Repacks from unofficial sources can hide miners or trojans.
A group or individual named Fluxy took the original game files and compressed them heavily. This saves bandwidth for users with slow internet but requires a long installation time as the computer "unpacks" the data.
Imagine a player in 2023 with a modest PC and a data cap. They can’t afford the full retail price or don’t have the disk space for the uncompressed game. They find release on a community forum.
Repacks from unofficial sources can hide miners or trojans.
A group or individual named Fluxy took the original game files and compressed them heavily. This saves bandwidth for users with slow internet but requires a long installation time as the computer "unpacks" the data.
Imagine a player in 2023 with a modest PC and a data cap. They can’t afford the full retail price or don’t have the disk space for the uncompressed game. They find release on a community forum.