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    Crysis Maximum Edition question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by vulcan78, Jun 13, 2011.

  1. vulcan78

    vulcan78 Notebook Deity

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    Now that I hacked and tinkered with my R2 to a significant degree I think it has a shot at handling the original Crysis! Problem is the edition Im interested in, Maximum Edition, is only available from UK/AUS sellers on ebay, and on amazon.com a sizeable handful of reviewers complain about the DRM from EA?

    Any info would be great, thanks.
     
    vulcan78, Jun 13, 2011
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  2. ValkerieFire

    ValkerieFire God Follower

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    I believe the hard copy of Crysis Max is limited to 5 installs. So you have be careful reformating your HDD. Get the Steam version or EA Digital Download and you can install as many times as you want. If eBay is your cheapest deal, just watch out on the # of installs.
     
    ValkerieFire, Jun 13, 2011
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  3. GallardosEggrollshop

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    I would just wait for it to go on sale in Steam. Their summer sale should be starting up soon. I got Crysis for real cheap last year they had a sale.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Jun 13, 2011
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  4. vulcan78

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    Thanks for the advice, I also heard that version 1.8 does not support crossfire and that youre automatically updated to this version?
     
    vulcan78, Jun 13, 2011
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  5. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I actually had to call EA and request that they reset my installation count. The guy did it without much back-pressure. Then Crysis/Warhead both went on sale on Steam, so I don't have to deal with that crap anymore.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 13, 2011
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    I have the steam version of Crysis. It has the install limit...going to call EA later this week.
     
    shadowyani, Jun 13, 2011
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