 [Larger view] | Chessmaster 10th Edition
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 Be VERY careful! | |
| All of the warnings here are completely accurate, the "security" features on this thing are AWFUL. There is a good chance, esecially if you have a newer machine (which you need for the enormous amounts of memory this thing takes), that you won't be able to get the game to run at all. I was only able to get this product to work after reading the helpful reviews on this site--luckily, I do have a non-writable DVD drive I was able to install with. If you don't have a non-writable drive, you're completely out of luck. I also went through the supposedly optional registration process that appears to be not-so-optional.
I cannot tell you how frustrating it was trying to get Chessmaster to run--the "support" line is utterly useless. The guy I talked to didn't seem to know anything about the security device probelms this product has and didn't even hint that a writable drive or lack of on-line registration might be the problem. I did eventually have success getting Chessmaster X working, and to be honest, I have been enjoying it. I have found one thing that really bothers, me, though: the 'personalites' play MUCH stronger chess in rated games than in training games. Really, really, REALLY, stronger. Personalities I'm beating with no problem (and no help from blunder alert, or chessmaster hints, or taking back moves) kick my butt soundly and quickly in rated games. | |
| S-U-C-K-S | |
| All the bad things other reviewers have said about this excremental fraud are true. Some of the good things said are true, too. But does the good outweigh the bad? Let me put it this way: If customers were allowed to test-drive this loser-program before paying for it, Ubisoft would be bankrupt in no time flat.
No, no, don't believe me....-- Go ahead. Buy it. Join the rest of us suckers. Misery loves company. :) | |
| Dont even waste your time | |
| I wonder what the hell UBI was thinking.
First of all you always need the cd in your drive to play...retarded. what if you have a tablet? are you going to carry that external cd drive with you everywhere just because you want to play chess? what if your running on battery power? are you gonna drain your laptop battery just cause you want to play chess? secondly forget about even trying to backup this cd. the amount of copy protection on it ... and upon all this the engine is faulty! a lot of times my opponent makes moves that are obviously wrong and that any chess amateur could see.. even when the ratings are in the 2000+ ration. This software is a total waste of time. dont even bother to use the only gameplay... have to enter a 16 digit cd key everytime you login. get fritz instead!!!! |
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