I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt for Battletech and just got burned again. I got burned with them before, *long* before any Paradox deal was on the horizon. First, Harebrained have a history of chickening out of DRM-free promises. for whatever, there is always a reason and meanwhile they still claim to be completely drm-free, which is a half-truth being generous) This does not really hold up to scrutiny. Kakarot96: Changing at the very last moment before release after announcing by surprise that Paradox will be their publisher and about 1-2 days before release announcing that to "protect" our investment and bonuses we will have to be logged on the Paradox site forcing us all to create/use an account there does not sound as something planned by Harebrained at all, and logic says it's much more plausible to be a condition forced by Paradox (the future owner of Harebrained, btw)Īnd this assumption is reinforced seeing what they (Paradox) are doing since then, trying to force people to use their launcher and site in every new game (for content, for MP or for simple access to games like this one. Come on, that's.well, not nice, right?Īnd finally, yes, i also agree with you in that Grim Dawn devs did much better and i will gladly support them in their next project, something i will never do again not only with Harebrained but also with Paradox (not that Pdox needs my support for anything lol but i prefer to put my money in more honest hands) Constantly, also, not only for activation so it's like any other online DRM game. They are the ones that create a system for content that is already inside a game to be locked and not showing unless you are logged with them.
The one to blame here is the bigger fish, who has the money and power to make the decissions for Prison, Battletech and other games they made or directly bought. There are plenty of reviews here on GOG complaining about DRM, i'm not saying something new and that they have in their games at least partial DRM is not just my opinion, it's sadly the truth. Harebrained sold themselves? Yes, i agree, and they announced it in the last moment, but the rest is made by Pdox, you have more examples from other games and other developers being Pdox the publisher.
for whatever, there is always a reason and meanwhile they still claim to be completely drm-free, which is a half-truth being generous) Changing at the very last moment before release after announcing by surprise that Paradox will be their publisher and about 1-2 days before release announcing that to "protect" our investment and bonuses we will have to be logged on the Paradox site forcing us all to create/use an account there does not sound as something planned by Harebrained at all, and logic says it's much more plausible to be a condition forced by Paradox (the future owner of Harebrained, btw)Īnd this assumption is reinforced seeing what they (Paradox) are doing since then, trying to force people to use their launcher and site in every new game (for content, for MP or for simple access to games like this one. Harebrained Schemes just jumped onto the first possible solution they stumbled upon without putting any kind of thought or work in regarding alternatives or consequences. I think they were a couple of days for the Kickstarter rewards, but they managed them in the proper way. Despite the fact they were fewer people, some of the of people still had day jobs while working on Grim Dawn and they were just backed by their own money and a Kickstarter without publisher support. In contrast, the Grim Dawn guys managed to do things properly at the time of their initial release. They decided to go the cheap, thoughtless way with that. BitMaster_1980: Well, the blame for that specific piece of bullshit is completely with Harebrained Schemes.
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