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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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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 0 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 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 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 0 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.

[–] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

So I should get games from kaoskrew?

[–] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

The compression was already explained - I would add that if you're not deep into scene groups, popular repackers are in general a safe choice, i.e. no malware included. Of course it's never 100% safe, but in my opinion safer than picking from a list of torrents what could be the scene release.

I never had issues with fitgirl and Dodi, maybe other users can drop some more names that have proven to be reliable over a long time.