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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So perfectly fine in the common case where people give keys away for free.

Like this one.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

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Please don't take it unless you actually want to play it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly like that. Damn that's a good one.

Here's another: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At first I thought I was having a stroke, then I realized it was a key. If I may ask, why spell everything out instead of just posting a copy and paste able code? Only thing I could come up with was to prevent bots from scraping codes out of comments, but I think it would still be pretty easy to parse it into a regular game code.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably not as bad here; But if you posted a game code on reddit without some kind of obfuscation, a bot would grab it in seconds. I was mostly just copying the person I was replying to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's really just an old habit from Reddit. No idea if it's necessary here, but really, if someone wants a free game and can't be fussed to decode that, they probably don't want that free game too badly anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Great game. Spent over 50 hours not even playing the campaign just exploring with a majority of the hazards turned off.