You need to actually move to that country and pay from there, so no :/
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Piracy is the first thing that comes to my mind when a game is georestriced or the performance is lowered due to copy protection stuff. I don’t even feel bad about it. The company wouldn’t have made any money from me whatsoever.
True. This isn’t a moral issue, they will not earn money from me either way since i cannot buy the game here, and I still will pirate it if the ban goes through (it most likely will) but i lose out on stuff like achievements and ease of downloading etc. So it’s mainly unnecessary inconvenience
At this point my best bet is to pray they either remove the scene or KSA just turns a blind eye.
I do hope you get to play and enjoy the game, but no way should the developer compromise on their vision of the game just to comply with a fucked-up morality regulation.
Yeah sorry, i don’t agree at all with it due to me being much more progressive than others here, but a shit ton of stuff is banned here and KCD would be the last straw for me :(
I feel for you OP, I hope we all get to live in the more accepting world we deserve someday.
Apologies as well if my previous comment also sounds a bit unsympathetic, which was not my intention but it does to me on a re-read. I’m sure there’s a lot more discomfort that comes with living under these kinds of rules than just what games you are or aren’t allowed to play that I did not give enough consideration to.
This sounds like a great time for someone who knows how to pirate games to post a really good guide. Safety is important when sidestepping dipshit politicians.
Hmm, this is a shame, but Saudi Arabia will always be against anything progressive. This game will get my dollars, so I better play the first one! Thankfully, Piracy comes in to save the day, but it would feel terrible to pirate a Warhorse game.
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Move away?
Easier said than done. I’m planning on it.
Well, now you can pirate it without feeling bad about it.
You can always pirate without feeling bad about it.
there be treasure? 🏴☠️
lets go hopefully the feds will accept that as an excuse
Can you use a VPN to spoof a different location, or would your payment details prevent that from working?
The high seas are always a last resort if you have no other options.
You need to actually move to that country and pay from there, so no :/
No shock there.
Yeah i’m just devastated. Now i can’t play it. I mean, unless if i pirate it 🏴☠️
But pirating games just doesn’t have the same ring to it ngl.
Piracy is the first thing that comes to my mind when a game is georestriced or the performance is lowered due to copy protection stuff. I don’t even feel bad about it. The company wouldn’t have made any money from me whatsoever.
True. This isn’t a moral issue, they will not earn money from me either way since i cannot buy the game here, and I still will pirate it if the ban goes through (it most likely will) but i lose out on stuff like achievements and ease of downloading etc. So it’s mainly unnecessary inconvenience
At this point my best bet is to pray they either remove the scene or KSA just turns a blind eye.
I do hope you get to play and enjoy the game, but no way should the developer compromise on their vision of the game just to comply with a fucked-up morality regulation.
Yeah sorry, i don’t agree at all with it due to me being much more progressive than others here, but a shit ton of stuff is banned here and KCD would be the last straw for me :(
I feel for you OP, I hope we all get to live in the more accepting world we deserve someday.
Apologies as well if my previous comment also sounds a bit unsympathetic, which was not my intention but it does to me on a re-read. I’m sure there’s a lot more discomfort that comes with living under these kinds of rules than just what games you are or aren’t allowed to play that I did not give enough consideration to.
Thank you, and it’s no problem.
You are right that there is more discomfort to me than just games (god i miss wolfenstein too 😭) But i will be fine.
I’ll see about pirating the game.
This sounds like a great time for someone who knows how to pirate games to post a really good guide. Safety is important when sidestepping dipshit politicians.
Go-to #1 is definitely the r/piracy megathread. My personal #2 is a 2gb/s external SSD and a dedicated exe-downloading laptop.
Hmm, this is a shame, but Saudi Arabia will always be against anything progressive. This game will get my dollars, so I better play the first one! Thankfully, Piracy comes in to save the day, but it would feel terrible to pirate a Warhorse game.
Same, i feel bad to pirate from such a good studio but it’s not like i have a choice.
Yeah, your nation isn’t giving giving you a choice in this case. Ultimately, circumventing the ban is the right move as a form of protest.