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Comment by o1o1o1

1 day ago

Thank you for sharing this, it is truly amazing.

While I like Steam for the convenience and also appreciate their efforts in developing SteamOS I am concerned about the lock-in. Projects like this really help to own more of what you paid for again, luskaner is a hero for me.

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Rohansi  1 day ago

I feel like it is important to point out that Steam does not require games to have any DRM. Not even Steam's DRM. It's entirely up to the game developer and/or publisher. Many games on Steam are already DRM-free where you can just back up the files and play without Steam.

  • o1o1o1  1 day ago

    Thank you for pointing that out. I am afraid that AoE is probably not one of them though?

    Maybe the old AoE versions will be open-sourced one day, that would be awesome.

  • herewulf  1 day ago

    Does this apply to AoE? I never played it much in its hey-day but it would be interesting to get into properly. I have no interest in buying an old game with DRM given the obvious potential for maintenance issues though.

    • Rohansi  1 day ago

      I haven't checked AoE myself. If you're concerned about DRM, games using Steam DRM are usually the easiest to crack on your own by just by replacing the Steam DLL that ships with the game with one that emulates its functionality.