PzC Kharkov '43 Just Released

[Dirk Gross]

I AM NOT HAPPY WITH Digital Downloads. I am none to good on Computers but have all these games because they work and seem without serious problems and I am interested in the history of it all. I have tried digitial downloading it can take much longer than it says and you lose the password or someother incompetence on my part. I for one would be willing to pay more for a hard copy Disc and find that the previous postal service worked well.
I have just been to the new site and think it all looks to complicated for me. I can only hope that an a additional hard cd dics system can be introduced even if it cost more. :hissy:

Barbarrossa,

You may have a point when it comes to download time. That depends on your internet connection speed and the servers they use. The disk and code issue is easily remedied. Using Matrixgames as an example, I download the game file, then burn the file onto a CD along with a text file of the code. I also write the code on the CD. Now you have everything you would have gotten had you ordered a physical disk through the mail. Actually, it's better because your code is on the disk instead of in a manual or disk sleeve where it can become separated from the game disk.

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I would prefer to have a disc and a nice case when I add to my collection of PzC games but I understand the reasons for DD and can probably live with it.

You can probably make your own CD case label by using the game logo on John's site and printing it youself. Who cares about the CD label...once I install it hardly sees the light of day again unless I have to reinstall. Maybe one of our talented graphics people will make CD and case labels for downloading. It's a new area of self expression.

But,and it's a big but. I do not like the notion that a manufactur has any say whatever in how I enjoy their products providing I do so in a lawful and responsible manner. If I want the game on 10 pc's I should have that option having paid for the game. If I buy a TV nobody tells me what to watch on it or limits what I watch to that TV or another.

I don't think any EULA permits installation of a game on 10 pcs. So while a protection scheme (or lack of it) may allow that, I don't think it's reasonable to demand that unrestricted installation be permissible. A person could easily buy a game and copy it ten times for his friends and no one can (or should) say that's their right having purchased one game. The two pc install goes a long way to my and a lot of others issue with a second install for a laptop. That matches with some business software that allows a desktop AND a laptop install.

Now, the registering and unregistering with a server can be an issue. But I think a lot of that comes from the company you're dealing with. I've done that with MS on Windows installs (both automatic and phone in) and it's been painless. Some game companies, particularly ones that uses server validation on a certain naval game, have shown how to alienate customers to the point where a lot of people wouldn't touch their game with a ten foot pole. For me, I trust JT will not do that based on over a decade of personal experience with his games, and the willingness he's shown to work with the gaming community to provide ongoing improvements to all games in a series where other designers would have dropped all support.

With the mod to the DRM, I'm going to give this one a chance.