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Final Fantasy XV has been cracked two days before its even released
It's a bit of af a mess, so remember the PC demo of Final Fantasy XV from last week? As it seems, it was an unprotected release. A Chinese crack group called "3DM" simply used the .exe from the demo, applied it as it did not have Denuvo anti-tamper tech in it just yet.
Now, things get worse, the big problem, Origin. Unlike Steam, Origin made available for pre-load an unencrypted version of the whole game. 3DM simply download that unencrypted version and cracked the game using the demo executable file. Dsogaming reports that early reports state the first three Chapters work fine (and some players have been able to reach even the ninth Chapter without any issues). The size in total for the game is around 150GB with the HD 4K Resolution Textures, suggesting that this is the real deal. That is a bad day for Square Enix.
Before you guys start commenting, we do not allow links or torrents or whatnot anything illegal, such links and you yourself will be banned. Final Fantasy XV releases on the PC tomorrow, March 6th, considering the team even brought you a full level demo prior to launch there is even more reason to purchase the game, as always.
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#5525488 Posted on: 03/05/2018 01:42 PM
Non Denuvo .exe "version" will eat less CPU resources for sure but i think we will not be able to compare exactly these two "versions": Expect the usual HUGE launch day patch.
Maybe HH can do this VS bench in an article (Denuvo "free" VS Denuvo "powered" version...)!
Good. We can finally see if drm eats or not cpu power.
Non Denuvo .exe "version" will eat less CPU resources for sure but i think we will not be able to compare exactly these two "versions": Expect the usual HUGE launch day patch.
Maybe HH can do this VS bench in an article (Denuvo "free" VS Denuvo "powered" version...)!
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#5525493 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:05 PM
Origin is at fault as well. Square Enix was silly enough to not apply the DRM prior to the preload. As I see it both made a silly move.
As for the crack well that wasn't something difficult since the game was unprotected to begin with.
Also that's not the full game.
For the CPU usage thing well it should use some CPU but how much I don't know.
We still have no valid tests to compare since YouTubers and sites do not want to use illegal copies to make tests.
Origin is at fault as well. Square Enix was silly enough to not apply the DRM prior to the preload. As I see it both made a silly move.
As for the crack well that wasn't something difficult since the game was unprotected to begin with.
Also that's not the full game.
For the CPU usage thing well it should use some CPU but how much I don't know.
We still have no valid tests to compare since YouTubers and sites do not want to use illegal copies to make tests.
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#5525496 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:09 PM
Origin is at fault as well. Square Enix was silly enough to not apply the DRM prior to the preload. As I see it both made a silly move.
As for the crack well that wasn't something difficult since the game was unprotected to begin with.
Also that's not the full game.
For the CPU usage thing well it should use some CPU but how much I don't know.
We still have no valid tests to compare since YouTubers and sites do not want to use illegal copies to make tests.
You can't compare what is not released yet, game launch on PC is tomorrow...
Origin is at fault as well. Square Enix was silly enough to not apply the DRM prior to the preload. As I see it both made a silly move.
As for the crack well that wasn't something difficult since the game was unprotected to begin with.
Also that's not the full game.
For the CPU usage thing well it should use some CPU but how much I don't know.
We still have no valid tests to compare since YouTubers and sites do not want to use illegal copies to make tests.
You can't compare what is not released yet, game launch on PC is tomorrow...
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#5525497 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:12 PM
Lol, not surprised.
Lol, not surprised.
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#5525498 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:13 PM
If it's a good game it will sell good, even if it is pirated... The Witcher series is a good example of this.
If it's a good game it will sell good, even if it is pirated... The Witcher series is a good example of this.
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#5525499 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:13 PM
The launch for this specific game yes it is tomorrow but I was talking about the Denuvo CPU usage claim in general.
I've yet to see actual proofs that Denuvo destroys performance or use too much CPU.
You can't compare what is not released yet, game launch on PC is tomorrow...
The launch for this specific game yes it is tomorrow but I was talking about the Denuvo CPU usage claim in general.
I've yet to see actual proofs that Denuvo destroys performance or use too much CPU.
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#5525501 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:24 PM
The launch for this specific game yes it is tomorrow but I was talking about the Denuvo CPU usage claim in general.
I've yet to see actual proofs that Denuvo destroys performance or use too much CPU.
I think this is because the "cracked" Denuvo games we saw until now were Denuvo bypassed not really cracked: Denuvo was still working on the "cracked" versions.
But this game .exe is fully Denuvo free right from the game dev and it will be possible to compare his performance VS the game dev Denuvo powered .exe.
The launch for this specific game yes it is tomorrow but I was talking about the Denuvo CPU usage claim in general.
I've yet to see actual proofs that Denuvo destroys performance or use too much CPU.
I think this is because the "cracked" Denuvo games we saw until now were Denuvo bypassed not really cracked: Denuvo was still working on the "cracked" versions.
But this game .exe is fully Denuvo free right from the game dev and it will be possible to compare his performance VS the game dev Denuvo powered .exe.
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#5525504 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:26 PM
Finally we would be able to see some Denuvo DRM benches.
As for pre-loading games, I personally pre-loaded only one game on Steam. I really have how it handles its downloads. It really makes a lot of garbage writes to your SSD drive.
For example a 15GB game downloaded after release would make 30GB writes to you SSD.
It first allocates the required amount of space on SSD writing some garbage temp files and data,
then it downloads actual game data.
If you pre-load a game then you get it encrypted and therefore you get at least additional 15GB of writes to SSD. Not to mention that the whole decrypt process takes similar amount of time to what
would take to download a full unencrypted game after release. And games these days easily get 50-60GB base size.
Origin on the other hand writes as many data as you download +/- compression to save up of network traffic. I hope they won't change if after this affair.
Finally we would be able to see some Denuvo DRM benches.
As for pre-loading games, I personally pre-loaded only one game on Steam. I really have how it handles its downloads. It really makes a lot of garbage writes to your SSD drive.
For example a 15GB game downloaded after release would make 30GB writes to you SSD.
It first allocates the required amount of space on SSD writing some garbage temp files and data,
then it downloads actual game data.
If you pre-load a game then you get it encrypted and therefore you get at least additional 15GB of writes to SSD. Not to mention that the whole decrypt process takes similar amount of time to what
would take to download a full unencrypted game after release. And games these days easily get 50-60GB base size.
Origin on the other hand writes as many data as you download +/- compression to save up of network traffic. I hope they won't change if after this affair.
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#5525505 Posted on: 03/05/2018 02:27 PM
They deserve it - I cancelled my pre order after they "suddenly" announce it had denuvo - those bastards starts sneaking it quietly now....
They deserve it - I cancelled my pre order after they "suddenly" announce it had denuvo - those bastards starts sneaking it quietly now....
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#5525520 Posted on: 03/05/2018 03:14 PM
Ouch. Hard to feel bad for them with throwing denuvo in it at the last second. I wonder if the cracked version runs smoother. Usually the case.
Ouch. Hard to feel bad for them with throwing denuvo in it at the last second. I wonder if the cracked version runs smoother. Usually the case.
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#5525524 Posted on: 03/05/2018 03:21 PM
I thought the demo .exe was bad, but that's just asking for trouble.
Origin made available for pre-load an unencrypted version of the whole game.
I thought the demo .exe was bad, but that's just asking for trouble.
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#5525542 Posted on: 03/05/2018 04:06 PM
SE won't remove Denuvo though. They never removed it from Nier Automata or any other game for that matter. Hell they never even patched Nier Automata to have proper resolution support... or to stop crashing. They just assume you'll use the community mod to fix the resolution, and inefficiency issues (lighting takes 99.99% of your GPU, good job), and a cracked exe to fix the crashes. And they're still selling it at launch price too.
SE won't remove Denuvo though. They never removed it from Nier Automata or any other game for that matter. Hell they never even patched Nier Automata to have proper resolution support... or to stop crashing. They just assume you'll use the community mod to fix the resolution, and inefficiency issues (lighting takes 99.99% of your GPU, good job), and a cracked exe to fix the crashes. And they're still selling it at launch price too.
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#5525545 Posted on: 03/05/2018 04:09 PM
Regarding pirating... I started purchasing games years ago as soon as I started earning. Now I even buy the old ones. I love steam, origin, uplay as they store and update my games indefinitely. An illegal copy is just not worth the guilt.
Regarding pirating... I started purchasing games years ago as soon as I started earning. Now I even buy the old ones. I love steam, origin, uplay as they store and update my games indefinitely. An illegal copy is just not worth the guilt.
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#5525584 Posted on: 03/05/2018 05:18 PM
They will prob still use denuvo, they didnt bother removing it out of Rise of the tomb raider and that game was cracked twice, i hope they eventually remove it though
They will prob still use denuvo, they didnt bother removing it out of Rise of the tomb raider and that game was cracked twice, i hope they eventually remove it though
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Good. We can finally see if drm eats or not cpu power.