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That would certainly make me request a refund and just pirate the game.
There are no groups currently cracking Denuvo.
In that case, request a refund and just forget about the game. It's that little bit worse for the publisher who chose Denuvo.
There are several individuals though. Fitgirl and Empress come to mind.
Doesn't fitgirl just repack stuff (compressing the game for smaller download sizes) rather than doing the actual cracking?
Oh I get it, fitgirl will Make It FIT! Huh.
Fitgirl
That's a repacker, not a cracker.
Cracker? I barely know her?
Empress has not cracked anything for a long time and Fitgirl has never cracked anything
I think Empress is too busy ranting about trans people to crack games anymore
Heads up, Steam has stopped refunding even broken games if it passes the two hour mark (even if it's from sitting there on your system process locked).
Illegal where I live, probably why they give me warnings about that but always end up approving the refund
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.
Sometimes i pirate games I’ve bought so I don’t have to deal with this nonsense. Like titanfall.
Honestly, I've been pirating games that I own on Steam for awhile now.
It's so fucking annoying to launch a game on Steam, only to have to sit through some update that didn't get triggered for some stupid reason.
I know it’s not steam but by god Minecraft Bedrock drives me mad. Everytime I try to play it needs to update. And if you don’t update you can’t play online…
(I know Java exists, but it doesn’t let me easily play with a switch player)
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.
Hogwarts Legacy was literally the last Denuvo game to get a crack. Otherwise you just wait until the denuvo license expires, then get it.
Just ignore all games that have Denuvo. It's actually working I don't see much good games with denuvo lately.
It's s actually working
You should keep following your principles, but that's not the reason it's working. The amount of gamers that even know about Denuvo is tiny, and those who care enough to not buy a game because of that is an even smaller fraction of that small number.
The reason is simply because Denuvo is expensive and a recurring cost. Once a developer removes it, they no longer need to pay for it.
I don't think that's true about denuvo specifically. I've known some pretty big "normies" for lack of a better term that knoe denuvo makes games run worse.
Lmao imagine paying a monthly fee for software that ruins the game you made... Wtf
This problem is solved by not giving money to devs who use denuvo. If you gotta resort to malware to sell your game, it’s not worth playing.
How do I know which do? (Genuine question.)
As of a few months ago (IIRC the timeline) Steam shows this directly on the game's store page. You've got to scroll down for it a little bit, but it's right under where it lists features of the game, E.G. single-player, controller support, etc.
There's even a Steam Curator you can follow who recommends against games that use Denuvo. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26095454-Denuvo-Watch/
It's always the paying customers, who get absolutely shafted. Wouldn't be any other way, in modern society
Pirates never had Sony install a rootkit on their computer. Paying customers did, though.
Pirate here, can confirm.
Playing the new God of War was great on Linux, though.
Same with modern streaming services, you get awful resolutions on linux without them even telling you when you are a paying customer.
But the pirates get the full quality version no issue.
If it doesn't exist on GOG, it doesn't exist. Life is good.
Remember kids, complain to the publisher and developer. They are the ones paying for Denuvo and you are the ones paying for the game.
If you are paying for a game with Denuvo then you are paying for Denuvo. Don't buy games with invasive software in them you don't want invasive software 🤷♀️ Sure, complain to the developer and the publisher, but you give them the money to waste on Denuvo if you buy the game
Do both. Don't buy it and tell the publisher you'll buy it when they remove denuvo.
nice, I have some games that use denuvo in my wishlist: I'll make sure to kick them from there.
and for anyone wondering, this profile seems to track games using it:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26095454-Denuvo-Games/
Fuck Denuvo
Steam deck is a thing now.
Whine at the developer and Valve. They will whine at Denuvo. Chances are it's something Denuvo haven't checked for and can fix quite easily.
Especially on a "Steam Deck Verified" game.
I actually doubt it’s an easy fix. The issue is that each version of proton looks like a different machine. So when Denuvo only allows you to boot on [x] machines in [y] days, it’s easy to get locked out of a game simply because it looks like you booted it on a bunch of different machines.
Some of the game streaming services have this same issue. Nvidia has that thing where you can boot it on Nvidia’s servers, then stream it. But the issue is that when you boot it, you don’t get the same server each time. So if you’re playing a game that is prone to crashing, you can easily eat through your [x] machines count quickly. Not because you were playing it on different machines, but because it was booted on a different server each time you launched it.
Are there even any good games worth putting effort into that use Denuvo at this point?
Like I needed more reason to never buy games with Denuvo. But hey added to the list.
I don't buy anything with Denuvo.
denuvo can suck my balls