Install Steam
login
|
language
简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
日本語 (Japanese)
한국어 (Korean)
ไทย (Thai)
Български (Bulgarian)
Čeština (Czech)
Dansk (Danish)
Deutsch (German)
Español - España (Spanish - Spain)
Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America)
Ελληνικά (Greek)
Français (French)
Italiano (Italian)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Magyar (Hungarian)
Nederlands (Dutch)
Norsk (Norwegian)
Polski (Polish)
Português (Portuguese - Portugal)
Português - Brasil (Portuguese - Brazil)
Română (Romanian)
Русский (Russian)
Suomi (Finnish)
Svenska (Swedish)
Türkçe (Turkish)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Українська (Ukrainian)
Report a translation problem
This is denuvo anti-cheat, not the anti-tamper. No kernel 0 access afaik
You have it backwards. The Denuvo DRM is built into the executable and doesn't have (or need) kernel access. Denuvo Anti-Cheat, however, does. This is the main complaint about it, though many other anti-cheats have kernel access, as well. Valorant, PUBG and Fortnite, to name a few popular games, all have anti-cheat with kernel access, yet for some reason only Denuvo gets singled out and the others are largely ignored. It's really unavoidable if you want a decent anti-cheat, but I still don't want them on my PC. As I mentioned before, Denuvo DRM is built into the executable. It obfuscates the game's code when it's being compiled. While it may impact performance slightly at times, it doesn't have kernel access and isn't quite as bad (as long as the game doesn't also have their anti-cheat with it).
Here is a post on the Irdeto, the company that made Denuvo, blog trying to explain why they needed kernel access if you need confirmation. [blog.irdeto.com]
That's probably because people are so clueless as to what is actually running on their computers with these anti cheats. They hear one person crying about it so they all jump aboard and ride that whine train for no reason.
You're definitely onto something there. I've definitely come across some complaints about Vanguard, Valorant's anti-cheat, but nowhere near as many. I've also witnessed people (both online and in person) state that they will never install a game with Denuvo and go on about how bad it is, only to find out they were avid Valorant or Rainbow Six: Siege players (and yes, for those who aren't aware, BattleEye also runs at the kernel level). It has taken EA's place in recent years/months as being the go-to company or product to hate on for guaranteed likes/upvotes/whatever.
While Denuvo gets the uproar and bad reputation, a surprising number of the most popular games sneak by unscathed while doing the exact same thing with their own proprietary anti-cheats. In a way Denuvo is jumping on the figurative grenade to shield their fellow game devs from the blast. It wasn't exactly a voluntarily sacrifice, but they seem to be taking the shrapnel in stride.
For anyone curious who happens to be reading this, BattleEye and Easy Anti-Cheat are two of the most well-known and recognizable names in anti-cheat that, just like Denuvo, have kernel access. PUBG started using its own anti-cheat, called ZAKYNTHOS, after going free-to-play, which also does. EA also announced their own kernel-level anti-cheat late last year and started using it with FIFA '23. It's a near-endless list of multiplayer games, so I'll just stop there.
Moreover, Denuvo gets singled-out because they're a notoriously unreliable company using made-up statistics and phony awards to sell their products. The idea a handful of gamers/cheaters could stop bickering long enough to conspire against a global company is nothing short of laughable. Their bad reputation is entirely self-inflicted.
A lot of problems couldve been solved community wise if they never added denuvo in the first place.
It doesnt work, and the general stigma against it kicked off players off the game.