So is Denuvo REALLY gone?

[Call Sign: Raven]

Do we know if this was intentional?

Some sites are reporting it was a mistake.

Other sites are reporting that it was intentional, and that other dev teams are also removing Denuvo from past releases.

Do we have any actual information, yet?

[potato]

yea really

no it wasn't by mistake as they also removed it from the store page

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by potato:

yea really

no it wasn't by mistake as they also removed it from the store page

I noticed that as well. Game's on sale, I'm interested now that Denuvo may in fact be out of the picture.

Also hi, you're literally everywhere lmfao

[1100011]

Great news! When I buy something I'd like to own it.
Just waiting for the DLC now; did they fix the telegraph - hold 1s - attack .1ms animations?

[dachte]

Awesome. Been waiting for this, time to buy.

[Polysorbate]

Yep it's really gone. I just KNOW there's going to be a huge spike in sale now, right? All the people complaining about it - who definitely weren't just malding pirates - are going to rush out and buy it now.

[KUREYON]

Thank goodness, I am always out in sea cos of my job with no internet, I don't need those token so you can play it offline for couple of days.

[Kanye FarEast]

can't tell if it's really gone, developer said nothing about it yet. If so id buy next paycheck.

[Izeyash]

Originally posted by Deez Nuts:

can't tell if it's really gone, developer said nothing about it yet. If so id buy next paycheck.

Visible on steamdb as well, and store page really doesn't list it anymore.

[Umbranocturna]

I didnt expect them to remove it, but happy that they did.

[Sotanaht]

Originally posted by potato:

yea really

no it wasn't by mistake as they also removed it from the store page

It's possible that they removed it by mistake, but on realizing their mistake also realized that there was no point putting it back in and chose to update the page with the new status instead. Along the same lines, you can't actually believe them if they say they did it on purpose, because of course they would say that to save face.

Does that necessarily mean it was an accident? No. It's just one of those things that's hard to prove either way, because it makes more sense to lie.

[WhiteLezard]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

Originally posted by potato:

yea really

no it wasn't by mistake as they also removed it from the store page

It's possible that they removed it by mistake, but on realizing their mistake also realized that there was no point putting it back in and chose to update the page with the new status instead. Along the same lines, you can't actually believe them if they say they did it on purpose, because of course they would say that to save face.

Does that necessarily mean it was an accident? No. It's just one of those things that's hard to prove either way, because it makes more sense to lie.

Oh please. It's not the first time that a developer accidentally released the Denuvoless .exe (Persona 4 Golden, DMC5) and then still kept it until the Denuvo contract ran out. They planned to stop their Denuvo subscription this week and just released the version earlier as a test.

[array[LTU]]

Originally posted by 1100011:

Great news! When I buy something I'd like to own it.
Just waiting for the DLC now; did they fix the telegraph - hold 1s - attack .1ms animations?

Well buy it then. What is this waiting for dlc nonesense?

[1100011]

Originally posted by arrayLTU:

Originally posted by 1100011:

Great news! When I buy something I'd like to own it.
Just waiting for the DLC now; did they fix the telegraph - hold 1s - attack .1ms animations?

Well buy it then. What is this waiting for dlc nonesense?

The hint is the second part of the sentence. The issue I mentioned about the animations may seem trivial to some, but to me (and others elsewhere in the forum) it has a real impact on the 'feel' of the game.

Very briefly put: it's reactive vs predictive gameplay. In one of the patches, the devs mentioned that they enhanced the fluidity of some animations. So I hope they are aware of the issue and we'll get even more of that in the DLC.

[dachte]

FWIW, I'm one of the people who makes a fuss about Denuvo, and when it was removed I bought the game. I'm enjoying it now. Not a perfect game, but a fun one. I would not have made a fuss about DRM if I hadn't wanted to play the game.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Polysorbate:

Yep it's really gone. I just KNOW there's going to be a huge spike in sale now, right? All the people complaining about it - who definitely weren't just malding pirates - are going to rush out and buy it now.

I'm working on recording all boss fights from all Souls games at max NG hitless. I only have Elden Ring left to record, then that project is finished. When I'm done, I plan on getting Lies of P through Steam, since it's so similar to Souls games. However, the other reason I'm not rushing out and buying it is I want to see if they do a GOG release. That's my preferred buying platform whenever possible.