Rime denuvo
#RIME DENUVO PC#
However, a recent trend amongst PC videogame releases has been the inclusion of DRM, or Digital Rights Media protection, which in some cases actually hampers the experience and causes slowdown and performance instability, which was the precisely what happened to RiME. PC gamers can generally agree that one of the benefits of playing on a computer opposed to a console is having the flexibility and choice in terms of how a game performs and runs, not to mention the potential for modding. Though Tequila works games did say they’d release a DRM-free version of the. A lot of gamers complained that Denuvo causes major problems with the. RiME which released in late May of 2017 on all major platforms came with the addition of Denuvo in its PC release.
#RIME DENUVO SOFTWARE#
Although the biggest reason as to why they chose to crack Denuvo is likely due to them wanting to foster and promote piracy, in doing so, players who have bought the game legitimately could also benefit from the performance gains a Denuvo-less RiME brings to the table. Tim 'Dariuas' Slagers post explains that they originally had Denuvo anti-tamper software on Rime to protect it from pirates. This prompted crackers, specifically the group known as Skidrow Games Reloaded, to release a crack for RiME. It was reported that the addition of Denuvo caused the game to perform worse than intended due to the extra software running in the background. This constant monitoring of Denuvo equipped games often lead to premature bottlenecking and performance hits, that otherwise wouldn’t exist. Hopefully Tequila Works keeps the future of their business and their IP in mind when dealing with sensitive business matters like DRM so that they don't hurt their IP more than they try to help it.Denuvo is one of the more notorious forms of DRM protection, a piece of software that when applied to a game, monitors the game as it is being played, constantly checking to authenticate whether the game is legitimately purchased, or a pirated copy. Tequila Works' single-player adventure Rime has been attracting a lot of attention since it was released yesterday, some of which can be attributed to the PC version's anti-tamper tech, Denuvo. Heck Gamespot reported that CD Projekt sold more copies in the first quarter of 2017 than they did during the same quarter in 2016.
#RIME DENUVO SERIES#
CD Projekt Red's The Witcher series is a perfect example of a company that has attained extremely positive mind-share by being considered consumer friendly, and they've managed to use that to their advantage.
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Still, Tequila Works reassured fans that it will remove this anti-tamper tech once, and if, the game is cracked.
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However, this game and like pretty much almost all the latest PC titles is currently using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
#RIME DENUVO UPDATE#
It's true that negative mind-share will go a long way in hurting a game's profits in the same way that positive mind-share will go an extremely long way in helping a game's profits. 's DRM Slows Down The Game, But Denuvo Denies It UPDATE A week after release, much of the discussion surrounding Rime isn’t about the ruins or the mystery, but rather piracy. RiME, a new single-player puzzle adventure game from Tequila Works, has just been released on the PC. Users mentioned that the amount of negative press they would receive from the approach would hurt the mind-share of RiME and in turn hurt the game's sales in the long run more than Denuvo would protect their revenue from pirates. Gamers were displeased with this approach, and a small argument broke out on the forums regarding Tequila's decision to even use Denuvo.
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You can join the discussion on Tequila Works removing Denuvo from RiME on the OC3D. Lets hope that the games future patches will fix the games hardware issues, which are still present despite the removal of Denuvo. So, the standard philosophy of using Denuvo seems a bit lost on a game like RiME.Įven still, the developers say that they will be pursuing remedies to remove the DRM as soon as the game is cracked. PC gamers will no doubt be happy that Denuvo has been removed from RiME, especially those that choose to boycott the technology. RiME is the sort of game that seems like the majority of its sales would be on the back-end of its market run due to word of mouth and potentially positive review scores. In the case of RiME, though, this makes almost no sense at all since it wasn't heavily marketed, didn't have a whole lot of hype going into its release, and wasn't being strongly advertised across PC or other platforms leading up to release.