Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC version requires Internet connection? [UPDATE]

I dont mind because i buy legal copies even though i could pirate, Always online is good because that makes it impossible for pirates to crack some games. They are not supporting the community and should not have a say.

Not buying any Konami games ever.

It's a bug not DRM with a fix on the way as confirmed by Konami on Twitter.

I wish they would take into consideration that not everyone has a stable, unlimited, or dependable ISP provider where they live at here in the USA. It is easy to say if you do not like your internet then move but sometimes that would be moving to another state, not just down the road.

There are soo many different ways to prevent pirating then always online drm.

Nothing is more frustrating then when a new pc game comes out and the servers at 'their' end cannot handle the traffic and it keeps you from playing the game, (sometimes for weeks- Diablo 3). Or the constant always online with the least amount of hiccup: family loggin on to watch netflix, afternoons on cable broadband when all the kids get home from school and lags it down, pass switches that hit when data moves from coast to coast, or almost anything that temporarily breaks packets from up and down loading.

While I hate any kind of always online since playing D3, Sims, and some steam games - if they would just reduced the internet check times to once or twice a day instead of all the time. I have played world of warcraft for years now but at least you do not lose a ton of progress. I know and understand that MMO require always online - with a living community of players- but single player games that you buy to just play the story mode offline, is unacceptable.

10 bucks says pirates will be faster to find a way around this than it will take to fix the problem.

If it is a DRM some one will work around and make a patch then there will be pirating of this game, why in the first place they come with these stupid ideas to stop piracy. piracy in inevitable. It will only hurt their sales if genuine customers get this treatment of always online.

If Eurogamer is to be believed, it's an error on Steam's API what caused this and Platinum Games is going to fix the issue. Quoting NeoGaf user Guess Who: "This is definitely a function of the way MGR uses the Steam API. Using a modified steam_api.dll allows it to work in Steam Offline mode. I can't say whether it's a bug or deliberate implementation, but it's not any other sort of DRM, all Steam"

This is getting beyond stupid really... Its bad enough government and religion try to control what we do how we do it and when we are allowed to do it but gaming as of around the middle of last gen have started to try and control gamers via micro transactions, forced online, DRM etc its IMO complete BS. People wonder why governments are having such huge issues and same with religion and crap companies like EA and Capcom.. well its simple when you try to control or force your opinions and views on others who seriously do not want it you get chaos and drama and things tend to fall apart. All government etc need to listen to the people not listen to their wallets and greed.

Seriously these kind of errors/issues/bugs really hurt PC gaming community and also portray the message to the big game devs studio that PC community are less important than consoles and keep focus on console games development to avoid situations like this......this is really a big disappointment....

I've said it before and I'll say it again, LMAO @ PC gaming!!!!

Just tested it out.

It doesn't launch in offline mode.

Before everyone jumps on Konami's throat, why not wait and see if it's a bug. The game just came out on Steam, did it not?

Doesn't really affect me since my PC is always connected to the internet regardless. (Who'd have figured.) The game runs, and plays like an absolute dream.

Metal Gear Rising: Retardgeance

lol at PC ... lololol

Thank you Konami for proving once again how idiotic you can be..

platinum pardon them for there pc supreme race we are demanding i for one want to congrat you on your first pc port and really wish you fix the only 2 issues i have Fullscreen !920X1080....AND MORE STUFF TO CUT :P!!!!!!!...as of offline play ...rly...your pc users for god sakes everything we do requires an internet connection how is this even an issue.....Much Love platnum hope you bring me bayonetta!

Well I WAS going to buy this game at some point. Guess I won't until this is gone.

Konami have confirmed that this is bug and will be fixed soon . They are working on update .

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We are aware of the offline play issue for Metal Gear Rising for Steam and are working on a fix. Please stay tuned for more updates!"

Kojima is just asking for piracy.

If it turns out that this is DRM then people SHOULD pirate it even if they don't play PC games or don't like the Metal Gear franchise. Piracy is the most effective tool and means a consumer has to fight corporate greed and to tell these greedy assholes that if this is how they are going to play then we are just going to steal their shit.