Quantum Break has just been released on the PC and from the looks of it, the game treats you like a pirate if you try to play it without being logged into the Windows Store. Not that you really can, but under a number of circumstances you may lose connection to the Windows Store and the anti-piracy DRM may get triggered.
What the game basically does, when players log out of the Windows Store after launching the game, is make Jack Joyce look like a pirate.
As the official FAQ suggests, this is actually a DRM against piracy that may affect legitimate owners:
“DRM might have accidentally triggered. Make sure you’ve logged into your Microsoft account before starting the game”
This is a clever anti-piracy easter egg, though we don’t know whether it affects the actual gameplay (as Croteam’s immortal scorpion did in Serious Sam 3).
A similar DRM approach was also used in Alan Wake.
Expect a PC Performance Analysis in the coming days!
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Horrible, don’t buy this sh*t. Making the assumption you are a pirate just by logging out of Windows store.
yes its insulting as hell
It almost justifies and will bring pride to become a pirate for M$!!!
nothing justifies stealing…..
(except food for children who are starving) and those that could give do not.
breaking news : pirated version of quantum break can work on win 7 and dx11, complete with all PC master race features like SLI/CF, g-sync/freesync, mods, hw monitor overlays and other PCMR privileges including multi monitors support, various aspect ratio displays etc.
happens with every game that tries to pull this on legitimate customers..
they never learn
He was trolling.
yes, but it WILL eventually happen, like with every game before that.. and after that – they only hurt legitimate customers with these practices
DRM crack will eventually happen, I assume you’re intelligent enough to understand that the other stuff there is a joke.
I assume you’re intelligent enough to know pirates will get the game without pirate patches on main protagonists while legit buyers will feel these “anti-piracy” measures on them
What does this have to do with anything I’ve previously said? Maybe not as bright as I thought.
pc master race….yeah for the piracy!!!!
There is no pirated version yet not crack yet.
AAA piracy is dead.
Why do you make stupid comments like this? Quit misleading people.
source?
What is the source of this news??!
Go f*ck yourself Microsoft.
With every PC release you prove that all you’re doing is lip service.
The MS store and UWP are worse than GFWL.
at least you can still playing. Ubisoft would kick you out of the game, the same as EA. Dying light will freeze if you lose conection.
ahh. welcome to the future, where you can’t play your single player games unless you do pirate them. nice future, nice future.
Future? Jewbisoft did that with Assassin’s Creed 2, among locking a middle chapter you had to pay for, that really is the moment they went downhill.
racist a***ole funny knowing ubisoft is full of christians and muslims employee
Ubsioft love to go out their way to tell everyone that they are so diverse, they are a very politicly correct company that tries to appease everyone.
Racist for making jew jokes?
racist for comparing jews to ubisoft last time i checked im having a hard time paying my rents and im not ripping anyone off…actually i’ve been ripped off quite a lot in my life…so yea its like saying all niggers are gangsters which is offensive because there is nothing positive in this comparison he just made(jews are always doing shady economical tactics to get rich is a bad thing to say)
Cry me a river.
Jewing is jewing, no matter you’re French or Japanese; Jewtendo, see? it’s not even a race thing.
because i’m very old. everything post 00’s is “the future”
first make your game playable on PC
i wanted ultra high on my gtx 970 but not even a GTX 980Ti can’t do that wtaf !
console ports over console ports!
looking at witcher 3 or even arkham knight they are PURE MASTERPIECE!
Witcher 3 is playable for me in 5120×2880 (5K) at highest settings + graphics mods on two 980s.
i play withcer 3 great aswell
Utter nonsense.
Your input wasn’t petitioned.
It’s not nonsense. I also run dual gtx980’s and csn run the Witcher 3 in 4K at 55-60fps. So playing at 5K@30fps (he said playable) shouldn’t be an issue.
And I have overclocked SLI 980ti with a 4K screen and you cannot run the game maxed out at 4k with a rock steady 60hz.
And who the hell plays PC games at 30HZ?
So yeah 5K 60HZ on 980 SLI is nonsense.
I max out 1440p with 2 lowly 970’s averaging 60fps….
2 980’s could play 4 or 5k at playable frame rates.
25 to 35fps would be my guess.
980 ti in sli should play 4k in the 60s fps ultra.
Anything under 50fps with g-sync isn’t playble.
What???
Yeah at 15fps. lol
That would not be playable.
Youre clearly joking seeing as I have 2 980s OC to 1490MHz, i7 4930k @ 4.3GHz, 16GB RAM and with everything on max(including NVIDIA game works) I’m getting 60-70fps @ 1440p. 5K would be a stutter show with Geralt body popping on screen. Lol
I am not.
LMAO, medium settings!?
Please tell me that screen was a fake because I can’t wrap my head around that response from Microsoft. Medium setting on a 980ti what are they smoking.
no its real go in the windows store and you will find it!
why would you buy such game anyway i don’t understand
Is it? I can see the comment there but not the reply.
click on “SHOW DEVELOPER RESPONSE”
I think they might have deleted the response as I can’t find that option for that reply. Typical Microsoft.
This game is concept for Nvidia Pascal & Ati Polaris GPU, for 4k, that’s all matters 4k resolution. Wait and enjoy for the future GPU!!!!
Wat. This is a console game.
Windows 10 user here, it’s real. ^_^
That’s just sad I was going to get it but I doubt my 970 will cut it.
The developer did actually say that, i was shocked, so, right now they deleted response because the same guy who gave 1 star for bad performance found the solution by just turning off G-Sync, he said “kind of resolved”. And yeah, i’m worry about my R9 390 maybe would not handle this game.
I know that feel bro Alan wake was such a good port I had high hopes for this game. Wasn’t Dx12 supposed to solve these optimization problems by being closer to the metal I guess it was just another marketing fluff made up by microsoft. Lets see if vulkan is any better.
That is weird, they certainly were telling everyone a g’sync patch was on the way and to turn it off yesterday.. weird that wouldn’t be the response today.
playing it on the following specs:
GTX 970
i5-3470
8 GB RAM
40 – 60 fps, everything on high except volumetric lighting (ultra). not really sure what’s up with that guy’s computer.
He solved the problem though.
I wonder what settings xbone runs it on.
Low, maybe medium
hahahahahaha omfg
I’m wondering if they are running gsync, currently if you gsync enabled it tanks the framerate to unplayable levels. Otherwise its a problem with thier setup. Currently playing this w/ sli 980’s at 1080p with most settings maxed and having smooth gameplay. I had to drop shadow res and volumetric lighting and textures to med. But its not stuttering etc.
Not defending it, they once again launched a bad port, and I wouldn’t reccomend buying at this time, but that claim of setting all settings to low and can’t play, that’s a not been my experience. Like I said maybe it is they are running w/ gsync enabled
They are running G-Sync, you see the same guy who gave 1 star, he turned off G-Sync & then got better performance, but he said “Kind of resolved”.
And oh, there’s a guy gave 5 stars & he said, game is great, everything set to ultra at 1080p and runs smoothly. Using GTX 980Ti with a 5960X.
…..No comment.
I guess its possible, I own it and am sitting somewhere between the two. Playing on 1080p most settings maxxed but dropped shadow res and lighting and textures 1 off from ultra and its smooth. I have sli 980’s. I’m sure if they added multi gpu then I’d be playing maxxed at 1440p. They say they are working on it though…
Top Kek Microsoft today they don’t know wtf is a Pc, they are consolized now. Bill Gates please come back!
Game is playable in 4k with Mixed High/Ultra settings on single Fury-X (30FPS average)
Well done, better than RotTR and GoW U
To monitor FPS in Windows Store games you can use PresentMon.
https://github.com/GameTechDev/PresentMon
and this
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx
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http://i.imgur.com/cIepvXa.jpg
No way this is better than ROTTR LOL
Optimised, not visuals.
RotTR has better eye^-^candy for sure 😉
Better optimised? LMAO
Lol that looks like Crysis 2.
How is it better than RoTR? That game had perfect SLI.
crysis 2 looks better because isn’t blurry
Dammit, I’ve been rumbled…quick…scatter.
So according to Remedy people with unreliable connections = Pirate. Very nice.
Micro$loth or Remedy, it doesn’t matter. The UWP is dead.
is Jack Joyce in chains S&M style when you log in? cause that’s how they treat their PC customers.
Again, who didn’t see this coming? Potato box runs this at 720p/30FPS.
Was going to buy this. With all i’m seeing right now. Meh. It’s just sad since the game looks good and fun. GOD DAMNIT.
I have been experiencing internet issues the last few days so this is unacceptable. I am not renting games i am buying them ms.
Actualy I would rather play with the eye patch looks more cool
Its funny how mainly I play on pc and yes I buy games on steam origin
and battle(net), but I still find it offended by that statement of
microsoft , its like saying fk u your a pc gamer and a pirate :I
btw I have ps4 and its only for exclusives nothing else, compared to my pc hahaha
So
why not ps4 or xboxone gets an eye patch of the pirate if they play
online ?? I wonder why?? fu .k microsoft no respect to pc gamers
Can you write like a normal adult person? It’s like I’m reading some kid’s Facebook wall.
Ohh your one of those lol, then go fk yourself 🙂
Yeah I’m one of those normal adult people.
nope
THREE STRIKES; I’M OUT:
Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage
THE UWP IS F*CKING DEAD TO ME -_-
I doubt this game will sell enough for that DRM to matter.
We’re always being told screwing us over with DRM isn’t developers treating us like thieves. Kinda hard to deny it now when they make it so black & white.
And we treat Quantum Break as garbage.
The game looks good but this performance is just unacceptable.
an eye patch is punishment?…that just means twitch streamers wont use a pirated version.this windows 10 store looks like a big fail on the pc .so much for windows store…lol
F*** this GFWL 2.0 sh*t. Was so excited for QB when it was announced for PC. But after that… bad news after bad news. I really hope M$ isn’t the publisher for AW2. It’ll be another disappointment otherwise.
Damn windows store. I feel bad for killer instinct…
Where are the Micro$oft hype? you can see this coming from miles away!
This is a snarky thing they did in Alan Wake also. For me at least I never have to login to windows store etc, it authenticates with my W10 pin, so when I log into Windows that’s it, no other logins required, and I don’t have to launch the Store or anything, just click on the game icon. Probably there is some authentication going on in the background. Also it doesn’t seem to need a constant connection to the internet either. I’ve been ripping into this game and Microsoft, but for legitimate reasons like gsync not working, sli not working, missing a quit button, but above issue isn’t really a problem from my experience.
Sounds like GWFL, the system they never once said they would never completely kill off, now I can see what they had planned for it in the end.
Can anyone tell me why Remedy develops games for Microsoft?
Main reason is because they didn’t have the funding to develop alan wake 2 so they took up a offer from microsoft to make this game.
I just hope Remedy changes publishers in the future- Microsoft has no idea what PC gamers want.
I’d be happy to buy it if it didn’t cost 112 dollars in Argentina
What a crap DRM! No one has pirated this, yet legit users are being accused as one. They’ll lose customers by doing this!
So always online, tied to UWP and triggers ? lol.
“we don’t know whether it affects the actual gameplay”
Looks like you also lose health too.