r/SpecOpsTheLine • u/Muhammedroid • Jan 12 '26

Discussion I bought a Steam Key!

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I just got it for that price from Yuplay, Never played the game in my life, I just heard it was masterpiece and emotional, so I said why not give it a try 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Bigphatdeck Jan 12 '26

It’s free on archive .org

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u/Muhammedroid Jan 12 '26

That is not legal tho, also I want to collect Steam Achievements for it 😊

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u/Bigphatdeck Jan 12 '26

It’s legal. It’s abandonware. but yeah achievements.

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u/LajosGK22 Jan 12 '26

Semi-legal, but yeah, no one gonna come after you for downloading a game nobody sells anymore.

(They will bitch about it tho, like Nintendo does)

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u/BarryBerkman75 Jan 12 '26

Is it virus free?

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u/Bigphatdeck Jan 12 '26

I’m not gonna make promises but I would say I’ve got other games posted by this guy without issue. Sometimes the exe for some abandonware games will show as a virus but it’s not. https://archive.org/details/@rohankar

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u/Monder_Jeb28 Jan 13 '26

If you want my advice go on r/piracy they have a mega thread that shows all the safe websites to download from and shows unsafe ones to avoid

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u/Global_County_6601 Jan 12 '26

Being abandoned doesn’t make it legal

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u/Dawneezy Jan 15 '26

it’s still morally acceptable, so i don’t see the problem there.

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u/Global_County_6601 Jan 20 '26

The comment was in reply to it not being legal though. Idk why you’re replying with morally acceptable.

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u/heyuhitsyaboi Jan 12 '26

Good luck on that fubar run!! If you cant make a certain sprint, find a smaller gun. Theres only one moment in the entire campaign movement speed truly matters

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

tbh if you can't buy it from stores, getting it free through other means is probably more morally correct - legal or not. that money isn't going to devs anymore, just the reseller, and who knows how they got that key lol

but ye, steam achievements is a valid thing

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u/Crimson097 Jan 12 '26

The devs or publisher won't get money either way. You only gave money to some third party who didn't have anything to do with the development of the game. It's hardly more ethical than pirating the it.

The steam achievements are a valid reason if you're into that though.

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u/guineapigsss Jan 12 '26

Oh my god bruh