Mass Effect DRM woes.....

Its only been installed on two machines, and only once was I unable to uninstall before a format, so thats only 3 active installs....After my last installation all was well, now a week or so later i get an error saying I have too many activation and it wont start.........VERY frustrating... Wish I could have bought this on steam...

I wonder if my recent chanhe to a GTX 260 had something to do with it? It worked fine when I reinstalled with my 4870, only had this problem after I changed cards.

 

Could have been the hardware change. I think companies are shooting themselves in to foot with these tight DRMs. Even when I buy games, half the time I end up using a crack anyway so I don't have to deal with the stupid DRM. How much longer am I going to want to buy games like this?

 

After searching around I found that uninstall DO not give activations back, and hardware changes can cancel an activation....this is pure BS....

 

you can call them and they can fix it i mean if you run out of activations

 

Have you tried that? I called the tech # on their site and its totally automated and after a great deal of frustration it told me to email them. Do you know of an alterante number?

 

actually i dont i just read an article in pc gamer a week ago about this problem they said if you call them they will fix it also try emailing i emailed other companies like ea and they responded under a hour
remember patience patience iam sure if you wait you can find on the phone speak to a representative

 

If i dont respond on the phone it repeats the message several times, then says goodbye and hangs up.

I emailed them about 3 hours ago.

Its hard to be paitent when you pay good money for a game that you cant play.

 

the dumbest part about this all is iam sure people have already cracked it already
so you pay 50 to 60 and then they treat you like a criminal...... similar thing happened to shadowrun i cant play it becuase i activated to much...happy i only payed 10 bucks for it

 

Still nothing........

 

thats ****ty, give em a call, the fact that a HW change could effect that kinda scares me, how much do they know?

i say crack it though, you bought the game, and you want to [play it, i see no problem with that.

 

That's why I refuse to buy any PC games with intrusive and excessive DRM. I bought Flight Sim X Deluxe the day it came out and I applied the crack the same day. I have not activated the product and never will.

All my PC games I have purchased are the same way. I wanted to buy Mass Effect but was scared off by he DRM. Your best option is to go to the official website, create an account and submit a formal complaint.

 

Calling is useless, I get to curse at a very crappy voice activated automaton, and in the end its just tells me a rep cant help me with that problem and to E-mail them. I spose they are tired of dealing with the mess they created too. It doesnt even give me an option to talk to a person, and if I ask, its like I'm speaking a foreign launguage.

 

Crack it. You already bought it, so what the hell.

 

thats stupid. i was considering buying it but without any mods (from what i have heard) and these issues i dont think im going to bother.
yeah i say crack it, you own the game so i dont see any problem.

 

i was going to recommending that since you purchased it legally and you own it

 

still havent heard back......

 

Ice, I suggest you create a topic neatly articulating your activation troubles on the official Bioware Mass Effect message board.

Be sure to include all relevant computer information; if possible, take screenshot of any and all germane error messages.

By the way, refrain from the use of harsh and profane language in the initial message.

All the best--.