Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new RPG from ATLUS that was published by SEGA earlier this month. And, like most of SEGA’s PC releases, it uses Denuvo on PC. However, its demo which came out last month did not use that anti-tamper tech. And, to the surprise of no one, players have figured out a way to use the demo executable file in order to crack and play the full version.
What’s funny here is that pirates will now have a better version of Metaphor: ReFantazio. And I’m saying this because this pirated version does not have Denuvo at all. Contrary to other games in which a crack bypasses Denuvo, in this title, we have a Denuvo-free executable file.
The first version of the pirated version had some issues like Softlocks. This is why I did not report on it when it came out. However, its latest version has fixed those issues. Not only that but it is now also able to use the retail saves.
So, it will be interesting to see a comparison between the pirated and the retail versions of this RPG. Does the pirated version run better now that it doesn’t have Denuvo?
For those wondering, ATLUS has made some improvements to both the final and demo versions. The team has improved the game’s performance. I don’t know if the devs took inspiration from the Special K Mod. However, the game now runs better than its initial demo version. That’s a big plus.
As always, we won’t be linking to pirated content. So, don’t bother sharing any links in the Comments. Still, I’m certain that most of you will be able to find it by a simple Google search.
So there you have it. A Denuvo-free version of Metaphor: ReFantazio is out in the wild. Thus, let’s hope that SEGA will, one day, remove it.
Stay tuned for more!
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I guess no more demos or demos with denuvo.
Karma is such a b*tch.
it'd be cool if they were to support but knowing the uneven balance of distribution and costs around the world. I do hope this affords some lesser fortunate people to be able to experience the game.
Are they going to add Denuvo in the demos in the future or stop having demos altogether in the future now?
Sega/Atlus' anti consumer practices bypassed by their own work.
It's beautiful to see.
Yep it's real Poetry 🤣
F*kN loves it!!
I heard Denuvo devs sometimes uses these exploits to improve their DRM come the next version.
how's that work though the demo didn't include denuvo.
Yep, no sense at all, since the DENUVO version is intact.
why are the most gay a$$ jRPGs always leaking
hahaha
be nice if ff16 was leaked.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Feeling sad for the publisher…
-Botnando.
Never heard of that guy (bot) again…
It's access key expired.
Who ?
The cure for the poison is more poison, they call cracks medicine for a good reason.
Hate Denuvo, but this is just going to make studios not release demos for their games… which is bad too. Demos are a good thing.
Is not like demos are common anyways, we are not in the 90s (sadly)
Blame DENUVO, then.
It's always hilarious how the ai writer here has these piracy focused stories and headlines but makes sure to state no links to it just look for the stuff that fell off the truck somewhere lol passive agressive stuff by a bot.
That's how adults talk, we know there's piracy and we know where to find it. We don't need to pretend like moröns such as yourself.
Grow up.
off your meds deary?? who hurt you?
games up on igg-games dot com for anyone that wants it.
Stop spreading viruses!
Not talking about the site.
what viruses?
he or it is off it's meds lately just ignore
I am going to talk about the site. igg-games is well known in the piracy community for spreading malware. I was hit with malware from their copy of Tales of Berseria. If you want a safe downloading experience use actual trusted sources like fitgirl or cs rin ru.
Nice, I'm waiting for P3R to follow suit.
Also, ReFantazio looks awesome!
Denuvo has already been hacked long time ago,
only no one publish how to do…
But in this text there is some secret hidden about that:
{1b9f16bf9d9e2a64eeb7c48a2a2cc7df}
k3y_15_m0r3_!mp0rt4nt_th4n_y0u_th1nk
XOR_15_4_M34N1NGFUL_3NCRYPT10N
{u51ng_4_5ymm3tr1c_4lg0r1thm_70_3ncrypt_y0ur_d474_15_4lw4y5_4_b3tt3r_1d34_70_pr3v3nt_y0ur_d474_fr0m_b31ng_3xp051d}
problem is people don't know how to use it.