Capcom removes Denuvo from Res Evil Village

AccidentalDenz

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On a slightly bonkers tangent to this, but a year after release, Tango Gameworks have added Denuvo to Ghostwire Tokyo with the release of the new DLC for the game.
 
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TonyCarter

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ActuallyDenz said:
On a slightly bonkers tangent to this, but a year after release, Tango Gameworks have added Denuvo to Ghostwire Tokyo with the release of the new DLC for the game.
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I can understand it on a new game, where they want to stop pirating/cheating, and the consumer can make a choice at the point of purchase as to whether they agree to have this malware on their machine or not. But to add it in later, and possibly not be able to play the original game without installing it is a bit of a 'bait & switch' tactic.

Is it the developer (Tango) who've added this, or the distributor (Bethesda/Microsoft)?

Anyway, will check performance before and after the update later today...disconnected of course, so it doesn't auto-update or anything!

ETA: well, decided to test it whilst my Excel macro was running, and to be honest I didn't notice any real difference in performance (of course can't comment on stability as I only played it for 5 minutes each time (same 5 minute walk/run/jump from one shrine to another, using same high quality + DLSS quality + RT settings). Both times are within margin of error, so meh!
  • Before I was getting 73-105FPS depending on scene/action
  • After I was getting 75-103FPS depending on scene/action
Still don't like that they've done it though. Maybe I should ask for a refund on the £9.99 I paid for it ;)
 
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SpyderTracks

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HomerJ said:
question is how effective is it to stop piracy and cheating? seems more trouble than its worth to add this type of software
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Denuvo is the worst of them all, people don't realise that they run at kernal level and track every single bit of usage your computer does at all times, weather the game is running or not. That's aside from the awful stuttering issues and BSODs
 
AccidentalDenz

AccidentalDenz

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SpyderTracks said:
Oooo, that's gonna cause some backlash!
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Yep. Reviews have been fairly solidly "Very Positive" on Steam since release. Recent reviews are currently "Mixed"and almost entirely because of the Denuvo situation.

TonyCarter said:
I can understand it on a new game, where they want to stop pirating/cheating, and the consumer can make a choice at the point of purchase as to whether they agree to have this malware on their machine or not. But to add it in later, and possibly not be able to play the original game without installing it is a bit of a 'bait & switch' tactic.

Is it the developer (Tango) who've added this, or the distributor (Bethesda/Microsoft)?

Anyway, will check performance before and after the update later today...disconnected of course, so it doesn't auto-update or anything!

ETA: well, decided to test it whilst my Excel macro was running, and to be honest I didn't notice any real difference in performance (of course can't comment on stability as I only played it for 5 minutes each time (same 5 minute walk/run/jump from one shrine to another, using same high quality + DLSS quality + RT settings). Both times are within margin of error, so meh!
  • Before I was getting 73-105FPS depending on scene/action
  • After I was getting 75-103FPS depending on scene/action
Still don't like that they've done it though. Maybe I should ask for a refund on the £9.99 I paid for it ;)
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I've not benchmarked it, but it doesn't feel any different from when I was looking to finish it off a few weeks back, so perhaps it's one of those games where Denuvo isn't quite as aggressively implemented as it is in some cases. Have played around with some of the new content, and it's more of the same, which I enjoyed, so I'm all for it. Once I've recompleted the main story, I'll have a go at the new game mode.
 
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