Was pumped for this, then saw 'Denuvo'. I'll pass

[Lord Haart]

And there oui r there....

Just like that, I saved myself much money and heartache.

Denuvo destroys ur SSD and is a very intrusive bit of kit. System battering.


I wish ewe all well, but.

[Slam Moment]

Now I gotta make a tough decision to refund or play through the reduced performance...

[McGeorgeOfTheJungle]

There is a small handful of SSD cases, that doesn't mean everyone has it bad.

Been playing Denuvo protected games for years, and guess what I am fine. Like the millions who are also fine.

The only reason some people do these anti-Denuvo threads is because they are worried they can't play a game on day of release with a warez release. Not sayin OP here is one of those types, but the majority are.

The cheeky "sheep" attack at the end wont win you any favours.

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[imag2OOO]

Originally posted by McGeorgeOfTheJungle:

There is a small handful of SSD cases, that doesn't mean everyone has it bad.

Been playing Denuvo protected games for years, and guess what I am fine. Like the millions who are also fine.

The only reason some people do these anti-Denuvo threads is because they are worried they can't play a game on day of release with a warez release. Not sayin OP here is one of those types, but the majority are.

The cheeky "sheep" attack at the end wont win you any favours.

^this

ive played 100s of denuvo games and ive never had a single problem

[Captain Flappy]

I truly despise denuvo. anyone that mocks these types of posts are the true clowns.
On lower end hardware it is proven that it can cause performance issues. Not an issue for many of us, but it can still happen. This alone is what makes me hate it.

I own the game, this can be seen by all. I clearly don't want to pirate it. but ♥♥♥♥ Denuvo.
it causes more problems than it solves, KCD2 has no protection and sold 2 million in a week.

Good games need no protection.

[Ziyinzhuangyang]

Originally posted by Lord Haart:

bit of kit

This phrase should be a banable offense

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Captain Flappy:

I truly despise denuvo. anyone that mocks these types of posts are the true clowns.

I think the problem is it's been on *every* Sega release since 2015, we've had the same complaints about it since 2015, Sega have continued to give zero ♥♥♥♥♥ about said complaints since 2015, and since they seem to go from strength to strength when it comes to sales performance it would seem safe to conclude their audience feel much the same way.
The natural conclusion when people are still posting about it in 2025 therefore is that you're dealing with a tourist, moron or troll, and all three are likely to end up being mocked.

[Lord Haart]

No, it's the fact most ppl don't know how it chews ur ssd and artificially ages ur rig.

It's badly, believe me. I work in anti-piracy. It's bad. Eats perf aussi.

[Globb]

nah ur just a virgin cuck

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by McGeorgeOfTheJungle:

There is a small handful of SSD cases, that doesn't mean everyone has it bad.

Been playing Denuvo protected games for years, and guess what I am fine. Like the millions who are also fine.

The only reason some people do these anti-Denuvo threads is because they are worried they can't play a game on day of release with a warez release. Not sayin OP here is one of those types, but the majority are.

The cheeky "sheep" attack at the end wont win you any favours.

There's been zero SSD cases it was all misinformation based on the assumption that denuvo is constantly writing to your SSD, when in fact everything denuvo does is within DRAM.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Lord Haart:

No, it's the fact most ppl don't know how it chews ur ssd and artificially ages ur rig.

It's badly, believe me. I work in anti-piracy. It's bad. Eats perf aussi.

Yeah? As a hardware engineer, and one who specialised in storage, I'd love for you to explain precisely how it 'chews up your SSD and artificially ages your rig'. Cuz given how Denuvo works it's highly unlikely to do the former (well, unless you're getting those dodgy cheap ones that fall off conveyor belts in China) and the second would require only a slight re-writing of the laws of physics, or at least some editing of the English language when it comes to our understanding of 'artificial' and 'ages your rig'.

All of which is kind of besides the point that this news is ten years old. Occam's Razor would indicate the fact Sega are still using it, and still selling bucketloads of games, suggests the audience don't have a problem with it. Certainly it's more likely than the idea it's been destroying their PC's for the past ten years and they were completely incapable of putting two and two together until you showed up.

[Red Duke]

Somehow I feel like you fellas will always find something to complain and clown farm about. Woke. DEI. DRM. Some political crap. Some controversy that happened on social media. Some childhood trauma that got triggered in the game. Something. Anything. Every new release is always 100 threads of complaining.

[CandyBonz]

Originally posted by Lord Haart:

No, it's the fact most ppl don't know how it chews ur ssd and artificially ages ur rig.

It's badly, believe me. I work in anti-piracy. It's bad. Eats perf aussi.

Go back to the circus where you belong, friggin clown!!

[HM Stambaugh]

To be clear, I hate all DRM, even steams in house DRM.

But Ive had less issues with this than anything else including steams wonky ass offline mode. Ive played entire games without realizing it had this DRM.

Meanwhile Ive had trash like securom prevent me from installing software on my PC.

I hope sega removes it after a year or two, and Id like even more for it to be cracked wide open, but its less of an issue to me than something requiring an Ubisoft account.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by HM Stambaugh:

I hope sega removes it after a year or two, and Id like even more for it to be cracked wide open, but its less of an issue to me than something requiring an Ubisoft account.

It usually does end up getting cracked a few weeks after launch. Though as you note most people don't even notice it's there so (assuming of course they've legitimately acquired the software) never bother even looking for it.