#5601172

reix2x

2018-10-29 07:49

Thanks Hilbert, uhm isn't this game too new to be gift for free? in any case, i just grab it

#5601178

Aardie

2018-10-29 08:06

Yeah just grab it, it maybe a Bovril moment but hey yer can always deinstall

#5601230

Irenicus

2018-10-29 12:03

I don't think you could pay me to play this

#5601233

RealNC

2018-10-29 12:23

I've seen people say this is spyware. Don't know if it's true or not.

#5601234

Valken

2018-10-29 12:27

Thank you Hilbert for these updates...

#5601254

TheDeeGee

2018-10-29 13:38

I'll take, just to clutter up library :P

#5601271

reix2x

2018-10-29 14:28

RealNC:

I've seen people say this is spyware. Don't know if it's true or not.

wow isn't a little overkill to produce a game just to spy on some dudes? (there isn't many people playing this king of games) i'm just saying

#5601274

RealNC

2018-10-29 14:40

reix2x:

wow isn't a little overkill to produce a game just to spy on some dudes? (there isn't many people playing this king of games) i'm just saying

Well, it happened even with big games. Civilization VI for example, and other games. Don't know if this is indeed the case with this game. I've seen people in the review section of this game's steam page mentioning spyware. So it's just a heads-up if people want to investigate further.

#5601314

tsunami231

2018-10-29 16:22

free steam games cant pass them up if if there bad good or ugly

#5601315

Silva

2018-10-29 16:24

Thanks for the heads up HH. I'm sure they made it free to raise interest on the "DLC" they're selling, as the game itself must be dead.

#5601324

schmidtbag

2018-10-29 16:54

reix2x:

wow isn't a little overkill to produce a game just to spy on some dudes? (there isn't many people playing this king of games) i'm just saying

Nowadays, people's definition of spyware is "anything that collects any kind of user data at all without the user's permission". I don't know exactly what kind of data this game collects, but I highly doubt it's worth anyone's concern.

#5601325

RealNC

2018-10-29 16:57

schmidtbag:

I don't know exactly what kind of data this game collects, but I highly doubt it's worth anyone's concern.

That statement is self-contradictory :-/ How do you highly doubt it's not worth anyone's concern if you don't know exactly what kind of data it collects?

#5601338

schmidtbag

2018-10-29 17:33

RealNC:

That statement is self-contradictory :-/ How do you highly doubt it's not worth anyone's concern if you don't know exactly what kind of data it collects?

It's not self-contradictory, because not all data is incriminating. If they're recording stuff like how many hours I play, which days of the week I'm playing, people on my Friends list, or other games in my library, I don't care - they can go ahead and collect it. But for some people, that's enough to be classified as spyware. What I highly doubt is if they're going to scan my drive for personal data and find a way to steal whatever is attached to my name.

#5601356

-Tj-

2018-10-29 19:05

Ah missed it.. it already ended now.

#5601897

reix2x

2018-10-31 04:27

RealNC:

Well, it happened even with big games. Civilization VI for example, and other games. Don't know if this is indeed the case with this game. I've seen people in the review section of this game's steam page mentioning spyware. So it's just a heads-up if people want to investigate further.

The developer excuses are the best! “Whilst Red Shell is only used to measure the effectiveness of our advertising, we can see that players are clearly concerned about it and it will be difficult for us to entirely reassure every player,”, make a really good game and you will see that advertising will not be your first concern. some tricks of developers to squeeze some dollars more for their work are just too abusive.