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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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll add that if you want to archive games forever, storing repacks is a good idea because of their extreme compression. From what I've observed, Fitgirl trends towards heavier compression while DODI trends towards faster install times.

KaOsKrew is another respected repacking group that you can trust.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Idk man dodi's releasees seem to have the same size as fitgirl while also install faster and less CPU intensive when installing

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

No way we're downloading the same repacks, it's rare to see anything as small as fitgirl's releases in my experience. Your CPU had better be ready to step up to the plate though.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I've had random errors, lock ups, etc. with Fitgirl's repacks, however Dodi's repacks have been incredibly smooth. Miles Morales installed in less than 4 minutes, using his repack.

[–] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So I should get games from kaoskrew?

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 3 points 2 years 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.