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Deus Ex: HR's PC Preview Build version has leaked
- Thread starter Clevinger
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Audioboxer
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FunkyPajamas said:
Unless you're press I doubt it. It's not like the scenario we get with leaked games a week or two before release, where it's physically possible that the people talking about the game have simply found somewhere which has broke street date.
To give a positive spin on this news: It might increase word of mouth and general awareness about the game.
Ugh, I always find this kind of reasoning extremely flawed: "Shhh, everyone be quiet, do NOT talk about topic X, we might just spread the news." This isn't some 1984-type of forum, this is news that everybody has to know about. The damage has been done, we might as well discuss its ramifications or consequences, instead of trying to ignore what everybody else already knows about.
CaLe said:
Ugh, I always find this kind of reasoning extremely flawed: "Shhh, everyone be quiet, do NOT talk about topic X, we might just spread the news." This isn't some 1984-type of forum, this is news that everybody has to know about. The damage has been done, we might as well discuss its ramifications or consequences, instead of trying to ignore what everybody else already knows about.
Lostconfused
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Its still a big deal.Exuro said:
Remember when people were saying that the Crysis 2 leak wasn't the full game because it didn't have DX11 settings or anything like that and it really wasn't the full game? Yeah.
elrechazado
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Yes, stand in front of the flood and it will dry up....CaLe said:
Super easily, and a number of ways. I would say the easiest is to make a bit of dummy data in one of the files, open it up in a hex editor, and change what it says. All you would need is like a 64 bytes to put a decent water mark in a single file.1-D_FTW said:
Blizzard said:
I wouldn't even count Half Life 2, since the files were not encrypted at the time.
I do wonder why they only stole the binaries and not any of the source code (Or did they?)
Keyser Soze
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I see the file - 3.95 GB. I also see similarly named files that are 4MB in size.
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Shalashaska161
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Thank goodness it's not the full game. It obviously sucks though, poor devs.
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Deleted member 17706
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1-D_FTW said:
Surely they could, but it's hard to tell how much work would be required to do this for each of the many outlets they sent copies to.
FunkyPajamas said:
when Crysis 2 leaked we weren't allowed to link screens of it that others had posted.
which was very annoying as Crytek insisted on posting screens running on lew settings.
it is news. big news. it'll be reported on mainstream gaming sites. What's the point of a gaming forum that actively suppresses news about gaming?
sixteen-bit
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You have about a minute to edit the thread title if no one replied to the thread yetClevinger said:
From The Dust
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good thing it's just a preview build. this early would have been a disaster
FunkyPajamas
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That was a full commercial leak though, right?Zenith said:
As for the encryption: keep in mind that it was been decrypted since press was able to play it.
Now I should note that my copy of the game was removed from Steam automatically, so here's to hoping that the same will happen for the illegal build.. but if they can manage to run it outside steam, there's nothing to prevent that..
Now I should note that my copy of the game was removed from Steam automatically, so here's to hoping that the same will happen for the illegal build.. but if they can manage to run it outside steam, there's nothing to prevent that..
Lostconfused
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No. The difference is that a developer build of Crysis 2 leaked while only a preview build of Human Revolution is out there. Either way it's silly that people are acting as if OP exaggerated or is being sensationalist.Lime said:
Hard to get running in the first hour. People were already playing multiplayer the day of.JackEtc said:
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Deleted member 17706
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Lostconfused said:
You don't think that calling a 10 hour preview build "Deus EX: HR's PC Version" is an exaggeration?
It's misinformation, and causes a lot of confused posts from people who immediately comment based solely off of the title without reading the OP or any other post in the thread.
Lostconfused
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Nope.Zefah said:
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Deleted member 17706
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Lostconfused said:
Oh, I didn't realize the PC version would only be released in a restricted demo format. /sarcasm
You can't be serious. Half or less of a game is not the full game as is implied in the title.
BoobPhysics101
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subversus said:
No, these leakers deserve ass-rape, just like the Sony hackers. GAF demands ass-rape! The juniors' thirst for ass-blood must be sated.
Stupid jokes aside, this really sucks. But perhaps this will be positive press for DX: HR if the build is solid and people start praising it.
Lostconfused
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If you want to interpret the words PC version as a full retail build than that's up to you.Zefah said:
Zefah said:
It was an honest mistake on the OP's part. This forum has seen way, way more sensationalist titles that are honestly attempting to be misleading, so I don't know if it's an issue. Besides, the only ones who can change it at this point is a mod, so PM your favorite to let them know and it'll get fixed when it gets fixed.
On topic, I'd have to agree that while this is surely damaging to the morale of the dev team it isn't the worst thing in the world to happen. Doom 3 had leaks like this, Half-Life 2 had leaks like this, Crysis 2 had leaks like this. These things happen to highly anticipated games (no one breaks in and steals copies of Monster Truck Deer Hunter) and that might actually speak in favor of the game's chances.