Install Bioshock, get free Rootkit.

[[AK]Squidly]

Kinda sux...

http://hylomorph.livejournal.com/35472.html

[[AK]Clay]

You have to have a Steam account? Screw it. I'll pay the cash for the game, but I hate that noise. Let me know when the cracks are out to bypass that junk.

[[AK]Squidly]

It's the other uninstallable crap that is the dealbreaker. Steam's no problem for me.

[[AK]Hylander]

Yeah, I have no problem with Steam either. Well, other than the fact they never fixed/helped the problem with HL2: Episode 1 that so many of us have that won't let us play the game we purchased. I can't see purchasing any future versions of HL2 since I can't even play Episode 1.

But otherwise, I actually like the way Steam functions and don't have a problem with it.

[Slaughter]

More reason to own a Xbox 360.

[[AK]Abaddon]

Playing Bioshock now on my system, no problems. I also had no issues with Half Life: Episode 1. I bought Bioshock over Steam.

I have found a link that tells how to remove Securom without damaging the game. I may give it a go later today.

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6948

[[AK]Abaddon]

On a similar note, I reinstalled BF2 this weekend, and was disturbed to see that the latest PunkBuster services run all the time, even when I am not playing a game. They do not appear in the autostart list for Windows, and cannot be prevented from starting except by uninstalling them.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

[[AK]Nuts]

Bioshock won't work on my system... No mouse on the screen, I can't select crap. Damn, 2 days of bit torrent and I can't pirate this game. I'm going to write a letter to the maker of the ga..... oh, wait. Uh, never mind.

[[AK]Squidly]

There's no justification for installing a persistant (existing after the game is uninstalled,) difficult to remove copy protection.

Whether or not it is effective in its task is irrelevant.