[t.foster73]

The thing is, so many people on these types of Forum (Not me), have no intention of buying this game, and the people who have bought it today in the US (I know a few who have), have no interest in nocd fixes etc, and so don't come here to tell us the protection the game uses. If this game uses Starforce, and the USB trick is blocked, then I'm afraid that's the end for me and PC games. I'm not being a sulken little crybaby here, it's just that if I can't make a working backup, I might as well buy an XBOX (spit) and the game on that. At least then I can play on my big TV in the living room. I'm 95% sure that PC Starforce and the XBOX 360 will be the nail in the coffin for PC games (not for all the other things PC's can do of course).