Civ 7 will potentially launch with controversial Denuvo, according to Steam's back end
Civ 7 will potentially launch with controversial Denuvo, according to Steam's back end
Civilization 7, the latest in the classic strategy series by XCOM 2 and Midnight Suns creator Firaxis, might include Denuvo DRM at launch.
I've bought and paid for every civ game since civ3...
I even paid for civ4 twice. Boxed CD and on steam.... And now you're going to treat me like a criminal with shitty DRM??? Welp, i guess i'm not buying Civ7, Sid...
No more turns....
DRM has never stopped me from pirating a game, but multiple times it stopped me from buying it.
I remember one moment where I knew that I would be without internet for a week, so I bought and downloaded a few singe player games. Only for some of them to require an internet connection because of DRM.
I used my phone for internet so I could pirate them, and you wouldn't believe it but I could suddenly play them offline. I never bought anything from that publisher again.
Better pick the correct Proton version from the get-go then Linux users, switching it more than 4-5 times within 24 hours or so will trigger Denuvo blocking the game from starting.
Or just don't buy this crap :)
is this intended from denuvo's side?
Probably not. I assume it registers it as different systems and blocks after too many.
As a Linux user, Civ 6 post launch support made me swear off of buying a 2k game ever again. Linux users got an objectively worse version of the game, and the fact they couldn't be bothered to add the 2k account exclusive leader to the Linux version shows they really don't care about customer loyalty. Rumors also say this game won't support mods, which is insane, as mods made Civ 6 playable with an actually functional UI. It's a shame, as I love the Civ series.
I've started playing with proton. Many say it users the GPU better and you gets better graphics but I didn't notice anything.
What it changed is that Linux version is like many years without updates, but with proton you have the windows version which is compatible with all mods and let's you run game of the month.
For the mods at least, the dev interview at PAX clearly had a moment when one guy said "the possibilities of combination with civilizations switching is going to be higher, especially with the modding community adding custom civs.
But since they said a huge part of the playerbase is console, I'm guessing mods won't be using the steam workshop but the launcher so that consoles can have mods...
As for Linux support yeah I would like to hope, maybe the stats of Civ6 on the steamdeck could push them to make it compatible but if they have denuvo I doubt it...
Sometimes I wonder why companies make decisions like this. But then I remember just how many completely braindead executives are out there.
At least it's not denuvo anti cheat but their anti tamper is bad enough. Civ 6 is my most played game and I guess I'll have more time to play it now after all... It's really too bad I was very excited to try out the new features they've added.
You might want to try Humankind then. Sounds like Civ 7 is basically copying the ideas from it anyway
I've played humankind quite a bit actually. I had fun for a while but although I liked the idea at first I don't love the leader switching system as it is implemented in humankind.
So don't buy Civ 7, got it. Thanks!
I really liked 5, but I never got 6 and don't plan on getting 7. Honestly, I'm not into what they offer anymore. There's other civ-likes out there now, and there's other genres I'd rather play anyway. I was watching civ 7 with some interest still, but for sure not with this.
I've been playing them since the first game and I don't think I've truly loved any of them since 4. So even though I've bought them all thus far, it is pretty easy to skip one of I don't like where they go. No games series can last forever.
God-fucking-dammit
Words outta my mouth. FFS
I will play Civ 7 but I won't pay for it.
I don't agree with pirating. I'll simply not buy the game instead.
The cool thing about it, is that everybody can make that decision for themselves.
Soooo, this means Civ 7 will now 100% be ripped off and pirated.
We shall wait for our arrested development queen empress. May she mercifully release with the nfo slur count under ten
Were there some problems with sales of the previous Civ games or something that necessitate this?
Probably just some executive being a typical 9-figure jackass.
Interesting that they looked at Humankind and aped only its worst design decisions lol.
If you don’t choose one civilization to play through to the end I’m out.
Don't forget you can ignore publishers.
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/DenuvoGames/curation is also useful.