PC Gaming @lemmy.ca Syldon @feddit.uk 1 yr. ago

Lies of P quietly adds Denuvo DRM to PC version

nichegamer.com Lies of P quietly adds Denuvo DRM to PC version

Goods things don’t last, as the highly-expected souls-like Lies of P has just added Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM to its PC release.

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Welp…that’s another one added to the “wait until it’s removed” list
- More like added to the list of "wait till pirates fix it"
  
  Will happen sooner than it being officially removed.
  
  That's cool, but some people prefer to buy their games. To either show support, to track their hours/achievements, or the biggest one is to easily receive updates without having to scavenge the web to find an update patch.
- They don't remove it just because it would sell more later on, they remove it because it's a big licensing cost that will stop being profitable once most sales have happened.
  
  My point is; if the publisher used Denovo, just don't be buy the game ever.
- The good news is once it's removed, you can just pirate it.
  
  Fuck Denuvo.
- I won't touch nothing with Denuvo on it.
  
  So you will touch everything with denuvo on it? Since that was a double negative
- Agreed
If anyone pre-ordered it (which generally isn't advisable anyway) then this could be reasonable grounds for a refund.
The DRM was added right as the game’s 72-hour early access period started, which is included as part of Lies of P‘s Deluxe Edition.

The actual work done to integrate Denuvo was far before release, of course, but it feels a bit sneaky to disclose the DRM as late as possible. I wonder if this is how it's disclosed for other games as well.
I wanted to buy one full price game this fall.
I decided against AC6, so LoP and BG3 were frontrunners.

Well that's an easy choice now.
- Bg3 is getting patch 3 in 5 days unless something changes so its gonna get even better in terms of performance tho no idea what else gets changef or added cept mac support
I haven’t bought any game with Denuvo yet an won’t ever buy one. Such a pity because I was interested.
- I have. By accident because I forgot to check when I was too eager to buy
Annoying - the demo was really good, and ran great on Linux using Proton. Guess I'm going to be holding off on buying till it's removed and on sale, then - there's no point in buying a game early and it running like shit.
Lies of P quietly drops off my waitlist.
At least it's stated in the game's Steam page. Dead Space Remake has Denuvo since day 1 and there was no warning in their Steam page at all for a long time. Last time I checked they had added the warning, though.
- I got caught out with sniper elite 5 in the same fashion. It also has a warning on it now. You don't have to install Denuvo to play the game on that one, but you cannot play any multiplayer without it.
That's some bullshit there in adding DRM after the fact and should be ground for a refund.

Stuff like this makes me glad I'm more of a patient gamer.
Isn't that illegal in quite a few European countries? I vaguely remember something about 3th party software requirements needing to be disclosed some amount of time before release.
Well thats only temporary. It always is.

I dont know what this game is though..

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