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How would someone, hypothetically, pirate Baldur's Gate 3 without being able to torrent? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am interested in how pirates on the internet (which i am not) would get there hands on the files to a game, just, for example, Baldur's Gate 3, without torrenting? Now, I have heard tell of a place where these nefarious no-gooders would do this, for example gog-games.to. But, once they have acquired the file, what steps to these pirates take next? I have heard that .bin files come with these illegal files? How would one approach using those bin files? All out of curiosity of course. Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The archive you download from gog-games includes some data files and a setup.exe. You launch the setup, tell it where to install, and wait. Once it's done, you launch the game from the start menu, and enjoy. There's no magic to it.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh, fascinating! thank you, sir.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that the files received from this site are identical to the files you would get on the official store. That's why it's so beautiful.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

wow, pirates are so crafty! thanks for all the help, i am super new to researching piracy