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No more Denuvo?

1 Mar @ 1:58am - Aerosoft

Rescue HQ – The Tycoon will release without Denuvo protection, this is more or less the news for today, but let us add a few more words on why etc. below.

The last weeks we gathered so much great feedback about our game, people that like the art, the gameplay mechanics and much more. That's why we focused more on what people don't like about our plans.

DRM, something not to much gameplay related but some of you feel really upset, in other words Denuvo.

As some of you already noticed we had the Denuvo disclaimer on the Steampage – yes it was planned to run our game DRM protected by Denuvo, but now it is gone.

Sure many of you guys won't understand why we wanted to put Denuvo into our game but let me clarify a few things.
DRM is a pain, it limits me!
DRM is something no one likes, most of you people never will hit any requirements that are set by the DRM Software – 5 PCs within 24h… when would this appear to you?
DRM slows down the game!
In our tests (as a publisher) and the test of the developing studio we actually didn't see a single impact on running the software with DRM or without.
We'll have to pay more `caus of DRM!
DRM is cheap – it is not free but with only one person more that actually would buy the game many DRM protections are paid
- Day 1 cracks are really really awful
- Visit the known pages and see your title, free, with one click with 100 of comments is a pain.
- People join your Discord, email your support and actually eat your time etc. who have never paid a penny – they hurt.
- People who are telling you, yes i just try it – i will buy it later (do you know anyone who ever did that?)

Pirates be prepared!

Protecting your idea, your baby, your work for the last year, often feels like protecting your family (many of you game devs might understand), but the question is what's the right „weapon“ to protect them.

With being open in all communication around our small idea of „Rescue HQ – The Tycoon“ up to the development and hopefully after the release we try to focus on the community, on the ideas, thoughts, requests that you actually share with us.

That's why we ask ourselves, is it actually worth to hold YOU back from buy the game – because you don't like DRM, because we want to hold back Mr Torrent from getting the hands on our game? After many thoughts, talks etc. it is a clear NO for us. We don't want to hold you back, just because Mr Torrent would never ever buy the game. Thats why we removed the need of any kind of DRM Software protection and just hope that you love our art, our baby, our game that much that you are willing and fair enough to actually buy it.

Getting rid of any kind of DRM actually even open us more options in modding, that's why we are super happy to announce that we actually will be open with most of script to the people who buy our game.So you can modify it up until making a Walking Dead Clone out of it where you actually need to gether survivors in your HQ and send them out to find new one.

Please feel more then free to share your experience, your thoughts or just your words about going Denuvo free (more or less DRM free beside the needed Steam stuff).

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31 Comments

Runner 25 Mar @ 1:15pm

Good on you for making the gamingsphere a better place after all.
As for people that pirate when they have no money and then do when they have money - its just called growing up.
And people in poor places will never be a lost sale to expensive games in the first place.

I agree about people who feel entitled to support without paying - that's a no go. I feel the same way about people swimming in money that pirate out of spite or just "because they can".

I expect actually most people do.

Merceal 25 Mar @ 11:53am

Proof games perform slower with Denuvo | Devil May Cry 5, Hitman 2, Yakuza 0, F1 2018:
https://youtu.be/Jt_B1kat1nQ

Coe 25 Mar @ 7:00am

1. DRM does slow your game down along with making loading times much slower. If you're unable to do basic load and performance tests with & without Denuvo being present, me and many others are gonna start questioning your abilities to do anything technical whatsoever.. Which is amazing, considering you're developing said game.

2. "Cheap" is subjective. When you're starting to mess with pouring money, time and effort into DRM that can otherwise go to being put towards the game itself, every single cent is utterly and completely wasted.

3. DRM is EXTREMELY limiting when it comes to stuff like modding. Ontop of that you also have the random requirement for an internet connection, their servers potentially going down.. The list goes on.

Please do some actual research next time before spewing out stupid shìt like this news post. It was frankly embarassing to read.

https://everythingdenuvo.wordpress.com/

Kyle 24 Mar @ 11:45pm

The part about removing Denuvo for mods is okay. The rest, a huge letdown on your part.

"DRM is a pain, it limits me!" It surely doesn't let me play offline for long.
"DRM slows down the game!" There has been numerous proofs about Denuvo slowing down some game. Any added obfuscation attempts on top of the bare application decreases performance, the question is how hard does it affect the game. And no, testing it on a high-end PC doesn't count as 'we actually didn't see a single impact'.
"People who are telling you, yes i just try it – i will buy it later (do you know anyone who ever did that?)" I pirated some games to try, then bought them in a sale. What on earth are you smoking. You don't even realize how condescending you sound at this part.

Whoever wrote this must be talking out of their♥♥♥♥♥

Kobresia 24 Mar @ 4:48pm

Another gamer here who has bought many games after trying them using a pirated version first and would 100% not have bought them otherwise considering the amount of garbage released these days without any demo for people to try them first.

anarcher 24 Mar @ 2:26pm

>People who are telling you, yes i just try it – i will buy it later (do you know anyone who ever did that?)
I have, personally, bought many games that I found to be good after trying them. Sometimes a free demo version is all it took, other times I've tried the full version.
There are perfectly legal means to do so, like borrowing a friends copy.

Shadowfury 24 Mar @ 1:38pm

"People who are telling you, yes i just try it – i will buy it later (do you know anyone who ever did that?)"

Yep, me as well. I wouldn't have bought those hadn't I tried them out first to see how good they were.

It seems to me that the person who wrote this post got his head full of the copyright industry's lies...

Forkinator 24 Mar @ 1:18pm

"- People who are telling you, yes i just try it – i will buy it later (do you know anyone who ever did that?)"

Is this a joke? Visit the crackwatch subreddit if you think people are lying when they say they will buy the game if they like it while having it cracked.

If you look at my library, there are at least 20 titles that I "tried", and then purchased afterwards. if I like a game, I will support the developer. In a world with almost no demos, pirating to try games is becoming more and more and more normal.

And DRM does have an effect on games. It's a per-game basis though. Not all games are affected by Denuvo.

Thank you for removing it from your product. I might purchase this game now to show my support for developers that understand that Denuvo is not the way to go.

GDS 24 Mar @ 11:35am

"DRM slows down the game!

In our tests (as a publisher) and the test of the developing studio we actually didn't see a single impact on running the software with DRM or without."

Oh, nice to know that they test their game with and without denuvo in their Core i9-9900k + 64 GB DDR4 + GTX 2080ti + Samsung 970 PRO nVME SSD and see no impact at all!

Spyder 24 Mar @ 8:37am

As a gamer who does try before I buy, I disagree with your statement that people don't buy after trying the game. I've bought many games after I've tried them and in all honesty, I probably wouldn't have bought them otherwise.

Regardless, I love these types of games and applaud you for dropping Denuvo. Game is added to my wish list as it looks good and fun.

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