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.
As Tequila Works claimed, it wants to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players, which is why it chose to use the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Also, the fact that games powered by it are still very hard to be cracked is another reason… at least in our own opinion.
However, and contrary to a lot developers, Tequila Works stated that it will release a Denuvo-free version of RiME, and update existing platforms, once and if the game is cracked.
“I have seen some conversations about our use of Denuvo anti-tamper, and I wanted to take a moment to address it. We have had discussions about Denuvo internally, and one of the key points of all of those discussions have simply been, we want to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players. RiME is a very personal experience told through both sight and sound. When a game is cracked, it runs the risk of creating issues with both of those items, and we want to do everything we can to preserve this quality in RiME.
We are very committed to this, but also to the simple fact that nothing is infallible. That being said, if RIME is cracked we will release a Denuvo free version of RiME and update existing platforms.”
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Why remove Denuvo when the game is cracked if the reason they are going to use it is to preserve the game’s quality?
That doesn’t really makes sense.
It doesn’t make sense, but it’s a right thing to do/better than leaving denuvo after it’s cracked
Actually it does make sense, as they know a sizable number of PC gamers, will not buy it with Denuvo attached, and there’s reports/rumours of devs getting refunds, if it’s cracked, claimed to be the reason other devs have removed it.
The probably have made some sort of bussiness deal with Denuvo, that once their protection is bypassed, they wont recieve any further money.
“it wants to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players, which is why it chose to use the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.” what? “best gaming experience”? do they really believe anyone with a functional brain would believe that?
The Internet DOES NOT LIE, sir and/or ma’am.
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Also see rule 37;
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So the game’s dev’ has unwittingly signalled a competition to be the first to crack their game whereby the ‘winner’ will be hailed as the person/s who helped rid Denuvo from the official release of the game. The Denuvo guys surely can’t be happy with this announcement because their client is inadvertently challenging people to crack said DRM for this game.
“RiME is a very personal experience told through both sight and sound. When a game is cracked, it runs the risk of creating issues with both of those items”
What does that even mean? How does the absence of Denuvo cause “issues” with a game’s audio/visual quality from the players’ perspective?
Every hacker in the world read the press statement regarding Denuvo on Rime and collectively said “Hold my beer.”
…or Mountain Dew!
They’re hackers, not cod gamers.
Who even drinks that crap, can you believe me I never even tried it in my life, not once and im almost 40.
Dafak is this nonsensical Bull$#!t?!
This game was on my most buy list. Now, i think i’ll wait for free CPY version.
Nier got cracked, and all denuvo v4 games is cracked. This game will be cracked too.
so the game is 48hrs away from going Denuvo free ?
yeah but how many hours it will take until its optimized? That we dont know.
“As Tequila Works claimed, it wants to ensure the best gaming experience
for RiME players, which is why it chose to use the Denuvo anti-tamper
tech.”
These idiots have Trump writing their press releases?
Hillary’s speech writers work cheaper and lie more convincingly so they went with them.
What’s wrong with the statement? If it’s the use of “it” referring to Tequila Works, that’s technically accurate as it refers to a single entity (a company), even if it’s not widely used that way.
“.. best gaming exoerience for RiME players”, is DRM free.
What “it” refers to is irrelevant to that, adding Denuvo in no way gives players a better experience, and it’s time all devs stopped doing it.
I believe he is referring to Tequila’s ‘best gaming experience’ excuse and not about us using the word “it” for the company
But what does that have to do with Trump, lol. Still so butthurt.
I’m not racist, but I don’t see Denuvo being a very effective means of birth control in this instance.
lmao CPY and Baldman and Voski are gonna have a field day with this…
Exactly those idiots openly challenged them and gave them a purpuse.
Hey if you don’t want my money that’s good with me. Other developers and publishers do.
When you f*ck up damage controlling your implementation of DRM so badly, you have to rely on pirates to salvage your reputation.
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When you are a paying customer and have to wait for pirates to crack the game so the devs will remove denuvo and you cant buy it.
That is basically what it is, I bet many never heard of the game unless your into the indie scene or knew about he Sony deal that went bad. What ever it takes I guess, so good for them.
I am an indie game developer and personally I refuse to put any DRM in my games I don’t see the point at all.
The focus should always be on your paying/legit customers, no one else. I will never understand why companies focus so much on the customers that will never buy their game or a tiny percentage that will buy it if its un breakable? Yes stealing/piracy sucks but its part of our society for a long time now and its pointless to focus your energy on it. Well that is my take on it.
So they use denuvo to ensure “sight and sound”(whatever that means) but then also say they will remove denuvo once cracked..?? Contradiction much? I smell bullshit*t.
“We have had discussions about Denuvo internally, and one of the key points of all of those discussions have simply been, we want to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players.”
Wut.
i already can play this games for FREE (and all other videogames that is not server-sideonline too not important what protection they have) i “unlock” it by myselph (steam pc version) so i don’t need wait someone release the “crack” and or they remove denuvo,welcome to 2017..(and i dont care if someone call me piratethief or whatever bad words because this is the only way i have to play it,and if someone disagree so i ask to him to GIFT to me the game ,or givefind me a work,because i live with 0 money and i dont have work and cant find it and also my govern don’t give me money for live or way to find work for me)
So for now i still play already the game for free,unlocked by myselph.
And i do this with ALL games released not only this game,and i can do it at day1 release day never i need wait someone crack it,the only games i can’t enable to play is games that is server-sideonline based (for example elite dangerous,the division,overwatch,destiny etc.) but my fortune is i DONT like this genre of games because they is poor of single player campaign and storytelling like all the onlinemmorpgcompetitive mp ecc. games,i like single player offline adventures and fps with beautiful story and gameplay (like prey,rime etc.) and i can unlock all of this and play it for free.
Anyway if and when one day i have money i will buy this and all other games for support the dev because i never forget games that i like,and also if i finish already the free version i will BUY IT AFTER for support devs when i can (and this is why i own more than 1000 original videogames for consoles and pc also if i play and finish all they for FREE unlocked by myselph before).
that’s a P*ss poor excuse, “we’ll remove the DRM if the DRM seems to be ineffective at reducing piracy”
these kind of devs deserve to be pirated to oblivion for that attitude
as for Denuvo their tech is basiclly freeware by now since all of their games gets cracked anyway (and they refund the developers if it gets cracked)
What about being honest with your Customers to begin with and disclose the use of Denuvo Anti Consumer in the Shop Page PRIOR RELEASE? I almost purchased it but the Anti-Denuvo Curator luckily got the warning up soon enough.
If you already know, using Denuvo Anti Consumer will have an negative impact, then simply don’t use it, instead further pissing off Customers by trying to deceive them by omitting it in the Shop Page.
Because you know that’s like if you know that your food won’t be purchased by vegans if you disclose it contains meat and milk and you then simply omit that fact on the product fact sheet.
Such bullshit and dishonest excuse. You just lost a customer. Will wait for cracked version.
“, we want to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players.”
The framerate is trash.
“RiME is a very personal experience told through both sight and sound.”
But we dont have a trash hipster pc like you, we deserve better perfomance our sight and sound is diffirent than yours.
“When a game is cracked, it runs the risk of creating issues with both of those items”
But bayonetta had a mod that affects graphics.
“, if RIME is cracked we will release a Denuvo free version of RiME and update existing platforms.””
Well, cpy and baldman have something to do now. They were going to crack old games, but no, you just gave them a goal to achieve. Well done.
I remember when the creator of the game read comments about his game on youtube and he was crying for hours…..what on earth is wrong with these people?
The amount of mental gymnastics I had to go through to read the dev’s statement is insane
Que os jodan, Tequila Works
So far game is broken asf, and runs like…. on PS4 and PS4Pro is lag fest….
I too would like the best gaming experience. Which is why I avoid games with Denuvo. I might buy Rime during a sale once, and if, the DRM is removed.
I hope so, that is what I believe in and as a gamer its what I want from the games I play and buy. Just because I am making games doesn’t give me the right or entitlement to act differently then when I am a gamer/consumer that is not right.
Cool, thanks man I appreciate that!
Will talk in a few years when Ubisoft / EA / Activision will buy your company 😉