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Fitgirl repack? What exactly is it? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I apologize if this is already answered somewhere but I'm curious what exactly a fitgirl repack is? I know it's a pirated version of a game but like is it just an installer or something? And if you imported the game into steam for example can you be "banned" or VAT (idr the term)

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[-] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

So I should get games from kaoskrew?

[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

They're available as an option. You can source from any of Fitgirl, DODI, or KaOs if they have the game you want. Other repackers do exist and they're all generally trustworthy, but those 3 put out a lot of content and have a good track record. ElAmigos is another good one that puts out a lot of releases.

[-] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

So I just download game from over, run installer, and that's it?

[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. What repackers do is they source the game, source all the updates, source the DLC, and source the cracks, then put it all together, make sure it works, compress it into an installer, and distribute it. As an end-user you run the installer to decompress the game and then click play. Repackers don't actually do any of the cracking themselves, they just put it all in one package and make it easy. The installer will run CPU-heavy while it decompresses their heavy compression so don't be alarmed by that.