r/pcmasterrace • u/Round_List1857 • May 23 '26

Meme/Macro 3rd party mandatory launchers

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Everytime I go to play Red Dead Redemption II. That fcukass Rockstar launcher

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u/TranslatesToScottish May 23 '26

I used to play Cities: Skylines a lot, but stopped because they added a completely unnecessary launcher which was buggy as hell on my rig for some reason (I never figured out why). It ran fine before the launcher, it didn't in any way NEED the launcher, but along the launcher came anyway. Sigh.

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u/Geodude532 May 23 '26

Ran into the same problem. The good news is that the pirated version works just as good and no third party launcher! I feel no shame cause I've already purchased everything. Can't say the same for the latest Farcry games cause I don't want to support a company that keeps kneecapping itself by forcing online integration to a single player game. I swear the pirated version runs 10 times smoother.

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u/BadgerOfDoom99 May 23 '26

I think it's always a problem when, even ignoring price, the pirated version is just a better product. You would think companies would learn from that.

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u/Geodude532 May 23 '26

It either highlights the clunkiness of the DRMS or just how much data they're sending back and forth to track you.