Street Fighter 4 PC Benchmark... haxing

My bad, I meant "What a standard PC port SHOULD be", hehe.

 

The game is hardly a PC "port" in the traditional sense of the word, because the Taito Type X2 arcade cabinet is little more then a PC in a box with Windows XP Embedded installed.

So the most that needed to be done is making sure the game works on a wide variety of hardware, adding in adjustable graphics settings and all the extra stuff the console versions had.

 

Just wondering, are the files in the benchmark the same extension types as the ones on the Xbox 360 disc?

 

Apparently, there's a patch floating around that turns the benchmark into a playable demo.

Thing is, it's probably not going to be needed now, since there are people able to walk into the store and buy the thing (this means that despite a July 3rd release, it'll be on torrent sites by tomorrow).

Guess FuckuROM doesn't provide as much piracy protection as people might think.

 

It provides null protection against piracy, especially with Internet where everybody can get everything with a single click =P

Also, like the guy from 2D Boy said, DRM isn't used to stop piracy but to prevent used game sales.

 

Word has it the game has already been leaked. Although it could just be a copy of the benchmark with the patch you mentioned...

 

Did you forget about the Sonic 2 Beta? :v:

Although I bet it's on every torrent on the planet right now.

 

*sighs*

I've confirmed it was being torrented late last night.

Good news, if you can call it that though, is that the pirates are going to be fucked, because without a valid key, they'll only be able to play offline and can't save any data (however, I'm sure a trainer with character/color/PA/costume unlocks is on the way).

The game's a port of the 360 version, with the launcher even allowing you to set up your keys/pad/stick (latter recommended) to map to the 360's buttons. Further, all areas where the 360's buttons are referred to shift between the console button images and corresponding keys (like for setting up a title and icon, you use the Ctrl keys to switch pages if you only have 6 buttons on your stick).

 

An offline profile can still save data, but without online, there is a bunch missing, including downloadable content that I am sure will come soon.

 

Which is probably already in the game, just that the game checks for the server to see if unlock it or not.

 

Or it'll be hacked to work with an offline save file anyway. Can't stop progress, regardless of if said progress is good or not.

 

I can confirm the alternate outfits are in the game's install. The 'DLC' is only the size of an unlock code on the 360, and since this is almost a direct port of THAT port, it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots.

Further, 'cheats' have been found to unlock all the characters, colors and taunts. A trainer simplifying the process has also been put out.

The only reason alternate outfits hasn't been added to it is because Capcom plans to try selling them again.

 

The extra costumes have to be on everyone's machine or else people who haven't bought them can't see them. That does little to reduce my distaste with Capcom charging for something this silly.