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System Shock 2 is abandonware right?

Topic started by KEITH1437 on April 4, 2009. Last post by roushimsx 7 months, 3 weeks ago.
Post by KEITH1437 (96 posts) See mini bio
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Is it illegal to download it? I've been wanting to play if for a while but I don't want to have to pay $80+. I've talked to people who say it is legal and others say it is illegal.


Post by Coltonio7 (2,702 posts) See mini bio
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Wrong place to ask.


Post by KEITH1437 (96 posts) See mini bio
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Where do I ask then?


Post by ArbitraryWater (1,580 posts) See mini bio
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It's illegal. Just get Bioshock if you want a similar experience or hope that EA releases it on Steam.


Post by KEITH1437 (96 posts) See mini bio
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Already got Bioshock... wanted an inventory screen.


Post by Ping5000 (170 posts) See mini bio

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ArbitraryWater said:
"Just get Bioshock if you want a similar experience"
Ow. Migraine.


Post by Sleepy_Insomniac (962 posts) See mini bio
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Ping5000 said:
ArbitraryWater said:
"Just get Bioshock if you want a similar experience"
"Ow. Migraine.
"
What? It's true.


Post by ShadowKiller (813 posts) See mini bio
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Unless it's on their official website for a free download it's illegal. But you don't have to pirate it you can Ninja it.


Post by Sparky_Buzzsaw (1,303 posts) See mini bio
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It's definitely illegal, at least for the moment.  I wouldn't be surprised to see it crop up on a site like Steam or GOG, but it might take a while.  Publisher's rights can be a royal bitch for modern distribution of older games.


Post by SpikeSpiegel (2,289 posts) See mini bio
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Just do it.

Hey, Nike told me.


Post by deathfury (393 posts) See mini bio
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Sadly its almost impossible to buy this new anywhere, but its still illegal to download it, lets hope it goes up on steam or GoG.


Post by roushimsx (331 posts) See mini bio
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There's no such thing as abandonware. Literally. The term was simply made up by people that liked to pirate software that's impossible to buy from the company anymore, but that doesn't mean that it's legal to freely distribute.

We can hope and pray that they'll one day release it as unsupported freeware or, even better, public domain, but until then it's simply a retail game that you'll never actually find in stores anymore. Shame more people didn't buy it back when it came out and was pulling in shit tons of awesome reviews from everywhere.

I never really did like the endlessly respawning enemies and overly fragile weapons. There's a patch that could fix it, but it never really felt like it should have been necessary in the first place. Bioshock totally overcompensated :(





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