Tequila Works will remove the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from RiME once, and if, the game is cracked

RiME, a new single-player puzzle adventure game from Tequila Works, has just been released on the PC. However, this game – and like pretty much almost all the latest PC titles – is currently using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Still, Tequila Works reassured fans that it will remove this anti-tamper tech once, and if, the game is cracked.

[just_sayin]

Might as well go ahead and remove it. Deveno is no longer secure as it was. This security gets broken it what a few days now.

[lelo2play]

Do you realize that most Denuco games still haven't been cracked?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

[nX]

Pretty much every game on this list have been cracked, at least the ones people care about. Some of them took longer but none of them is actually uncrackable... and Rime will probably be next.

[DillyDilly]

Some games are not cracked because Im guessing the people cracking them have no interest in them but the big games so far have been cracked

[bluefox755]

I wouldn't say most, maybe about half, and many of the ones that weren't are smaller titles that weren't really that popular.

[ziggurcat]

or... you know... people can just buy the game instead of stealing it...

[Cmv38]

Won't happen. If not for steam, pc gaming would have become a graveyard because of the amount of piracy.

[The 10th Rider]

The Witcher 3 released with a DRM free version and it still sold incredibly well.

[Stig193]

That's good and all, but it's important not to forget that people would be a lot more willing to hand over their money if developers actually released competent products on PC.

Here's Rime on PC: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The Steam reviews and comments seen on other forums lead me to believe this level of performance isn't exactly an isolated case and you really can't blame poor sales on piracy all the time when poorly optimised games like this and Dishonored 2 leave me and many other waiting for the game get fixed up before buying.

[ziggurcat]

"That's good and all, but it's important not to forget that people would be a lot more willing to hand over their money if developers actually released competent products on PC."

that's not a justification for stealing.

[Stig193]

I'm not justifying it, but when developers complain about poor sales they'll more often than not bring piracy into the equation and they'll completely ignore the customers that are willing to pay, but not on shoddy products.

Treat the paying customers with respect with a solid product and I can guarantee you they'll repay the favour with a sale. You can look at Bayonetta's recent PC release for evidence of that.

[Seafort]

What happens now if the game gets poor sales when the game can't be cracked for a bit due to Denuvo? Still blame piracy or their utter incompetence at optimising their game?

Word of mouth can help or hinder game sales it all depends on how the game plays and the attitude of the developer to communicate to their customers and support their game. So far they've done a piss poor job on both points.

From what I've heard the PS4 version isn't much better.

[quent]

Then why pay to have it in the first place, just don't put it in and save some money

[freshslicepizza]

They put it in there to try and prevent the game being cracked right away. Most game sales happen when its first released.

The most amusing part to all of this are the reasons why people hate it. On Steam you hear it all from it slows down my PC to it's corrupted my game. The fact is DRM exists on consoles and people just accept it but on the PC its taboo even though that is the very reason why some developers wont release games on the PC, in fear of piracy.

[GameBoyColor]

Drm isn't really accepted even on consoles (we just have no real say in console business though). Reason why the ms first got a lot of flack for their drmbox1 idea.

[Palitera]

Let the race begin!

[MagicBeanz]

Sounds suspiciously like a challenge.