Grahame

This is how to beat the pirates.

Reminds of when Football Manager Devs made pirate copies of their game run so the team that finished bottom won the league. Imagine putting in all the hours that a season takes to find that out! Brilliant!

September 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

Jamie Obeso

Haha, this reminds me of a killer anti-piracy measure from Earthbound on the SNES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyoV1bkXNI <– (end game spoilers)

September 7th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

jereth

saddly some bright spark will compare the code of a legit and a cracked and un do it
ghostbusters had imposible difficulty and it was bypassed

September 7th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

the pirate king

pirate them to hell….. wait what the is the pirate the caribbean forums…?

September 7th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

nadrewod

That pirate needs a lesson on how to ask for help on a pirated game (which I would never do, as anyone who looks at my PS3 trophies (look for this name) can see, since I finished the game): 1, WAIT UNTIL THE GAME COMES OUT TO NON-PIRATES BEFORE YOU ASK FOR HELP ON THE OFFICIAL FORUM; 2, never just state your problem, add a fake story about how “my disc got scratched” (works best if you didn’t download the game with Steam (in which case there would be a virtual record of your purchase without a disc), but if you have done so, simply change the wording to “my game file got corrupted”) so that they don’t immediately see that it was an undamaged disc and a normal challenge that didn’t work right.

September 7th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

stoled

the new crack is still bugged…multiple “off the map” grapple icons…”missing” grapple points and many ppl report “invisible walls” and “falling through the map” when fighting the boss ivy

September 7th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

ihatepirates

mother fucking pirates. I am glad that game developers are doing these things to reduce piracy. every game company should do this.

September 7th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

Matt

Haha, that’s gold. There’s quite a bit more gold in that place, see this comment about a guy who is *possibly* thinking to pirate the game.

Nemesis296: I just got confused on more than 1 level…so are you a pirate? If so, I hope your house burns down when you download the game illegally.

Haha OWNED.

September 8th, 2009 at 2:22 am

name

so he asks for help on the official game board when the game is not out for pc yet.
OMFG what a idiot.
you might as well walk up to the pri minister kidnap him take him to the police office and kill him in front of the cops.
o yea and call the media so its video taped.
i knew people are dumb, but come on how dumb can you be.
hopefully eidos track his MAC address track him down and through his dumb ass in jail.

September 8th, 2009 at 4:07 am

dooche bag

It’s not a bug in the game’s code, it’s a bug in your moral code…

That is brilliant!!! You just got done son!!!!

If anyone has ever seen the dark knight wouldnt you love for Batman to say that to a villian…I mean imagine that? It would be brilliant!!! I am loving this game for the PS3!!!! I am gliding my way through it! (Excuse the pun)

September 8th, 2009 at 5:26 am

STICHY911

HAHAHA another one bats the dust….. Well done Eidos 5*!!!

September 8th, 2009 at 7:52 am

Anonymous

Free Batman: AA DLC

September 8th, 2009 at 11:41 am

Chris Carter

@Anonymous
Thanks for the DLC update!

September 8th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Christian

I proudly paid money for this game and godamn it, it was worth every penny. These developers put in hundreds and hundreds of hours of hard work only to have some douchebag rip them off. Imagine working your ass off and not getting paid all that you rightfully worked…sucks, doesn’t it.

September 8th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

ano ny mous

LOL it works great no problem even in ivy boss level lol

September 8th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Tacgnol

I downloaded the game and pirated it a week before launch, glide was not disabled, the only thing I can assume is that they have patched it since then.

September 8th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

cart00nstrip

“Also the 360 version of this game is more pirated than the PC version so good luck there.”

Actually, my buddy downloaded this copy. Didn’t work for him. Personally, I like the idea of better games being developed, so I’m all for buying games legally. Pirates just make it harder for developers to justify creating new IPs. Have fun destroying the industry we all love so much, you ignorant buggerers!

September 8th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

anonymous

haha there will be a fix soon, just like in AC and mass effect plus if you want to get pirated games i advise you to get the 360.
hey i don’t appreciate piracy but where i live it is legal and not originals.
to play online i had to order games from usa. but now i got a 360 all pirated and online.

September 8th, 2009 at 4:31 pm

anonymous

some games deserve to pay for but some not

September 8th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

DD

well for Cheshirec_the_cat (The Pirate) all he needs to do is use his remote batarang to hit the fan control that will remove the gas. At least thats what i did the glide ability wasnt really needed to get to the next platform while the gas was there.

September 8th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

skyline

meh, been cracked already now.

September 9th, 2009 at 11:46 am

Just asking

So let me get this straight. Eidos itself leaks the game with this glitch on it, and it’s fixed in a few hours after it has been first encountered? So in the end we’re left with a working copy of the game, released by Eidos itself. So, how exactly is this a victory for Eidos? I know I won’t buy any more Eidos games than before and a lot of those who tested this version will probably think more carefully before buying the game.

September 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

HAN

finished PC version it 3 days ago…
Eidos gets pwned.

September 11th, 2009 at 2:12 am

Anonymous

A lot of people download pirated games because they want to try it out BEFORE they BUY it. So whats the big deal!!! Why waste money on a game that you don’t like and won’t ever play??

September 13th, 2009 at 7:46 am

Blue

It’s not complicated, really.

Work has value. They put a lot of time and effort into the game, and it’s only fair to recognize that. Some people don’t want to pay for things, and it has nothing to do with teaching the industry a lesson or protesting bad games. They just don’t want to part with the money; and yet they act like they’re sticking it to the man when they steal. The go on forums and brag, and act like they’re god damned criminal masterminds when all they did was download something off the internet.

And then they tell honest people to get lives.

They’re just ignorant children.

September 13th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Chris Carter

@Blue
Bottom line, if the pirates really liked the game, ultimately they lose out when Rocksteady can’t afford a sequel, or even closes down.

September 13th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

Anon

If a company isn’t going to bother with making it worth $60 in the wonderful economy we live in, why the hell should you buy the game? Beat the story mode, beat the challenges and you’re done.

I support developers when they truly deserve it – Diablo II came out in the 90’s and I’m still playing it. It stays fresh, you never “beat” it, and patches (although they’re somewhat rare) change the game entirely. Now that’s worth my $60.

October 9th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

Gamer

ppl would pay for the games if the games would really be worth the money they pay.
You buy a game, pay ~100$ and finish the game within 2-3 days on all difficulty levels. Thats really not worth the money.

Today there are not much games worth buying. Too expensive for to little joy.

October 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am

Guido

Wow some of you pro-piracy people are pretty damn stupid. I fully understand why someone would pirate a game, but “not wanting to buy a bad game” is no excuse. That is why I play FREE demos before I ever buy a game, or talk to someone else that has played it and get their opinion. Also, you are acting as if playing video games a right you have, and that guy above talking about people in 3rd world countries not able to afford games…WTF? Playing video games is a luxury, if you aren’t able to afford it, maybe you shouldn’t be wasting your time on games. I’m not saying I have never pirated a game, but I try to do it the legal way by playing demos and reading forums so that I know I want to buy a game. If a company charges too much for crappy games, then they will go out of business, that’s capitalism. Grow up and get a job if you want to play games.

October 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Vagrant

Well, if they run out of money, they’ll just get bought up and ruined by EA like every other VG company they buy. If the content of demos were enough to give an accurate representation of games, yeah, I’d buy into that, but they don’t 90% of the time, much in the way that movie previews only show the couple good scenes and misrepresent the rest of the film.

You guys seem to be missing the fact that after the primary market for games, a lot of these, mostly console games, end up in second hand stores, and when resold the game developers receive none of the profit. So by reselling games you’re technically doing about the same as the pirates in douching the devs out of money. Not that it matters whether or not you buy the game anyways, the stores selling them have already paid for them so that money has already reached the devs as much as it will.

October 26th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

firstprime

i hate all you overly zealous moral freaks.
we all love the game industry, but this kind of thing wont make a difference….

1: anyone who pirates a game wouldnt have baught it anyway so the game devs arent losing buisness that way.

2:if it was pirated before it was released then it is more than likely that most people who dl’d it were just impatient fans

3: in my case (and im sure many other gamers are the same), i buy alot of games, i spend basically all my money on games, i support developers and have spent thousands of euros on games. i also pirate games whenever i want, i dont see anything wrong with it. because the games i pirate are games i would not have baught or wil buy in the future. i do no harm to devs or the game industry. if i pirate a game and really enjoy it i buy it, if its bad i dont.

while im sure many people who pirate games are selfish douches who have no respect or sympathy for game devs, many people who pirate games are loyal gamers who are short on cash or just want to try out a game. have a little compassion and try to think about what ive said before judging people and calling them pirates. i treat people who are over zealous towards pirates withe the same disgust that they see pirates.

November 1st, 2009 at 9:05 pm

To: FirstPrime

You’re a thief, get over it. If you can’t get over the label, stop doing it. But don’t get offended when someone calls you what you are. Pirate, thief, whatever – that’s YOU. Oh you buy games and steal them? OK, you’re an occasional thief then, opportunistic you might even say. Is that better ? Moral scale says… NO. You’re wrapped up with the rest of the sinners in hell. Heh.

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm

firstprime

morals are what you make of them. theres no set morals, everybody has thier own and you dont get to decide whats right or wrong. im a pirate but not a thief, nobody loses from what i do. if i dont like a game why should i buy it? i dont care what anyone calls me, give me whatever label you want.
its closed minded idiots like you that bring down the advancement of society. if you obey all laws then no movement will ever be made, you have to use common sense and good judgement to know whats right.
if you cant accept what i do then leave me be and get out of my way but dont try to stop me, judge me and insult me.
good day to you sir.

November 3rd, 2009 at 2:41 pm

RJ Clarke

Hahaha, I don’t even care if this doesn’t stop piracy at all…I’m just glad companies can do it to be jerks to the people pirating the game!

November 9th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

Cotowar

First off, this was a pretty funny response.

Now, to get to the pirating moral code. First off, no game should be that expensive. I understand the work that goes into these new games, as I’ve written several basic games myself and they come no where near the retail ones. Even still, quality products can be released for free, these game developers just choose to rape the economy with their high prices.

I would venture to say that most pirates wouldn’t buy the game to begin with if there were no free copy, they would just wait for someone else to buy it, crack it, and release it on a p2p network. The same goes for music and movies. The game making companies are losing little to no revenue from pirates. What they are getting, however, is a reputation. If one company were to relax its piracy measures, and make full y functional cracked copies easier to obtain, people would notice.

Also, the EULA is a total piece of shit that allows the game companies, and software companies in general, to take your money without really selling you a product. You are not, contrary to popular belief, the owner of that game. You are simply paying them to use it. For $60, that game damn well better be mine, and I should be allowed to do with it as I please. If that means using the disc as a coaster so be it. If that means making 17 copies so I feel safe with my investment, that should also be okay.

Bottom line, go pirates. Thank you all for providing me and the rest of the world with free content, and may our ranks continue to grow. These greedy bastards will never be forced under due to profit losses, but that doesn’t mean we should stop providing free entertainment to our fellow man.

November 29th, 2009 at 12:01 am

Anonasnake

to release digitally. So they can make their money off the purchases before the game itself is pirated.

January 24th, 2010 at 1:13 pm