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Top tien van irritante DRM beveiligingen

Edgeonline heeft een top tien samengestelt van de meest irritante DRM beveiligingen, en hierbij krijgen we niet alleen een korte geschiedenisles, maar zien we ook welke beveiliging het meeste gehate is. En dat is niet SecuROM maar……

7. Fade

Such ingenious protection measures exist in abundance on the PC as well, and in this environment it’s much easier for a paying player to nevertheless feel the DRM’s sting. And yet, you had to applaud the effort. Just one great example of such a protection measure is Fade. Developed by Codemasters co-founder Richard Darling, it’s intended to be invisible to the pirate playing the game—until they become addicted, at which point gameplay begins to degrade. In Operation Flashpoint, for example, weapons lost their accuracy as enemies became more aggressive and injuries became more frequent. Similar systems have been in place in many games ever since, leaving confused copiers to wonder why their vehicles handle so badly or why the last snooker ball floated off the table.