Would you look at that, another game I won't be playing
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Denuvo DRM - Not even once
This is what pushes me to piracy. I had no intention of pirating Crimson Desert, because I think it looks good and I'd support the devs by buying it. But I'm not interested in buying a license to play a handicapped version of the game. I'll just play something else until they remove Denuvo.
Also, fuck the shills across gaming sites celebrating the addition of Denuvo because "pirates are just mad they can't get it free on day one". People who pay get fucked over more than pirates do. We pay more for a worse version of the game than pirates eventually get for free.
Denuvo is a deal breaker.
Well modding is out of the question then, so the game is a hard drop from me.
Beyond stupid. I get the game for free because I bought a AMD GPU. So I can't exactly choose a different game...
I hope performance is fine, otherwise this is going to get neg review from me.
If you got it as a key you can maybe trade it? I'm sure there are still places around where you can trade stuff like that.
Way back in 2013 or so I got a Watch_Dogs key with my GeForce GTX 770. I traded the key for a couple of older but (to me) more interesting games.
Well, I was interested in playing it
Noob here. Can someone explain to me what is this Denuvo stuff i have to complain about?
A DRM system that makes the game run slower.
My very limited understanding of it is that the game is divided up into pieces, and each piece is then encrypted into a large, unreadable piece. These pieces are then decrypted back into their normal, readable state while you're playing the game, which is a fairly CPU-intensive process.
It's also part of the reason why game updates are so big. The developer can't just send a small update to you, they have to re-encrypt the entire piece and send that to you.
And it's also why, about a year after a game stops getting updates, you suddenly have to download one huge update that is the size of the entire game, even though this "update" contains no actual changes. It's because the developer has stopped paying the Denuvo license for that game, so they're now just replacing the encrypted pieces with the normal, unencrypted pieces.
thank you guys. Besides the updates size being so large, which is indeed annoying, my biggest concern is its effect on performance. The game looks very ambitious and computationally intensive by itself, so i am curious about how will it run when adding this extra layer of computation. I guess, as always, it is a good idea to take my time and see the reviews before jumping into buying it.
One thing that makes it contentious is that how much it affects performance can depend on how well it’s integrated. Some studios check every frame, to Denuvo’s disgust, and it’s a #1 issue on release. Other studios manage it a bit smarter; as you say, it’ll always affect performance at least a little. But I’ll be honest, usually my experience is fine.
PS5 it is then!