PC Games: You Buy or Pirate?

Shelcoof · Post by **Shelcoof** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:01 am

Hey guys

I'm considering purchasing Call of Duty 4 but I'm curious what are the advantage of buying the actual game or pirating it?

What I mean by advantages I mean advantages and disadvantages for me. I don't care for the developers just my own personal advantages

I've never really gamed before so this will be the first FPS I ever buy and the 2nd FPS I will play besides Halo for the xbox.

Certain things to consider is the online play, does playing a pirated version have problems playing online? and other stuff

okay please post in

Thanks
Jimm

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:04 am

it's that type of thinking that's destroying PC gaming.

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Shelcoof · Post by **Shelcoof** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:09 am

jpj wrote:it's that type of thinking that's destroying PC gaming.

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I'm not going to drop 70$ on a game that I'm not sure if I'll like. Usually I buy games I like if it is available for sale. If the game sucks.. great I didn't waste 70$ on a game I didn't like

I know there is a demo somewhere but I'm not going to download a file that is over 1gb just to test it out.

Like I said I'm unfamiliar with PC gaming so I'm being careful here.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:14 am

Hey guys, tell me about pirated PC games so I can pirate them.

If there's a demo, just download that instead. It's free, and most demos will end up telling you whether you'll enjoy the game or not. Some can be misleading, and actually be better than the entire game (see Braid, Ninja Gaiden 2) itself. But not wanting to download a demo because it's "large" against a considerably larger full version is just stupid.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:18 am

lol pc games
the ones i play, like falcom stuffs are impossible to find so i GET IT BY A FRIEND

Post by **system11** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:19 am

You were dropped on your head as a child, crawled under a rock, and have now emerged as some kind of freeloading parasite with the mental capacity of a kettle?

No ISO trading, ROM begging, bootlegging, modchip sales, copyright infringement, or assistance with any of these – for example warez FTP site details. It doesn't matter what is legal in your country, there are no exceptions to this rule – although discussion of emulation is not a problem.

That's quoted from the rules, by the way.