, since I am posting in that thread about buying the game and then cracking it to avoid having to deal with this stupid shit.
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