Release of Crack Total Overdose !

[BarryB]

I guess I went into RANT mode there a bit

I just thought it needed to be said and it's not aimed at anyone in particular or intentionally meant to offend anyone, it was just to bring peoples attention to some of the reasons cracks are not being released, as chads2k2 knows from experience by reading his post!

Cracks are like Duke Nukem Forever, no one knows when or if they'll get released

[Bozobub]

Heh. Actually, I find it pretty interesting to see the new anti-copy/crack methods being employed; they're quite damn ingenious and the coding has a LOT to teach you if you're a programmer. It's always been an arms race, so why be surprised or unduly upset when one side grabs an advantage..? That's what they DO! And previous posts have it spot-dead-on: if you're so dead-set on some hard-to-find crack for a game, learn to code one yourself, buy the game, or learn how to use Antiblaxx, VirtualCDHide, SFCure, and other wonky ways to get 'em to fly . Don't wanna do that? Then, *ahem*, go polish yer pope, cuz you're NOT going to be playin'!

You would not believe the time I had, for example, getting Trackmania: Sunrise and Splinter Cell 3 to run w/o owning an USB 2.0 external DVD! Erm, well, knowing this forum, mebbe you would . It was still nearly as much fun (and yes, I honestly mean "fun") trying to figure out how to get them to not require the disks - and yes, I actually BOUGHT them both - as coding a crack might've been, in a weird way. It was the "puzzle" quality of it, just like my favorite times programming.
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[Joe Forster/STA]

@BarryB: Absolutely agreed! Even more, I think something like "don't whine for cracks, they will be available on GCW when they become available at all; refer to Nforce etc. before requesting" should be added to the forum rules.

And/or, perhaps, the two weeks rule could now be extended to at least, two months, and anyone breaking the rule should be banned right away. There's just too much whining and other noise on this forum and pretty much no useful information...

[BarryB]

I think I've dragged this thread offtopic

To go offtopic once more (and risk the wrath of the mods):

Not all cracks get reported on NFOrce Joe, most of them, but not all!

I agree that people shouldn't be complaining because a crack is not available, it's simply not up to GCW and it's staff to make cracks, I guess some people think that we are here to *MAKE* cracks for games and this is where the confusion sets in.

The 2 week rule is a compromise I think, not all games get released at the same time so 2 weeks maybe gives a new game time to be released in other countries.

And as Bozobub says, protections are getting more complex and the solutions to counter them more complex as well, these lead to methods that can potentially screw up someones PC and so proper 'cracks' are thin on the ground, hence people whining for them because they can't/won't follow these complex methods.

To be honest, it's a lot easier to put in your original CD/DVD and wait for a crack. Instead, as Joe says, people just bitch and fill up threads with useless posts.

[chads2k2]

Hey,

I played the game all the way through and I would like to revise my opinion about it. The story line does fully suck. That hasn't changed, the graphics still could be better. The physics of the driving is etrocious (spelling?), and generally the game plays in a manner that would be compared to a kid who just got a new firetruck on christmas. Running around and wondering what the hell your doing.

I do have to say though, that the moves are cool. The bullet dodging is excellent and is the best I have seen. Yes MaxPayne2 was good but this takes it a step further. Well done Eidos. The "Loco Moves" in this one are sweet, and very creative! I just wish they would implement them into the story better. That link I sent you is the ultimate crack, it's called buying it, I did and I also suggest doing the same. It will make a Total Overdose 2 and that might be worth something. I already put in a few emails to a few Eidos guys I know and told them the problems. No word back yet (not a big surprise, they might actually be working! hahahha). This game is addictive and keeps you interested. I would suggest though playing with PiZZa's trainer. Damn they make good stuff. It makes the game much more enjoyable and is still hard. That is when you know a game programmatically is well done or not. Oh, and the one who commented about the ingenious coding. I have to agree. My goodness the schemes are amazing.

Take care and go learn something,
CutOut