Deep Silver and 4A Games have just updated the Steam store page of Metro Exodus, revealing that this new Metro game will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Unfortunately, and while the game is available for pre-order and releases in less than a month, the team has not announced yet its PC system requirements.
Both Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux were released on GOG but I’m pretty sure right now that Metro Exodus will not be coming to CD Projekt’s digital service. After all, all GOG releases are DRM-free and I don’t expect Deep Silver to remove Denuvo just so it can release it on GOG.
Still, it will be interesting to see whether Deep Silver and 4A Games will remove this anti-tamper tech once – and if – Metro Exodus gets cracked. It will also be interesting to see whether crackers will be able to crack the game in a week or whether it will take them longer than that.
Metro Exodus is currently scheduled for a February 15th release!
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hmmm Deep Silver … so its probably gonna be like Agents of Meh or Homefront 2 aka GoG release and denuvo removal happens when final DLC releases
While those games had Denuvo removed, neither are on GOG.
well sorry, mixed two things together 😛 the two Deep Silver removals and Metro games beiung on GoG
well all prrevious metro games are …. but who knows
CPY will crack this in day one.
Damnit, I was really hoping for a GOG release after Kingdom Come (also Deep Silver) got one. Although I think Deep Silver may have only handled console publishing for that one.
Day zero crack. Why do they even bother?
It doesn’t matter if the protection being crack or not. The point is that so called protection exist inside their game. It like a door to you home. Even if your lock broke will you keep door open all the time or just going to close it anyway knowing it is useless without the lock?
I don’t think it was cracked yet AFAIK
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Ehhh at this point I gave up caring about this
Np. I’m patient.
well i don’t blame them , their previous two games were torrented like crazy
So? Torrents have zero effect on sales.
But influential snake oil salesmen build whole careers on telling developers and publishers that they do impact sales, always with no evidence.
…right, so I’m *not* objectively wrong. Try again.
They dropped the ball hard, very hard especially now that there is proof denuvo affects performance.
I was ready to buy the game at full price, well i guess ill wait for it to be dirt cheap or even better ill pirate it when it will be cracked eventually thats what they deserve.
You’re going to trigger the shills that work for denuvo’s “reputation management consultant”, have your sources at the ready.
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dishonored-2-lords-of-the-fallen-bulletstorm-moto-racer-4-and-more-run-better-without-denuvo/
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/denuvo-causes-framerate-issues-in-tekken-7-according-to-katsuhiro-harada-fix-coming-soon/
Thats on dsog
If they want another source
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/282924-denuvo-really-does-cripple-pc-gaming-performance
There now they can stfu before they even start
Those are both notoriously poorly optimized games that never ran properly on good hardware. Hardly legitimate proof.
So what if they were unoptimized,just removing denuvo improved performance significantly.
If doesnt change the fact denuvo affected performance negatively.
Quit whining about not being able to pirate.
Where has it been proved? Surely not that ridiculous youtube video where they’re testing different versions of games using a 7 year old cpu and DDRAM 3 modules
Oh you are the kind that says “get a better pc”
Even if they use old hardwares it still shows that without denuvo performance are better and load times are faster.
In other words denuvo is a punishment and an unnecessary performance overhead.
It doesnt matter it was tested on older hardware it still proved denuvo affect performance and not by a small margin
DENUVO is not a graphical feature like PhysX, Hairworks and others, just so you know…
No its DRM that runs in the background of the game tanking performance.
That’s what i’m trying to say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_DD-txK9_Q
This is the ridiculous channel i was talking about.
Yeah you were “ready” to buy at full price huh? LOL
Guess you got your excuse to steal the game form the hard working people at 4A!
Don’t mask your outrage as an excuse for theft from the developers.
These guys don’t put micro transactions, loot boxes, in game currency or silly pre-order incentives in their games just the soundtrack and a digital art book.
And their expansions are always quite good and worth the price!
I for one will be happy to support devs like this, that shy away from these kind of practices so common in games now days like every Ubi, EA,Warner etc.
Lol, supporting theft, and calling them bad devs cause deep silver forces Denuvo upon them!
There literally isn’t.
The Metro games (Redux especially) are a beacon of PC optimization. I have zero worries
You clearly haven’t seen the proof that it does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VpWKwIjwLk
Want more proof?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_DD-txK9_Q
Poor implementation of Denuvo causes worse performance, not Denuvo itself. If it was Denuvo itself, every game with it would suffer, which isn’t the case.
Because games on Steam DRM are easy to crack, But with Denuvo on top it stops pirates for a few days or weeks.
surprise… not
I was planning on buying it from the day it was announced. Well there goes that plan.
And it’s THQ Nordic. The same company that went with no denuvo on Darksiders 3. Unbelievable.
Darksiders 3 is a good game. You’re the one that’s bad.
But what about the sales?
Sales has nothing to do with the quality of a product. Everyone knows this. Tons of brilliant games, albums, movies, books, etc, never make a profit.
In fact, ironically, it’s usually the shittier that a product is the more that the masses like it…
Darksiders 3 was good especially with the 1.2 patch
Does it still run like fecal droppings?
Deep Silver still has executive power on the games they publish unfortunately.
it’s weird because Metro Redux are availible on GOG… so why go full DRM ? unless they think this new release would sell better with DRM…
People have been disappointed in the latest trailers and how it looks nothing like past metros so maybe they are afraid of lost sales cause they have no faith in their own game.
The Quiet Man is worse and it has denuvo, though.
I’ll stick to my physical copy of Metro Redux Bundle then. Thanks for saving me money, THQ Nordic! (They own Deep Silver.)
When it comes to stuff like this sometimes you cannot blame it entirely on developer unless they publish the game themselves.
I wouldn’t blame this on the devs since in most cases they don’t have control over things like these so I’m betting Deep Silver/THQ Nordic is to blame here.
Hear, hear. It’s unfair to be blaming the dev’ when the decision was, on balance of probability, made by the publisher.
That’s BS, I use to think it was the publishers. But it’s now seems that’s not always the case. Here are some examples all of Bethesda games still using Denuvo, except for games by Arcane Studios. And so what if they JUST RECENTLY removed Denuvo from dishonored. Prey still has it and it’s because that game keeps getting new content. Another example, this is the first THQ Nordic game to use Denuvo in years. They just released DarkSiders III on GOG, Denuvo Free at launch. Therefore these developers and sub studios have more pull than you think. I suspect that they will remove it in 6 months though and that’s when I’ll get it.
Well, if Denuvo is removed from the game 6 months after release then that’s when I’ll be buying it. By which time it’ll be available from key vendors at a greatly reduced price and also have received post-release patches to fix bugs and improve performance. Suits me just fine.
So,THQ Nordic got love letter from denuvo and now they join the dark side… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/afd7777292dc38082f8f163d2e398f06cc3fff23851687a76a186953f4f18adb.gif
Pirates = “the dark side,” clown.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8cbedfaceafa526b9bb584df9327bb60fd7af1283af368b97709c4d7648327f6.gif
Bad call, brother.
Well, I’m glad I did not buy this. And this is pretty damn shady of the devs to put his in so late like this. especially for those who have pre-ordered the game thinking Denuvo was not going to be apart of this game. I cant wait until this gets cracked as a slap in the face to the developer.
They lost a sell, great.
it’s all business to them. even valve don’t care about pc, it is all business.
Denuvo? No money then) will wait torrent edition.
you would have pirated it regardless, you’re just mad now that you can’t play it sooner and have to wait for crack.
Mad? Lol, it’s ok to me with waiting. No rush)
Did you know… the Metro Redux are available on GOG.
Now you know…
I know, but that means that Deep Silver can publish their games DRM free. It sucks that Metro Exodus will use DRM, but maybe it will be removed in the future and re-released on GOG.
I’ll wait for the GOG version…
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How does this come as a news to some of you people i don’t really understand.
So, another one bites the dust ?
But this doesn’t come as a surprise though, because it was expected from such a big AAA game title, despite Deep silver’s previous releases, imho.
Calm your t*ts, the only purpose of Denuvo is to secure the first 6-to-8 months of sales upon release.
Hmmmm… So i wonder what happened when Resident Evil 7 was cracked on week 1, Hitman 2 cracked 2 days before it was released and Just cause 4 was cracked on day 1. I wonder what happened to those 6-8 months you are schilling on about. Why are you so DUMB? Did you study at Xaviers School For The Not So Gifted? Or were you just born this way?
Shut up pirate, there is no justification for piracy. If you’re a broke gamer, stick to the used games section for consoletards. When great devs (like 4A Games) work hard, they deserve the pay.
I have the feeling that you’re one of those “pirates”. I can even bet that you can’t afford games…
I really hope there will be a GOG release(I have the other two on there). Regardless I am still going to get it for I have to own it and been waiting to play it forever and love the Metro series.
Really sucks they have to resort to Denuvo, I 100% blame the publisher 🙁
No one cares. Denuvo literally doesn’t affect game performance,.Stop using an Athlon FX64 and DDR2 and you’ll notice your games magically run better.
“They lost a sale.” You tools never intended to buy the game.So kindly keep to yourself, because no one cares about your pathetic justification for torrenting it.
Find a rope then oof yourself 😀 free shill.
Now wait a second, it’s completely unfair to make such an assumption, maybe he IS getting paid generously for his shillery.
Good point, maybe he is not one of those stupid free shills at all. good for him, hope he use the money to get some help or something.
Mega Man 11, a game I wanted to buy, had Denuvo. Bought Mega Man 11, from Steam directly, when Denuvo was removed.
Stop generalizing. There are people who actually buy the game if it gets removed.
This is strange for THQ Nordic because they usually release games without DRM.
Probably badly affected by piracy. Otherwise they wouldn’t risk the backlash.
Huh, this is a bit odd. THQ Nordiq has never used Denuvo before, and they actually removed it from 2 games, when they bought Deep Silver.
Curious really, as to what made them jump onboard at what is likely, one of the worst times to do so. Denuvo hate reaches new heights every week, and gets cracked easier and easier with each new version.
Puzzling move, THQ Nordiq.
Darksiders 3 failure hurt them so much and an “evil whisper” told them that’s is pirate fault and a game without protection is profitless nowadays,and in their frustration,THQ decide to join the dark side…
Hmmm, ya, that does make sense. Guessing this was certainly a big factor in the decision.
The good ol’ corporate ghost tale of “rampant piracy”. I dunno, piracy has been around for what…. ~50 years of recordable media? Yet, here we are today, with the “entertainment industry”, bigger than ever, and sickeningly, breaking new records for profits, every year.
What a shocker, maybe piracy “isn’t” what causes games to fail. Food for thought. 🙂
“If it gets cracked”, lol
I wake up to DSOgaming and I’m starting to regret doing this. Because this news is terrible news ?? .<—- 'Hello Darkness My Old Friend'…
These games are now cracked within the first 24 hrs now or even before release. Yet they are still under Denuvo Lock & Key. Hmmm ? this makes no sense to me. If they game has already beenbeen cra then what exactly are they protecting. Seems to me that the honest buyer is the only one paying the piper. Why is no one paying more attention to that fact. Resident Evil 7 is perfect example. It's been cracked from Day 1, yet it still carries Denuvo in. It's like constantly wearing a very costly yet VERY uncomfortable chainmail underwear after your B**thole is constantly VIOLATED night after night by your cell mate.
Damn, was looking forward to this too. I own and played all of the Stalker and Metro games. Guess I’ll be playing this in 5+yrs (at least) when Denuvo is removed. Time to check out the Stalker mod scene again.
:/
No reason for Denuvo to be honest plus with RTX (even when off) will severely hamper performance of the game. I want to see a 1050ti benchmark of this.
They also deleted every negative Denuvo thread on the Steam boards, and they hit me for spamming when I complained about the censorship. I was going to just get this on the PS4 to avoid Denuvo, but now I don’t know if I want to get it at all anymore.
U suka blyat in their eyes mate.
So you were going to get it for the DRM box to avoid DRM?
You console players never cease to amaze me….
You can’t remotely turn off a physical console game; it will work decades from now. A game with Denuvo can become useless tomorrow.
This only proves that 2019 pc masterrac… are still pirates. Pirates are cancer and should be ashamed of themselves
D*ck move because as far as I know the Metro games sell more on PC than consoles
Pirates are very small % from the player base. This only annoys more people than it’s original intention.
Also there is a proof that pirating games can actually increase the sales. Some game company guy said so couple years ago. It’s like a demo and many buy their games after they have pirated and tested it.
No. The crack is merely postponed.
When will a Publisher/Developer show that Denuvo cuts down on piracy in a meaningful way?
Is there any proof that a person would buy the game if they couldn’t pirate it?
It’s all just speculation.
8/10
I’m a bit surprised, I thought the case of Denuvo had been made clear and that “good guys” would not make that mistake. But it seems these are making a lot of mistakes after all, using a launcher and a dubious one at that, changing less than one month before the planned release, threatening their fans.
Perhaps I don’t understand all the benefits from a launcher. I can understand chosing Steam from a logistic point of view, they have a good bandwidth to support the release of big titles which must be a very difficult task. As a customer I have zero interest with the challenges and other Steam gizmos supposed to add to the game, but perhaps some find that stimulating, so fine. And as a customer I could do without a launcher updating every day, though Steam doesn’t take more than half a minute so it’s more or less bearable.
But Epic Store, really? If that’s not a good one, why bother with a launcher at all?
And Denuvo? Wouldn’t that be much more profitable not to fall out with a good share of potential buyers and suffer from a slightly higher percentage of pirated copies?
At least on Steam it is possible to know from their database when Denuvo is removed, and they are mostly competent at what they are doing, even if I gladly do withouth whenever possible to avoid the extra bloat and make sure the developers have a honest share of the income. This Epic decision would be enough for me to boycott, Denuvo is definitely more than enough to do so.
Who knows, maybe in one year or two we can give it a go once they come to their senses and the title is getting free of all this, in the mean time there’s plenty of other things to do. It would have been nice, but it’s not a big deal, really. Moreover, it’ll be fully debugged by then.