Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
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Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#2"Ubisoft has also implemented VMProtect, a piece of software that protects code by executing it on a virtual machine with non-standard architecture [...] tanking the game's performance by 30-40 per cent"
This feels so extreme.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#3I'll wait for the cracked version, thanks.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#4Oh, so the cracked version that inevitably comes out will actually have decent performance? Adorable. Can't wait.
It's often been the case that pirated versions are objectively superior to the crippled originals, but I don't think I've ever seen a case as blatant as this.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#5LOL the cracked version removes this glitch. The irony that paid game is worse than free pirated.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#6Talk by CD Projekt's CEO about not using DRM, and dealing with piracy: https://kotaku.com/some-real-talk-on-piracy-from-a-witcher-3...
Their approach always made so much more sense to me.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#7Oh, so the cracked version that inevitably comes out will actually have decent performance? Adorable. Can't wait. It's often been the case that pirated versions are objectively superior to the crippled originals, but I don't think I've ever seen a case as blatant as this.
If this is true, then there will also be a measurable environmental impact to playing the game.
reminded of the unexpected (or at least, in the early days, under-reported) energy costs associated with cryptocurrencies...
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#8According to reliable source, The Inquirer, citing reliable source TorrentFreak.
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#9LOL the cracked version removes this glitch. The irony that paid game is worse than free pirated.
The point is that there isn't a cracked version (yet).
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins is crippling gamers' CPUs due to anti-piracy DRM
#10I don't think I've read the inquirer articles before, but is this a standard?
> EARLY ADOPTERS ... have been quick to moan that ...
> ... gamers have taken to the Steam forums to whine about ...
> DRM all too often seems to make users lives' a misery
They're just talking about a broken game, right? (That will likely get patched in a few days/weeks)