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Denuvo strikes again!

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Honestly, Denuvo makes me want to sail the high seas. When I browse Steam and see Denuvo, I mentally write off the game, saying "Might buy this in a couple of years if they fix this shit." If the company fails to do so, the game becomes valid to pirate, far as I am personally concerned.

I am not paying money to be rootkitted.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The stupid part is it doesnt even work. Denuvo games are cracked just like any other. Pretty sure Hogwarts legacy was cracked day 1 as a fuck you to jk Rowling.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 points 23 hours ago

Denuvo cracks are extremely rare though. Gone are the glory days of CPY and Empress.

[–] theblackpaul@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hogwarts Legacy was literally the last Denuvo game to get a crack. Otherwise you just wait until the denuvo license expires, then get it.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Sometimes i pirate games I’ve bought so I don’t have to deal with this nonsense. Like titanfall.

[–] Abnorc@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Right? In the past we got software for free when we let companies use our data. Now they want to take our money too.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yeah I don't remember the last time I pirated a game but Denuvo just gives me an ick and I'd rather not.

[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

“Might buy this in a couple of years if they fix this shit.”

Why wait? Pirate today.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

Because early Denuvo cracks tend to not work correctly, and often require you to do stupid shit like set your OS's year to 2015 or something like that just for the game to boot.

I rather just wait a year or two for either a proper crack, or for the developer to decide to remove the DRM themselves, a la Capcom. Especially it's a single player game, cause there's no need to worry about the player population dying down by the time a crack comes out. And you also get to reap the benefits of having bugfixes available since the game has been out for awhile.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because Denuvo games take a long time to crack, and only a few people can do it reliably? There are games released as far back as 2018 that still haven’t been cracked.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

High profile denuvo games are cracked pretty quickly, from my experience.