Wednesday, July 14th 2021
Cracked Resident Evil 8 Village Performs Faster Than Paid Version: Poor Denuvo Implementation Strikes Again
The cracked PC version of Resident Evil 8 Village is just out, and it performs faster than the version people are paying for. The crack removes the Denuvo DRM component, and the game's need for Steam. Digital Foundry tested the performance of the cracked version, comparing it with the original. It found that not only were the frame-rates higher, but also during encounters with enemies, the split-second stutter as an enemy lunges onto you, is gone, as the frame-times have significantly reduced. The Denuvo DRM solution can be implemented by game developers in one of many ways, with varying performance impact, as we detailed in our Denuvo article. It looks like RE8: Village is one of those titles where paying customers have lost the lottery of a fair Denuvo implementation.
Source:
Eurogamer
20 Comments on Cracked Resident Evil 8 Village Performs Faster Than Paid Version: Poor Denuvo Implementation Strikes Again
In an update to the MVG video on this topic the following points were posted:
Going on GoG.com and compare a game there with it's copyright protected versions and there is a differences plus the Assassin's Creed had like 3 different copyrights protections and yes it's gonna slow even the fastest systems down.
*EDIT* I wrote EA but it's still the same because the more layers of protection that's put on the more power the system needs to give a good experience.
Denuvo isn't the cause...
Brilliant journalism! 5* Would read again.
If the following is accurate it just makes Denovo look even worse.It's still present (According to the above) in some games, in others it's even running - And there is only one listed instance it was actually removed.
According to the info all the rest at least still has it in the game code.
To be fair:
This is something one would need more proof about and research to be done to establish it as being "True", "False" or somewhere inbetween.
Personally I can't say one way or the other myself but those directly involved with the hacking could - But I woudn't count on it for obvious reason(s).
However:
If it really is accurate, then I don't know how many ways one could say something is just U.S.E.L.E.S.S. but this would seem as one way to do that.
Buy a game made by EA or Ubisoft on steam you get the steam protection, then the other EA or Ubisoft launcher protection and then Denuvo protection it's gonna get even more crazy one day.