...you do realise that if you use SecureROM (hateful as it is) that you don't need to keep the disc in the drive for Spore according to PC Gamer?
Well obviously not.
Anyway, I've used a variety of authentication mechanisms for games from CD Keys to Steam through SecuROM and none of them have caused me any problems. The way I see it is that:
a) I've never had to do a full reinstall more than once in the last two years and that was because I was switching from 32 to 64 bit Vista.
b) I actually don't have more than one games rig with the juice to play Bioshock or other similar games.
c) It's a small price to pay if it cuts down piracy and stops people from quitting making PC games and moving to consoles instead.
As for reviews, I get mine from the likes of PC Gamer and the more reputable gamesites (i.e. the ones that don't fire employees for sayign that some EA Games are crap when they are, indeed, crap). I'm not bothered what a bunch of whining muppets on Amazon think.
Don't like it? Don't buy it. Fairly simple equation.
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