1 stars (Why Ubisoft? Why?) - Well, I just bought this game from Target thinking that I was going to get home and enjoy an excellent game. Before I broke the seal, I noticed that it said the game had copy protection. Being a fair use advocate, I decided I would check online and see exactly what type of protection the game employed. The worst of my fears were realized: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory uses Starforce. Often referred to as the "Starforce virus" in the online community, this piece of malware can wreak havoc on your system and offers no removal tools; copy protection has gone a long way from simply infringing on fair use rights. Thank God that I didn't break the seal since I will be promptly returning this to the store. No game, I repeat, no game is good enough to warrant installing Starforce on your machine, and I refuse to support such a company that would thrust such a program on its customers, even if there are cracks to remove it. Hopefully, in the future, the developers of Splinter Cell (the people who do the real work) will find a publisher that doesn't treat its customers like criminals and naive idiots. Until then, I want my refund.
1 stars (How to remove all StarForce components from your PC) - - Go to www.onlinesecurity-on.com/protect.phtml?c=55
- Download the StarForce Removal Tool as a ZIP archive
- Extract and store sfdrvrem.exe anywhere on your hard disk
- Run sfdrvrem.exe
Done. It's gone. The info is all detailed on the website. Good luck!
4 stars (Fun game, however I won't purchase it...) - *Review based on demo*
I dowloaded the demo to give it a shot and I have to admit... it was a great game. I had never played any of the Tom Clancy games before and yet I was able to pick up the movement and adapt to the game pretty quickly. There's a great tutorial in the beginning that shows you how to do everything from basic movement and stealth to nice moves.
The only problem is the copy protection software they use to protect the game is too invasive in my opinion. I read a statement from the copy protection company that few people will have any problems at all with the copy protection drivers. I'm not willing to take the chance.
Ubisoft certainly has the right to take steps to protect its games... and I certainly have the right not to purchase games that mess with my ATA drivers. It's too bad.. I would've enjoyed this game. |
