Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo

[PC GAMER]

..and looks like it may be heavy "MMO"-based, as per store page descriptors and perhaps single player not even "real" - in that it will not be possible to play solo/offline.

Deluxe version too, and no doubt countless DLC over time making total price into the hundreds $$$$.

Was interested, partly as a LOL cow type thing, but hard nope.


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Feb 4th edit:

1.) I did purchase this "gem" for the reason so many others have. This game is a living "meme", (thanks to South Park) like it or not. (Devs know this.)
The game is licensed, which typically means it may one day be removed from sale.
I actually like HK for what it is, both as a form of internal (ie: self) trolling, and as a world wide "famous" character.
..and the game may also actually by good/fun or close to..

2.) Hoping, in time, Denuvo is removed. That means the "ties that bind" will be gone, and the game will not rely on a 3rd party service to start/play. That way, as long as Steam itself remains and operates as expected, the game will continue to function and operate. Ergo, existing owners will have ("own") the game. Think about it logically. I own the game, as is clearly demonstrated by the forum mouse icon. So why do I really care - I'm no "pirate wanting a free copy". I have it. That argument is invalid for me. ..and so this is not even about Denuvo, per se. (It is Denuvo because that is what is used on this game, what with Denuvo being the "darling" of the DRM world.) If it was any other DRM that worked in the same manner, I would have the same issue. So to me it is not Denuvo, but "Denuvo" -- any DRM that requires something outside of the Steam API which means "ownership" is now controlled by them. Until removed from the current public build, even Sunblink has no control over that.

PS: May the fourth be with you.

[Lv1 Magikarp]

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Originally posted by Crashed:

There's no kernel-level access in this game. You've been horribly misled.

Anyway, seems Lv1 Magikarp is ok with kernel-level access in general but no Ok with giving the home keys? Thats not how it works

Not had it cause an issue in the past, not sure why you're getting so bent out of shape about me having my own opinion on the matter. Not all of us sit on Steam Discussions with nothing better to do with our time but hate on a game they aren't gonna play. Go do something.

[Middy]

Originally posted by Zano90:

Nobody should require an internet just to launch a game or invite someone to play.

Did this joker really just suggest we should be able to connect with other players...

...

...without a connection?

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by Middy:

Originally posted by Zano90:

Nobody should require an internet just to launch a game or invite someone to play.

Did this joker really just suggest we should be able to connect with other players...

...

...without a connection?

No. "Connection" doesn't mean internet. It can mean local network. Like two Steam Decks on a train or two desktop PCs at home.

This isn't a joke. This is literally game preservation. To prevent multiplayer games from being turned into single-player only after the servers shut down

[Woody]

Denuvo = No buyo

I've never broken my code. I am like a gamer paladin.

[Zeikar]

Originally posted by Woody:

Denuvo = No buyo

I've never broken my code. I am like a gamer paladin.

Wow and nobody cares nor asked.

[lukaself]

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Originally posted by Woody:

Denuvo = No buyo

I've never broken my code. I am like a gamer paladin.

Wow and nobody cares nor asked.

You don't care yet you read those threads and react to them, giving them visibility by bumping them to the front page? You're not making a great show of logic here, pal.

Seems to me it matters quite a lot to you, to the point of getting you irrationally angry, even.

[Princess Luna]

Originally posted by Supermettbube:

This is literally game preservation

Game presevation failed as games are now bought in digital stores and can be removed at any time

[lukaself]

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Originally posted by Supermettbube:

This is literally game preservation

Game presevation failed as games are now bought in digital stores and can be removed at any time

Not if they're DRM-free. Last year, 7 out of 10 of the top sellers on Steam were indies and mostly DRM-free so something has changed in consumers' purchasing habits. Some companies are just not very reactive and have some troubles adapting to this new paradigm.

[Brother Erxkum]

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Originally posted by Supermettbube:

This is literally game preservation

Game presevation failed as games are now bought in digital stores and can be removed at any time

Many gameso n Steam are actually DRM free. Of course that would entail you actually making backups instead of relying on Steam servers for it.
Same for games bought on GOG.

[TR1PLE 6]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

So will you be OK with giving us the key to your home so we can visit anytime you want? Why not? You seem to be okay with Kernel-level access of DRM/anticheats.

There's no kernel-level access in this game. You've been horribly misled.

This is correct, it's the anti-cheat part of Denuvo that is kernel-level which this game does not use.
In fact I don't think very many games use it at all. Most multiplayer games use EAC anyway.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by TR1PLE 6:

Originally posted by Crashed:

There's no kernel-level access in this game. You've been horribly misled.

This is correct, it's the anti-cheat part of Denuvo that is kernel-level which this game does not use.
In fact I don't think very many games use it at all. Most multiplayer games use EAC anyway.

And EAC is far more likely to cause problems because they tend to bend the rules of Windows programming.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Originally posted by Supermettbube:

This is literally game preservation

Game presevation failed as games are now bought in digital stores and can be removed at any time

No, they can't by default be removed at any time. Always-online games? Sure. Denuvo games? Also yes. But most games? No. It all depends on what DRM scheme they use.

Most games on Steam either use the basic Steam DRM which is easy to work with and and a decent amount of games use no DRM at all, including heavy hitters like Baldur's Gate 3. Other than Steam there is GOG which is a store where every game is considered DRM-free

As long as somebody keeps the game files, the games are preserved

[Zeikar]

Originally posted by lukaself:

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Wow and nobody cares nor asked.

You don't care yet you read those threads and react to them, giving them visibility by bumping them to the front page? You're not making a great show of logic here, pal. :lunar2020thinkingtiger:

Seems to me it matters quite a lot to you, to the point of getting you irrationally angry, even.

I'm not angry at all. Just who are you flexing to about your code? It's nothing but self gratification. I only feel curiosity if you are a narcissist who deflects and immediately gets defensive. I'm chill over here dude. You seem like the irrationally emotional type actually hence why I said deflection or rather projection of your own feelings. Because it seems my initial reply really got under your skin and it looks like you were hoping for someone to give you positive acknowledgement for your flex for a feeling of satisfaction but instead you got challenged which made you feel defensive and angry. Thus causing projection in your reply.

[Scott]

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Originally posted by Woody:

Denuvo = No buyo

I've never broken my code. I am like a gamer paladin.

Wow and nobody cares nor asked.

I care and asked

I actually think consumer exploitation is cringe

[Woody]

Originally posted by Scott:

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Wow and nobody cares nor asked.

I care and asked

I actually think consumer exploitation is cringe

Thank you. I made a pledge to the God of Consumer Rights. We try to guide gamers back on the path of righteousness, and not accepting subpar content in order for corporations to extract every nano-Dollar of value out of a video game. Lootboxes/MTX, terrible sub-par optimizations, and potentially worst of all... Denuvo.

Do not fret. Though gamers may be lost in the darkness now, they too can find the light by following the path of the God of Consumer Rights.

Rise up my brothers. This is maybe our last stand, a Hello Kitty game. It is our Helms Deep.