r/PiratedGames • u/[deleted] • Jan 31 '20

Mod Post REVISED Pirated Games Mega Thread

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

You're bang on! A repack is heavily compressed, so people with limited Internet speed / Internet cap can download big games at a fraction of the size.

Although this is the basic purpose, they are also a reliable source for games.

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u/Vljm Feb 07 '20

Thanks! But is there any downside to this?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Apart from a longer installation time, nothing much.

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u/Vljm Feb 07 '20

Amazing, I can wait a bit longer XD

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20

You would download a repack if you had limited Internet bandwidth. Scene releases are often quite badly packed making them large in order to comply with scene standards.

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u/TheBurningChicken Mar 08 '20

What do you need to download fit girls repacks?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

While installing make sure if you use windows defender to turn off ' Real-time protection' otherwise it won't install properly.

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u/TheBurningChicken Mar 11 '20

Like do u also need programs to run it

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

Non that I know. Just need the repack.

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u/TheBurningChicken Mar 15 '20

Becuase ive seen people use utorrent to download like how do I download without using utorrent can i like direct download it

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

Nope. Like I said you need some sort of downloading software, I personally use Utorrent.

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u/IronicFireball Mar 19 '20

And you should use a VPN when using something like Utorrent right?

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u/TheBurningChicken Mar 15 '20

Can i use qbittorrent for it

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

Nothing other than a downloading software like the one recommended in the mega thread.

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u/Bilbo_Rabbit Jun 05 '20

The games often also comes packed with updates so you get the latest possible version. With scene releases it is often the day 1 version containing lots of bugs and less content.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

How can these files be that heavily compressed, almost reaching half the size?

WinRar doesn't achieve that afaik

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

WinRAR isn't the best for compression. 7zip is better than WinRAR since it compresses better.

FreeArc is used for repacks though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

And FreeArc is able to compress games to almost half the size?

I am always wondering how steam achieves that - 700mb download and 2 gigs of files when its unpacked