The system forces players of the North American and European releases to enter a sixteen digit code consisting of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols into the game to retrieve their data. Many critics blamed THQ for what was perceived to be a cost-cutting measure.
Players from North America and Europe are required to input a sixteen-digit alphanumeric code with both upper and lower case characters, numbers, and special symbols into the game in order to access their information. Critics believed that this was THQ's method of cost reduction.