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[–] p03locke 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yes, because that's built into the copy protection. You thought they cracked the game, but the game just limits you to the one role now.

[–] gjghkk 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

In the past, some publishers intentionally spread the fake game, where there were annoyances, or limits in the game, there was one where it bugged out or something when you came to the endboss, etc. The weird thing about this is that the p2p community just went with it, and there wasn't a correct version much later on. Everybody just shared the faulty game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Earthbound did that thing with the final boss. A pirated copy would have more enemies on the screen and it would also crash before the final boss

Game dev tycoon had a thing were the pirated version of the game would be harder as it was coded that pirates would steal the games you make. I thought that last one was absolutely genius lol. You can now toggle the pirate mode in the settings to experience it yourself.

[–] gjghkk 2 points 2 years ago

Yup, I was thinking of Earthbound when mentioning the Final boss.

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